Xbox360 Controller

Just found out about being able to use a wired Xbox360 controller via USBon a laptop. Very cool! Just need to find the download to do it.

 

Interesting. Does Microsoft support this? Wonder how many games will actually map to the controller, or does it simply emulate keyboard/mouse functions?

 

I saw it before my very eyes today. Yes, Microsoft supports it for most newer games. Madden 06 & 07 worked, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter worked, and some car racing game. Pretty cool. Here is the download you will need. Again, you need a wired (not wireless) Xbox360 USB controller.

Have fun:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/g...sion=Download XBox 360 Controller for Windows

 

Have it and it's AWSOME. I use it with NFS:Most wanted and The godfather. Makes the game so easy to play with. After you plug in the controller It'll ask if you want to update the driver on the internet click yes and your done!

 

Very soon they will be releasing a USB adapter so you can use a wireless 360 controller the same way.

 

Just an FYI. By default, the trigger buttons cancel each other out. That's great...unless you play sports titles and games where you map seperate actions to each trigger. So

http://xbcd360guide.50webs.com/guide.html

Ta-da! Read the guide, then check out the download page for the different profiles

 

Nice! Thanks LFC

 

Anyone know if we will be able to use the PS3 controller on a PC using bluetooth? That would be cool

 

All you have to do is plug the controller into your USB port and go to windows update with it plugged in.

At that point you will have an optional update that supports Xbox 360 controllers

 

The controller and Half-Life 2 go very well together on a laptop/PC
My brother uses the 360's wired controller more on his laptop than on the actual 360 itself.

 

When I try the 360 controller download, it gets as far as "run." I press run and then it extracts and disclaimers: Installation was not complete. WTF?

 

i have also used the contoller to play old Sega Megadrive/Genesis games on Gens emulator.

 

CrackerJack, I dunno if you meant difficulty with downloading from link I gave, but regardless here goes

1. On this page, you want the very first link, 'Windows XP Xbox 360 Driver' (or the one corresponding with your os)

2. Install above download as per instructions on guide

3. Then install this patch, listed at the top of page 'Windows ... drivers', not the source code

4. Afterwards, you can then use the new 'XBCD' entry in start menu>all programs to config your 360 controller. Now you can download profiles, and point the software to the profile locations