The PC is a beautiful thing.

[orcinhell]

I hope this story brings a smile to some faces, and please share any stories you have of improvising with the PC,

 

So I dabble in the use of controller from time to time, my xbox 360 controller broke while I was playing dark souls, that was some time ago. I have been playing the Witcher 3 lately and found the PC controls a bit clunky, so I decided to buy myself a new xbox one controller and give that ago.

 

I got it yesterday and its been great... Almost. See up until now when I have used a controller I have played games that are void of the feature by luck or are platforms and save constantly by nature. That feature being quick save. Now that I am playing a game with quick save the controller was driving me nuts. I have quick saving so ingrained into my brain I have to press it every few minutes. My room mate saw me using the controller and made remarks, "couldn't resit?"... He is a avid console gamer and we constantly give each other stick.

 

So today I decided to solve the problem, I had work off and spare time, I refuse to let go of the controller every 2 minutes to hit a key on my keyboard... I might as well use that. First I tried xpadder and my aim was to rebind or macro the xbox logo button itself... didn't work... I tried looking at what layout W3 used and find a key I could sacrifice, select could of worked as its used for the pause/menu. But I refused to compromise, that's not the PC way!

 

Later my room mate comes home and sees me using the controller playing Witcher 3 quite content, he comments, "see a little compromise and your having fun and relaxing, its not so bad". Then he looks down and notices my foot moving, "O for the love of god" and I burst out laughing. He ended up walking out of the room shaking his head "PC Gamers".

 

Unwilling to sacrifice any button or reach for the keyboard I decided to use xpadder for a difference reason. After dusting off my Fanatec clubsport peddles I use for sim racing I quickly was able to rebind the accelerator to F5, Brake is Inventory to save having to dive though to many menus, and clutch for the character sheet. I have my cake and I get to eat it too.

[Bensemus]

Haha

With the elite controller coming this will no longer be a problem with those 4 extra paddles.

[TetraSky]

Gotta love the flexibility of the PC.

[Guest]

Haha cool!

[Guest Robertz]

This is epic!

[IhazHedont]

Nice one

[Humbug]

LOL, nice