Hey everyone!

The game is awesome but I think everyone agrees that the port is a little bit sloppy.
One of the sloppiest aspects are the controls.

Usually, I like a mouse/keyboard-combination but it just doesn't feel right when playing BG&E. The game is meant to be played with a gamepad but, unfortunately, I cannot use my XBox360 gamepad.

I tried using a wrapper like Xpadder but it just doesn't work as intended as the camera in the PC port doesn't follow the player when walking sideways.
This means you have to control the camera with the second analog-stick which is just as clumsy as using the mouse - or even more so.

So I tried it with a Pinnacle Game Profiler that just allows a lot more flexibility.


I created this profile (Netload-link):

http://netload.in/dateiQZB8amBYNO/Beyond%20Good%20&%20Evil.pin.htm


This is a profile for the Pinnacle Game Profiler which can be downloaded here:

http://pinnaclegameprofiler.com/

I think my profile comes very close to how the game was controlled on the PS2 (and possibly the XBOX) . The button layout is very easy and I also assigned buttons that apparently had no function on PS2.

And while it isn't perfect the game is - at least to me - a lot more fun to play this way.

Please try it (Pinnacle Game Profiler is free for 30 days and costs only 20 dollars) and give me some feedback what you think.

By the way: Pinnacle Game Profiler not only is a lot more flexible than, say, XPadder, it costs the same (I think) and, well, just looks like a more professional software.

There are also some features that I really love, like the way it sits quietly (and rather memory friendly) in the task bar and automatically detects whenever I start a game that I made a profile for (and, of course, automatically activates the profile and deactivates it after I quit the game).

I also use it for games that do have gamepad support but cannot assign the L and R triggers of my XBox360 gamepad (like Psychonauts for example). So I just create profiles with only these two buttons assigned.

Excellent! Can't wait to try this out later, Patryn! Been having problems playing the games you mentioned and others (like some GTA games) with my 360 pad and kind of gave up playing them but this will hopefully work for me and I can play these games more... comfortably. :)

Thanks for the post!

Uh, I just realized that the link is no longer working.

So I moved the profile over to Megaupload:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DBTI451Y

Lez me know what you think.

Thanks Patryn, works great! Even better than the official Pinnacle one!

I'm glad you like it.

The official Pinnacle one is not very good in my opinion. Also, it doesn't have the "dynamic" camera I included with my profile so you have to adjust it manually ALL THE TIME. Awfull.

I think my profile reflects the original XBOX control scheme pretty well.


EDIT: I also uploaded the profile on Rapidshare:

http://rapidshare.com/files/432621864/Beyond_Good___Evil.pin

Thank you, I was looking for this.

This is fantastic stuff! cheers mate, was gutted when I realised the game wouldn't work with my 360 pad. Glad that I could finally try this great game out now.

This is just what I'm looking for! But the links don't work annymore. Could someone pls post a new link?

Hey there! I got your message. thanks a lot!

It looks like, megaupload does no longer exist. I created a new account on Netload.in and uploaded my profile there:

http://netload.in/dateiQZB8amBYNO/Beyond%20Good%20&%20Evil.pin.htm

Thx!


It works great! Nice job!

Many thanks for this.

I tried one of the profiles from the pinnacle site and the 4 different settings don't sit well with me.

I look forward to trying this one now.

Thanks again.

TS