Posted September 23, 2024
While playing the first Resident Evil, I noticed there were default bindings for a Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad (likely part of the original 1996 release) and, seeing as I had one, I wanted to try it out.
Unfortunately it doesn't work, at least not fully. The buttons and triggers function as you would expect, but on the d-pad only left and up register in-game. I have confirmed through Windows settings that my controller is not malfunctioning.
I think the issue is that the game was originally designed to work with the earlier version of the SideWinder Game Pad that uses a Game Port connector, but mine is the updated model that plugs in through USB.
Any chances of a compatibility patch, or is this controller too far off the beaten path? Either way, thank you for updating this game to work on modern systems. I played through the entire campaign as both Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine with a DualShock 4 controller (it just worked), and I experienced no crashes or instability. Marvelous work.
Unfortunately it doesn't work, at least not fully. The buttons and triggers function as you would expect, but on the d-pad only left and up register in-game. I have confirmed through Windows settings that my controller is not malfunctioning.
I think the issue is that the game was originally designed to work with the earlier version of the SideWinder Game Pad that uses a Game Port connector, but mine is the updated model that plugs in through USB.
Any chances of a compatibility patch, or is this controller too far off the beaten path? Either way, thank you for updating this game to work on modern systems. I played through the entire campaign as both Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine with a DualShock 4 controller (it just worked), and I experienced no crashes or instability. Marvelous work.
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