I was wondering, how do you set up a 360 controller to work on a pc?

Is it wireless? If so you have to get the adapter.


http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Windows/dp/B000HZFCT2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1328145234&sr=8-5

I can't quite remember, but I wanna say you can just plug the thing in, and the OS will download the appropriate drivers.

Anyway, it's excellent. I'm using a wired 360 controller on my PC, and it's far better than trying to play the game with mouse-and-keyboard.

I think using a wired controller is probably simpler than trying to get the wireless working. Also, I think the wireless adapters might be hard to find.

I ended up getting a gaming mouse !! a little more $$ but works better than both the controller & kb/mouse.

Just plug it in.

If it's wireless, you need the adapter, but that too you just plug in.

I don't own a 360, but I play most of my games with it's controller!

I prefer the wired controller as with the amount of time I spend playing games I dont have to replace any batteries and its not like I am sitting that far away.

If you want a gamepad on PC...

I might recommend Razer Onza

Supposed to be plug and play into a PC.... works great for my 360.

Not sure if the extra bumpers it has add to total avail buttons or if it still just lets you remap (dupe map) some of the other buttons. Still useful, but obviously the former would be FAR more preferable. (2 more buttons ).

I'll hook mine up this weekend and see

As said, 360 controllers have a USB cord, and the wireless ones can be plugged into a 'charging' cord that has a usb cord. Plug that into computer, if your running XP or later it does everything itself.

Windows generally accepts 360 controllers no trouble...you may get some difficulty with some though.

As what others said - just plug it in and it just works.

What I did do though was browse through the web looking for a remap so I could access favourites easier and take screenshots with the controller.

I can't see giving up 1 of my extremely limited qty of buttons for screen cap.

I'd just reach over and tap a key on the keyboard (like prtscr ) for screen caps.

I'd want every single button on the controller mapped for combat. d-Pad would have 4 quick slots (mapped to 1-4 on keyboard). 'back/select' would become favorites list... probably map the rest the same as 360 mapping... except I have 2 extra bumpers I hope the PC recognizes as separate buttons

You didnt even give any information on whether you're using wireless or not. I have wired and had to download a plugin or something from Microsoft on two PCs (Windows 7 and XP) to have them recognize it.

Wired is more reliable than wireless, as some people have issues with the wireless USB adapter. I use the wired version with almost zero problems. The ONLY issue is that it would be nice to be able to use both controller and kb+mouse at the same time without having to select either/or in the menus. Every other modern game i own let's you plug in both at the same time with no issues.

sweet thanks

Custom 360 controller mapping:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/search.php?name=360&scid=&author=&mname=&desc=&size1=&size2=&downloads1=&downloads2=&udate1_day=&udate1_month=&udate1_year=&udate2_day=&udate2_month=&udate2_year=&ldate1_day=&ldate1_month=&ldate1_year=&ldate2_day=&ldate2_month=&ldate2_year=&endorsemants=&images=&readme=&advltonly=&opensource=&page=1

I'm currently using a Steelseries gaming keyboard, with a 360 controller and gaming mouse plugged into it. It's probably a generic thing, but that gives me the ability to map all three of them in sync.

I haven't tried it with Skyrim, as I'm keyboarding and mousing it, but mapping the controller to keystrokes, and using the keyboard set up (in other games), I used one of my controller buttons as a 'control' button to enable the other controller buttons to be used for two purposes or actions (i.e. press lower left trigger and it activates the second set of allocated functions for all the other buttons). For games which are button intensive or focussed on Keyboard play, doing that is a real godsend.

You cannot use a plug and play recharge kit, you'll need an adapter or a wired controller.

Just buy one that has the windows logo on it should just plug in and work or may update drivers itself.I only use it to play batman mostly gathers dust.

I bought the wireless adapter kit ages ago for like...￡14? Didn't use it for ages until Skyrim.

I much prefer using the controller for it. I plugged it in, synced it, and went into the device manager and searched for drivers. And now it works without fail every time.

Xbox controls, comfortability and simplicity with PC quality graphics, load times and mods. Plus the console still works with the controller

Win win situation. The best playing experience IMO.

Which is why I recommend Razer Onza

If you're going wired, may as well go with quality too.

Tension on sticks is nice, no deadspace at all

The buttons are mechanical (like mouse buttons) instead of membrane, which gives them faster response and less pressure required. can also rapid tap a LOT easier.

d-pad is actually 4 buttons... prevents accidentally hitting up with left/right for example.

has 2 extra bumpers that on 360 can be mapped to any of the 4 top buttons, or the same sides trigger, bumper, or stick click. Hoping PC registers them as extra and not just remaps.

Not good if you're rough on equipment... mash buttons with all your force, etc. It's a precision instrument that deserves care.

They sell special 360 controllers that are supposed to come with drivers for a PC. I got one last year for Oblivion (so I could get mods) but it never worked half as well on the PC it did on a console, so I just gave up and went back to playing on a console. There is a ten dollar mapping program called Xpadder that was recommended on the UESP site as improving performance of a 360 controller on a PC, but I have not yet gotten around to trying it. I'd be interested to know if anyone here uses the Xpadder program.

Oblivion was utterly hopeless for controllers. All Bethesda games since Fallout 3 have in-built support for the 360 controller. You literally plug it in, enable the option in settings and the whole interface converts to the Xbox version.

Good to know! Thanks.

reviews on that thing are terrible

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=Onza&x=19&y=11

And it actually has 2 less buttons.
While it does have 2 extra bumpers, it only has 4 D-pad.

I looked into getting that in lieu of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109243 for my new rig.

I went with the X for Win.