Comments on: Using an xBox controller on a Windows PC

By: Karcus

Karcus — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:42:57 +0000

Ha ha ha. You know what? You did it the longgggggggger way. An easier way and much cleaner way is to have just bust open the cover portion that connects to the console(not on the console, the cord). Then you can just solder the leads together. Oh and you should make a hole in the cover thingy then insert the usb wires through it that way you can put the cover back on. There is some shielding to cut through, and it’s reusable. What this method does is preserve the orignal wires so you can dual use it. Though your way has better shielding. Its a PC and Xbox gamepad in one. And the recommended driver is XBCD from Redcl0ud Windows drivers.
http://phaseone.sytes.net/ or http://www.redcl0ud.com/

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:53:46 +0000

Heh I took a slighty more pussy approach to this when trying to get an XBox controller working for my Mac so I could play Halo as intended ;) I´ll record it here in case anyone is interested in doing this on a mac.

I bought an adapter from eBay (for about 2 pounds.. link below shows one at 93p with 1 hr to go)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20385&item=8200544365&rd=1

I then installed the Xbox HID Drivers from http://homepage.mac.com/walisser/xboxhiddriver/

Easy but I daresay less fun then your method.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:27:39 +0000

Actually, the controller is significantly more advanced than I would have guessed.

The four main buttons, X Y A B are even pressure sensitive - a revelation to me. The driver I found online supports all functions of the gamepad, including left and right rumble modulation, to full sensitivity of the hardware.

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:53:02 +0000

Looks really cool, I’ve never been a fan of using joypads for playing games on a PC, but for flight sims, I concur that a joystick or pad would be easier.

Do all the controls function as they should, do all the buttons work and are the analogue sticks work accordingly with different levels of sensitivity?