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okay - to save anyone new to dayz and xpadder some of the stress i went through, please read the following short guide on xpadder and some suggested dayz control setup. I used my xbox 360 controller but this can obviously be easily adapted for PS3 or other pads. using the toggle and "hold zone" functions I've managed to get a pretty smooth control setup. Using one button for two or three functions has freed up many of my buttons and I'm playing the game without the need for different "sets" of buttons (so far but i think that may change when i get to vehicles. Luckily, with the setup I have now i actually have 3 buttons left unused which could later be used as set selectors) ignoring the movement of the sticks (as if you can't figure that out then give up now), here's my layout: (I'll explain how to setup button holds and toggles below) X - Tap to jump/vault (Hold to reload) Y - (so far unassigned) A - open doors/pick up items B - Tap to go prone - (Hold for half a second to crouch) - (Hold for one second to stand) Start - raise weapon Back - inventory (Hold for map) D-pad up - hands up (friendly signal) - (hold to kneel) D-pad left - hot bar left D-pad right - hot bar right D-pad down (so far unassigned) LB - toggle lean left RB - toggle lean right Left thumb stick click - free look Right thumb stick click - (so far unassigned) Left trigger - aim right trigger - shoot to enable the "hold" and "toggle" function - left click the button you want to add multiple functions to - go to advanced (bottom left) there are tabs for toggle/set selector/assignments etc, assignments is to assign button holds. press the first key (EG Z for prone) then click add hold zone press the next key you want to add to the same button (eg X for crouch" then add hold zone again press the final key (eg C to stand) I added 50ms to each hold function but that's personal preference (it should show as 0.50s) I'm trying to learn how to add 'double tap' to a botton so i can add further functionality to one button but i' having too much fun exploring just now I'm also looking into adding multiple button presses to one key. (so holding left trigger to aim would change the up and down D pad to zeroing while aiming) Make sure you go into the devices and deactivate the control pad in the in-game menu. highlight the pad then click disable. As xpadder will be handling the instructions, the in game emulation would conflict and you'll end up with all kinds of weird things happening I hope this is of some help to some of you please no "you're wasting your time, M&KB are superior". save it I'll remind you of rule three of the forum which i'm sure you're familiar with (pfff) Mods, if this is too long, let me know and I'll add spoiler tabs. Thanks Z

okay - to save anyone new to dayz and xpadder some of the stress i went through, please read the following short guide on xpadder and some suggested dayz control setup. I used my xbox 360 controller but this can obviously be easily adapted for PS3 or other pads. using the toggle and "hold zone" functions I've managed to get a pretty smooth control setup. Using one button for two or three functions has freed up many of my buttons and I'm playing the game without the need for different "sets" of buttons (so far but i think that may change when i get to vehicles. Luckily, with the setup I have now i actually have 3 buttons left unused which could later be used as set selectors) ignoring the movement of the sticks (as if you can't figure that out then give up now), here's my layout: (I'll explain how to setup button holds and toggles below) X - Tap to jump/vault (Hold to reload) Y - (so far unassigned) A - open doors/pick up items B - Tap to go prone - (Hold for half a second to crouch) - (Hold for one second to stand) Start - raise weapon Back - inventory (Hold for map) D-pad up - hands up (friendly signal) - (hold to kneel) D-pad left - hot bar left D-pad right - hot bar right D-pad down (so far unassigned) LB - toggle lean left RB - toggle lean right Left thumb stick click - free look Right thumb stick click - (so far unassigned) Left trigger - aim right trigger - shoot to enable the "hold" and "toggle" function - left click the button you want to add multiple functions to - go to advanced (bottom left) there are tabs for toggle/set selector/assignments etc, assignments is to assign button holds. press the first key (EG Z for prone) then click add hold zone press the next key you want to add to the same button (eg X for crouch" then add hold zone again press the final key (eg C to stand) I added 50ms to each hold function but that's personal preference (it should show as 0.50s) I'm trying to learn how to add 'double tap' to a botton so i can add further functionality to one button but i' having too much fun exploring just now I'm also looking into adding multiple button presses to one key. (so holding left trigger to aim would change the up and down D pad to zeroing while aiming) Make sure you go into the devices and deactivate the control pad in the in-game menu. highlight the pad then click disable. As xpadder will be handling the instructions, the in game emulation would conflict and you'll end up with all kinds of weird things happening I hope this is of some help to some of you please no "you're wasting your time, M&KB are superior". save it I'll remind you of rule three of the forum which i'm sure you're familiar with (pfff) Mods, if this is too long, let me know and I'll add spoiler tabs. Thanks Z

okay - to save anyone new to dayz and xpadder some of the stress i went through, please read the following short guide on xpadder and some suggested dayz control setup. I used my xbox 360 controller but this can obviously be easily adapted for PS3 or other pads. using the toggle and "hold zone" functions I've managed to get a pretty smooth control setup. Using one button for two or three functions has freed up many of my buttons and I'm playing the game without the need for different "sets" of buttons (so far but i think that may change when i get to vehicles. Luckily, with the setup I have now i actually have 3 buttons left unused which could later be used as set selectors) ignoring the movement of the sticks (as if you can't figure that out then give up now), here's my layout: (I'll explain how to setup button holds and toggles below) X - Tap to jump/vault (Hold to reload) Y - (so far unassigned) A - open doors/pick up items B - Tap to go prone - (Hold for half a second to crouch) - (Hold for one second to stand) Start - raise weapon Back - inventory (Hold for map) D-pad up - hands up (friendly signal) - (hold to kneel) D-pad left - hot bar left D-pad right - hot bar right D-pad down (so far unassigned) LB - toggle lean left RB - toggle lean right Left thumb stick click - free look Right thumb stick click - (so far unassigned) Left trigger - aim right trigger - shoot to enable the "hold" and "toggle" function - left click the button you want to add multiple functions to - go to advanced (bottom left) there are tabs for toggle/set selector/assignments etc, assignments is to assign button holds. press the first key (EG Z for prone) then click add hold zone press the next key you want to add to the same button (eg X for crouch" then add hold zone again press the final key (eg C to stand) I added 50ms to each hold function but that's personal preference (it should show as 0.50s) I'm trying to learn how to add 'double tap' to a botton so i can add further functionality to one button but i' having too much fun exploring just now I'm also looking into adding multiple button presses to one key. (so holding left trigger to aim would change the up and down D pad to zeroing while aiming) Make sure you go into the devices and deactivate the control pad in the in-game menu. highlight the pad then click disable. As xpadder will be handling the instructions, the in game emulation would conflict and you'll end up with all kinds of weird things happening I hope this is of some help to some of you please no "you're wasting your time, M&KB are superior". save it I'll remind you of rule three of the forum which i'm sure you're familiar with (pfff) Mods, if this is too long, let me know and I'll add spoiler tabs. Thanks Z

okay - to save anyone new to dayz and xpadder some of the stress i went through, please read the following short guide on xpadder and some suggested dayz control setup. I used my xbox 360 controller but this can obviously be easily adapted for PS3 or other pads. using the toggle and "hold zone" functions I've managed to get a pretty smooth control setup. Using one button for two or three functions has freed up many of my buttons and I'm playing the game without the need for different "sets" of buttons (so far but i think that may change when i get to vehicles. Luckily, with the setup I have now i actually have 3 buttons left unused which could later be used as set selectors) ignoring the movement of the sticks (as if you can't figure that out then give up now), here's my layout: (I'll explain how to setup button holds and toggles below) X - Tap to jump/vault (Hold to reload) Y - (so far unassigned) A - open doors/pick up items B - Tap to go prone - (Hold for half a second to crouch) - (Hold for one second to stand) Start - raise weapon Back - inventory (Hold for map) D-pad up - hands up (friendly signal) - (hold to kneel) D-pad left - hot bar left D-pad right - hot bar right D-pad down (so far unassigned) LB - toggle lean left RB - toggle lean right Left thumb stick click - free look Right thumb stick click - (so far unassigned) Left trigger - aim right trigger - shoot to enable the "hold" and "toggle" function - left click the button you want to add multiple functions to - go to advanced (bottom left) there are tabs for toggle/set selector/assignments etc, assignments is to assign button holds. press the first key (EG Z for prone) then click add hold zone press the next key you want to add to the same button (eg X for crouch" then add hold zone again press the final key (eg C to stand) I added 50ms to each hold function but that's personal preference (it should show as 0.50s) I'm trying to learn how to add 'double tap' to a botton so i can add further functionality to one button but i' having too much fun exploring just now I'm also looking into adding multiple button presses to one key. (so holding left trigger to aim would change the up and down D pad to zeroing while aiming) Make sure you go into the devices and deactivate the control pad in the in-game menu. highlight the pad then click disable. As xpadder will be handling the instructions, the in game emulation would conflict and you'll end up with all kinds of weird things happening I hope this is of some help to some of you please no "you're wasting your time, M&KB are superior". save it I'll remind you of rule three of the forum which i'm sure you're familiar with (pfff) Mods, if this is too long, let me know and I'll add spoiler tabs. Thanks Z

i just dont like it. it feels clunky and unnatural after 20+ years of control pad gaming. besides: that's just, like, your opinion, man I managed to deactivate the control pad setting in the menu but it completely deactivated. I dont know if i didnt save my xpadder profile because when i first set it up i could control the desktop mouse with the right stick and the triggers were left/right click. that doesnt happen now I dont think i was using the standard setup as my right stick was inverted so it seems that xpadder was working when the controller was activated in the game menu but it stoped working when i deactivated it

I had read that you have to disable the controller in game but i had forgotten that step. I've just tried to disable it but it won't let me and the I can't open the button config? (I think i saw somewhere that you can't do that in stand alone yet) So i'm still having the problem with two button presses happening I may give up and persevere with the M&KB but I'd much rather have a good control pad set up

you little legend you - have some beans My crouch and prone buttons were freaking out too, this has solved that isssue. anyone have any experience in improving the sticks? my left stick is always run and I'd like to set a deadzone so that 1-75% is walk and 75-100% is fully run. also, my right stick is a little unresponsive, especially for looking up. any tips for xpadder?

I have xpadder set up now and I've bound "E" key to my right bumper but it's bringing up the map. any advice?

any advice on how to set up the bumpers with double tap and hold? I currently use the bumpers to lean left/right but i think im going to invest in a USB 3 switch controller for lean left/crouch/lean right and have the bumpers freed up. I dont know the advanced settings in xpadder yet. just set the basics so far.

anyway, back on topic. I can help you with using the triggers to aim and fire your weapon. message me if you still need help. I am in the process of setting up my controller as I've mostly been a console gamer and some habits are just too difficult to break. besides, I enjoy playing on my 50' tv from my sofa. I've got the basics mapped so far and I'm starting to test out reserving a button to switch between sets of layouts. so for example, if you hold the B button, it activates a new set of controls to use the hot bar or menus. release to deactivate. If you just press the B button it could toggle a third set of controls for flying, driving or sniping. I've also considered getting a USB pedal controller to use in conjunction with the pad but i need to test out my above B button idea first to see how well that works. A left/right pedal would work well with leaning (which i currently have mapped to LB & RB but it would be good to free them up for other actions) I'm not sure how useful leaning actually is in the game? any comments on that welcome

I've started mapping now - i have the basics programmed: moving/aiming open doors/interact/loot draw weapon aim fire lean left lean right (though im not sure how useful this really is? any comments welcome) crouch prone once i have something more final I'll post my layout. I think it will be more intuitive to most console gamers than the layouts in the videos online I found this video very helpful in understanding the functions (or button sets) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zcvnTWkaGI also - does anyone have any tips for using xpadder and being able to walk rather than running everywhere? I'd like to have a deadzone so i can walk at say a 25% stick push and run after 75% or even walk with the 100% stick and have to double tap the stick forward to run.

Do you have any suggestions for a newbie on which actions work best with a function? (IE hold Right bumper and use analogue together to free look - probably a bad example but you get my meaning) I've only played maybe an hour of the game in total and maybe 5 minutes of that was with a control pad. I'd like to get a good setup sorted out for the xbox controller before I get invested. I've read that you shouldn't bind WASD to the left stick, but use "movement" instead? (I haven't tried to set up xpadder yet, so this is a little confusing). I want to have all the info before I start even thinking about programming keys to buttons

this isn't a post about which is better, that's been done to death. most people who use a controller don't question that KBM is a better option, some of us just prefer our pads. old habits die hard now - anyone have any controller setup suggestions? I'm trying for a fallout 3 setup without VATS. so LB & RB are lean left/right. Reading through these posts made me realise that you can assign actions in Xpadder to button holding rather than button presses so I'll be assigning crouch to a button hold and fully prone to a press of the same button. To go prone would feel more urgent so the very slight delay of having to hold the button can be left to crouch

something like this: Format is (per line) Keyboard key / Action / Xbox control(or pedal) I've used the "double tap" to my advantage to free up buttons. so if i want to run I'll have to double tap up on the left stick but i think this is a fair trade-off to free up the analogue stick clicks (or button presses) to assign them to crouch or stand etc

which pedals do you use? I'm trying to set rig an xbox pad and pedals together using xpadder. I want to know that i can map the pedals to a key then use the pedals (or "keyboard") and my xbox pad in conjunction