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Subject: Can you hook up your xbox controller to your PC!?!

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I heard in one of the weekly news Frankie said you can use your xbox controller(I might have been mistaken) Also in the options menu it says something about this! help please!!!

[Edited on 10/3/2006]

  • 10.03.2006 3:56 PM PDT
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Although you will be "pwned" by anyone using a mouse and keyboard, you can do this.

You can use an original XBox controller "ending piece" by spl9icing the USB wires. Just search google for information and the drivers for the controller.

You can also use a wired 360 controller, search for the proper drivers before you plug it in though.


Just remeber that aall of the PC games that support gamepads do not have auto-aim, so be prepared to be killed.

  • 10.03.2006 4:28 PM PDT
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Almost true, but you don't knowif he's a pro halo player or not, so you cant say you'd own him in a match, or anyone else for that matter.

  • 10.03.2006 4:40 PM PDT
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Nah, dude. I think I could take this dude on. PC gamers not only have an advantage with the mouse and keyboard, but we've been experienced at shooters way before Goldeneye 007 came on consoles.

  • 10.03.2006 5:03 PM PDT

lol

Yeah, I bought an adapter that let you plug in your xbox controller into it, like the first part where it goes into the xbox, but instead of that fat thing, it's a USB port.

;]

lol

  • 10.03.2006 5:19 PM PDT
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Yes I can. Can you?

  • 10.03.2006 5:21 PM PDT
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u wont pwn wit a mouse thats ur opinion, i do better with controllers

  • 10.03.2006 5:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: gearbox
Almost true, but you don't knowif he's a pro halo player or not, so you cant say you'd own him in a match, or anyone else for that matter.

Anyone that has played Halo on Xbox professionally or casually played with aim assist which is necessary to aim accurately with thumbsticks. Now if you take that crutch away that you always had with you since playing Halo you definitely won't play the same way as before.

Also take into consideration in Halo PC you can't walk. When you push the stick slightly forward you'll run full speed ahead; there's no in-between. And in my experience the range of movement is limited in the PC version. I had problems moving forward and left at the same time because I wasn't aiming the stick precisely to the northwest. Overall it was really awkward. My aim was downright terrible without the aim assist and at that point I realized just how ridiculous a controller is for an FPS without the game having built in crutches to help you aim.

  • 10.03.2006 5:38 PM PDT
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Well, I'll be sure to respond to this as soon as I get back from driving school so lets hold off until then.

  • 10.03.2006 5:51 PM PDT
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Right. It's not just a matter of skill, the controls won't be the same as on the Xbox version. And there is no noobish console auto-aim here, considering HPC wasn't made to be played with gamepads but the option is there anyway to plug one in.

  • 10.03.2006 6:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Nah, dude. I think I could take this dude on. PC gamers not only have an advantage with the mouse and keyboard, but we've been experienced at shooters way before Goldeneye 007 came on consoles.


Goldeneye is ok but...PERFECT DARK FTW!!! IMO Pefect Dark was and is the best first person shooter ever made, hands down. It beats Halo IMO. Had they not screwed up Perfect Dark Zero for the 360 I would say that if N64 had had internet mutiplayer, that PD would have been the most played game in the world. Perfect Dark, unless they come out with a better first person shooter, which I have yet to see one, will always be THE LEETZORZ.

Yes dude you can hook up a controler but be prepared to have a tough time with it...there is no auto-aim on the PC.

  • 10.03.2006 8:10 PM PDT
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I did a 1v1 LAN vs a guy who is awesome with the 360 controller, and i took him really easy, and Im not even really good either. It was sidewinder, he was just running around in circles on the top of the base trying to get the shotgun. I ran up there, stole the shotugn, and killed him.

IMO Controllers on a PC are a waste of time. If you want to use a controller, play the frecan xbox version. Its there for a reason.

  • 10.03.2006 8:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: DivX
I did a 1v1 LAN vs a guy who is awesome with the 360 controller, and i took him really easy, and Im not even really good either. It was sidewinder, he was just running around in circles on the top of the base trying to get the shotgun. I ran up there, stole the shotugn, and killed him.

IMO Controllers on a PC are a waste of time. If you want to use a controller, play the frecan xbox version. Its there for a reason.


frecan?.......frecan...just...frecan...
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE RAPED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

its spelled freakin' or freaking.

However, I agree with you on everything else.

  • 10.03.2006 8:19 PM PDT
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Ive never been very fond of grammar and its usage.

  • 10.03.2006 8:22 PM PDT
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Grammer you must not let Kim see!

If you play enough with the controller on the pc, you do get better. Granted it is easier to over shoot objects, but you can compensate for the lack of auto-aim with better accuracy.

  • 10.03.2006 8:39 PM PDT

I wonder if the Wolf thinks the Moon listens when he howls at it.

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Posted by: Master Kim
Nah, dude. I think I could take this dude on. PC gamers not only have an advantage with the mouse and keyboard, but we've been experienced at shooters way before Goldeneye 007 came on consoles.


Goldeneye is ok but...PERFECT DARK FTW!!! IMO Pefect Dark was and is the best first person shooter ever made, hands down. It beats Halo IMO. Had they not screwed up Perfect Dark Zero for the 360 I would say that if N64 had had internet mutiplayer, that PD would have been the most played game in the world. Perfect Dark, unless they come out with a better first person shooter, which I have yet to see one, will always be THE LEETZORZ.

Yes dude you can hook up a controler but be prepared to have a tough time with it...there is no auto-aim on the PC.
I still think quake 2 was awesome. i wish they could do a remake of quake 2 so there will no longer be 8 bit pixels. i still install it everynow and then and beat it in a day.

  • 10.03.2006 8:51 PM PDT
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Ok, now that I think about it, generic gamepads (i.e. ones not made by microsoft or intended for xbox/360) do suck on pc halo. Mostly because the analog sticks don't follow exactly where you put them all the time. I know this because I borrowed a friends gamepad (generic) and I got really frustrated with it. But, I don't remember there being any "autoaim" in Halo : Combat Evolved on xbox when I played, nor on any videos I've seen of good players so I have no idea where you guys got that idea, I'm talkin bout halo 1 here not halo 2 xbox. So I agree with you fatty (not offensive right? its your name after all) on the whole gamepads on HALO 1 PC thing and them sucking. I would like to believe that there would be no difference in gameplay on H2V on account of bungie making the game to support both, because if you all haven't seen, they actually put the color coded button symbols in the game this time, which shows they intend to give people choices in the way they play, along with the many customizations one could use with a keyboard and mouse. That and the fact that most people who play xbox live - halo 2 are on the 360 anyways, so why wouldn't bungie use microsofts great product to compliment a fun game. Mr. Kim, you said mouse/keyboard users have a big advantage over controller users. Explain this to me in detail please because I just don't see how its any different. On H2V, how the heck is dual wielding gonna be fun if you have to alternate between the click buttons on the mouse? It feels weird to me, I don't know about the rest of you. I hope they put in vibration support for the 360 controller, cuz it'd be real lame to get smacked by a brute and not feel anything.

Lets all be grateful that the company I'm named after isn't doing the portion of the game that determines whether headshots on moving targets (that are aimed right on their head, regardless of the fact that were hosting a map or on a dedicated server) will hit the target and the target will die, and possibly do a flip or two.

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  • 10.03.2006 9:08 PM PDT
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thats the one thing I hated about halo pc, no rumble for the controller!

  • 10.03.2006 9:11 PM PDT

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  • 10.03.2006 9:53 PM PDT
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Gearbox, Halo 1 has aim assist. Sweep your crosshairs over an enemy and it'll slow down. It's very subtle and makes it easier to be precise with thumbsticks. In Halo PC if you do the same thing with a gamepad your crosshair will glide right over enemies.

BTW I was using an Xbox controller not a generic gamepad. As for how the mouse/keyboard has an advantage over controllers; you're using one hand to aim vs a thumb. I can no scope players consistently with a sniper and turn around in a split second to face an ambusher. I can melee and look around at the same time and if you're using default settings on a controller I have the advantage in melee battles. Or if you using boxer settings I have the advantage in chucking grenades faster. You have to aim first and then move your thumb to press B. Enter a doorway with a controller and check left and right for campers vs jumping through a door with the mouse and checking left and right before your feet touches the ground. The mouse is unquestionable better for FPS. It's faster and designed for precision accuracy.

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  • 10.03.2006 11:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Boo_Diddly
thats the one thing I hated about halo pc, no rumble for the controller!


ummmmmm...........DER.......just get a decent priced one that has the rumble feature.....

  • 10.04.2006 10:17 AM PDT

Am i the only one that uses my 360 gamepad and doesent get owned badly...

  • 10.04.2006 12:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan_113
ummmmmm...........DER.......just get a decent priced one that has the rumble feature.....

Umm....... you're the one that should get a "DER"..... because if you actually paid attention to what he said, you'd find that Halo PC doesn't support the rumble feature for gamepads, such as the Xbox 360 Wired Controller. Even though it can rumble it's disabled for PC games. So, a big "DER" to you. :)

  • 10.04.2006 12:20 PM PDT
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BTW, I have a Saitek Rumble Force game pad, and yes, I have tested the rumble feature and it works.

  • 10.04.2006 1:48 PM PDT

Xfire username: rustbandit

Add me to your friends list if you haven't already. It's a lot more fun to play with people from The Maw and people I know than random noobs.

I have an old Xbox controller and I think I'm going to try the "splicing" technique and try it out.

  • 10.04.2006 2:46 PM PDT

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