gamepads won't work at all

**asterhysko** · 10-30-2017, 11:16 AM

hi, i've purchased soma on steam. none of my two gamepads works with the game, neither soma.exe or soma_nosteam.exe. my gamepads are one from kraun and another one from thrustmaster, simple gamepads with d-pad, two analog sticks and the usual set of buttons. i'll post the hp.log here.

Spoiler below!

what should i do? the pads work perfectly with other games even within batman arkham asylum that needs a software that emulates the xbox360 controller

**Abion47** · 10-30-2017, 11:38 PM

If the pads are x-input pads (i.e. Xbox pads), then they should just work. Otherwise, it's very much a "your mileage may vary" situation, and you might need to use software to map them to either x-input or to keyboard controls.

Alternatively, you could just use the keyboard and mouse. SOMA isn't really a game that requires a controller to get the "full experience", and in some ways, I'd say it actually makes some things more difficult.

**asterhysko** · 10-31-2017, 02:27 PM

(10-30-2017, 11:38 PM)Abion47 Wrote: If the pads are x-input pads (i.e. Xbox pads), then they should just work. Otherwise, it's very much a "your mileage may vary" situation, and you might need to use software to map them to either x-input or to keyboard controls.

Alternatively, you could just use the keyboard and mouse. SOMA isn't really a game that requires a controller to get the "full experience", and in some ways, I'd say it actually makes some things more difficult.

Yes I know that soma doesn't require a gamepad but i've a broken shoulder blocked by a desault bandage... and so i can't play with keyboard and mouse. Finally, yes i have a no-xinput pad. i'm trying using x360ce emulator which worked fine in batman game, but i can't understand why it doesn't work in soma. i'm annoyed, finally i've managed to use a joypad-to-keyboard/mouse converter but it's not a good experience... someone can help?

**Abion47** · 10-31-2017, 08:11 PM

Depending on which arm is bound, one thing you could try is to use the mouse with your unbound hand and the controller with the other. This obviously isn't ideal if your bound hand is your dominant/mouse hand, but I'd wager that it should work reasonably well after a bit of accustomization if a proper solution doesn't present itself.

**Mudbill** · 11-01-2017, 01:32 AM

I'm unsure how the controller support for SOMA compares to many other applications and games that have it, so it's possible that the emulator you have has better support for it and can detect non-standard controllers more easily. For all I know, SOMA could've been made to only detect official Xbox controllers.

**Romulator** · 11-01-2017, 02:06 AM

Only thing I can recommend is to take a look at Problem A4 of the SOMA Troubleshooting Guide for a list of applications which may interfere with SOMA. If you have any of these running in the background, consider turning them off temporarily to see if one of them is affecting SOMA from detecting your controller.

Have you also attempted to actually go into the settings and remap the controls that way? By default, I believe SOMA has pre-assigned inputs for an Xbox controller, but how the buttons are identified by input may differ to another controller. For example, I know a lot of gamepads use "Button 1" as an input where the Xbox "A" button is, which may use a different input altogether.

**asterhysko** · 11-01-2017, 04:23 AM

it is impossible to switch right hand with left. i've remapped the controls in x360ce. perhaps i find difficult to play with joypads, i don't love them at all... but finally antimicro application does the job. a bit weird is to emulate the mouse with the sticks but is better than nothing... finally soma is a nice time-consuming game, and i need to take a break with all the books i've read until today ^__^
the thread can be marked as solved

**Romulator** · 11-01-2017, 09:23 AM

Alrighty well, glad to hear you got your issue solved to the extent that you did. Good luck with the game, and if there are more issues, feel free to start a new thread!

Marking as solved and closing Smile