Hi there, just bought this game on recent promo. Wanted to play it so bad since i watched the LP on Youtube some years ago.

Now that i own a copy sadly i can't seem to get my 360 pad working properly. Applying DPfix, patch 1.01 didn't do the trick. Whilst running the game under Windows 98/ME compatibility remedied the issue but at the same time the frame rate would dip below 20 fps even with multi-core enabled making the game totally unplayable once you reach the town.

So i am curious is anybody can get the game working perfectly out-of-box? Or is my issue above is rare?

Some description, the game detected my 360 pad. The analog and d-pad movement did register, but there's very huge delay. I have to hold down the d-pad at one direction for few seconds and even with that it barely registered on the game. York can turn, but still can't move. I think there's compatibility problem between the game and NVIDIA driver. Lowering maximum-pre rendered frames under NVIDIA Control Panel show very slight improvement but still unplayable. DPfix seems to introduce artifacts on my desktop after exiting the game, have to remove it as i fear it could make my system unstable. However this is not surprising considering as DPfix isn't stable by any mean, it's still a work in progress.

In the meantime it looks like i have to play the game with keyboard + mouse. Cumbersome but better than nothing as i already bought and wanted to play the game.

I can confirm this issue. Same behaviour as you described with an Xbox controller on Windows 8.1 64bit. Also nVIDIA graphics.

I will try the compatibility settings.

EDIT: Indeed, the "Windows 98/ME" compatibility setting does solve the controller issue but I get single digit FPS (down to roughly 1 FPS on occasion) with that enabled. Also tried using Xpadder: Did not work.

Alright, I, uh, "jury-rigged" a solution for that. I'll consider you're using an Xbox 360 controller.

So, first thing is to download DPfix, if that's not already done. I took the 0.9.1 version, since the last one messes with the light sources for me.

Second thing is to download something to play with a controller without using the game's controller support. I personnaly use Joytokey, since it's free. Here's my profile for the game, put it in the same folder as the software : https://mega.co.nz/#!4JRHgBaR!5CWCkv6NM397Q9QOg5nr6r0ABndXwuTF9QwBEeMVpqo

Now, open your game folder and go in the dpfix folder. You'll have a tex_override folder in it. Copy this picture in the file : https://mega.co.nz/#!ZMgA0LAa!s-n0AM-NACwHeEtYB3mI9s08uBFb_BbckiBBotAL5nY.

The picture will replace the PC keyboard prompts with Xbox controller prompts. Notice that the "Fire" prompt, when aiming a gun, is actually wrong when using my profile. This is because you can't use both triggers at the same time with Joytokey. Just use X to fire. I use the right trigger to move forward when in a car, it's bound to W. I suppose moving forward is also not represented correctly when in a car, but that should be the only two wrong prompts. If you're using a better software that allows you to use both triggers at the same time, you'll probably have a correct profile, so that's irrelevant to your case.

Now, go into the dsfix.ini in the game folder, look for the line "enableTextureOverride" and put it to 1. Also, put the "disableJoystick" line to 0.

Voilà, you're done. Enjoy your game with a controller that works and QTE that won't mess with your head. ^^

Same problem here, but my graphics card is an ATI, and I'm rocking 32-bit Vista (yay)

My Xbox 360 pad (wired variety) is recognised, and works fine on the launcher, but in-game is a different matter entirely. The face buttons work, but the dpad and sticks are ridiculously unresponsive in the front-end menus and in-game. Jab a direction repeatedly over the course of several seconds, and the menu item might change. Sometimes.

[cut a lengthy rant about this game originally being an Xbox 360 game that - by definition - worked perfectly with an Xbox 360 pad, and it beggaring belief that Version 3 of the game doesn't]

So ... question: I see reviews of this game here on GOG claiming that joypad controls DO work. If so, then what kind of joypad does the game support properly, out of the box? PlayStation pads? Generic PC USB game-pads? The game must've been tested with some kind of pad that actually worked. Can someone please name a PC pad that works with this game without any shenanigans or workarounds?

Gamepad supports works on pre Windows 8, Win 8 just screwed a lot of old windows APIs and DP uses not a moder xinput, but very antient WinMM Api which was there for joysticks even before direct input and Win 8 screwed it.

Use windows 7, for about next 5-10 years it would be still a primary OS, until MS will stop scewing compatiblity and remove apis and add forced features nobody really needs. Win 10 is just a Win 8 Service pack 2 renamed for commercial reasons, not such a big improvement, Win 7 still better.

Devs of this game however should patch it for proper xinput support. I wonder how that even happened that they changed if for WinMM if xinput works both on 360 and PC and they had it on 360 before?

I am running Windows 7, and have this same issue. The strange part is that using the advice above (DPFix + Windows 98/ME compatibility mode), the game worked fine up until two days ago. Now all of a sudden the analog and directional inputs aren't working properly. The rest of the buttons work fine. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the controller, to no effect. I don't understand what has happened, or why.

//edit//

After messing around with compatibility settings and restarting my computer, it's working again. Not sure what I did if anything, but at least I can play again.

So is there no way to get an Xbox style pad to work with this game?

I'm using an Xbox 360 controller with the game, and it works. You will most likely need to set compatibility mode to Windows 98/ME to overcome the input lag however.

Don't have input lag but I can't seem to move the view when in aiming mode. None of the sticks or Dpad works.

Which driver do you use?

Actually I should add that I am using the original Xbox (3rd party) controller. After some googling, looks lke 360 ones have a native driver and should just work. I am using XBCD driver.

Unfortunately yeah, the Xbox 360 controller is plug-and-play. I'm using a licensed third-party controller, an Afterglow specifically. I was able to get it for $30 CAD, which is quite a bit nicer than the $55 they wanted for the wired Microsoft brand controller. I've never had any problems with it, and would recommend it if you want to save a little money.

Got an Xbox 360 controller now and it works in DP. Awesome!

Thanks for the info.

Whelp, I'm having the issue you guys are having and tried to click the links for the downloads and found everything else is gone, hell even the dpfix on that kungfucircus is missing. I just wanna play my game I bought! I hope they fix this issue soon.

You can get DPfx from the metaclassofnil blog (I believe he is the same guy who wrote DSfix as well). That said it won't ever be fixed this game is final and authored and the people who were contracted out to do the code have finished their contract and no support is offered.

Hi there.. a work around for this issue:

1. Use XBOX 360 Controller.
The game support this gamepad natively. Hassle-free and no additional troubleshooting required. Simply plug & play. Though I am not sure about Xbox One Controller, never tried it myself.

2.Use Dual Shock 4 Controller + DS4Windows by ryochan7 in Exclusive Mode
- Download ryochan7 DS4Windows
- Under DS4Windows -> Settings -> Tick "Hide DS4 Controller" to ensure DS4Windows is running in Exclusive mode
- Double check whether DS4Windows is running in exclusive mode on DS4Windows Log tab. There should be "Using Exclusive Mode" line there.
- If unable to run in Exclusive Mode make sure to exit any application that might intercept Xinput or DirectInput (such as Steam, GOG galaxy, Epic launcher etc.)