Can't Look up and down using game pad

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Test Subject
162 Posts
Posted Sep 11, 2008
I just got a gamepad.

I tried it with Portal. It worked alright...except for one thing: I tried setting one of the joysticks so I could look around. It wouldn't look up or down. I tried setting some of the buttons for look up and down. Still Nothing.

Can anybody help me?

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Hen7
91 Posts
Posted Sep 11, 2008
Replied 31 minutes later
I'm using a nice little program I found called Joy2Key, It lets you configure the Gamepad buttons for everything you want.
Google the program name, It's free, small, and doesn't require an installation.
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Hober
1,180 Posts
Posted Sep 11, 2008
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Joy2Key is what I use to play Audio Surf with my Rock Band guitar.
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Test Subject
162 Posts
Posted Sep 11, 2008
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It's for windows right?

Also, how do I use it with Portal?

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sbrown
303 Posts
Posted Sep 12, 2008
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Test Subject wrote:
It's for windows right?

Also, how do I use it with Portal?

I got a 360 gamepad and i made it work, just like the xbox version where if my stick moves a little my player moves real slow. The valve blog talks about how to do it.

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PortalFan77
432 Posts
Posted Sep 12, 2008
Replied 27 minutes later
I have a 360 USB 2.0 controller and have no issues at all I did exactly what Steam support says to do and it works perfectly.
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reepblue
894 Posts
Posted Sep 12, 2008
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PortalFan77 wrote:
I have a 360 USB 2.0 controller and have no issues at all I did exactly what Steam support says to do and it works perfectly.

Me too. Its just that It makes my crosshair go away and I got use to keyboards. . It has been awhile since I played my Xbox at freewill.

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Test Subject
162 Posts
Posted Sep 12, 2008
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I go to the Valve website and click on news, right?

What entry?

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Hober
1,180 Posts
Posted Sep 12, 2008
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http://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+360 ... ller+valve

leads to

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -TKCN-0831

and http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xb ... ller+steam

leads to

http://supportwiki.steampowered.com/wik ... urce_Games

If I were doing this, that's probably where I would start. You'd be wise to do a little looking next time.

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PortalFan77
432 Posts
Posted Sep 12, 2008
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Hober wrote:
http://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+360+controller+valve

leads to

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -TKCN-0831

and http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xb ... ller+steam

leads to

http://supportwiki.steampowered.com/wik ... urce_Games

If I were doing this, that's probably where I would start. You'd be wise to do a little looking next time.

why do things I am going to post always get posted by someone else faster.

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Test Subject
162 Posts
Posted Sep 13, 2008
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PortalFan77 wrote:
:( why do things I am going to post always get posted by someone else faster.

You gotta be ready all the time, like Hober.

Anyway, why does https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -TKCN-0831 just say loading?

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Hober
1,180 Posts
Posted Sep 14, 2008
Replied 16 hours later

Test Subject wrote:
Anyway, why does https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -TKCN-0831 just say loading?

Works fine for me.

Teh link wrote:
Using an XBox 360 Controller with Source Games
Question

How can I set up my Xbox 360 controller work with Source games?
Answer

To make both of the analog sticks work in Source games copy the joystick.cfg file and put it in the /cfg/ folder for your game.
joystick.cfg

Download joystick.cfg

The path to the /cfg/ folder will vary depending upon the game you are using - the folder path will look like this (where is your Steam account username and / is the game's title / abbreviated title):

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\\\\cfg

After placing the joystick.cfg file please load the game. Once the the game is loaded please follow the instructions below:

  1. Check the 'Joystick', and 'Joystick Look' boxes under the 'Mouse' tab in the options menu.
  2. Go to Keyboard, Advanced, and check the 'Enable Developers Console (~)' box.
  3. Open the Developer Console with the ~ key, and type exec joystick

You can then bind the additional keys (such as fire, reload, etc.) using the keyboard menu.

If you would like to use the typical Xbox controller setup, copy the following lines into the top of the config.cfg file for the proper game using notepad. The config.cfg file can be found in the same location referenced above - or enter each line manually into the developers console.
bind "JOY1" "+jump"
bind "JOY2" "+reload"
bind "JOY3" "+speed"
bind "JOY4" "+use"
bind "AUX5" "+attack2"
bind "AUX6" "+attack"
bind "AUX7" "impulse 100"
bind "AUX9" "+duck"
bind "AUX10" "+zoom"
bind "AUX29" "lastinv"
bind "AUX30" "invnext"
bind "AUX31" "phys_swap"
bind "AUX32" "invprev"

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Portalboat
90 Posts
Posted Oct 18, 2008
Replied 1 month later
Um, I don't have the Joystick look thing...
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Test Subject
162 Posts
Posted Oct 18, 2008
Replied 1 hour later
Its near the bottom on the controls list.
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Portalboat
90 Posts
Posted Oct 19, 2008
Replied 17 hours later
Controls?

Keyboard or mouse?

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Test Subject
162 Posts
Posted Oct 19, 2008
Replied 13 minutes later
I usually use joystick with mouse.
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Portalboat
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Posted Oct 19, 2008
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Now you're just confusing me...

Where is the Joypad Look checkbox thing?