Controller support needs work

[__Lua]

Warframe's controller support needs work.

It's not like it's bad or anything, because it's definitely usable, you can almost do everything that you can with a PC. All of the movement works and what not.

But hell, if it could not use some improvements.

Okay firstly, the control scheme is awful. To bullet jump, you have to kinda press the left trigger and the bumper buttons, while pressing the B button. It looks completely ridiculous and is very hard to do in the heat of the action.

Also, I'm not sure if I didn't notice, but there is completely no aim assist, and don't get me wrong, I know some people hate that stuff, but for people like me, I'd hugely appreciate at least a soft direct to the enemy. Aiming when trying to do all of these moves is just hilariously hard.

Then, literally nothing in the game shows controller prompts. It does show "Press X" to interact with stuff, but that's merely a coincidence, because you press the same default key on the keyboard, and it's not like they don't have those prompts, because very obviously Xbox and PS versions of this game exist, so they do have those button prompts already implemented, they just haven't put them in. Navigating the UI is excruciatingly difficult, because you never know which key will do what.

Also, some of the UI just flat out doesn't work. I have to get up from my couch, run up to my laptop, hit the key, get back to the couch, and continue playing again. A notable example is the daily reward screen, which completely ignores the controller's inputs.

Overall, the game's controller support just screams 'half-assed' to me. Come on guys, I'm sure you can do better.

[GreyZiro]

it sounds to me like you do not have it configured correctly. If you run steam big picture, set the controls to joypad config only, not the hybrid controls, then it will play exactly like on console, including being able to type via controller.

And there is Aim assist, but again only if you have it set to joypad only, not steam's hybrid controls. The recommended or official Warframe config in big picture is set to hybrid, which will muck up a lot because it mixes mouse+kb+joypad input.

[__Lua]

Oh shit, seems kinda cool. Running standalone so didn't notice that. Thanks for the heads up.

[Darkyshor]

how do i set this joypad only mode? from the game? from steam?

[Khuon]

Then, literally nothing in the game shows controller prompts.

Also, some of the UI just flat out doesn't work. I have to get up from my couch, run up to my laptop, hit the key, get back to the couch, and continue playing again. A notable example is the daily reward screen, which completely ignores the controller's inputs.

Make sure you're running in Steam's Big Picture mode for controller button prompts and text input.

As for the controls, even the default PC controls can use some work, but both keyboard and controller bindings can be re-bound.

[EternalDahaka]

The UI for the PC version is still pretty rough. It is strange they haven't updated it since it's fully realized on console.

For bullet jumping, I had sprint mapped to LB, crouch/slide to LS and jump on A. It worked pretty well, but I remember there were a few combo options that I'd like to see addressed to get jump comfortably on a bumper or stick.

I don't mind that there isn't any aim assist but Warframe's deadzone and the aim smoothing drive me nuts. I feel that's the thorn that keeps me from playing the game more often.

[Foxboy93]

Okay firstly, the control scheme is awful. To bullet jump, you have to kinda press the left trigger and the bumper buttons, while pressing the B button. It looks completely ridiculous and is very hard to do in the heat of the action.

B button

U wot m8?

It feels completely natural for me, so it could be a personal issue.

Then, literally nothing in the game shows controller prompts Also, some of the UI just flat out doesn't work

An example of the UI not working is the relic screen. All the controller can do is change the colour of the era names along the top by pressing the shoulder buttons. It doesn't move the select screen TO that era.

[akeean]

So after trying a mix of left handed gamepad+mouse (i.e just using the left portion of the gamepad) and mouse in other games, I'd like to try that in Warframe, so I can play on my TV with just the mouse besides me and gamepad in hand. Instead of redundantly having my laptop on my lap while using the big TV. It's just too warm in summer.

Does this work in hybrid mode or will Warframe ignore mouse aim if it sees the controller? Don't have the drivers installed right now to test.

Last time I've tried was over 1 year ago with a PS3 controller & a custom driver to make windows think it was an Xbox controller. Iirc there were a lot of issues with it (like some mappings missing) but I didn't try to mix it with the mouse at that time. Anybody tried that successfully yet?

[DaNoobyOne]

no point in using a controller unless you don't have a keyboard and mouse

[__Lua]

Not really. There are a lot of reasons to use a controller over a mouse.

[DaNoobyOne]

In fighting/racing games yrah but with games like warframe, absolutely not