Problem with game recognizing inputs when assigning controls

I've had this issue for a while, but it seems to be getting worse. I have a custom LMDh wheel that I built a couple years ago. It has about 50 different inputs. I've checked multiple times and the inputs are recognized with Joystick Gremlin, but in game when I try to assign certain inputs they seem to be getting tangled up with other inputs. So if I try to use a scroll wheel on the wheel to assign ABS, it recognizes that input as a button press on another front facing dial.

The controller seems to be fine, it seems that the inputs that are in the 30s and 40s are the ones the game is having a hard time recognizing. It creates a situation where I cant map all the inputs I want to.

 

Agreed. I’ve been having a LOT of problems lately with my Fanatec stuff getting unbound and then it’s a big pain to re map. Things I just mapped will get unmapped seemingly at random, for example everything will get unbound and then I’ll rebind everything. Only a subset like steering and throttle will work but then only certain buttons will correctly map, like when I try it in race the buttons I just mapped will do other random things I didn’t set them up for. I’ll have to go through the circus like 3-4x before it works. My Fanatec firmware or hardware haven’t changed at all, and I have likewise noticed this has gotten worse lately. Mostly I’ve noticed because my wheel will get entirely un bound, which used to not happen. All that said I’m a bit of a “power user” and this is nbd to me, I’m highly tolerant of quirks. But I could see new users think it just can’t work at all. Will have to check out Marius’ tip.

 

Yeah, mapping controls is a long standing issue with AMS2 and it seems to do random things. The best thing you can do is use control mapper, it works very well. Weirdly I have one minor issue with control mapper on one of my button boxes where occasionally when I use it, it cuts the ignition and turns the car off when I change view or turn lights off, but it seems random. Apart from that it works perfectly and allows you to hot swap wheels. Is much more reliable than mapping directly in game. I wish Reiza would invest some time in doing something to improve this side of things.

 

The limit in AMS2 is that it can only see buttons with indexes 0-63, so the first 64. Any beyond that on a given device simply won't bind.

It would be nice if Reiza could look into this limitation and see if it is something that could be lifted in a future update. Of course that's easy for me to say, I am not looking at the engine code

I am not aware of any generic issue along the lines of the one Brett mentioned. I'd echo the Steam Controller thing, but beyond that I don't know. Brett could try the SimHub control mapping, but as he's talking about 50 buttons then he really shouldn't need to.

 

What Steam controller setting are you referring to? The one I see in preferences for AMS2 has 3 options. Off, default, or always on, but where it says Steam Controller it says "must always be enabled" or something like that. The settings are for other controllers.

Basically the buttons above 32 like glitch out when I try to assign them and randomly a working button will get reassigned with a button below 32. So for instance my TC buttons are on a rotary and like button 36 and 37. If I try to assign them it will place some other random button on them. So then I have to basically clear them, reassign them, but then the random button they got assigned to has to be remapped. I'm probably doing a terrible job explaining, but basically if the button on my controller is above 32 I most likely can't reassign them without an issue occuring.

 

In Steam there are settings for whether a given game will use the Steam Controller feature of Steam. That, I believe, is aimed at allowing the user of Valve's Steam Controller product, and other game controllers, with games that don't have native support, or have limited native support. For those with proper sim gear it isn't useful, and can in some circumstances interfere. So it's recommended to disable it for a sim if you are using a wheel. That's the extent of my knowledge of it, really if Marius hadn't mentioned it I probably wouldn't have said anything about it.

I cannot explain the behaviour you are experiencing with the buttons. The limit in AMS2 is just that - a limit - and there's no known issue with buttons > 32 and <= 64 that I am aware of. I'd suggest consulting the manufacturer except from your description that seems to be you! Perhaps with the aid of a mirror...

I'm sorry I cannot help with this. Marius really just pinged me because he and I had some conversations a while back where I confirmed the 64 limit, which he apparently didn't remember correctly. To be fair to the poor fellow he is now moderating this forum, which is probably damaging to his brain

 

This is what my steam controller settings are.



Appreciate your help with this. I'll look into the simhub controller option.

 

It won't let me lol. When I do I just get this.