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Title: Dead Cells (GOG) No controller
TurtleShark 20 Aug 2018
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Hey, I have two machines (Ubuntu and Debian) that are not recognizing Xbox360/XboxOne( used "unconventionally" )/Generic controllers at all in Dead Cells (they work fine in every other GoG game). I have seen a GoG thread on it, but their recommendations did not work. Has anyone else been experiencing this? Is this a known issue with Dead Cells or is this isolated to my setups?

EDIT: for clarification on the XboxOne Controller
legluondunet 20 Aug 2018
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If you will not find a solution, you should open a ticket on Gog support.
legluondunet 20 Aug 2018
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You can launch the game from a terminal and post the log too.
TurtleShark 20 Aug 2018
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Quoting: legluondunetIf you will not find a solution, you should open a ticket on Gog support.

You can launch the game from a terminal and post the log too.
I will put in a ticket. Launching from the terminal doesn't give any good log info Essentially two lines saying "Starting Game"
legluondunet 20 Aug 2018
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I hope they could resolve this issue. I'm interesting by an eventual solution, could you post the result here?
TurtleShark 21 Aug 2018
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Of course! I am working out the ticket with them now. Will post the outcome.
TurtleShark 23 Aug 2018
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Alright, looks like the issue MIGHT have been the fact that my controller was wireless. By running xboxdrv with the "--mimic-xpad" run option I was able to get the controllers working. The option is supposed to mimic a wired xbox controller input. Things are working now :)
legluondunet 23 Aug 2018
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Glad to read it's resolved.
It's the developer or the Gog support wich resolved your issue?
geop0p3 23 Aug 2018
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Having the same problem but with the xbox one s controller using Xpad Neo... Any ideas on how to get it to work with Dead Cells?? I tried with xpad mimic but it tells me no xbox controller is available.

Thank you!
TurtleShark 23 Aug 2018
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Quoting: legluondunetGlad to read it's resolved.
It's the developer or the Gog support wich resolved your issue?
Was actually a forum post in the end: https://www.gog.com/forum/dead_cells/bug_gamepad_doesnt_work_in_linux/ (solution posted by "Coldstate"

Quoting: geop0p3Having the same problem but with the xbox one s controller using Xpad Neo... Any ideas on how to get it to work with Dead Cells?? I tried with xpad mimic but it tells me no xbox controller is available.

Thank you!
Have you tried it wired yet? I'm not terribly familiar with Xpad Neo, but it might conflict with xboxdrv (again, not familiar enough to be sure on that).

I do feel like I might have caused a little confusion. So to clarify, this xboxdrv trick worked for my Xbox360 wireless controller using the xbox360 wireless receiver, and for my 8bitdo controller that is using a usb reciever that gets recognized as a xbox360 wireless controller by Linux.
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