Controller Companion news & patch notes

Hello everyone, This is just a small bug fix update. A user noticed PlanetSide 2 wasn't working correctly with CC and that led to fixing a long standing bug in the process/fullscreen detection. Thanks Neil! - Jacob

Hello everyone, This is just a small bug fix update. A user noticed PlanetSide 2 wasn't working correctly with CC and that led to fixing a long standing bug in the process/fullscreen detection. Thanks Neil! - Jacob

Hey everyone, The latest update adds support for Simplified Chinese. No other changes in this update. Another update may appear shortly as it seems some users are having trouble with CC and the Windows 10 Creators Update. If you are having issues with the Creators Update, could you locate your crashes.log in your C:\users\yourusername\appdata\local\controllercompanion and send it to the support email. Any additional information will help. Cheers, Jacob

Hey everyone, The latest update adds support for Simplified Chinese. No other changes in this update. Another update may appear shortly as it seems some users are having trouble with CC and the Windows 10 Creators Update. If you are having issues with the Creators Update, could you locate your crashes.log in your C:\users\yourusername\appdata\local\controllercompanion and send it to the support email. Any additional information will help. Cheers, Jacob

Hello everyone, This update adds the first non-English localisation: Russian. I'll be adding more going forward once I've stamped out the issues with Russian. If you understand russian and spot any issues with the translation please let me know. :) 1.0.0.20 changes: * App is now localisable. * Russian support has been added. * Added Mouse Speed modifiers for speeding up the mouse. * Fixed an issue where changing mouse speed on downloaded Workshop profiles did nothing. * Preliminary support for non-Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Receivers in the chatpad driver. UPDATE: 1.0.0.21: * Fixed an issue where Russian was not avaiable for some users. * Added an explicit option to select russian, by right clicking on the System Tray icon.

Hello everyone, This update adds the first non-English localisation: Russian. I'll be adding more going forward once I've stamped out the issues with Russian. If you understand russian and spot any issues with the translation please let me know. :) 1.0.0.20 changes: * App is now localisable. * Russian support has been added. * Added Mouse Speed modifiers for speeding up the mouse. * Fixed an issue where changing mouse speed on downloaded Workshop profiles did nothing. * Preliminary support for non-Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Receivers in the chatpad driver. UPDATE: 1.0.0.21: * Fixed an issue where Russian was not avaiable for some users. * Added an explicit option to select russian, by right clicking on the System Tray icon.

Hey everyone, I've just completed a quick guide for using x360ce to prevent Steam from responding to the Xbox Guide button. If this affects you, have a gander at: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=787510127 Cheers, Jacob

Hey everyone, I've just completed a quick guide for using x360ce to prevent Steam from responding to the Xbox Guide button. If this affects you, have a gander at: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=787510127 Cheers, Jacob

Hello everyone, For this new patch I made some foundational changes to give you some more options for using secondary bindings. Instead of you having to use BACK for secondary bindings, you can choose any button to act as a Modifier key to use secondary bindings. Also, I've added another two sets of bindings and modifiers (Alt-1 and Alt-2) so you can get even more functionality onto the Controller if you wish. The Windows 10 Anniversary update also changed some details in how Secure Desktop works on the login screen, this patch should address that. As well as properly dismissing Screen-Savers. Finally, some users have reported they don't find the BACK+START controller disable very useful because it disables the controller for all programs. So in settings you'll now be able to enable per-process disable, when you disable CC for a specific process it will remember that and only stay disabled for that process. Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback. These days the best way to send feedback would be to contact me on twitter at @felizk. If you need support, have a quick look at the FAQ, the forums or send a mail to the support email. Thanks everyone, Jacob 1.0.0.18 change log: • The button to press to use secondary bindings can now be rebound. • There are new binding sets Alt-1 and Alt-2 you can bind modifiers for, just like the secondary bindings. • You can right click the notification icon and choose to hide it. It will reappear if launch Controller Companion again. • Fixed a potential crash in Chatpad Driver • Fixed issues with using CC on login screen with Win10 Anniversary Update • You can now have Manual Disable be per-process via Settings. • Sticks can have Secondary, Alt-1 and Alt-2 bindings Screen-savers can now be dismissed by Controller Companion

Hello everyone, For this new patch I made some foundational changes to give you some more options for using secondary bindings. Instead of you having to use BACK for secondary bindings, you can choose any button to act as a Modifier key to use secondary bindings. Also, I've added another two sets of bindings and modifiers (Alt-1 and Alt-2) so you can get even more functionality onto the Controller if you wish. The Windows 10 Anniversary update also changed some details in how Secure Desktop works on the login screen, this patch should address that. As well as properly dismissing Screen-Savers. Finally, some users have reported they don't find the BACK+START controller disable very useful because it disables the controller for all programs. So in settings you'll now be able to enable per-process disable, when you disable CC for a specific process it will remember that and only stay disabled for that process. Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback. These days the best way to send feedback would be to contact me on twitter at @felizk. If you need support, have a quick look at the FAQ, the forums or send a mail to the support email. Thanks everyone, Jacob 1.0.0.18 change log: • The button to press to use secondary bindings can now be rebound. • There are new binding sets Alt-1 and Alt-2 you can bind modifiers for, just like the secondary bindings. • You can right click the notification icon and choose to hide it. It will reappear if launch Controller Companion again. • Fixed a potential crash in Chatpad Driver • Fixed issues with using CC on login screen with Win10 Anniversary Update • You can now have Manual Disable be per-process via Settings. • Sticks can have Secondary, Alt-1 and Alt-2 bindings Screen-savers can now be dismissed by Controller Companion

Hello everyone, The new feature for this update is the ability to run CC on the signin screen and during those pesky UAC popups. This update also includes a fix for workshop support which had been broken by an earlier SDK update. I apologize for the delay in getting this issue fixed. I'll strive to fix these sort of breaking issues faster in the future and have already made some changes to my pipeline to allow me to do that. Full patch notes are:

• Fix for Steam Workshop "None" error
• New option to run on the Sign-in screen and during UAC popups.
• Added a new start button option for Xbox One controllers.
• Fixed an issue with "Show as In-App in Steam"
• Fixed an issue with the chatpad driver that could cause buttons to get "stuck"

Hello everyone, The new feature for this update is the ability to run CC on the signin screen and during those pesky UAC popups. This update also includes a fix for workshop support which had been broken by an earlier SDK update. I apologize for the delay in getting this issue fixed. I'll strive to fix these sort of breaking issues faster in the future and have already made some changes to my pipeline to allow me to do that. Full patch notes are:

• Fix for Steam Workshop "None" error
• New option to run on the Sign-in screen and during UAC popups.
• Added a new start button option for Xbox One controllers.
• Fixed an issue with "Show as In-App in Steam"
• Fixed an issue with the chatpad driver that could cause buttons to get "stuck"

Nothing too exciting today, just bug fixes. Release notes:

• Fixed an issue with chatpad device detection that would cause no devices to be detected.
• Fixed a potential crash in chatpad driver
• Fixed a potential issue that could cause CC not to have admin rights
• Moved the SteamHelper binary into Steam subfolder to avoid x360ce detecting it as 32bit and showing a warning.
• Attempt at fixing "RootVisual" crash bug.
• Added more reporting for specific types of crashes

Nothing too exciting today, just bug fixes. Release notes:

• Fixed an issue with chatpad device detection that would cause no devices to be detected.
• Fixed a potential crash in chatpad driver
• Fixed a potential issue that could cause CC not to have admin rights
• Moved the SteamHelper binary into Steam subfolder to avoid x360ce detecting it as 32bit and showing a warning.
• Attempt at fixing "RootVisual" crash bug.
• Added more reporting for specific types of crashes

Hello everyone, The newest build of the app has just been set live on Steam and it now has (experimental) support for the Xbox 360 chatpad on Wired Controllers. It also comes with an improved installer and bug fixes for chatpad in general. For all of you without chatpads, the main feature in this update is smoother mouse and scroll movement. Regarding Steam Controller support, I'm still investigating, but it doesn't seem to be a very easy nut to crack. I'll keep trying. Cheers, Jacob Full changelist follows:

• There is now a shortcut to restore Guide button functionality on Windows 10. (Disables the Gamebar shortcut)
• EXPERIMENTAL Chatpad support on Wired Xbox 360 controllers
• Added ZQSD binding option for sticks.
• Now installs into 64 bit Program files on 64bit machines.
• Mouse movement should be smoother now.
• Volume and Media bindings may work more consistently now.
• Fixed a chatpad bug that could cause controller input to get stuck
• Improved the chatpad installer
• Chatpad now initializes faster.

Hello everyone, The newest build of the app has just been set live on Steam and it now has (experimental) support for the Xbox 360 chatpad on Wired Controllers. It also comes with an improved installer and bug fixes for chatpad in general. For all of you without chatpads, the main feature in this update is smoother mouse and scroll movement. Regarding Steam Controller support, I'm still investigating, but it doesn't seem to be a very easy nut to crack. I'll keep trying. Cheers, Jacob Full changelist follows:

• There is now a shortcut to restore Guide button functionality on Windows 10. (Disables the Gamebar shortcut)
• EXPERIMENTAL Chatpad support on Wired Xbox 360 controllers
• Added ZQSD binding option for sticks.
• Now installs into 64 bit Program files on 64bit machines.
• Mouse movement should be smoother now.
• Volume and Media bindings may work more consistently now.
• Fixed a chatpad bug that could cause controller input to get stuck
• Improved the chatpad installer
• Chatpad now initializes faster.

Hello everyone! This update took me a bit longer that expected, sorry about that. It is pretty cool though as it is Xbox 360 Chatpad support. As you may know Xbox 360 Chatpad is not natively supported by Windows. That means I had to write a driver for it (and the controller) and that gets a bit complicated so this feature is experimental for now. That just means I expect you to encounter a few bugs, so please report those! :) Also there are some limitations, for example the chatpad only works for Wireless controllers and it won't work in games that have native controller support. Please have a look at this guide for more information about the chatpad: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536491296 1.0.0.13 changes:

• Xbox 360 Chatpad Support
• Added a scrollbar to the profiles list

Hello everyone! This update took me a bit longer that expected, sorry about that. It is pretty cool though as it is Xbox 360 Chatpad support. As you may know Xbox 360 Chatpad is not natively supported by Windows. That means I had to write a driver for it (and the controller) and that gets a bit complicated so this feature is experimental for now. That just means I expect you to encounter a few bugs, so please report those! :) Also there are some limitations, for example the chatpad only works for Wireless controllers and it won't work in games that have native controller support. Please have a look at this guide for more information about the chatpad: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536491296 1.0.0.13 changes:

• Xbox 360 Chatpad Support
• Added a scrollbar to the profiles list

Hello everyone, This weekend I've got an update to fix a reported issue where CC shows up in the recently played list in Steam whenever it is run. This was never the intention and violates one of the core principles of CC by not staying out of the way. The issue is caused by the Steam Workshop integration. CC would connect to Steam to get the list of all subscribed workshop profiles as part of its initialization. Unfortunately, Steam registers this as you "playing the game". So now CC doesn't do that anymore, instead it only updates the list of Workshop profiles when you enter Settings and I've also added a button to the profiles page to invoke a refresh of the profiles. In addition, this update also has some speculative fixes for a few crashes you guys have reported and a config change that should alert you if you are using an outdated .NET framework. If you're reading this and are experiencing weird crashes in CC, please make sure you have .NET 4.5.1 installed. Steam should have installed this for you already (it's the reason the app download is 100MB+ instead of just a few MB), but in case that isn't working correctly go here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=42643 Full patch notes:

• CC no longer updates Steam Workshop items on startup. Only when the Settings window is opened.
• Added a button to the Profiles settings to "Refresh Workshop Profiles".
• Fix a crash related to Workshop CacheItems
• Attempt to fix a "This single-instance application could not connect to the original instance." crash
• Changed a setting to attempt to notice users if they do not have .NET 4.5.1 installed.

Thanks for all the feedback! Cheers, Jacob

Hello everyone, This weekend I've got an update to fix a reported issue where CC shows up in the recently played list in Steam whenever it is run. This was never the intention and violates one of the core principles of CC by not staying out of the way. The issue is caused by the Steam Workshop integration. CC would connect to Steam to get the list of all subscribed workshop profiles as part of its initialization. Unfortunately, Steam registers this as you "playing the game". So now CC doesn't do that anymore, instead it only updates the list of Workshop profiles when you enter Settings and I've also added a button to the profiles page to invoke a refresh of the profiles. In addition, this update also has some speculative fixes for a few crashes you guys have reported and a config change that should alert you if you are using an outdated .NET framework. If you're reading this and are experiencing weird crashes in CC, please make sure you have .NET 4.5.1 installed. Steam should have installed this for you already (it's the reason the app download is 100MB+ instead of just a few MB), but in case that isn't working correctly go here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=42643 Full patch notes:

• CC no longer updates Steam Workshop items on startup. Only when the Settings window is opened.
• Added a button to the Profiles settings to "Refresh Workshop Profiles".
• Fix a crash related to Workshop CacheItems
• Attempt to fix a "This single-instance application could not connect to the original instance." crash
• Changed a setting to attempt to notice users if they do not have .NET 4.5.1 installed.

Thanks for all the feedback! Cheers, Jacob

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a nice weekend. This week I've got an update with a bunch of different fixes and features. All relatively small, but there might be something you've been wanting. Primarily I wanted to push a new update to fix a few of the Windows 10 issues that have popped up. Changes in 1.0.0.11

• Profile support for Microsoft Edge and other Win10 apps
• Moving tiles on a fullscreen Win10 start menu no longer disables CC
• You can now bind secondary actions to triggers
• New profiles use your current desktop bindings instead of CC defaults
• Fullscreen detection now ignores screensavers
• Tweaks to the SteamHelper binary to avoid false-positives from Anti-virus
• Added a toggle in settings to show CC as "In-App" in Steam (Launching without admin rights is no longer required)
• Bound numpad keys now show as "Numpad 0" instead of just "0"
• New "Mouse Speed X%" bindings that slow down mouse movement for precision.
• Added apply button to profile editor windows
• Fixed a bug where failure to load Xinput (or x360ce) in a specific version would always cause CC to fall back to "Limited Functionality"
• Added Stick Dead Zone settings under Advanced

As always, if you encounter any issues, bugs or have suggestions, please post them on the forums or send us a mail. Thanks, Jacob

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a nice weekend. This week I've got an update with a bunch of different fixes and features. All relatively small, but there might be something you've been wanting. Primarily I wanted to push a new update to fix a few of the Windows 10 issues that have popped up. Changes in 1.0.0.11

• Profile support for Microsoft Edge and other Win10 apps
• Moving tiles on a fullscreen Win10 start menu no longer disables CC
• You can now bind secondary actions to triggers
• New profiles use your current desktop bindings instead of CC defaults
• Fullscreen detection now ignores screensavers
• Tweaks to the SteamHelper binary to avoid false-positives from Anti-virus
• Added a toggle in settings to show CC as "In-App" in Steam (Launching without admin rights is no longer required)
• Bound numpad keys now show as "Numpad 0" instead of just "0"
• New "Mouse Speed X%" bindings that slow down mouse movement for precision.
• Added apply button to profile editor windows
• Fixed a bug where failure to load Xinput (or x360ce) in a specific version would always cause CC to fall back to "Limited Functionality"
• Added Stick Dead Zone settings under Advanced

As always, if you encounter any issues, bugs or have suggestions, please post them on the forums or send us a mail. Thanks, Jacob

Hello everyone! We're back from summer holidays with a new build of Controller Companion. Main feature is the Profile Workshop! You can now subscribe to profiles from the Controller Companion Workshop and upload your own profiles directly from Controller Companion. The workshop is live now at: http://steamcommunity.com/app/367670/workshop/ And there is a full guide for it here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=474949769 Changes in 1.0.0.9:

• Workshop Profiles
• Added crash reporting earlier in the bootflow to catch more launch crashes.
• Fixed the turn off controller command to turn off all controllers (not just the first)
• Added bindings for mouse button 4 and 5
• Tweaked fullscreen program detection a bit to hopefully detect more consistently.

Hello everyone! We're back from summer holidays with a new build of Controller Companion. Main feature is the Profile Workshop! You can now subscribe to profiles from the Controller Companion Workshop and upload your own profiles directly from Controller Companion. The workshop is live now at: http://steamcommunity.com/app/367670/workshop/ And there is a full guide for it here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=474949769 Changes in 1.0.0.9:

• Workshop Profiles
• Added crash reporting earlier in the bootflow to catch more launch crashes.
• Fixed the turn off controller command to turn off all controllers (not just the first)
• Added bindings for mouse button 4 and 5
• Tweaked fullscreen program detection a bit to hopefully detect more consistently.

Hello everyone, This week I'm addressing the issue that a lot of you have got non-Xinput controllers you'd like to use with Controller Companion. Instead of implementing a bespoke DirectInput mapping system, I've chosen to lean on the excellent open-source "Xbox 360 Controller Emulator" software (x360ce). There is now a new dialogue in Settings under Advanced that will allow you to download, install and launch x360ce for Controller Companion. This will allow all your DirectInput controllers to work with Controller Companion, though be aware that Xinput controllers will no longer work with the app if you install x360ce. If you need any help with x360ce, do go check out their website: http://www.x360ce.com/default.aspx Please be aware that we will not be able to offer any support for x360ce, nor do we take any responsibility for anything that happens as a result of installing or using x360ce.

1.0.0.8 changes

• Explicit support for Xbox 360 Controller Emulator (x360ce)
• X360ce installer dialog.
• Now reads input from all 4 XInput controllers
• Added "Mouse Scroll" button bindings.
• Tidyed up some UI
• Added a restart button to the notification icon context menu.
• Fixed an issue where profiles didn't work for processes that contained spaces.

Hello everyone, This week I'm addressing the issue that a lot of you have got non-Xinput controllers you'd like to use with Controller Companion. Instead of implementing a bespoke DirectInput mapping system, I've chosen to lean on the excellent open-source "Xbox 360 Controller Emulator" software (x360ce). There is now a new dialogue in Settings under Advanced that will allow you to download, install and launch x360ce for Controller Companion. This will allow all your DirectInput controllers to work with Controller Companion, though be aware that Xinput controllers will no longer work with the app if you install x360ce. If you need any help with x360ce, do go check out their website: http://www.x360ce.com/default.aspx Please be aware that we will not be able to offer any support for x360ce, nor do we take any responsibility for anything that happens as a result of installing or using x360ce.

1.0.0.8 changes

• Explicit support for Xbox 360 Controller Emulator (x360ce)
• X360ce installer dialog.
• Now reads input from all 4 XInput controllers
• Added "Mouse Scroll" button bindings.
• Tidyed up some UI
• Added a restart button to the notification icon context menu.
• Fixed an issue where profiles didn't work for processes that contained spaces.

Greetings everyone! This weekend I've got a new update for you guys! Chief among new features is Process Specific Bindings, which means you can now define specific bindings for specific games or apps. There are three ways to create a profile:

• Run your game with Controller Companion already running, and the game will show up in the Recent Processes list when trying to add a new profile.
• Browse for the main exe file for your game.
• Or import the profile from a previously exported profile.

Yes, you can export your profiles as well and share them with the community. The profiles are plain text so you're also able to simply copy the profile text and there is a "Paste" option in the Add new profile.

New Features

• Rebind Virtual Keyboard buttons
• Process-Specific bindings (Profiles)
• Repeating bindings obey system keyboard repeat rates.

Bug Fixes

• The controller status in the popup window was incorrect on startup
• Attempt at fixing the virtual keyboard for users where the keyboard contained only A
• Upgraded app to be 64bit, should make detection of fullscreen programs on 64bit Windows more reliable
• Fixed a bug where holding a button before opening the virtual keyboard could cause it to repeat keypress for a very long time.

Have a go at the new version and please do contact me if you encounter any issues. Either here Steam or send a mail to [email protected] Have a great weekend, Jacob

Greetings everyone! This weekend I've got a new update for you guys! Chief among new features is Process Specific Bindings, which means you can now define specific bindings for specific games or apps. There are three ways to create a profile:

• Run your game with Controller Companion already running, and the game will show up in the Recent Processes list when trying to add a new profile.
• Browse for the main exe file for your game.
• Or import the profile from a previously exported profile.

Yes, you can export your profiles as well and share them with the community. The profiles are plain text so you're also able to simply copy the profile text and there is a "Paste" option in the Add new profile.

New Features

• Rebind Virtual Keyboard buttons
• Process-Specific bindings (Profiles)
• Repeating bindings obey system keyboard repeat rates.

Bug Fixes

• The controller status in the popup window was incorrect on startup
• Attempt at fixing the virtual keyboard for users where the keyboard contained only A
• Upgraded app to be 64bit, should make detection of fullscreen programs on 64bit Windows more reliable
• Fixed a bug where holding a button before opening the virtual keyboard could cause it to repeat keypress for a very long time.

Have a go at the new version and please do contact me if you encounter any issues. Either here Steam or send a mail to [email protected] Have a great weekend, Jacob

Hello everyone! This week I've got an update for the bindings UI and some more fixes for the virtual keyboard. Sadly, profiles didn't make it in for this update (hang in there it is coming!).

• UI for changing stick bindings
• Ability to bind sticks to arrow keys or WSAD
• Support for binding key combinations (Alt+Tab etc)
• New key binding UI
• Made some changes to the timer in an attempt to fix reported button repeating issues
• Fixed a bug where metro apps were not being ignored as fullscreen apps
• Improved virtual keyboard localisation, better support for accents/deadkeys
• Fixed an issue that would cause the virtual keyboard to not switch layout when language is changed
• Fixed a possible startup crash
• Fixed a possible crash on exit