How To Fix A Problem When The Controller Stops Working In The Game But Registers On Steam

Elden Band controller non working? Attempt this fix

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It looks like Elden Band's PC version may accept some bug recognizing controllers. Dozens of players on the game's official subreddit, in the game's Steam forums, and one member of the PC Gamer team take run into a brick wall getting the game to have controller inputs, and players are citing several potential solutions.

It's still unclear what's causing the consequence, but it doesn't seem to be any one controller in item that'due south the problem. Our editor-in-chief Evan Lahti's wired Xbox One controller wasn't working, merely senior editor Tyler Wilde'southward wireless Xbox One controller is working fine. On this Steam forum mail service (opens in new tab), dozens of players are reporting problems with Xbox and PlayStation controllers.

If your controller isn't working in Elden Ring, try these solutions

Solutions are currently sparse, just there are a few methods that players have had success with.

Currently, the merely method that has worked for united states of america (per Twitter user iBDWSSBM) is to delete Vjoy, a virtual joystick program used to install controller drivers for steering wheels or fighting game joysticks. This is what finally worked for Evan after trying a bunch of other things, just if yous have never used Vjoy or a like virtual joystick plan, this obviously won't work for you.

Reddit user anilisfaitnesto (opens in new tab) claims turning on "Xbox Configuration Support" and "Generic Gamepad Configuration Support" tin do the play a joke on (find this setting in Steam > Settings > General Controller Settings), merely this didn't work for Evan. While your in Steam settings, you can also effort disabling the Steam overlay.

User CoachZ_1212 also suggests unplugging your mouse and keyboard before launching the game, suggesting Elden Ring only recognizes the "first" input it sees. Some are saying that worked for them.

One person as well claims that the keypad they had plugged in was interfering with Elden Band detecting their controller. A bit of a special case, but if this is you, some have said it worked for them.

Basically, there are a lot of weird solutions out there to an increasingly common problem and no single one seems to be the fix-all, at least not yet. We'll update this page with more potential solutions equally they appear.

Morgan has been writing for PC Gamer since 2018, first as a freelancer and currently equally a staff author. He has too appeared on Polygon, Kotaku, Fanbyte, and PCGamesN. Before freelancing, he spent most of high school and all of college writing at pocket-sized gaming sites that didn't pay him. He's very happy to have a real task now. Morgan is a trounce writer post-obit the latest and greatest shooters and the communities that play them. He too writes general news, reviews, features, the occasional guide, and bad jokes in Slack. Twist his arm, and he'll even write about a slow strategy game. Please don't, though.