Indeed, I've disabled the face buttons to force me to get used to it. Navigating the req station in Warzone is harder than controlling my Spartan. Lol.
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Xbox Elite Controller |OT| That's a paddlin'
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draughn101
Member
My left stick does the same. A popping noise kind of. I was going to see if it went away with use, if not I'm going to return it
I was ready to call ms store support, but my pop went away last night after swapping sticks around a little. I have no idea what actually fixed it.
ToyMachine228
Member
Does anyone know if Walmart is carrying this? I can't find it on their website at all and the in-store employees had no idea what it is when I went searching on Tuesday.
shanafan
Member
Best Buy delivered mine in two days. Nice!
I didn't realize I had 3 different choices with analog sticks. One of the sets is raised up higher, and I definitely want to try that out. Love how easily you can swap the analog sticks.
Paddles feel really good. Be nice to just use those in FPS than the face buttons. Eager to get home and try out.
I didn't realize I had 3 different choices with analog sticks. One of the sets is raised up higher, and I definitely want to try that out. Love how easily you can swap the analog sticks.
Paddles feel really good. Be nice to just use those in FPS than the face buttons. Eager to get home and try out.
Guardians, beware:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyThe...lite_controller_deleted_my_309_hunter_and_my/
Ouch!
https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyThe...lite_controller_deleted_my_309_hunter_and_my/
Ouch!
There used to be a listing for it on Walmart's website, but it never had a release date (said 31 Dec shipped) and it appears they took the page down.
What about Titanfall?
I can Titanfall. Probably not very well anymore, but what did you need?
My condolences to that guy, though.
walmart.com did, I purchased mine there a couple of days ago.
shanafan
Member
I just got the controller and I haven't had a chance to turn it on yet, but when I set it down, I don't see the paddles being pressed in?
Found this in the Reddit thread:
Carpets.
i read that on reddit. it's stupid. there should be something in place within the game to let you roll back mistakes like that considerign that the game is mainly about player leveling and shit.
other games like this have had ways for you to correct mistakes like this for a long long time. blaming a random odd ball mistake (he literaly explains this in detail on how many retarded steps and mistakes had to be done in order for this to happen) on the controller is dumb.
other games like this have had ways for you to correct mistakes like this for a long long time. blaming a random odd ball mistake (he literaly explains this in detail on how many retarded steps and mistakes had to be done in order for this to happen) on the controller is dumb.
Yeah, that should work.
I think any 3pole mic headset thingy will work.
Actually, lemme confirm this... I know the headphones will work, just want to make sure with the mic.
Edit: Yes, I couldn't find my better headphones so forgive me for taking so long, but the crummy set I have for my phone works and the mic does too. As long as it has only one plug and both the mic and headphones go to that, I think you'll be fine.
Anywhere in the UK have this for order.
MS Store, Amazon, Game, Gamestop, Argos all sold out
Keep checking Argos, it was sold out for me, but magically wasn't again this morning. It's on its way to me now.
I'll keep trying then, thanks
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Anywhere in the UK have this for order.
MS Store, Amazon, Game, Gamestop, Argos all sold out
Nope, nowhere. I've been looking everywhere since Amazon lost my order. I have put a pre order in with GAME which said releases in 5 days but I'm doubtful I will get one then. They seem to have even taken the page down now.
Smyth's toys might be your best bet, or any other 'obscure' place like that where most people don't think to go.
dude awesome! thanks so much for testing that out for me!
now i just gotta decide which color i want! lol.
i think lunar white is the way to go.
You can also use this if you have one of those PC headsets with seperate plugs (like my Sennheiser). Works good with the adapter on the regular/old One pads - I guess it's the same with the new ones and the built-in port.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Gave it another shot, and MS support still doesn't seem particularly interested in fixing it. And they don't want to just send me a replacement d-pad.
That's some straight up bullshit customer service.
lifeexpectancy
Member
User error.
The controller does NOT press the paddles when you set it down, unless you set it on something that it is straddling or something like that.
How someone managed to delete their destiny character with this controller is beyond me. Guy is an idiot.
Then set it on a table, not on the carpet like a heathen. lol
As for the controller: I fucking love this thing. Build quality is amazing. Faceted d-pad is finally the d-pad I've been looking for all these years. So far I can only get used to using two of the four paddles, the bottom two, but that's enough for me. I rarely use more than two of the four face buttons in shooters in the heat of battle, that being A and X, because I play bumper jumper. So setting bottom-left paddle to A and bottom-right paddle to X means I only have to use face buttons when switching weapons or manually reloading, neither of which happen often when I'm in a hit-shots-or-die situation.
This controller will not make you an FPS god. But it will take your base skills and bump them up a notch once you get used to it.
Over a decade of muscle memory is a bitch to rewire though. Damn these hands of mine!
I second this. All the hard work i do learning the new controls in the evening seems gone when i start off using the face buttons the next day.....
I think you're right... and no problemo, sorry it took me so long.
Yeah, I don't why they'd be such dicks in replacing something defective.
I think I agree with this, too. I feel bad that he lost his character, but don't you have to hold the x button down for a while to delete a character like with legendaries? Did he turn the controller back on just to set it back down? ...on top of something so the paddles actually actuate? Or did he put them in upside down, which might be someone's preference I dunno, so that they do activate when set down?
Yeah, it's taking a while, but I'm slowly getting used to the four paddles. I like that with the button remapping I can have the same layout in all shooters and am pretty sure it's helping me get used to my settings.
Plus I got a little help...
No noises on mine with the sticks, but I would think it's a big deal considering the price...
User 479360
Banned
Mine just makes a slight tick when you move the joysticks. Both of them do this. My Forza controller -- which is also new -- also does it with its left joystick.
Popping is likely worse, and could be a defect. I don't know if the ticking is, though. It doesn't seem to affect performance; there's just the sound sometimes and at least with the Forza controller, it goes away after an hour or two of use. It's there when I first play, though.
What are others' thoughts? Anyone else getting the ticking noise? Think it's a big deal?
Mine is a review unit, so it'd be tougher to exchange and I hope I won't need to.
My left stick makes that slight tick like something is sticking then letting go when moved off center. I believe mine goes away after a few mins of use. Doesn't affect gameplay and I can't hear it with the headset on anyway so I'm going with slight annoyance/non-issue.
Vestal
Gold Member
That is not a flat surface. I have my controller right in front of me right now sitting on a flat surface and the paddles are not touching the surface at all, it has some decent clearing.
User 479360
Banned
Does it feel like it's sticking?
I haven't used the Elite Controller much, but it doesn't seem to affect performance on the Forza controller. It bugs me, though, because I worry about longevity, especially with a controller that's almost $200.
Its mostly just a noise I can hear and not something I feel because I don't notice it with my headset on while gaming. I'm hoping it just needs time to settle in and won't be an issue later on.
EDIT: Now that I'm looking into it I notice the sound on both sticks.
Vestal
Gold Member
Hear it on both my sticks as well, its very mild though.
lifeexpectancy
Member
FWIW I hear no noises AT ALL on mine guys. If I were you I'd demand an exchange from wherever you bought it, even if it means waiting a while for the replacement to be in. A $150 controller shouldn't make any funny noises.
I like how the rubberized surface on it is IDENTICAL to the rubberized surface on the white "I Made This" employee controller. I said when I got that thing that they could sell controllers for $100 with just that one change to the shell. Looks like they did that and a whole lot more. Smart move MS, smart move.
I like how the rubberized surface on it is IDENTICAL to the rubberized surface on the white "I Made This" employee controller. I said when I got that thing that they could sell controllers for $100 with just that one change to the shell. Looks like they did that and a whole lot more. Smart move MS, smart move.
Didn't Game UK mention it would take 5 more days?
barneystuta83
Member
I'll have to try this when I get home, cheers for the heads up.
arhra
Member
So I was screwing around with the Win10 app on my Surface, and noticed something odd (apart from the fact that apparently I can't back out once going into a submenu) - the stick sensitivity curves it shows are completely different to the ones I see in the Xbox version of the app (current publich dash, not NXOE).
The "Instant" setting, for example, looks like this on the Xbox:
While on Windows, it looks like this:
Can someone on the NXOE check to see which you have?
edit: Set one of my profiles to the Windows version of "Instant" and synced the controller back to the Xbox to try it out in-game in Halo, and it's definitely not just that they're displaying differently. With the Windows Instant, any slight movement of the stick is like jamming it all the way over instantly, making it completely unplayable, at least for a shooter where you need fine control, whereas with the Xbox one, it basically just shrinks the deadzone and leaves you with the full range over most of the stick's movement.
Apple headsets specifically I think won't work without an adapter, as the world is incapable of settling on a single standard even for seemingly-simple things like a 4-pole audio jack - see here, in the "Standards for audio jacks" section. Apple use OMTP, whereas the Xbox uses the CTIA standard you usually see on Android phones.
The "Instant" setting, for example, looks like this on the Xbox:
While on Windows, it looks like this:
Can someone on the NXOE check to see which you have?
edit: Set one of my profiles to the Windows version of "Instant" and synced the controller back to the Xbox to try it out in-game in Halo, and it's definitely not just that they're displaying differently. With the Windows Instant, any slight movement of the stick is like jamming it all the way over instantly, making it completely unplayable, at least for a shooter where you need fine control, whereas with the Xbox one, it basically just shrinks the deadzone and leaves you with the full range over most of the stick's movement.
Apple headsets specifically I think won't work without an adapter, as the world is incapable of settling on a single standard even for seemingly-simple things like a 4-pole audio jack - see here, in the "Standards for audio jacks" section. Apple use OMTP, whereas the Xbox uses the CTIA standard you usually see on Android phones.
It looks like the second picture for me on NXOE, with the more drastic looking "Instant."
The settings are labeled differently in NXOE. Default, Aggressive, *something*, Instant.
On NXOE the instant setting graph looks like it does in your Win10 screenshot.
Your statement about Apple headsets is also correct. The poles are not in the correct order for use as an Xbox One headset.
Does the little back facing arrow beside the start button allow you to go back from the submenu? (or you can take Win 10 out of Tablet mode in the notification center and you will have a back arrow in the title bar of the application).
roddjbrown
Member
It's probably just the "oooooooh shiny" magpie part of my personality but good lord do I love this. I don't even have an Xbox one, nor a gaming PC. The carry case is a deal sealer for me despite the fact that in my own situation I cannot think of a single occasion when I would need to use it. It's not even to do with the customisability, I just think it looks pretty!
I need help
I need help
arhra
Member
Well that's unfortunate. The public dash's app's Instant setting is fantastic, essentially eliminating the deadzone in H5 and making aiming way smoother and more responsive.
Hopefully they'll eventually update the app to let us set custom curves, but until they I guess I'll just not touch my main profile after the NXOE update goes live...
That dumps me back to the Start screen. If I switch out of tablet mode, the back arrow in the titlebar does precisely nothing.
mullet2000
Member
Mine does it too. I hope it goes away because it seems like getting a replacement would be a pain in the ass.
Weird. Just pulled my SP3 out to test it.....
EDIT: The back arrow in tablet mode does return me to the start screen. The arrow at the top of the window in desktop mode takes me back to the previous screen.
draughn101
Member
Yea mine is still doing it and I've probably put 15 hours on it so far. Talked to Amazon and they said that they don't have any in the pipeline yet to do a swap. They said that once they have them they will send you one and then you send the other back.
One of the selling points is its potential longevity, and I'm not sure I want to roll the dice on whether the sound is indicative of a long term issue
but does the sensitivity curve allow you to essentially take a lower setting and make it seem slightly faster?
like making a 4 sense in halo 5 feel a bit more like a 6 sense?
Hatty
Member
Sell it for an outrageous markup
Shifty Capone1
Member
Is anyone else having an issue with using the sparrow boost in Destiny when the hair trigger is activated?
arhra
Member
If/when they add custom curve support, you could probably do something sort of like that. You obviously wouldn't be able to do anything about any max turn speed differences, but you could have it set up so that smaller stick movements translate into larger input to the game. The Win10 Instant setting is an extreme example - it's like playing with a stick that goes instantly from centered to max - but a more subtle version might do what you want.
Without knowing exactly how Halo interprets stick input and translates that into viewpoint velocity (and how that changes with the sensitivity setting) it's hard to say for sure, though.
Right now, you're limited to a few preset curves, unfortunately. However, given that the curves are different between the old dash and the NXOE/Win10, it seems that the hardware supports arbitrary curves, so hopefully at some point they'll add a custom option.
Probably similar to the plasma pistol issue in Halo 5 - the game is looking for a full trigger depression, and the stops are blocking the triggers before they can get to the point where it'd kick in. You can fix it by changing the trigger range in the app.