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How do I play pc games with an xbox 360 controller on windows XP?
The microsoft driver won't work. If the game says its compatible with DirectX does that mean it'll work the the 360 controller?
The Xbox 360 Controller does work with Windows XP. The driver usually comes on a disk included with controller, but it also can also be downloaded. On Vista and Win7 it's automatically installed for you. It's been too long since I used it with XP that I can't remember if it does that as well.
Just because the game says that it's compatible with DirectX that doesn't mean that it supports game controllers. DirectX refers to a lot of things where game developers are concerned. The parts of DirectX that pertain to controllers are DirectInput and XInput. Without getting too technical, if the game supports XInput then it supports the Xbox 360 controller (or its clones), and if the game supports DirectInput then it supports all controllers even the 360 which is backwards compatible with the more recent versions of DirectInput. In other words, you should be able to use your controller with most games that support game controllers.
That's the rub though. Not all games on the PC support game controllers; many only support input from the mouse and keyboard. For these games you need to use a third party program called an "emulator" that runs in the background, listening to your controller for input and translating it into keyboard and mouse signals that the game will understand. Since each game uses the keyboard and mouse differently, the emulator requires a different set of instructions for each game, and this is something that you generally have to set up yourself.
Some game controllers for the PC come with their own software for doing this, but the 360 doesn't. There are a number of programs available on the net, however, that you can get. Some are freeware and some are payware. If you're just looking to play a simple game without a lot of fancy stuff on the controller (like using a shift-state) then the freeware variety will work fine for you. The most popular freeware emulator is called "Joy2Key".
Over the years I've used a number of payware emulators until I found one that I liked best. Among those that I've tried are Total Game Control, Pinnacle Game Profiler, Switchblade Pro, and Xpadder. They range in price up to about $20 USD. At their heart they all basically do the same thing, but my preference is Pinnacle Game Profiler for its power and flexibility; it's also well supported and regularly updated, and there are numerous pre-made game profiles (instructions specific to games) that I can download so that I don't have to spend much time getting my controller to work with each game that doesn't support game controllers. Anyway, that's my personal preference. You can Google all those titles and get free trials to see which you like best when you decide to play a game that doesn't support controllers.
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