microsoft xbox one controller driver for mac

One of the most common criticisms of the Xbox 360 controller was how its analogue triggers behaved in older (DirectInput) games. The reason for this problem is a change Microsoft made in the pads drivers. If you’ve used the controller before on Windows 7 or 8, this is all the more puzzling as the games may well have worked just fine on your old OS. Perhaps the character in the game keeps moving, or your car just spins around uncontrollably. If you’ve bought an Xbox One controller and used it with your Windows 10 PC, you’ve probably noticed that a bunch of your older games don’t work properly any more. The game is Sega’s Binary Domain, which somehow manages to mess up all the button mappings when using the Xbox One pad. Update – We’ve so far found just one game that is Xbox 360 controller compatible that doesn’t work with the Xbox One pad when using these drivers. Since adding the Xbox One Chatpad and updating the controllers firmware, we’re seeing just the Y rotation and no Z rotation on the latest drivers. Update 2 – Microsoft might have actually fixed this in a recent update, so this whole switching drivers thing may not be necessary any more.

There is no problem with the original 360 controller. The game simply refuses to accept any input when the Xbox One controller is connected. Update 3 – Found another game that inexplicably has problems with the Xbox One pad – House of the Dead 2 by Sega.

Note that if you switch to the older driver you break compatibility with the Xbox One chatpad.

It’s a little difficult to understand why Microsoft are making such a mess of this. We’re also seeing a lot of reports of broken compatibility. Somehow the separate axis for the triggers is back again. Update 4 – Well, we’re going around in circles.

Microsoft xbox one controller driver for mac