Out of the box controller support

[EiffelPower75]

Hello,

I am on Windows 10, and currently have an Xbox Wireless Controller, this one exactly : https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B08JW5DR79

Presently, when I launch FlightGear, few inputs are active, so I cannot play without further manipulation on the keyboard, or configuration

What I would like, is just that I turned on my controller, launch FlightGear, and all the controller inputs would be bounded to a functionnality of the plane, or the software, so I could start gaming immediately just with the controller

That would make FlightGear much more accessible for newcomers, even a ten years old child could use it for fun

[wkitty42]

i have that controller and i was working on an XML file for it... i'm not sure how well i have things configured, though... it seems to work fine but there are some things are slightly tricky... i've not shared it with anyone but my plan is to ultimately have it committed to FGData for everyone to have access to by default... i'll have to dig it back out and see where i left it...

FWIW: a gamepad is not a controller... at least not to me... to me a gamepad only has a D-pad and four buttons... a controller has a D-pad, four buttons, two thumb-sticks, two triggers, and two bumpers... plus the menu and options buttons...

[EiffelPower75]

Thank you for your quick response

Yes, I was talking about a controller, not a gamepad. I have edited the title accordingly

[SP-NTX]

1. FlightGear is more for advanced ones than the MSFS, XP11 and so on, and that's good, cause you can learn new things, etc.
2. Joystick, maybe even mouse > Gamepad
3. XML is not too hard
4. Usually, everything works correctly (i have Hotas X, i had Stick X joysticks, and i did almost nothing in XML, even used old PS3 controller to make panel with few buttons, also worked without changes in the xml)
5. As some pepole say, flightgear is more simulator than game, playing is more flying than gaming. No one is going to make support for every one possible controller, cause its just too hard. You can support the development with creating configuration file for your controller and then share it with FlightGear community

[exedore6]

Necroing this thread - I've got the same controller and working on getting it going. I'm about 90% there - the rudder is tricky because the trigger buttons are each an axis, needs an offset. I'm having a rough go getting the stick buttons to center things, and getting the pause function working, but it's flyable. I'll post what I've got later today.

[feuerzeug]

This worked for me with Xbox Gamepads, you only have to replace the name in the xml file with your controller's name

https://github.com/YoRyan/fg-x360-gamepad/