Discussion Regarding Xbox 1 Controller & Background Input Not Working

[franpa]

https://discord.gg/cpax27 (Zelda: A Link to the Past Randomizer discord)
https://discordapp.com/channels/3078602 ... 7908120586 (This message explains the cause and a couple later messages explain a clunky work-around.)

Problem: Xbox One Controllers under Windows 10 don't support Snes9x's Background Input implementation.

[odditude]

can you copy the relevant info so those without Discord accounts can see it?

[franpa]

Chief#0025:
For those wondering, it seems that Windows 10 has gamepad support for all UWP (universal windows programs), which includes most of the browsers you'd use, and the home screen, and it's that support that is intercepting the background input before it ever reaches SNES9x... It doesn't seem that there's an easy way to disable that, but I'm sure someone here has the know-how to do so.

I assume that the reason Xbox 360 controllers don't have this issue is because they're older than Windows 10, where as the drivers for xBox One controllers were designed with this in mind.

otherTom#4512:
did a little research, it's definitely a driver-specific thing - snes9x reads input using plain Windows API stuff, the Xbox One driver only passes along background input if you use Xinput if you force the Xbox One controller to use the "HID-compliant game device" driver, background input works - but any other games you run won't see it as an Xbone controller

Chief#0025:
So how would i force that driver, so i could give it a shot
I only use it for this so that wouldn't be a problem at all

otherTom#4512:
open up Device Manager, expand "Human Interface Devices", right click "XINPUT compatible HID device", "Update driver", "Browse my computer", "Let me pick". should be three options, I tested "HID-compliant game controller". if you want to undo the change, same thing but update "HID-compliant game controller" and pick the XINPUT one

Chief#0025:
Hey, thanks! I had tried it earlier but didn't know it had to be the HID one. that definitely works

I cleaned up some of the dialogue so it's easier to understand the conversation.

[RocksInMyDryer]

Thanks! Been trying to troubleshoot this for weeks, worked perfectly!