360 gamepad on PC

[Bisjac]

what are the items i need to buy for this to work? no bullstuff rigging, just official hardware and installations using hopefully a real 360 controller.

I know this an be done, never sure how

[Ad Bot]

[black knight]

I wanna do this to.

[Miga]

Buy a Microsoft 360 controller to USB cable.

[Bisjac]

Buy a Microsoft 360 controller to USB cable.

can it charge on it like they can on the 360?
i would like to use wireless also

[Valen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpizRBcmxfM&feature=channel_page
Posted awhile ago. Holy crap my voice was high xD

[Marcem]

Buy the wireless receiver.  Then, get drivers.  I use a wired one for a controller.

[Bisjac]

i wouldn't use it on blockland

[Rughugger]

Could have tried mine while I was there, but nooooooooooooooooooooooo! lol

[Kerog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpizRBcmxfM&feature=channel_page
Posted awhile ago. Holy crap my voice was high xD

In my spare time i'm gonna do this with TF2 and Blockland. Now I can see what Blockland would be like if it was an Xbox360 Arcade game :D

[Reformist]

You mean use a 360 controller on the computer?

[Radial543]

You all fail...kinda sorta ;)

Anywyas, you get a wired 360 controller (all of 'em are USB), I don't know how to do any bluetooth stuff, but I know it can be done.
After that, depending on what you want to do, you can download drivers*, which would only allow you to play games that are made for a gamepad/controller, or a nifty program called Xpadder which you bind keys to the layout of the control to suit your needs in different games or programs.

* http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=091 (official windows drivers)
* http://tattiebogle.net/index.php/ProjectRoot/Xbox360Controller/OsxDriver (for mac)