Nvidia shield controller not working on pc
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You have to map each button, joystick, and trigger, but it has a easy auto-mapping tool that will go through them one by one. This takes XInput gamepads and emulates them into an Xbox 360 controller just the same.
#Nvidia shield controller not working on pc install
So the solution is to not rely on Nvidia's emulation and install a separate emulation program like x360ce (Xbox 360 Controller Emulator). If you go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers while the controller is connected and GeForce Experience is running, you should actually see two controllers, the second with the name "virtual". All that GeForce Experience is doing is emulating the controller into an Xbox 360 controller which then your games can recognize. You can see it in Control Panel under Devices and Printers. I have a workaround though! When you plug in the controller without any Nvidia crap installed the controller is recognized as an XInput gamepad, just not an Xbox 360 controller. It makes no sense that basic functionality should be locked behind GeForce Experience. You would expect the controller to just work anyways. Given how long it took for anyone to mention this issue on this forum it was also definitely not worth going out of their way to buy one. It is a very niche controller so they have probably never had one to test with. And I can't blame TechPowerUp for not knowing all these other "dependencies" are needed either. That is a bummer that you basically have to install everything in order for this controller to be recognized properly. I was dreading needing to go through them one by one. What a funny coincidence! I also came here looking for a solution to this and your post, the first and only on this forum to ever ask about this 4 year old controller, was posted less than a week ago! What i had to install in the geforce experience section are as follows:Virtual Audio,Telemetry,NV Container,Geforce Experience,Shadowplay,Shield Streaming Service,Nodejs,NV Backend,Process Monitor
#Nvidia shield controller not working on pc tv
Hope this helps anyone else that has the same problem in the future and as a suggestion maybe can this be put in the description in nvcleanstall when you select the component and it tells you what it does at the right hand side? "These components are required for use of the shield tv controller in geforcenow." So looks like im stuck with installing pretty much the same amount of poop that i had to install before i discovered nvcleanstall,which i will never use and dont want on my machine i f i want to use my controller. If shadow play and everything it requires is not installed then the controller breaks and wont work with geforce now (thanks nvidia) Thank you for any help and hope i explained the problem clearly.Thank you !ĮDIT: After spending the last few hours testing one by one (arrgghh lol) i think i have found the culprit and it is shadow play (and all of its dependencies)
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So my question is,does anyone know what else is being installed with the "original" nvidia installer that allows the controller to work with geforcenow so that i can install that component also from within nvcleanstall from the geforce experience section of the installer? When i look in the list of other components in nvcleanstall and read the description of each one,i cant seem to see what else i need to install.So short of ticking each box one by one and installing and the reinstalling with the next box ticked and so on and so forth im not sure what i can do.
#Nvidia shield controller not working on pc drivers
The problem i have is that after using nvcleanstall and selecting only the components i need (or think that i need) my controller is not recognised to play games in geforcenow.I thought i could get away with with just the shield controller drivers but this did not work,so then i tried with geforce experience and the few "dependencies" that it requires,but same thing again,it makes the controller not function with geforcenow gameplay.
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#Nvidia shield controller not working on pc trial
Unfortunately however after trial and error,i found that the only way to install the drivers i need for the controller to work meant i had to install geforce experience (which i dont want and dont use) then i came across nvcleanstall.amazing! I use geforcenow to play some games on my laptop and i use my shield tv controller plugged in to play games with,but i didnt want all the bloat that came with the drivers.
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I have come across a problem which i hope someone might be able to help with please. Hi,new here and first can i say thank you for this tool.I have been looking for a way to get rid of some of the bloat when installing drivers for ages and have no clue how i never found this before in the past ! So thank you!