{"id":3322,"date":"2015-01-26T22:32:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2015-01-27T15:22:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:22:49","slug":"getting-multiple-xbox-360-controllers-working-on-a-mac-os-x-yosemite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/getting-multiple-xbox-360-controllers-working-on-a-mac-os-x-yosemite","title":{"rendered":"Getting Multiple XBox 360 Controllers Working On A Mac (OS X Yosemite)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had this running in a previous version of OS X, but then it stopped working (operating system update made the driver non-functional). I spent some time Google-ing around, but it was hard finding something due to all the information out there being for PC.
\nThis is apparently completely doable on a PC (as described here, for example<\/a>)
\nBut not as easy on a Mac. Searching Google did little for me… except that I found this cool thing (http:\/\/multicursor-wm.sourceforge.net\/)<\/a>. I had no idea you could do that.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, now that I have multiple controllers working on a Mac I feel obligated to throw my solution into the mix.
\nPerhaps this will help someone looking for answers via Google.<\/p>\n

Download and install the 360Controller 0.14 driver<\/a> first: https:\/\/github.com\/d235j\/360Controller\/releases<\/a>
\nThis is an unofficial release driver, because the last one is no longer compatible with newer Mac OS’s. I found out via this reddit post<\/a>, and here<\/a>.
\nIt’s stable for me, and I’m not getting any errors, so it’s recommendable.<\/p>\n

Once installed open “System Preferences”, and at the very bottom you’ll see “Xbox 360 Controllers”<\/p>\n

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You’ll know it works when it detects the controller and displays controller-ish things.<\/p>\n

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So that’s easy enough, but I need to have multiple<\/strong><\/em> controller to develop and test against. So doing some digging I found Vivid Machine’s Controllers app<\/a>. It’s actually FREE in the App Store.<\/p>\n

You can find the download link on the website here<\/a> (again, in the AppStore it’s free): https:\/\/vividmachine.com\/controllers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Open the program (in Applications folder), and you’ll know it works when it shows controller-ish buttony things.<\/p>\n

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And done!<\/p>\n

Now that I have it working, I’ll be able to use & fully enjoy the GameInput<\/a>. This is also included in the Adobe Gaming SDK<\/a>.
\nI’ve gotten quite a bit of mileage out of it. I quite like the SDK.
\nAt any rate… I think this setup will get me far enough until I’m ready to have this thing running on an actual console.<\/p>\n

I also found this wonderful GameInputTester on github<\/a>, and it indicates that it does work:
\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/zeh\/key-action-binder\/tree\/master\/tests\/GameInputTester<\/a><\/p>\n

Interestingly enough Adobe’s Game Input Control also works in the browser (source<\/a>)
\nI quote: <\/p>\n

“The GameInput classes absolutely work in the browser. Support has been there since Flash Player 11.8 (in beta), then officially added with 11.9.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I did not know this. That’s pretty nice.<\/p>\n

If anybody else finds this post, and knows of a better way of doing this, please share! I’d love to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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