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title: "Why the FUCK does Windows require different types of controllers for different games"
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description: "disclaimer I am not a genius with how windows or Linux treats controllers but I think I know whats going on"
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author: "maggie"
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## hi im back fuckers and theres a rant for me to write
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so, today i wanted to play some gta online but those rockstar dickheads decided to kill it. that's partially why i'm even on windows to begin with at this point.
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after finishing said gta online session i decided to hop off and play celeste and because im a lazy ass bum i decided not to reboot and play with my usual bootleg PlayStation Two controller.
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turns out, from what i know, windows divides controllers into two groups, directinput (old) and xinput (new). if your controller does directinput only, good luck with playing any modern game in 2024.
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on the other hand, if you have an xinput only controller you're pretty much left out of playing any old games.
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# WHY??
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Linux does this perfectly like you have a controller and it just WORKS you don't have to think about useless bullshit like this.
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why cant it just work, i swear for every one thing windows does right there are 200 other things that it fucks up on a ridiculous level
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## There is a tool.
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yes, i got the tool, but now it uses 50mb of ram in the background at all times and that fucking sucks why do i have to rely on extra software to get my games running?????
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bye chat meow
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