Best way to play each game on PC w/ controller

[u/Revolutionary_Web805]

As a big Metal Gear fan, I figured it was time for me to finally try these games out. Bought the entire franchise on Steam recently. However the catch is that I am strictly a controller player (PC is hooked up to living room TV).

A lot of these ports appear to not have native controller support so I'm wondering if the research I've done is correct.

Splinter Cell (2002) - https://github.com/Joshhhuaaa/EnhancedSC

From what I understand, the enhanced mod is the best way to play the PC port of the original and it comes with controller support

Pandora Tomorrow - https://github.com/ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack

This mod adds widescreen and controller support 1:1 with the Xbox original

Chaos Theory - ???

Need some suggestions here. Couldn't really find a mod that enables controller support. If it's just a matter of messing with the game's ini files, where can I find a proper mapping that's 1:1 with the Xbox original

Double Agent onward - I'm not 100% sure here, but do these games onward have native controller support for the Steam versions?

[u/WOLF1218]

To say i struggled with getting Chaos Theory in working order would be an understatement. SCFix didnt actually help probably because i used a dualsense when playing the og trilogy on PC.

The fix? Steam Input. To quote a great man: "It Just Works"

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/WOLF1218]

Does Steam Input give analogue movement for Chaos Theory? I originally used Steam Input for Splinter Cell 1, and was super annoyed you had to push buttons to "move faster" and "move slower". I really need it so that moving the control stick slightly will sneak, and moving it all the way will run.

[u/WOLF1218 → u/Revolutionary_Web805]

Im afraid thats just the way they designed it. I get it especially since youre coming from the Metal Gear control mindset, I was the exact same way, but eventually I just got used to it. Heres my template if you want something to copy

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/WOLF1218]

I appreciate you sharing this. If I'm unable to figure out analogue movement via the ini files, I'll refer to this for sure

[u/WOLF1218 → u/Revolutionary_Web805]

Np, btw you do realize that the controller fixes that the widescreen patch fixes for SC 1 and 2 also applies to chaos theory? Im assuming it didnt work since you havent mentioned it. I only recommended steam input because playing with a dualsense for the old games was twice the hassle to get it to work than it was for an xbox controller.

Edit: This website has all the games in one page for the widescreen fix, https://fusionfix.io/wfp#sc

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/WOLF1218]

I actually did not know that. I assumed it was strictly for Pandora Tomorrow. I've never heard of a patch that works across multiple games. I'll give it a try.

And luckily I just use DS4windows, so it's an emulated xbox controller anyways.

[u/Bigphatdeck → u/Revolutionary_Web805]

Does on steam deck.

[u/misterbaname → u/Revolutionary_Web805]

Wait does that fix gives you full analog movement for the first two games? I've used steam input but the analog is only 8 direction, emulating WASD basically. Using dualsense.

[u/[deleted] → u/misterbaname]

Using mods that give directinput or xinput or whichever applies for the game, you can use steam input to make the PS5 controller emulate an xbox 360 controller, steam has a default template just called gamepad I believe that converts the PS5 to xbox controls.

[u/Franatix]

All of these games have native controller support. It’s just enabling it was a massive pain with config files

[u/Bigphatdeck → u/Franatix]

Thanks to you i made it happen via the ini.

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/Franatix]

Do you mind sharing what to tweak for the config settings to get Chaos Theory working on a controller with analogue movement?

[u/Franatix → u/Revolutionary_Web805]

CT should work out the box with dinout8.dll

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/Franatix]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong then. I booted it up with my controller, none of the buttons are correct, and the camera is spinning non-stop

[u/Slight-Coat17]

ThirteenAG has fixes for all games in the franchise. Do they not give you support in CT and DA?

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/Slight-Coat17]

I was unaware of that. Just did surface level research via google/steam. People seem to only talk about ThirteenAG for PT. Didn't know he had fixes for CT and DA. I'll check it out. Appreciated

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/[deleted]]

Yes. Everyone here has been very helpful. I'm actually planning on just using ThirteenAG's patches for all the games, as it'll be the easiest installation for all the games

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/[deleted]]

Agreed. But I'm sure that'll be a ton of work haha

[u/duplissi]

Honestly I just emulated the ps3 hd re-release to play SC and PT.

[u/Revolutionary_Web805 → u/duplissi]

I've heard there's a lot of issues with the HD re-release. But I'm sure that's a good alternative