Bug 6190 - Gamepad doesn't work
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LIMBO
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: Ryan C. Gordon
QA Contact: Ryan C. Gordon
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Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2014-06-23 13:53 EDT by alexhultman
Modified: 2014-07-22 02:06:14 EDT
2 users (show)

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Description alexhultman 2014-06-23 13:53:42 EDT
Plugged a game pad in, Steam big picture works with it immediately. LIMBO does not. I get absolutely no response from the game. Running it from big picture. Cannot even get past the splash screen telling me to press any key (I'm hammering away on all buttons). This is an odd gamepad I found in a drawer, but since the game really only needs directions and one button, it should work with any gamepad.

It's this thing: http://www.dansdata.com/images/ltcontrollers/wma440.jpg

It's a good port otherwise but please focus on one thing at a time and don't just abandon projects half-done (still waiting for walkable floor in Sanctum 2).
Comment 1 Ryan C. Gordon 2014-07-21 11:07:50 EDT
> It's a good port otherwise but please focus on one thing at a time and don't
> just abandon projects half-done (still waiting for walkable floor in Sanctum
> 2).

Thanks for the advice!

Oh, hey, what's this "WONTFIX" button do?

(Sanctum 2 is still in beta, but, um, this was kind of a jerk thing to say in any case.)

--ryan.
Comment 2 alexhultman 2014-07-21 11:21:32 EDT
Has it been fixed or do you have trouble reproducing? Because the game should have gamepad support. Any further information on why this was marked WONTFIX? Because clearly it's a major issue.
Comment 3 Elad Alfassa 2014-07-21 16:42:10 EDT
(In reply to alexhultman from comment #2)
> Has it been fixed or do you have trouble reproducing? Because the game
> should have gamepad support. Any further information on why this was marked
> WONTFIX? Because clearly it's a major issue.

It's marked won't fix because you were rude about it, I think.
Comment 4 alexhultman 2014-07-21 17:03:16 EDT
> It's a good port otherwise but please focus on one thing at a time and don't
> just abandon projects half-done (still waiting for walkable floor in Sanctum
> 2).

This is not being rude. This is a compliment and a suggestion, since Ryan seems to walk away from ports when they are half done (Sanctum 2 is just one example). And if this is how Ryan works - ignoring major issues in his own code because of personal reasons in this childish manner, well - then I never was rude at all - I was rather spot on. This just confirms it once again.

As a paying customer you never know if you are going to get what you paid for, or just some half done broken port. This is the case when dealing with Ryan. And this childish omnipotent way of closing things of personal reasons really isnt that professional.
Comment 5 George Litsman 2014-07-22 02:06:14 EDT
Are you seriously not fixing this? I've been waiting for this to be done to play Limbo. Why was gamepad support advertised if you didn't want to maintain it?