That on February 25, 2022 a game like Elden Ring is more of a candidate than ever for the GOTY 2022 due to its average 97 en Metacritic In its version for PS5, it has not been translated in the same way with the sensations of its premiere on PC, as there was a wave of negative reviews on Steam due to multiple problems.
Among them is seeing how FromSoftware’s game Doesn’t recognize the controller right off the bat on PC. And in the absence of the Japanese studio solving it, the community of Internet users has published several ways to fix this problem, especially knowing that with a mouse and keyboard it doesn’t work that well either…
How to play Elden Ring with a controller on PC
Yes, it is surprising that in the 21st century we run into this problem from time to time, especially knowing that it is a game with a default control for command, since it more or less preserves the scheme of this kind of FromSoftware productions from its beginnings in the first Demon’s Souls for PlayStation 3.
And what solutions are there so you can play with a controller without problems?
- Disconnect mouse and keyboard before playing. Yes, as is. The oldest method in the world works equally well with Elden Ring. Before running the game, disconnect the mouse and keyboard to force your only input device to be the controller and therefore be detected by the game itself. Simple but effective.
- Usar el modo Big Picture de Steam. You have another option with this alternative when it comes to running Steam through its Big Picture variant, designed to play precisely with a controller. When starting this mode (top tab “View” in Steam and from there Big Picture mode to change), go to Settings and from there to Controller Settings to force the entry of the default Xbox controller.
- Uninstall Vjoy or similar programs. It may not be your case, but if you have the software Vjoy or something similar has probably conflicted with the game’s own drivers, so uninstall it while you play.
FromSoftware is aware of the problems and promises a short-term solution, but we already know that the desire to enjoy Elden Ring is much stronger.
