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Thanks for the update! I am a Linux user.

Previous versions required a trick to get the game to start properly, which I have confirmed is fixed in this patch.

The D-pad can be used, but there seems to be a bug; the right side of the D-pad is recognized as down, the left side as up, and the up and down keys do not work. This bug may not occur in Windows. I have encountered this bug in other Unity-made games, so it might be a Unity bug. I don't know if this is something that can be fixed on the game side, but there are games out there where the D-pad works fine with Unity + Linux + Xbox controller.

Matt Glanville2 years ago

I'm happy to hear that the display bug was fixed for you, that's great news!

But the D-pad issue is frustrating. 😩 I think this is because the buttons can be mapped to different axes, depending on which controller and operating system you use. So I guess this Xbox One controller fix worked for Windows but not for Linux

I got this working in my later games by using a plugin called Rewired, which handles all of this annoying stuff, but Switch 'N' Shoot doesn't use that plugin and it's quite a big job to implement it now. 😭

Matt Glanville2 years ago (1 edit)

Update: I just uploaded another beta for Linux only. It overrides the previous download, but you will need to download it again.

If all is well, this should fix the incorrect D-pad mapping on Linux for Xbox controllers.

Unfortunately I don't have any working Xbox controllers to test it on here, so please let me know how it goes!

Edit: I dug out an old Xbox 360 controller which I thought was broken but has magically started working for me. I think it should use the same mappings. Everything is working fine EXCEPT that up/down on both the analogue stick and the D-pad are inverted. Horizontal is fine. 🥴

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