Bismarck.Escalow said: »
I am getting ready to convert to PC as well (from Xbox). Are there any PC controllers that any of you would recommend? If so do you have a controller setup (button mapping) you wouldn't mind sharing? Thank you in advance.
The Logitech F710 (wireless) is good. The F310 (wired) would be good except that I've had at least two of them die because of the lack of a proper strain relief where the wire exits the controller causing the wires to break inside. Do not get an F310. Both of them use the standard PS2 layout. Also, the F710 ships with a pair of Duracell AA batteries, so you can use it right away. Unfortunately for some reason Logitech doesn't want to make a game controller compatible with their "universal" keyboard/mouse dongle with the orange asterisk on it, or it would be perfect.
Someone mentioned something about the buttons, well I did have to take apart the F310s a few times to clean out gunk, but I've been using the F710 for a year with no problems.
There are other PS2-style controllers that may have a different button layout. I tried a 3rd-party wired PS3 controller once, and the polygon buttons were all wrong and I had to remap them in config. (probably Sony rearranged them to discourage using regular PC game controllers on the PS3)
And in my experience, 360-style controllers want the trigger buttons to work together as a camera rotation thingy instead of being separate, but I don't like the analog sticks being non-symmetrical anyhow. I'm sure there is some way to work around this, but it's easier to just plug in the Logitech controller.
Also, if you can get a PS2 controller to USB adapter, it's hard to go wrong with that and a genuine PS2 controller. They weren't easy enough for me to find a few years ago when I wanted one, but retro adapters are more common now.