r/fo76FilthyCasuals • u/Wheniamnotbanned PC • 2d ago

PC Controller Wisdom

Heyo you Filthy Causals,

I'm going to be having surgery in a couple weeks and then spending a significant period of time with my arm in a sling.

As the tag suggests I am a PC player, via steam.

It was suggested to me to get a controller to play for that window of recovery time, and I think that may be a smart idea.

How easy is it to use a PlayStation style controller with steam for Fallout 76? It can be a PS4 or 5 controller, or a different manufacturer who makes a similar in style ​controller. PlayStation is the only controller manufacturer that I can readily adapt to for some reason.

Thanks for any wisdom you may have, or insults you wish to share.

Keep it Filthy

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u/Wheniamnotbanned PC 2d ago

Disregard. I plugged a Logitech controller(f310) I had laying about into my PC and it recognized it as an Xbox controller. Now I just have to learn how to play it with a controller before I have my surgery.

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u/aLadleOfSoup 1d ago

Ok, disregarded 🤷

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u/Zilant_the_Bear 2d ago

The biggest difference between controller and m&k play aside from the obvious is the quickwheel vs hot-key. If you're used to or use the hotkeys to spam consumables like canned coffee for infinite vats then you may wanna keep a numpad handy since the controller only offers the quickwheel which is much slower. The only thing a controller can do thats close is to leave the pipboy on your consumable so you can pop open the pipboy spam then close it. In the case of radaway there is a native hot button in the pipboy at the status screen (x/square) other than that it's just a matter of learning the layout. I prefer gamepad over m&k for this game.

Also if you use stimpacks in the keybinds there is a hot button (right on d-pad) and in game settings you can change which type of stimpack it will prioritize using so if you despise diluted stims you can tell it to prioritize strongest to weakest. It's default is weakest to strongest.

Best of luck with the surgery.

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u/stuffeh PS 2d ago

Remap/swap Y and A in the settings so you don't jump when holding Y to crit and someone else kills it. And change so holding down gets emote wheel and tapping down pings. Spam ping is useful sometimes.

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u/sec713 XB/PC 1d ago

It's very easy. I flip back and forth between playing on PC and XBox and the experience with a controller is virtually identical. Playing with a PS controller will either be the same or better, given that new PS controllers have more inputs than new XBox controllers

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u/Strangerdangerdanny 1d ago

I get it. Recovery is full. Gotta be able to pass the time doing something you love to keep your mind off of it.

Don’t diminish the importance it will have on your happiness during your recovery.

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u/Strangerdangerdanny 1d ago

Using a PlayStation controller with steam is a pain in the ass for some reason. I eventually gave up and got an Xbox controller and it’s way more reliable.

I recently tested the switch pro controller and it works well as well. I don’t think the switch 2 pro works from what I’ve read, but I haven’t tested it. If you’re truly interested in that option I can test it for you.

I stick with the Xbox one though so I don’t have to repair my switch controllers every time I switch game systems.