How to connect Xbox Pads
by Greg Almond
I heard that there were some issues with using an XBOX Dance Pad with StepMania, i found that after i conducted these instructions it worked Perfectly. If you find anything vague, or have any questions. Please Feel Free to E-mail me, i wish to help anyone who uses this ABSOLUTELY AMAZING dance game I thank you all so much for making it, and wish to only add to its sweetness.
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Purpose
To have an XBOX DDR pad work well with Stepmania Max
Materials
Xbox DDR Pad
XBCD Program
http://www.redcl0ud.com/files/XBCDv106.exe
XBCD DDR Pad Drivers
http://www.redcl0ud.com/files/XBCD_DDR.cab
Xbox Controller to PC Adapter
Stepmania
Procedure:
1. Build an XBOX to PC Controller Cable (Which is what i did, Simple, pretty close to free.)
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/xbox-usb-xbox-cable.php
-or-
Buy an adapter
http://www.kanection.co.uk/product.php/494/0/
Windows
2. Download and Install the Latest versions of XBCD
3. Extract the XBCD_DDR.cab to c:/windows/system32/drivers
4. Plug in Your adapter and Dancepad to PC
5. Hopefully you computer will Plug n Play your dance pad in.
6. Open Up XBCD Setup Utility which installed to your program menu.
7. Make sure your dance pad is viewed by the Setup
In the D-pad Area Click on the box above the direction
I set mine up like this
- Up = Button 1
- Down = Button 2
- Left = Button 3
- Right = Button 4
What you have just done was to change the arrows from being on Direction Axies, it changes them to just normal buttons. Two, Three, four or more buttons can be pressed at once.
It effectively fixes the simutaneous button pressing problem. That was the main issue I found while trying to get this XBox pad to work with Stepmania.
- Save your Settings
Linux
2. If the dance pad does not work, then you need to load the module (the xbox dance pad driver is built into linux). load up any terminal such as konsole or xterm and type sudo modprobe xpad
3. To make it load every time your computer starts type sudo nano /etc/modules or replace nano with your favorite text editor, and add another line to the file that says xpad.
4. Reboot and test.
All
Then open up Stepmania, and go into the “Config Key” Area (Options -> Config Key/Joy Mappings), and set up your buttons Normally.
