pads that work 100 percent

i own 2 360 pads and 1 ps3 pad. i'm having the problem that everyone is having when they press opposite directions (ie, left arrow and right arrow pressed together is inputted as left and down). i tried xbcd (which wont recognize my pads in the xbcd setup utility), tried the konami code (back+start+up), and some things mentioned in this thread http://www.stepmania.com/forums/input-adapters-and-controllers/show/483

anyway, for my question, is there a certain dance pad that will work right off the bat? am i missing something here?
any help would be greatly appreciated.

I know it isn't much help, but if anything, a pad that officially supports PC should guarantee to function as it should. Anything made for 360/PS3 etc. can be expected to misbehave since they're not intended for use with PC's (unless most of those periphals actually do work on PC, I'm not too familiar with them haha).

For actual specific recommendations I'm afraid you'll have to wait for someone else though.

thank you for the information. i think you're probably right.

i tried to mayflash gamecube pc adapter, and used the wii pad which connects through the gamecube port, and that did the trick. thankfully i have all the ddr mats around. anyway, i probably will buy 2 that are designed for the pc so theres less headache.

DDRGame makes a PS3 dance pad and it works with PC but I swear it gives random misses like every 100 steps. The X360 beat pad almost always works fine with PC with no problems that I've seen from Mad Catz. The official Konami dance pads don't work well. Also DancePadMania pads work fine on PC and most pads that claim they work on PC do.

good to know, thanks!

This works but I no longer can't find the link to the xbox 360 konami official dance pad profile which is needed. if you find the xbox 360 dance pad profile, please post it here so others can get it to work.

This is for windows 7, might not work on windows 8 and/or above since driver signature Enforcement Overrider doesn't work right with other os.
again, you need the dance profile .


How to get an XBOX 360 DDR pad working on 64-bit Windows

Install XBCD, and before you run it, save this: Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider.

Enable test mode, and restart your computer. Now, before you run it again, find where the XBCD driver was installed to. Because it's 64-bit, the drivers are installed to a different part of C/Windows. It's probably something like C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\xbcd.sys.

Anyway, run DSEO again, and Sign a System File, entering the xbcd system file. This, hopefully, should have overridden it, making the driver work.

Right, almost done. Now you have a working driver, you have to link the driver to the pad. Open the Device Manager in Control Panel, and find "Microsoft Common Controller for Windows Class". In this, right click the "Xbox 360 Controller for Windows" bit and click Properties, then Drivers, and update drivers.

This is where you link the file. Firstly choose to install from a list/specific location. After that, manually chose the driver to install. Look for something like Foot Pad Driver. Continue on, and this should successfully install the driver.

Before the final step, download the DDR pad profile here. (Right click and save).

Now you just need to load XBCD's Setup Utility. Click Open, and load the profile you've just downloaded. Click Apply, Exit, and you should be able to map and play it properly in Stepmania.

I'm going to try to find the profile so I can use the pad on my pc again....