Yes. It has an option for what style of prompts and tutorial you want. Default is dynamic, which will switch between controller and keyboard/mouse depending on which you are currently using, like in vanilla. You can also select Controller or PC, which will lock button prompts and tutorial text to one style or the other, regardless of what input you are currently using, which is useful if you use a mixture and don't want the prompts to flicker between styles. Currently this is the only option. There are no in game settings at this time.
I have a question about mapping extra controller buttons, I have a feeling the answer is no but worth asking. My controller has 2 mappable buttons, but as far as I know I can only map it with other controller buttons. Would this still work for me, or am I right in thinking it won't work. I do understand without knowing the full capabilities/limitations of my particular controller you probably can't say for certain either way.
If they only map to other controller buttons and your computer can't recognize them as separate inputs, there is not much I can do for you, unfortunately. There are only a few controllers I know which let you map the extra buttons to arbitrary things that are not other controller buttons:
Xbox Elite (Series 1 or 2) back buttons can be remapped by Steam or Rewasd
DualSense Edge back buttons, Fn buttons, and mute can be remapped by Steam, Rewasd, and some builds of DS4Windows
Steam Controller back buttons can be natively mapped by Steam or Rewasd
Steam Deck back buttons and trackpads can be natively mapped by Steam
DualShock 4 touchpad can be mapped in Steam, Rewasd, or DS4Windows
DualSense touchpad and mute button can be remapped by Steam, Rewasd, or some builds of DS4Windows
Other extra button solutions such as the DS4 Back button attachment, controller hardware modifications, or third party controllers featuring back paddles from the likes of Scuf generally only map to existing controller buttons and your computer cannot distinguish between the standard button and the extra button mapped to the standard button.
It's not impossible there are others I'm not aware of, but if your PC can't recognize them as separate buttons, there's not a ton I can do. A controller only has so many buttons.
All that said, there are a few workarounds you can use. A standard PS4 or PS5 controller has a trackpad that Steam can independently recognize and you can map to different things. The PS5 controller also has the mute button you can use. You can map short/long press of buttons to different things in Steam, so you could map the dpad short press to 1-4, and long press to the standard dpad buttons to get access to a few more powers.
But also, keep an eye on this series of mods. I am planning to add more native controller power mapping, which the games are sorely lacking, especially LE1.
Hopefully that answers your question and gives you some direction to go with. Feel free to share the details of your controller and I can try to give more guidance.
Im using this controller GameSir G7 Wired Controller for XBOX & PC. I love this controller but understand it may have shortcomings and limitations in general. I've unfortunately had zero luck with getting a ps4 controller to work on either of my computers. I want to make sure I say Thank you for this mod even if I cant use it fully, I can't even imagine the amount of work that goes in to something like this.
Good news! It looks like Rewasd supports that controller's back buttons. https://help.rewasd.com/how-to-remap/supported-devices.html#gamesirg7
It's paid software, but you can get a trial to see if it will work. I think it should allow you to map those buttons to keyboard keys, which should allow you to access more powers easily.
hooray and many thanks for the new mod! Will replace your previous one ASAP, looking forward to no more "double-image" mini-map ___________ Steam sounds like an attractive "free" alternative for these controllers that it supports. I did not look into that, for some reason.
I've actually bought reWASD for use with my Xbox Elite 2 "paddles" earlier this year -- after using the trial version together with DropTheSquid's olderLE3 controller mod and confirming that it (reWASD) works like it claims to for me.
(I merely mapped the 4 Xbox paddles to keyboard numbers 1-4. Seems crazy that Microsoft does not include such options out of the box, and that you "require" additional software for this, but oh well. It's a mad world.)
I do not want to advertise buying silly software just for fun with more power-heavy Mass Effect classes :-D instead buy DropTheSquid some Nexus points or whatever that is called :-) but I can confirm that reWASD works as advertised for my Elite 2, and you can definitely make use of the trial in case Steam does not help your controller. I think reWASD had a long enough period to try things out for yourself and your controller.
Ah, thanks for reminding me. I gotta take the old one down. This one is better in every way, and has more room to improve.
I agree running things through Steam is better and easier if it supports the extra buttons on your controller, but that's really only their first party hardware or the very big names like the Xbox Elite or the DualSense Edge. For more niche hardware, reWASD is the way to go.
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Other extra button solutions such as the DS4 Back button attachment, controller hardware modifications, or third party controllers featuring back paddles from the likes of Scuf generally only map to existing controller buttons and your computer cannot distinguish between the standard button and the extra button mapped to the standard button.
It's not impossible there are others I'm not aware of, but if your PC can't recognize them as separate buttons, there's not a ton I can do. A controller only has so many buttons.
All that said, there are a few workarounds you can use. A standard PS4 or PS5 controller has a trackpad that Steam can independently recognize and you can map to different things. The PS5 controller also has the mute button you can use. You can map short/long press of buttons to different things in Steam, so you could map the dpad short press to 1-4, and long press to the standard dpad buttons to get access to a few more powers.
But also, keep an eye on this series of mods. I am planning to add more native controller power mapping, which the games are sorely lacking, especially LE1.
Hopefully that answers your question and gives you some direction to go with. Feel free to share the details of your controller and I can try to give more guidance.
It's paid software, but you can get a trial to see if it will work. I think it should allow you to map those buttons to keyboard keys, which should allow you to access more powers easily.
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Steam sounds like an attractive "free" alternative for these controllers that it supports. I did not look into that, for some reason.
I've actually bought reWASD for use with my Xbox Elite 2 "paddles" earlier this year -- after using the trial version together with DropTheSquid's older LE3 controller mod and confirming that it (reWASD) works like it claims to for me.
(I merely mapped the 4 Xbox paddles to keyboard numbers 1-4. Seems crazy that Microsoft does not include such options out of the box, and that you "require" additional software for this, but oh well. It's a mad world.)
I do not want to advertise buying silly software just for fun with more power-heavy Mass Effect classes :-D instead buy DropTheSquid some Nexus points or whatever that is called :-)
but I can confirm that reWASD works as advertised for my Elite 2, and you can definitely make use of the trial in case Steam does not help your controller. I think reWASD had a long enough period to try things out for yourself and your controller.
I agree running things through Steam is better and easier if it supports the extra buttons on your controller, but that's really only their first party hardware or the very big names like the Xbox Elite or the DualSense Edge. For more niche hardware, reWASD is the way to go.