Stupid PS3 controller question.

useless4

Does anyone know if they make a ps3 controller that doesn't have buttons mapped to the analog sticks?

I am realizing that I can't play shooters because I either am crouching or knifing at all the wrong times and none of the games will let me remove those buttons from assignment. It's so bad that on COD Black Ops I've only played a total of two days for five hours and am got the level VII award for shooting while crouching already.

SmokeStacks

I can't speak for Black Ops, but check the options to see if you can modify the controls. If I'm understanding you correctly the ones you're looking for are L3 and R3 (when you press the analog stick in). Odds are if a game uses those buttons than you're pretty hosed, since it means there are enough functions that you won't be able to do everything you need to do using the standard d-pad and face buttons.

Alternatively, don't press the sticks so hard.

urahonky

I actually have the same problem with the PS3 controller... Do you have the SIXAXIS controller by any chance?

useless4

Currently using a dual shock 3 but i have both.

urahonky

Ah okay. I was just curious since I have a SIXAXIS and I have the same problem. I don't know if it's a sensitivity thing, but I barely press on it and it clicks.

Zeon

Yeah its all PS3 controllers that do that. I dont think anyone makes one without those buttons because you kind of need them.

useless4

I was thinking that they would be on the face next to the shape buttons.

EggPuppet

I never liked those buttons.

eternalbl

Is this the kung-fu grip thread? I've been searching all day

vagrant_winds

All PS3 controllers have the L3/R3 buttons.
All PS2 controllers do as well.

HallowedFaith

There is some truth to that though.

I have fairly large hands and I am not gentle on controllers. I tend to make them creak and moan under the severity of my grip. I can't conciously remember to use a lighter touch and play a game, especially when I get into a tough scenerio. This is also somewhat dangerous for me and my Nintendo DS. Thank for the XL. (that thing fucking rocks)

Here is my question: Does CODBLOPS not let you remap the controller in game?

useless4

It does but R3 is going to either be crouch or knife. Both of them are not something i enjoy randomly doing.

Figgy

useless4 wrote: »

It does but R3 is going to either be crouch or knife. Both of them are not something i enjoy randomly doing.

From what I understand, that could be an advantage.

EdS25

This thread reminds me of Gunvalkyrie on the OXBOX. That game had your oft-required dash maneuver on R3, and it wasn't like a crouch toggle or quick melee attack: it was something you had to do ALL the fucking time, WHILE you were holding the stick in various directions. I could never get used to it. My right thumb would wear out and the controller would start making "what the fuck are you doing" noises within 10 minutes (plus the stick would get stuck "down" which worried me). Controllers were expensive, the game cost me $3, so I quit playing it.

Ain Soph

There was a controller made during the PS2 era specifically to address this problem. It had 2 extra buttons on the back that replaced R3 and L3. However. I've yet to see a playstation 3 iteration.

The issue is odd in that it's both a controller sensitivity issue, and a hand anatomy issue. I've had this problem since I can remember, and my solution was if possible to remap the typical R1/L1 buttons to R2/L2. This actually allows the muscle between the thumb and index finger to be more relaxed. If you've played Borderlands or some such game with this mapping to R2/L2 you'll notice you probably have the problem much less frequently. And to any game that doesn't allow remapping or doesn't have R2/L2 as standard, then tell the devs they can fuck themselves.