How can I swap the trigger and shoulder button functions on my controller?

June 1, 2012 11:38 PM

I have an Xbox 360 controller pad, and Windows 7. I would like to swap the functions of the shoulder and trigger buttons.

For most games I find it a lot more comfortable to use the shoulder buttons for the functions the trigger buttons usually perform. I don't want to open the thing up and adjust it in hardware because some games -- racing games, for example -- use the analogue triggers as actual analogue triggers.

Experimenting with the Pinnacle Game Profiler trial got me half-way there but I couldn't stop it from firing off both actions, a trigger and a shoulder press, when using either button. AutoHotKey is a big blank intimidating canvas.

I should mention it's not actually a 360 pad; it's a Logitech F710. But the provided remapping software only works with the controller in DirectInput mode, which it seems most modern games don't support.

posted by ArmyOfKittens to computers & internet (3 answers total)

I do something similar to this with GlovePie. I don't know AutoHotKey, but GlovePie looked pretty intimidating to me, until I tried it out. The GUI tab basically does all the work for you.

I'd normally link to the original site (GlovePie.org) but it looks like that has been hacked.
posted by pishposh at 12:39 AM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

I use Xbox360CE (with a different controller) - you can calibrate it to pretty much do anything - but you have to launch it from the same folder as your game/app .exe
posted by motdiem2 at 3:30 AM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

XBox360CE seems to be working well so far. GlovePie looked powerful but I think it does more than I need.

Thanks to both of you :)
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:52 AM on June 2, 2012