Rocket League Mac Controller Driver
I’m a gamer. I’ve been playing PC games since DOS, and have no plan to ever stop, thankfully there are an increasing number of wicked games available on GNU/Linux systems, like Rocket League for example.
If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, and have no idea what Rocket League is, it’s basically Soccer/Football (other game modes have other sports, etc, but the primary focus is as mentioned) in super high powered, jet propulsed cars; it’s awesome. However, Rocket League is not very easily played via keyboard, and having some kind of controller is essential.
I am going to buy the game when it comes out for Mac and I am not sure what controllers work for Rocket League. Anybody know? Jump to content. Trying to use a Xbox 360 wired controller with the Mac version but can't get RL to recognize the controller inputs inside the game. Details are on this post - though you don't need to get the. Xbox one controller not being recognized. So, yesterday I got in the post my brand new Xbox one controller to play Rocket League on my PC. I plug it in and it starts working instantly, no fuss with drivers. How to Connect a PS4 Controller to Your Windows PC. By Robert Zak – Posted on Aug 8. (such as the excellent Rocket League) as well as any games you may have running on emulators. You’ll need to get a program that maps your DualShock 4 controls onto the Xbox controller drivers built into Window 10. Rocket League even supports it without a program running! Shows the Playstation button symbols and all. Edit: yeah and Xbox controller support on Windows goes without saying as being smooth.
I use an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller as my primary controller when playing games that support one on Linux.
Setting things up
By default when plugging it in to my Ubuntu 18.04 system, it lacks the needed drivers to work. Thankfully in Ubuntu / Mint etc., it’s quite simple to fix this issue:
sudo apt install xboxdrv
I believe that xboxdrv is technically abandonded, as the official website hasn’t been updated since what appears to be 2015, however, it still appears at least with my test setup to function properly.
The driver works with Xbox 360 wireless gamepads, Xbox 360 USB gamepads, and Xbox1 gamepads.
Installation of Rocket League can be accomplished through Steam (after purchasing the game) so if you don’t have it installed, you’ll need Steam:
sudo apt install steam
Steam should install fairly quickly, and do its usual self updates. Games should pick up the controller automatically; you may need to select it as the primary means of controlling the game in the game options but some may select it automatically when it is detected.
Game Requirements, and performance
Steam lists the Recommended requirements for SteamOS/Linux systems as:
Recommended:
- Processor: 2.5+ GHz Quad core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 or better, ATI 7950 or better
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 7 GB available space
My System:
- AMD A10-6700 3.7GHz Quad Core
- 8GB DDR3 RAM
- NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB VRAM (using proprietary drivers, not Nouveau)
- Ubuntu 18.04 Budgie
On my system I had no issues running the game in 1080P Resolution, max graphics, at nearly solid 60FPS and the occasional stutter that seemed random; I’ll say it runs nearly as smoothly as it does on my Windows partition, just not quite.
Well enough to win 2/3 test games I played, without any warmup, on competitive mode (Bronze rank for now, but working up!)
Last thoughts
Overall, here is a couple options that may at the least help you spark an interest in gaming on GNU/Linux systems, as the Steam library alone (not counting games available outside steam) contains over 3100 games, according to Steamdb, and this includes smash hits like Rocket League, Portal 2, Hotline Miami, or Pony Island.
It’s also a great example of how even MLG title games like Rocket League, have made their way to GNU/Linux, and natively at that. A good sign for the future!
Now You: Do you play games? If so which and on which system?
Setting Up an Xbox One/360 Controller On Mac
I had a bit of trouble getting my controller (Xbox One Afterglow) to work but was able to with some troubleshooting.
Download this driver:https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller/releases
Install the driver:
Open the '360ControllerInstall_0.16.4.dmg' in your downloads.
Open the 'Install360Controller.pkg' inside the dmg.
Follow the prompts (continue and such) Download zoo tycoon mac free.
After installing the driver you have to restart your system!
After restarting
Open the configuration software:
Spotlight*(Cmd+Space)* System Preferences
Click Xbox 360 Controllers (should be at the bottom)
Make sure it detects your controller, that the buttons in the config picture light up when you click them, and that the sticks move when moved.
Configure the controller in big picture mode:Note: Your controller may work now but might have weird buttons for selecting going back
Open your Steam Library
Click the little controller at the top right
Once in big picture mode click the GEAR (Settings) Dizzy wright still movin download.
Under Controller click Add/Test
There should be a detected controller here
Click the detected controller
On your controller press the buttons that light up on the screen (When the sticks show up without arrows that means press them in)
When finished press Y on the controller to save
Load up Rocket League.
Try restarting Rocket League a few times through Big Picture mode and or restarting your computer if it doesn't work at this point.
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Good luck!