I play CSGO with mouse and keyboard but I am curious how this game plays with an Xbox 360 controller. I know I need to use exec controller.360.cfg followed by joystick 1 in the developer console to enable controller but I am afraid that it might mess up my mouse and keyboard configuration.
CSGO – Does Enabling Controller Support Mess with Mouse and Keyboard Settings?
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In the Store page of every Steam Game you can check if one of these symbols is available.
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Usually in all recent games (2-3 years), if a controller is enabled, there are high possibility that Microsoft Xbox 360 works and is well supported.
But to be sure I always suggest to take a look to that game specific forum. Most of times there are users that already asked for Xbox 360 compatibility.
I'm still interested in the real answer to this question, but in the end, I just found a controller that works.
For anyone else who really wants to do this, keep trying different controllers until you find one that works. I recommend quality console controllers (gamecube, PS2, xbox) if you already have them, connected using USB adapters, or cheap USB gamepads from eBay.
The one that worked for me cost about $7 (bought from wholesaler xinga.com years ago but try ebay etc). It's a semi-transparent (purple) chinese knock-off of the standard PlayStation 2 dualshock controller. Windows recognises it as "PS converter", so the electronics are probably identical to USB PlayStation 2 controller adapters sold by the same company (and many/most other companies, probably).
Best Answer
If you never touched it before by adding more stuff to it, it's safe to use.
By default that config contains no keybinds for the mouse or keyboard. So if it's still untouched you should not lose or mess up any of your previous keybinds. This config mostly contains joy_... settings next to some keybinds exclusively for controllers and a few hud settings, so it's pretty much harmless.
If you have an own config file for your settings this won't mess up anything for you anyway. Custom files will never be overwritten by the game. So if you're still afraid that using this config will harm your game in any way: make a backup of your config or use a custom file and load (exec) it in your default config.