Logitech F710 GamePad on an Apple Mac
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Has anyone tried getting a Logitech F710 Gamepad working on a Mac? I have one and it kind of works. A few games will work with it, many just won't work at all. It would be nice if there was a way to make it get "just recognized" as a standard controller, like an XBOX 360 controller or something. Has anyone had any luck with getting the G710 to work broadly?
Cross posted from Gamrhaus.
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I have purchased GamePad Companion which was $8 from the app store and that has certainly helped, but only a little.
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Here is a guy who's found out how to get the F710 to work on MAc. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2655713?tstart=0
FYI Mangolassi needs some sort of quoting feature.
darwinmac Aug 26, 2011 6:45 PM Re: Using a Logitech Game Controller F310 in response to trickytye In case anyone stumbles upon this thread, I did get my Logitech F710 to work on my iMac. However, it wasn't easy. First of all, simple changing the switch to "D" wasn't enough. When I looked at System Information, it still said it was a Logitech F710 gamepad. That won't work since there isn't an XInput driver for the Mac that works with the F710 as far as I know. System Information needs to show it as a "Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2" in order for it to work on the Mac. In my case, I needed to disable USB 2 support in VMWare Fusion. Otherwise, Fusion was intercepting the change in USB device ID and wasn't passing it along to the Mac. Initially, I had to start up Fusion and switch the F710 under Windows in order for the change to be reflected on the Mac. I was finally able to get this to work without starting up Windows. To do this, I had to do the following things in this order: 1. Change the F710 to "D" (DirectInput) mode 2. Remove the nano USB receiver from my iMac 3. Remove one battery from the F710 4. Re-insert the nano USB receiver into the iMac 5. Re-insert the battery into the F710 When you look at System Information now, the device should be shown as "Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2". That device will work with the Mac. If your game uses HID Manager, then you won't need to do anything else in order for your gamepad to work. If your game doesn't support HID Manager, then you'll need a program like Carvware's Gamepad Companion or USB Overdrive in order to map the buttons, hatswitch, or analog sticks to keystrokes. Unfortunately, if you shut your Mac down at night like I do, you'll have to go through the same steps to reattach the F710 to the Mac. Unfortunately, the default mode on the F710 is the XInput mode which doesn't work on the Mac. It won't matter if you leave the F710 in "D" mode. I ordered a Cordless RumblePad 2 from a retailer that still had it in stock. I have a feeling that's what I'll use in the future since that will be a lot simpler. I am assuming the F310 would be the same way since all of these Logitech controllers have the XInput and DirectInput modes built into one gamepad. That may be great for Windows users, but it makes it a pain to use it on a Mac. -
@DustinB3403 said:
FYI Mangolassi needs some sort of quoting feature.
You mean like hitting the quote button and responding? It's not great, but it is definitely there.
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Or do you mean quoting other sources?
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Quoting other sources. Much like the Code function on SW.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Quoting other sources. Much like the Code function on SW.
You can mark a source as code (not the same as quoting) by indenting it four spaces.
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But do that with the above example would mean I'd have to indent all lines?
Is that correct?
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yeah I'd have to indent all lines that I'd want "quoted" which is a huge pain in the rear.
Edit: It's per paragraph, still goofy that there isn't a function button for it.
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@DustinB3403 said:
yeah I'd have to indent all lines that I'd want "quoted" which is a huge pain in the rear.
We do that with software like Atom or Notepad++. Only takes a second. It's a pain as there is no "select and indent" built into the editor yet. But it is easy enough. I always have a text editor open for one reason or another anyway.
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@DustinB3403 said:
But do that with the above example would mean I'd have to indent all lines?
Is that correct?
Correct.
