Mad Catz C.T.R.L.i and game compatibility

callidus2000!
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Posts: 6
May 09 2:38 PM
Post #1

Hi folks,
I've just got my Mad Catz C.T.R.L.i. and was very pleased/impressed at first playing Leo's Fortune with it. But after the first impression I got quite disappointed as my favorite game (and the reason for buying an external controller) Space Marshals does not recognize the controller. Next game which I've been enjoying lately is Penumbear (missing in the game list) and it does not recognize the controller, too.

I've read a lot about problems with iOS 8 (I'm running 8.3) and older (iOS 7) games, but at least Space Marshals shouldn't fall into this problem categories.

Has anybody experienced the same or has a clue for me?

Callidus2000

Kevin
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May 09 2:43 PM
Post #2

Hey, welcome to the site!

Space Marshals should work. I think you have to connect your controller after you start the game, something like that. It works well once you get it connected.

iOS 8.3 should be very solid when it comes to MFi controller support. There were problems with SteelSeries and MOGA controllers in iOS 8.1 and below, but those have been resolved, and the CTRLi never suffered from those issues to begin with.

Penumbear doesn't work with controllers, at least not to my knowledge. Unless a game is specifically designed to work with them, it probably won't work.

callidus2000!
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May 10 12:11 AM
Post #3

Hi,
tried this with Space Marshals, didn't work...

For Penumbear I was mislead by this video which showed otherwise:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rccQry2ML7w
But that is no really big thing....

Kevin
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May 10 1:13 PM
Post #4

I just spent the past half hour trying to get Space Marshals to work, and I can't get it working either. I know it did at one time, but no more, it seems.

I'll pull it from the list, and see if I can get in touch with the developers about a fix...

Kevin
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May 10 1:16 PM
Post #5

As for Penumbear, that video actually shows a controller that ISN'T an MFi controller. It uses something called icade, which works by emulating a keyboard.

It wouldn't take long to add MFi controller support, but considering the game hasn't been updated in 2 years, I wouldn't hold my breath.

ChokingBlue
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Posts: 1
May 11 2:15 AM
Post #6

Kevin wrote:

I just spent the past half hour trying to get Space Marshals to work, and I can't get it working either. I know it did at one time, but no more, it seems.

I'll pull it from the list, and see if I can get in touch with the developers about a fix...

Devs said they sent out an update to fix support

Kevin
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May 11 9:02 AM
Post #7

ChokingBlue wrote:

Devs said they sent out an update to fix support

Awesome, I hope it comes soon!