Fix Watch Dogs Legion Xbox One Elite 2 And Other Controller Not Working

Watch Dogs Legion has come under a lot of criticism for crashing on various devices. As the game demands high system specs problems such as these were to be expected, but surprisingly, next-gen consoles are also struggling with the same issue. Browse our game category for helpful guides on the issue. Another problem that users have encountered is Watch Dogs Legion controller not working. Specifically, users with the Xbox One Elite 2 controller are having problem playing the game using their input device.

There are a few workaround to the issue, but that one that’s worked for most users is playing the game via Steam. The game has not yet launched on Steam, but the launch comes with an option to play non-Steam games. You need to use this feature of Steam and the controller should work fine. Stick around and we will guide you through the process.

Fix Watch Dogs Legion Xbox One Elite 2 And Other Controller Not Working

In order to fix the Watch Dogs Legion Xbox One Elite 2 controller not working, we are first going to add the game via non-Steam games and check if the problem occurs. If it does, you will have to make some other setting changes on the Steam client to get the controller working.

Play Watch Dogs Legion Via Steam

First, create a desktop shortcut of the game’s executable. You will find the file at the install location. On the desktop, right-click, select New > Shortcut > browser the .exe of the game and create the shortcut. After you have created the shortcut, right-click and select Properties > in the Target field before the game’s patch paste -eac_launcher. Save the changes

Once you have done the above correctly, launch the Steam client > Click on Games on the top-left corner > From the drop-down menu, select Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library. Click on Browse and add the desktop shortcut we created earlier. Now, launch the Watch Dogs Legion from the Steam Library and the game should support the Xbox One Elite 2 controller.

Disable Steam Input per-game Setting

If the controller is still not working, you may want to disable the Steam Input per-game Setting. For this, launch the Steam client > go to Library > right-click on the game and select ‘Force Off’ under the Steam Input per-game Setting. Click Ok to save the changes.

Change Steam General Controller Settings

If the controller is still refusing to respond, you need to follow the below steps to set the device on Steam. Here are the steps.

1. Launch Steam from the desktop shortcut
2. Click Steam on the top-left corner and select Settings
3. From the Setting menu, go to Controller
4. Click on General Controller Settings
5. Depending on the type of controller you wish to use, you can check PlayStation Configuration Support, Xbox Configuration Support, or the Generic Gamepad Configuration Support.
6. Press Ok to save changes, exit from the Window. This should resolve Watch Dogs Legion controller not working issue.

Hope this guide was of help and you have resolved your problem. Let us know if you have a better solution using the comment section. You can also browse the comment section for updated solutions and user input.