C-stick inputs drop randomly

[axiom1]

I've been having a problem where my c-stick inputs fail to register at random times. Sometimes it fails many times in a row (repeatedly trying to f-smash and nothing happens).

I find that when I pause the game and start moving the c-stick it goes back the being responsive (the screen pans around). I haven't noticed any problems when c-sticking in menu or pause screen.

This could be the controller failing at random times, but since I have noticed it with two of my controllers now (one wired and one wireless) it makes me suspect that the game could be failing to acknowledge the inputs. Or I just have two broken controllers.

Has anyone else noticed random input drops?

 

[Kally Wally]

Brawl (and PM by extension) will only register a c-stick input if the c-stick is returned to a perfectly neutral state. If it's off by even a little bit, it won't work. Make sure the c-stick is neutral when the controller is first plugged in. I think there's a way to calibrate in game - holding Y+X+Z on either the character or stage select screen, though I don't remember which. I could be wrong on any part of that, though.

 

[axiom1]

Upon additional testing I have found that if I repeatedly mash the c stick in one direction it will eventually fail to register the input.

 

[axiom1]

Brawl (and PM by extension) will only register a c-stick input if the c-stick is returned to a perfectly neutral state. If it's off by even a little bit, it won't work. Make sure the c-stick is neutral when the controller is first plugged in. I think there's a way to calibrate in game - holding Y+X+Z on either the character or stage select screen, though I don't remember which. I could be wrong on any part of that, though.

Thanks.

Recalibrating seems to resolve the issue when I start to notice dropped inputs. It tends to start happening again after a while though.

 

[Thanasiomedes]

I have noticed that problem too. I have checked my c-stick in vbrawl and I works perfectly. It only seems to drop out in pm and even then its only in an actual fight. It tilts the menu screens just fine.

 

[axiom1]

I'm starting to think that this might not be a problem in the game, but in fact a result of my playing.

I can't be sure, because I don't watch my hands as I play, but I think that I sometimes rest my thumb on the c-stick in an odd way in anticipation of using it. By pushing it lightly in some weird direction, I am inadvertently causing it to not register until I fully release the stick (letting it go back to neutral). If I release the c-stick fully after every move and be as direct as possible when using it (pushing it directly to one of the four directions) it seems to always work fine.

 

[Thanasiomedes]

Maybe there should be a buffer zone then to prevent accidentally having the c-stick not register. Yesterday I played pm with some friends who are very good at melee and they were having issues with the c-stick as well. At the very least I know that this problem with the c-stick is not present in brawl or melee but is present in pm.

 

[Strong Badam]

^This isn't possible at this point in time.
The issue IS present in Brawl.

 

[axiom1]

A deadzone would be great, but if not I still think its feasible for players to just learn to always reset their c-stick to neutral.

Of course, it will be another thing for the Melee purists to complain about, but I think it's already been established that PM =/= Melee, and is in fact a game of its own.