There have been a few threads today where users are confused on how to configure the keyboard / controllers. There have also been some users seeing less than desirable visual results when playing the game as well.
To explain, the demo differs from the full game in that you are able to run the game without going through the usually required step of selecting Play from the config app. For the demo, you should run the ‘fifaconfig.exe’ file before launching the game to configure your settings. You can do this by selecting Game Settings when you see this screen:
1) Display Configuration Tips:
- Ensure that V-sync is selected
- If you have set the game to the highest visual settings and it is not running smoothly, you may want to try reducing or turning of the anti-aliasing (MSAA Options) or reducing the resolution settings until you find one that runs best for your PC. Although it is tempting to select the highest resolution, some PC’s simply don’t have the horsepower to back this up when it comes to playing the game.
2) Keyboard Mapping
I’ve seen several keyboard users and threads where there is frustration so I hope this helps to explain. For FIFA 11 PC we have opted to focus mainly on the gamepad user as the best gameplay experience can be had using this type of control. You cannot use in-game mouse controls like one could in FIFA 10 PC (or in FIFA Online) but you can use the keyboard.
The button icon art for FIFA 11 PC is hardcoded to be tailored to the Xbox360 Controller for Windows user. Until someone comes up with a mod for this (), this art cannot be changed. You CAN however fully customize your controller experience and it is generally a 2 step process where there are 2 rules to remember. Firstly, the fifaconfig app allows you to map Buttons (or keys) to Buttons. Secondly, once in-game, that is where you can map Buttons to Actions. In a perfect world this could be done all at once and within the game however there are many technical hurdles related to this and we opted with this method as a result for FIFA 11 PC.
To map your keyboard keys to buttons:
Step 1: Select Game Settings from the fifaconfig.exe app and map buttons (keys) to button icons
Select the In-Game Keyboard tab at the top and you will see this screen
Here you can click on any of the boxes next to a button icon and press the key you would like to map to that specific button. NOTE: This is the part that seems to be confusing for people as they don’t know what action they are mapping to. I totally understand. As mentioned, there were some technical hurdles associated with having the game communicate with the config and we have had to map the ACTIONS in-game to the buttons / keys that the user selects here.
Select the Controller tab at the top to map controller buttons to Xbox360 button icons.
TIP: There is a PRINT button on the above screens. If you are having trouble remembering what key you mapped to which button icon, printing out this screen might be a good reference for you until you get used to playing.
To help you reference the default ACTIONS that you might want to associate the above keys with, you can use these 2 screens from in-game visual as a guide. Hopefully that saves you some time.
Attack Controls (default)
Step 2: In-game. Mapping buttons (keys) to actions.
Now that you have mapped buttons (keys) to buttons in the config app, when you are here, those buttons can be mapped to ACTIONS. Main Menu / MY FIFA 11 / SETTINGS / CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Defence Controls (default)
NOTE TO ALT-TAB USERS: You cannot alt-tab out of the game, change a button to button mapping in the config file, and then go back into the game and expect it to take the change. You’d need to close the game down and start it up again for that new change to take place.
3) Keyboard Use in Menus
You can use the keyboard and mouse in the main menus. These keys are hardcoded to these buttons so when you are in the menus and want to use a keyboard, these are the keys associated with actions. This is good to reference if you are a VOIP user as well since the button controls are not shown in-game for MUTE, VOLUME UP, and VOLUME DOWN.
4) Supported Controllers
I’ve seen some people with controller issues and its most likely due to that controller not being supported by the game. We officially support 35 different gamepads however there may be more that work with the game as well. These are the supported controllers:
Logitech®
Logitech® ChillStream™
Logitech® Cordless Rumblepad™ 2
Logitech® Rumblepad™
Logitech® Rumblepad™ 2 Vibration Feedback Gamepad
Logitech® Dual Action™ Gamepad
Logitech® Cordless RumblePad™
Saitek
P880 Dual Analog Pad
P990 Dual Analog Pad
P2500 Rumble Pad
P2600 Rumble Pad
P2900 Wireless Pad
P3000 Wireless Pad and Docking Station
P3200 Rumble Pad
Cyborg Rumble Pad
Thrustmaster
Dual Trigger 2-in-1 Gamepad
Dual Trigger 2-in-1 Rumble Force
Dual Trigger 3-in-1 Rumble Force
Wireless Dual Trigger Gamepad
FireStorm Dual Power 3
FireStorm Dual Analog 3
Run'n'Drive 3-in-1 Rumble Force
Run'n'Drive 3-in-1 Wireless Rumble Force
T-Wireless 3-in-1 Rumble Force
Rechargeable Wireless 2-in-1 Dual Trigger
hama®
hama® Black Force
hama® BlackSteel
hama® Flashlight Blue
hama® Whitestorm
SpeedLink
Thunderstike
Strike2 Gamepad
360 Style Gamepad
Devotion Pad Wireless
Microsoft
Xbox 360™ Controller for Windows (most recent controller driver)
Xbox 360™ Wireless Controller for Windows (most recent controller driver)
**NOTE: Older keyboard models may not allow for more than 2 buttons to be pressed at the same time.
This may limit your ability to control players and actions in FIFA 11.
**NOTE: Controllers without analog sticks do not allow for full functionality within the title.
**NOTE: Users using the Saitek P2600 Rumble Pad may notice gameplay issues when using the latest driver. To
avoid any issues, please use generic Windows game controller drivers.
**NOTE: Users with the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad will likely not be able to perform skill moves (right analog stick) with the driver associated with this controller.
Hope this helps.
Ian