Game will not start past the launcher if Wireless Controller is connected

[erictheaussie]

Hi,

I am using an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller synced to a USB wireless adaptor plugged into my PC. If I try to launch the game while the controller is on, the debug cmd window gets as far as:

...
Successfully installed detour for D3D12 vtable hook address 0x7ffa1fb0a9a0.
Successfully installed detour for D3D12 vtable hook address 0x7ff9ed431fe0.
Resuming 43 suspended threads.
Installed D3D hooks.

Sometimes a bit further, and then closes. The game does not open after that and Steam does not behave like it is open (the green "play" button becomes clickable again once the cmd window closes).

If the controller is off, and then I turn it back on when I get to the game's main menu, it works perfectly.

Enabling or disabling Steam overlay has no effect.

Thanks very much

[OrfeasZ]

@erictheaussie Could you share your Steam Input settings?

[supersonic124]

I'm also having this issue. I'm using a regular Xbox series controller with the xbox wireless adapter and default steam input settings. The game always crashes unless my controller is off

[erictheaussie]

@OrfeasZ I hope this is what you're looking for:

Screenshots

[supersonic124]

It weirdly stopped happening for me after the latest steam update, I have no idea why

[OrfeasZ]

@supersonic124 @erictheaussie can you try with the latest build from this comment and see if this resolves your issue?

[erictheaussie]

@OrfeasZ The build you linked did not fix my issue, unfortunately.

[OrfeasZ]

@erictheaussie couple of questions:

1. If you add noui = true to your mods.ini (as explained here) does your game still crash with the new build? If so, when? After it crashes, can you go into %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps, look for any files named HITMAN3.exe.XXXXX.dmp and e-mail them to me? (e-mail in my profile)
2. If you disable steam input from the steam properties of the game, do you still have an issue?

[erictheaussie]

Hi,

I added noui = true as explained in your linked post. It worked! The game now progresses past the launcher and into the actual game menus while the controller is connected. I can navigate the menus and play the game with a controller, appears to work perfectly.

If I remove noui = true from mods.ini, disable SteamInput for Hitman 3, but still have my controller connected to the computer, the game will not launch hitting "Play" on the launcher.

If I keep noui = true in mods.ini, disable SteamInput for Hitman 3, but still have my controller connected to the computer, the game WILL launch and behave as described in the first paragraph (it functions perfectly)

The game did not crash at all after adding noui = true, but I can still send you a crash dump where I DID NOT have noui = true, if you'd like.

Thanks very much

[OrfeasZ]

If the crash was from the most recent version that'd be useful. If it's from the previous version then unfortunately it won't be of much use. At least this seems to be consistent with another person who has been having issues with Steam Input on so we're getting somewhere. Unfortunately both me and a friend of mine are unable to reproduce this issue as it stands so it will take some further investigating.