Very Slow Oblivion

[tony559]

I'm using Xbox controller for Windows and the latest version of Xpadder on W7 64bit. Several websites give details on setting this up and it seemed quite straight forward. However when I play Oblivion it is impossible - everything happens very slowly and very jerkily - totally unacceptable. It is mainly with the left stick where xpadder is simulating keyboard key presses. I get exactly the same poor response by using those same keyboard keys. Its only when I unplug the controller that things get better. Suddenly everything is lightning fast - using the keyboard and mouse of course.
Any suggestions. I wanted to use the controller because I suffer from RSI and using the mouse can be a problem.

[Primal Fear]

I have played Oblivion with Xpadder and Xbox360pad myself, and it worked great. But I have found informations, that the Xbox360 controller should cause exactly this problem. So this problem is not caused by Xpadder.
Is the driver of your graphics card up-to-date? If not install a actual version.

You can try following too:
-unplug your controller
-start the game
-Alt-Tab out of the game
-connect controller
-check that Xpadder correctly detected it (otherwise restart Xpadder) and load your profile (if you didn't made a Auto Profile entry that looks for the process)
-and then Alt-Tab back in
This should work, because the game doesn't detect the controller, only Xpadder does.

[Mobeeuz]

Try disabling joystick support in Oblivion.

From Nvidia Forums:

Solution: This is often the result of a joystick or controller plugged into the computer. Editting the Oblivion.ini may correct this issue. The Oblivion.ini file is located in the My Documents\My Games\Oblivion directory. In the [Controls] section, change the “bUse Joystick=1” setting to “bUse Joystick=0” or simply disconnect the peripheral. Make sure the settings are saved. Note, changes to the Oblivion.ini file will not be saved if Oblivion in running when the changes are made.

[Primal Fear]

This disabling joystick thing, is for sure the smarter solution than every time working off my list.
But maybe the driver update already solves the problem.

As for nvidia, I guess this is the reason why I didn't had this problem.
But ATI has often enough such quirks in games too.

[FARSTRIDER]

i remember that in some early dx 9.0 games you couldnt remove the controller (@ startup without the game crashing) that way unless you switch the controlls to keyboard