Controller Companion

Released: May 4, 2015
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 03 Sep 2026, 17:22 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

21 Dec 2020Developer post
1.0.0.26: Windows Start Menu and UWP fix
Hello everyone, With changes made in the newer versions of Windows 10, I was finally able to fix the double input issue plaguing the Start menu and other Windows 10 apps. I've also taken the liberty of removing the "Limited Functionality" warning on the icon when using the Xbox G
06 May 2017Developer post
1.0.0.24: Fullscreen Detection Bug Fix
Hello everyone, This is just a small bug fix update. A user noticed PlanetSide 2 wasn't working correctly with CC and that led to fixing a long standing bug in the process/fullscreen detection. Thanks Neil! - Jacob
06 May 2017Developer post
1.0.0.24: Fullscreen Detection Bug Fix
Hello everyone, This is just a small bug fix update. A user noticed PlanetSide 2 wasn't working correctly with CC and that led to fixing a long standing bug in the process/fullscreen detection. Thanks Neil! - Jacob
09 Apr 2017Developer post
Update 1.0.0.23: Simplified Chinese
Hey everyone, The latest update adds support for Simplified Chinese. No other changes in this update. Another update may appear shortly as it seems some users are having trouble with CC and the Windows 10 Creators Update. If you are having issues with the Creators Update, could y
09 Apr 2017Developer post
Update 1.0.0.23: Simplified Chinese
Hey everyone, The latest update adds support for Simplified Chinese. No other changes in this update. Another update may appear shortly as it seems some users are having trouble with CC and the Windows 10 Creators Update. If you are having issues with the Creators Update, could y
24 Dec 2016Developer post
1.0.0.20: Russian and more
Hello everyone, This update adds the first non-English localisation: Russian. I'll be adding more going forward once I've stamped out the issues with Russian. If you understand russian and spot any issues with the translation please let me know. :) 1.0.0.20 changes: * App is now
24 Dec 2016Developer post
1.0.0.20: Russian and more
Hello everyone, This update adds the first non-English localisation: Russian. I'll be adding more going forward once I've stamped out the issues with Russian. If you understand russian and spot any issues with the translation please let me know. :) 1.0.0.20 changes: * App is now
26 Oct 2016Developer post
Stop Steam from reading the Xbox Guide button
Hey everyone, I've just completed a quick guide for using x360ce to prevent Steam from responding to the Xbox Guide button. If this affects you, have a gander at: Cheers, Jacob
26 Oct 2016Developer post
Stop Steam from reading the Xbox Guide button
Hey everyone, I've just completed a quick guide for using x360ce to prevent Steam from responding to the Xbox Guide button. If this affects you, have a gander at: Cheers, Jacob
01 Oct 2016Developer post
1.0.0.18: Windows 10 AU Fixes and more binding sets
Hello everyone, For this new patch I made some foundational changes to give you some more options for using secondary bindings. Instead of you having to use BACK for secondary bindings, you can choose any button to act as a Modifier key to use secondary bindings. Also, I've added
01 Oct 2016Developer post
1.0.0.18: Windows 10 AU Fixes and more binding sets
Hello everyone, For this new patch I made some foundational changes to give you some more options for using secondary bindings. Instead of you having to use BACK for secondary bindings, you can choose any button to act as a Modifier key to use secondary bindings. Also, I've added
02 Apr 2016Developer post
1.0.0.16: Sign-In Screen and UAC popup support
Hello everyone, The new feature for this update is the ability to run CC on the signin screen and during those pesky UAC popups. This update also includes a fix for workshop support which had been broken by an earlier SDK update. I apologize for the delay in getting this issue fi
Hello everyone,
The new feature for this update is the ability to run CC on the signin screen and during those pesky UAC popups.
This update also includes a fix for workshop support which had been broken by an earlier SDK update. I apologize for the delay in getting this issue fixed. I'll strive to fix these sort of breaking issues faster in the future and have already made some changes to my pipeline to allow me to do that.
Full patch notes are:

Fix for Steam Workshop "None" error
New option to run on the Sign-in screen and during UAC popups.
Added a new start button option for Xbox One controllers.
Fixed an issue with "Show as In-App in Steam"
Fixed an issue with the chatpad driver that could cause buttons to get "stuck"
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02 Apr 2016Developer post
1.0.0.16: Sign-In Screen and UAC popup support
Hello everyone, The new feature for this update is the ability to run CC on the signin screen and during those pesky UAC popups. This update also includes a fix for workshop support which had been broken by an earlier SDK update. I apologize for the delay in getting this issue fi
Hello everyone,
The new feature for this update is the ability to run CC on the signin screen and during those pesky UAC popups.
This update also includes a fix for workshop support which had been broken by an earlier SDK update. I apologize for the delay in getting this issue fixed. I'll strive to fix these sort of breaking issues faster in the future and have already made some changes to my pipeline to allow me to do that.
Full patch notes are:

Fix for Steam Workshop "None" error
New option to run on the Sign-in screen and during UAC popups.
Added a new start button option for Xbox One controllers.
Fixed an issue with "Show as In-App in Steam"
Fixed an issue with the chatpad driver that could cause buttons to get "stuck"
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18 Dec 2015Developer post
1.0.0.15: Bug Fixes
Nothing too exciting today, just bug fixes. Release notes: Fixed an issue with chatpad device detection that would cause no devices to be detected. Fixed a potential crash in chatpad driver Fixed a potential issue that could cause CC not to have admin rights Moved the SteamHelper
Nothing too exciting today, just bug fixes.
Release notes:

Fixed an issue with chatpad device detection that would cause no devices to be detected.
Fixed a potential crash in chatpad driver
Fixed a potential issue that could cause CC not to have admin rights
Moved the SteamHelper binary into Steam subfolder to avoid x360ce detecting it as 32bit and showing a warning.
Attempt at fixing "RootVisual" crash bug.
Added more reporting for specific types of crashes
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18 Dec 2015Developer post
1.0.0.15: Bug Fixes
Nothing too exciting today, just bug fixes. Release notes: Fixed an issue with chatpad device detection that would cause no devices to be detected. Fixed a potential crash in chatpad driver Fixed a potential issue that could cause CC not to have admin rights Moved the SteamHelper
Nothing too exciting today, just bug fixes.
Release notes:

Fixed an issue with chatpad device detection that would cause no devices to be detected.
Fixed a potential crash in chatpad driver
Fixed a potential issue that could cause CC not to have admin rights
Moved the SteamHelper binary into Steam subfolder to avoid x360ce detecting it as 32bit and showing a warning.
Attempt at fixing "RootVisual" crash bug.
Added more reporting for specific types of crashes
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24 Nov 2015Developer post
1.0.0.14: Smoother Mouse and Chatpad on Wired Controllers
Hello everyone, The newest build of the app has just been set live on Steam and it now has (experimental) support for the Xbox 360 chatpad on Wired Controllers. It also comes with an improved installer and bug fixes for chatpad in general. For all of you without chatpads, the mai
Hello everyone,
The newest build of the app has just been set live on Steam and it now has (experimental) support for the Xbox 360 chatpad on Wired Controllers. It also comes with an improved installer and bug fixes for chatpad in general.
For all of you without chatpads, the main feature in this update is smoother mouse and scroll movement.
Regarding Steam Controller support, I'm still investigating, but it doesn't seem to be a very easy nut to crack. I'll keep trying.
Cheers,
Jacob
Full changelist follows:

There is now a shortcut to restore Guide button functionality on Windows 10. (Disables the Gamebar shortcut)
EXPERIMENTAL Chatpad support on Wired Xbox 360 controllers
Added ZQSD binding option for sticks.
Now installs into 64 bit Program files on 64bit machines.
Mouse movement should be smoother now.
Volume and Media bindings may work more consistently now.
Fixed a chatpad bug that could cause controller input to get stuck
Improved the chatpad installer
Chatpad now initializes faster.
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24 Nov 2015Developer post
1.0.0.14: Smoother Mouse and Chatpad on Wired Controllers
Hello everyone, The newest build of the app has just been set live on Steam and it now has (experimental) support for the Xbox 360 chatpad on Wired Controllers. It also comes with an improved installer and bug fixes for chatpad in general. For all of you without chatpads, the mai
Hello everyone,
The newest build of the app has just been set live on Steam and it now has (experimental) support for the Xbox 360 chatpad on Wired Controllers. It also comes with an improved installer and bug fixes for chatpad in general.
For all of you without chatpads, the main feature in this update is smoother mouse and scroll movement.
Regarding Steam Controller support, I'm still investigating, but it doesn't seem to be a very easy nut to crack. I'll keep trying.
Cheers,
Jacob
Full changelist follows:

There is now a shortcut to restore Guide button functionality on Windows 10. (Disables the Gamebar shortcut)
EXPERIMENTAL Chatpad support on Wired Xbox 360 controllers
Added ZQSD binding option for sticks.
Now installs into 64 bit Program files on 64bit machines.
Mouse movement should be smoother now.
Volume and Media bindings may work more consistently now.
Fixed a chatpad bug that could cause controller input to get stuck
Improved the chatpad installer
Chatpad now initializes faster.
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17 Oct 2015Developer post
1.0.0.13: Xbox 360 Chatpad Support (Experimental)
Hello everyone! This update took me a bit longer that expected, sorry about that. It is pretty cool though as it is Xbox 360 Chatpad support . As you may know Xbox 360 Chatpad is not natively supported by Windows. That means I had to write a driver for it (and the controller) and
Hello everyone!
This update took me a bit longer that expected, sorry about that. It is pretty cool though as it is Xbox 360 Chatpad support.
As you may know Xbox 360 Chatpad is not natively supported by Windows. That means I had to write a driver for it (and the controller) and that gets a bit complicated so this feature is experimental for now. That just means I expect you to encounter a few bugs, so please report those! :)
Also there are some limitations, for example the chatpad only works for Wireless controllers and it won't work in games that have native controller support.
Please have a look at this guide for more information about the chatpad: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536491296
1.0.0.13 changes:

Xbox 360 Chatpad Support
Added a scrollbar to the profiles list
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17 Oct 2015Developer post
1.0.0.13: Xbox 360 Chatpad Support (Experimental)
Hello everyone! This update took me a bit longer that expected, sorry about that. It is pretty cool though as it is Xbox 360 Chatpad support . As you may know Xbox 360 Chatpad is not natively supported by Windows. That means I had to write a driver for it (and the controller) and
Hello everyone!
This update took me a bit longer that expected, sorry about that. It is pretty cool though as it is Xbox 360 Chatpad support.
As you may know Xbox 360 Chatpad is not natively supported by Windows. That means I had to write a driver for it (and the controller) and that gets a bit complicated so this feature is experimental for now. That just means I expect you to encounter a few bugs, so please report those! :)
Also there are some limitations, for example the chatpad only works for Wireless controllers and it won't work in games that have native controller support.
Please have a look at this guide for more information about the chatpad: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536491296
1.0.0.13 changes:

Xbox 360 Chatpad Support
Added a scrollbar to the profiles list
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23 Aug 2015Developer post
1.0.0.12: Recently Played and Crash fixes
Hello everyone, This weekend I've got an update to fix a reported issue where CC shows up in the recently played list in Steam whenever it is run. This was never the intention and violates one of the core principles of CC by not staying out of the way. The issue is caused by the
Hello everyone,
This weekend I've got an update to fix a reported issue where CC shows up in the recently played list in Steam whenever it is run. This was never the intention and violates one of the core principles of CC by not staying out of the way.
The issue is caused by the Steam Workshop integration. CC would connect to Steam to get the list of all subscribed workshop profiles as part of its initialization. Unfortunately, Steam registers this as you "playing the game".
So now CC doesn't do that anymore, instead it only updates the list of Workshop profiles when you enter Settings and I've also added a button to the profiles page to invoke a refresh of the profiles.
In addition, this update also has some speculative fixes for a few crashes you guys have reported and a config change that should alert you if you are using an outdated .NET framework.
If you're reading this and are experiencing weird crashes in CC, please make sure you have .NET 4.5.1 installed. Steam should have installed this for you already (it's the reason the app download is 100MB+ instead of just a few MB), but in case that isn't working correctly go here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=42643
Full patch notes:

CC no longer updates Steam Workshop items on startup. Only when the Settings window is opened.
Added a button to the Profiles settings to "Refresh Workshop Profiles".
Fix a crash related to Workshop CacheItems
Attempt to fix a "This single-instance application could not connect to the original instance." crash
Changed a setting to attempt to notice users if they do not have .NET 4.5.1 installed.
Thanks for all the feedback!
Cheers,
Jacob
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