Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:47:47 GMT

One solution to the PC upgrade problem is just spend around $3-4000 now and you wont have to upgrade for years and years...

As far as Xbox360 KB/M adapters, XIM3 is the way to go. It is pricey, almost as much as the Xbox360 itself at $150. But for the cost of around $200 for the Xbox360 and $150 for the XIM3 you've got the perfect gaming platform for any first person shooter. As Matthew above me I've tried a couple different KB/M adapters, nothing even compares to the XIM3 (I've owned an XFPS and SplitFish FragFX Shark 360). If I had to rate each one from 1 to 10 on overall PC-like feel (smooth movements with mouse) I'd give the XIM3 a 9, FragFX gets a 4, and XFPS gets a 1.

XIM3 only gets a 9 because the game is still limited to what a controller can do, so you cant spin around like a madman doing 1600 degree spins before you hit the ground and headshot the guy... but other than that its perfect. Its customizable to the way YOU want to play the game, so if you're like me and want insanely high sensitivity, or you like to move your entire arm about 4 feet to turn 90 degrees, you can set that up. Bind any key on the keyboard to any function on the 360 controller you please. Each game has its own customizable configuration, which compensates for the different mechanics.

FragFX is too sluggish, you can feel the mouse capping out the stick and having to keep dragging the mouse around to continue your turn sucks. The analog nunchuck is nice though.

XFPS is laughable, they dont even TRY to make a decent product. Like the FragFX they expect it to be "one size fits all" for every game, and it just doesn't work like that. Also if it stops working, expect to have to buy an entirely new one, like they expected me to do (which is why I bought the FragFX originally).

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:59:17 GMT

Brandon B wrote:

Yea the XIM Is way overpriced for what it does when you can get it way cheaper.

You get what you pay for. The XIM3 is the BEST solution out there for KB/M (and other peripherals) on X360. Adding a keyboard and mouse to the X360 is a lot more complicated than just mapping direct inputs. The information page explains all of this. http://xim3.com/?page_id=182

I've tried other solutions, e.g., XFPS Sniper Pro, etc. Garbage. The XIM is WELL WORTH THE MONEY if you can afford to spend it. I've been a user for 2 generations of the product and it's just phenomenal and only gets better. Morever you will not find the level of support that you get from the XIM creator (OBsIV) and developers with any other company/product. It's unreal how active they are on the forums, implementing features based on community feedback. The XIM community itself is just unreal.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:40:40 GMT

Maybe this is a job for Ben Heck?

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

darksakul — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:59:13 GMT

Sort of,

Hack a Xbox 360 pad to some inputs is easy for most custom game controllers, I do this alot with arcade sticks. I also using a encoder some else design made a Sega Saturn to Xbox 360 adapter.

For a Keyboard and mouse, you need a encoder that translates the keyboard and mouse into raw output, these commands can then go to some analog switches that in turn connected to a Xbox 360 controller PCB. The analog switches act like the buttons on the Xbox 360 PCB.

Only issue I see is getting the movement of the mouse to carry over to one of the Analog joysticks.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:55:04 GMT

I know this is an old thread, but I just registered and saw this...

So is it possible to make a DIY version of this?

Would be awsome if this community could make a similar product for a cheap buck

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:19:47 GMT

Yea the XIM Is way overpriced for what it does when you can get it way cheaper.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

Eavesdropper — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:13:59 GMT

Already been done, and well too.

See the XBOX input machine.

http://xim3.com/?page_id=182

Eavesdropper

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:08:40 GMT

It's not cheating, actually MAYFLASH, sells a pc mouse and keyboard converter.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:02:42 GMT

true that i would so rather play mouse and keyboard. i used to like the xbox game controller but everything changed when i played bioshock for pc. anyways mouse+keyboard >= better than any game controller.

note for people that dont know what that means its greater than or equal to.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

e14 Contributor — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:49:24 GMT

I really don't see how it's cheating when people mod game systems and controllers all the time. it's just a different playing style. at least that's how i look at it.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

Liger_XT5 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:07:38 GMT

I understand how you feel. I spent a good bit of money on my own computer build, but I tend to stay to my single player games. I have issues with hacker/cheaters, needless to say some people are "so good" that they play the game in way not intended. My favorite: a decent paced game going 100mph. Where's the fun in a fast game. Keep running in random and shoot. That's a shoty game lol.

Using a mouse for the xbox is, from what I have been told, cheating and unfair to others.

RE: Xbox 360 Keyboard And Mouse

tomas02 — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:51 GMT

You could always try something like this

http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/catalog/Xbox-360-Max-Shooter-v2-p-2794.html