360 Wireless Controllers

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360 Wireless Controllers

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Hey, I've heard that you could connect your 360 wireless controller to your PC. And all I wanna know is, how can you do that? I'm running a Windows Vista.
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You need a Wireless Gaming Receiver.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xb ... greceiver/

I have one and its fun to use your 360 controller with the PC, played Assassins Creed PC with it :P
Also played Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3d for fun xD
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Penguin wrote:Also played Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3d for fun xD
Man, I've tried to get that to work with my newer computer, but something weird keeps happening with the camera zoom and it makes the game unplayable (at least after the first few levels).
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It's confusing to me how it wouldn't automatically turn on your 360. I guess you just sync it to the receiver and then re-sync it to your 360 later.
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Penguin wrote:You need a Wireless Gaming Receiver.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xb ... greceiver/

I have one and its fun to use your 360 controller with the PC, played Assassins Creed PC with it :P
Also played Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3d for fun xD
I guess I need to buy one...

Can I play BF2 with it?
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You should be able to. When using controllers with the computer, you're just remapping mouse and keyboard functions to the controller.
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May I recommend a Logitech ChillStream instead? They feel just like a 360 controller, have a built-in fan to keep your hands cool, run off USB and cost just as much as that 360 receiver.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... Categories
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