Any unofficial way to use a gamepad like Torchlight?

I know it probably sounds weird to most ARPG gamers, but Torchlight on the 360 really used the gamepad pretty brilliantly and was fun to play. I sadly have no life and play PoE too much to the point where my right hand is cramping up. I'm wondering if there's any way possible to use a PC gamepad to map out controls and play PoE with it. I did a search on the forum here but didn't really see much. I wonder if I could bribe a programmer to get this to work for me =p

A guy on youtube managed it with Diablo 3. You can try watching his video and seeing if you can apply it to Path of Exile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaNhCjrPtto

Edit: Looks like Dendrobium_Orchis found a video actually for PoE. That would be certainly be better.

Buy a controller. Download XPadder. Simple.

I ended up using that JoyToKey program with my 360 controller, I'm actually blown away by how fun this game is on a gamepad. I'm still toying around with bindings to be as I like, but I have the left analog stick controlling the mouse at a relatively normal/faster speed which is good for combat, my right analog stick controls the mouse as well but with a much lower sensitivity so I can accurately click on any items or waypoints, etc.

It'll take some getting used to, but this is on par with a mouse IMO. This would be a little harder to use for some classes that require you to actually click on enemies, but I'm playing a necromancer so it's quite easy.

Maybe post your joy2key profile when done? Or list it here?

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CK011885 wrote:

It'll take some getting used to, but this is on par with a mouse IMO.

Nope.

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Ikagawa wrote:

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CK011885 wrote:

It'll take some getting used to, but this is on par with a mouse IMO.

Nope.

Nice only quoting half of my point. For a Necromancer that never has to click on monsters, this really is no different than using a mouse and keyboard. Like I said, it'll take some practice getting used to, but this game really don't require incredibly fast reaction times. As I said, this will not be effective for most builds, but for mine it works brilliantly.

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MonthOLDpickle wrote:

Maybe post your joy2key profile when done? Or list it here?

Still toying with it, I'll post it here if you like when I am done configuring everything.

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CK011885 wrote:

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Ikagawa wrote:

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CK011885 wrote:

It'll take some getting used to, but this is on par with a mouse IMO.

Nope.

Nice only quoting half of my point. For a Necromancer that never has to click on monsters, this really is no different than using a mouse and keyboard. Like I said, it'll take some practice getting used to, but this game really don't require incredibly fast reaction times. As I said, this will not be effective for most builds, but for mine it works brilliantly.

You have to tone down the sensitivity of the mouse cursor which already means you're operating at a slower pace whether it's aiming abilities or picking up items. Thus it isn't on par.

There's no need to get defensive. It's a fact that countermands your opinion.