I have created a USB driver which allows you to use wired XBox 360 Controllers via USB, and wireless XBox 360 Controllers via the Microsoft Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, on your OSX machine, including support for the Apple Force Feedback library. The driver is licenced under the GPL.
ChatPad
I have got the Microsoft ChatPad working with my wired controller. The latest release of the driver includes support, and I'll be updating the USB information section of this website shortly. I've not yet checked the wireless receiver for compatibility.
Other info
I have added a version of the driver without support for the Guitar Hero controller, to allow the Guitar Hero for Mac game to work (it attempts to access hardware directly, which doesn't work if a real driver has claimed the device).
Help
If you find the driver does not work for you, please attempt and find out as much as you can about the device, preferably using the Apple "USB Prober" application provided with the developer tools, but the output of System Profiler for the device may be enough. E-mail it back and I’ll try and work with you to get it working.
Force feedback-enabled games
Games I’ve currently tested for force feedback support (only games that support basic rumble will probably function currently, as I’ve only implemented triangle, square and sine wave-type effects. I also lack any other force feedback device for comparison.
Still needing implemented
- More settings, e.g. trigger deadzone, button remap
- Force feedback may elongate effects
- Force feedback (DirectInput-style interface) emulator may need more work
- Preference pane currently only tests rumble motors, by creating a force feedback interface but then just using the Escape functionality
- Driver needs to handle more possible errors.
