Animation Stutter with XBox Controller

[TalonFyre-1754]

When using an XBox-compatible controller on PC, character movement is no longer fluid after Patch 1.1.0a.

To reproduce:

1. Connect XBox controller to PC (tested with both XB1 controller with dongle and 8BitDo Ultimate)
   1a. Tested with male Barbarian
2. Set Inner Dead Zone to 0
3. Set Outer Dead Zone to 0
4. Slowly move the left stick until character begins to move walk
5. Continue moving the left stick the same direction and note that the character will stop moving near 50% of the stick travel
6. Continue moving the left stick the same direction and note that the character suddenly transitions to a “fast jog” (appears to be one notch under full speed)
7. Continue moving the left stick the same direction to maximum throw and the character moves at full speed
8. Slowly back off the left stick back toward the center and note that the character will appear to slow down with a small skip in the animation

Note that setting Outer Dead Zone to at least 3 seems to alleviate some of this issue. However, upon closer inspection, the animation stutter/skip is still apparent, especially when the character is slowing down.

[VitaKaninen-1422]

You might move this to the Tech support forum since they might be able to help you there. No one responds in the bug forum.

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[TalonFyre-1754]

I don’t think this is a technical issue pertaining to just my set up (and it’s not affecting my
ability to start/install the game). This only started happening after today’s patch. I also tested with two different controllers and changed my character speed with gear - the issue is persistent.

It’s been reported multiple times on the Console Bug forum as well:

Console controller bug

There seems to be some kind of issue with movement on the controller. When you push the stick to start walking, your character will stop before strating to run. It’s almost like there is a dead zone in the controller right before the character switches from walking to running as you gradually press the thumb stick further away from the center. I’m pretty sure it’s not an issue with my controller because it was working fine yesterday before this latest patch. I also fired up D3 briefly just to m…

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[Tkae-11180]

Hmmmm Im having the same issue. Another thing we have in common is that I am also using an 8BitDo controller…

[Poptart81-11472]

Same issue here, both my and my wife’s machine are doing it. I was literally playing all day the 18th, then the patch dropped, I came back from eating dinner, went to run around and start playing, noticed immediately that something was messed up. This needs to be fixed asap, as I won’t play with super jank controls, and the lag that’s been cropping up too to make it even more vom inducing. Thx for reporting.

[TalonFyre-1754]

Looks like this was just fixed in today’s hotfix (1.1.0c)