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UPDATE – June 6: Keyboard and mouse support will be patched in to the PC version of Dangerous Golf, hopefully as soon as this week, Three Fields has said.
The lack of support has been one of the main criticisms of the game on Steam, leading to multiple users leaving negative reviews about the game’s controller requirement. A warning highlighting the game’s current controller requirement has also been added above the Buy button.
“Thanks to everyone for the messages on the discussion forum and we are sorry to hear about these issues,” Three Fields wrote on Steam. “We wanted to let you know we are working on a patch as a priority, which we very much hope to get out within the week.
“We have heard you. The patch will include support for mouse and keyboard control as well as many other tech fixes as we are able to diagnose and fix.
“We are a small team with just 3 coders and so we may reach out to the community for help with some diagnostics. For example, we have detected and have a plan to fix the audio cutting out issue but we have not yet been able to recreate the audio not playing at all. All help on this specific issue would be appreciated via our [email protected] mail.
“Thank you for your understanding and we will post more updates when we have an exact date for the Patch.”
ORIGINAL REPORT: The PC version of Dangerous Golf does not support keyboard and mouse controls, developer Three Fields Entertainment has confirmed, with the game instead requiring a controller to play.
Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers both work natively, the developer says, although you’ll need to make use of third-party tools if you wish to use a PS4 controller.
“Dangerous Golf does not support mouse and keyboard play,” Three Fields wrote on Steam last night. “Unfortunately there is no native Windows support for PlayStation 4 controllers. Third party tools do exist. We suggest you refer to the Steam forums for support as there are many discussions there about this issue. Hope that helps.”
It continued: “We have [had] no issues to date with the 360 or Xbox One controllers. We don’t have any control over the PlayStation 4 controller – Windows doesn’t officially support it. Hence why we refer you to the Steam forums for advice on third party tools that will get it to work. Best of Luck.”
Dangerous Golf isn’t the first PC game to require a controller, of course. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons also required a controller, although this is clearly marked above the buy button on Steam – something Dangerous Golf doesn’t do. Instead, the warning is listed in the game’s system requirements at the bottom of the store page, where it states: “Game Controller required; no mouse and keyboard support”.
Dangerous Golf releases digitally today on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Look out for our thoughts on it later today.
Source: store.steampowered.com, steamcommunity.com
