I’ve installed the fitgirl repack of the original Bournout: Paradise on an old HP laptop running Linux Mint. The game runs fine but will not recognise input from my 8bitdo Pro2 controller.
The controller works on the laptop, as I can play Midtown Madness 2 with the controller no problem.
I’ve tried the Windows and Android modes of the controller, and neither of them work. I’ve installed the game through Lutris and it’s running on Wine.
Any help on workarounds for this is appreciated. The easiest solution would probably be a program that maps the controller inputs to the keyboard inputs for the game.
Steam is great at mapping controller input to keyboard. Just add the game through Lutris to Steam. You’ll have to restart Steam for that to take effect.
Maybe if you add the game’s exe to Steam and run it with Proton Steam’s input magic will actually make the controller work natively.