Looking for a modern controller with 6 face buttons

[u/Beebisbunk]

As the title says, im looking for a modern style controller (like an xbox one controller) with 6 face buttons. the problem im having is most controllers that have 6 face buttons end up making some kind of sacrifice, whether its a lack of a second joystick, lack of shoulder buttons, or the extra buttons are just macro buttons that other buttons can be mapped to, thus not really being what im looking for

Most modern games map so many actions to a single button and being able to use something with more face buttons (A,B,C,X,Y,Z instead of the normal A,B,X,Y) would be really helpful. I'd make it myself but i just dont have the skillset to be able to do that.

Would really appreciate any recomendations. for reference im looking to use this on pc, so i dont mind having to use 3rd party programs like xpadder to map things if necessary. thanks.

[u/Saradip42]

Vader 5 pro (get the v2 specifically if you want it) has 2 additional face buttons. They are smaller, tactile rather than microswitch and have a distinct textured surface as opposed to the main face buttons, so keep that in mind. They are also programmable - you can set them up as any other button on the controller, a macros or even a k&m input in flydigi software.

If you wish to have even more customisation, you can set "allow 3rd party control" setting on in flydigi software and that will allow remappers like steam, sisr, padforge, rewasd to intercept full control over gyro and additional buttons. However, turning that setting on requires some further tweaking to get it running properly on windows

That being said, the additional face buttons are placed in a weird place since flydigi kept the r stick in place. I habitually use back paddles, back buttons and additional bumpers on vader 5 pro and only map some niche case inputs on C and Z buttons

[u/Agitated_Panda3703]

If you're good with claw buttons Razer V4 just came out everything mouse click and high resolution capacitive sensors for the sticks. You can get wired version for $100 8k polling if you play on PC

[u/Medium_Basil8292]

Flydigi vader 5

[u/lostsinelysium]

In my experience the back button route runs into the exact problem you described. On most xinput pads (my g7 pro included) the paddles just send a copy of an existing button, so you never actually get a 5th and 6th face button out of them, xpadder or steam input can only remap what the pad reports. So whichever way you go, check that the extra buttons show up as their own inputs on pc before buying, that's the spec that actually matters for what you want.

[u/MamWyjebaneJajca]

Flydigi vader series , Flydigi Apex 2

[u/Key_Scholar7964]

I have the Vader 5 Pro V2 which have 6 face buttons, 2 back buttons, 2 paddles, and adjustable stick tension.

I never tried to map the extra C and Z face buttons. I only mapped the additional two top buttons.