My friend cannot seem to use the d-pad on his Xbox360 controller, but it's usable offline.
Any suggestions~nyo?
Thanks in advance~nyo.
Temporary fix until something better can be cooked up: Have him try using the third party XBCD360 drivers - they'll allow him to configure the controller so that Windows sees the digital pad input as X/Y axis input, though the XBOX360 headset won't function while those drivers are in use.
As a side note for keyboard users who want to use the combination keys - You might try looking for a program called PPJoy which can be used to create virtual gamepads/joysticks. It comes bundled with a program called PPJoyKey, which can be used to pass keyboard input to a virtual gamepad created by PPJoy. I did a brief test a few days ago, and was able to trick MBAC into thinking that my keyboard input was a genuine gamepad, though a friend of mine has had some issues getting it to work for him. It's an extremely messy work around, though - but something to consider if you really can't live without the combination keys and/or your keyboard doesn't much care for multiple inputs at the same time -
which is an entirely valid concern, if you ask me.