Author: Casey "Waveflame" Rinaldi

Native DirectInput and PS4 controller support removed in order to “improve operation stability”.

Following the latest round of server maintenance, the Version 4.021 update for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is now upon us, and it brings an interesting development that could potentially negatively impact some PC players, depending on the type of controller they use.

Capcom has announced that with this update, they have officially removed all DirectInput controller support for the game. Though the title did not launch with this feature, it apparently required some tinkering to work properly, even after it was added post-launch. This development impacts any and all players who utilize PlayStation 4 controllers or arcade sticks to play on Steam, though users of Microsoft controllers, such as Xbox 360 and Xbox One pads — and Xbox-compatible arcade sticks — should be unaffected, as they utilize XInput.

With this in mind, Capcom has released an official statement on the CFN website, fully detailing how this will impact players, and how they can work around it and restore their controller functionality in the new version of the game — which you can see in full below.

Important Notice for Steam Players Using DirectInput Controllers

The Ver. 4.021 update slated for release on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 implements design changes to improve operation stability for DirectInput USB controllers used with the Steam version of the game.

If your controller (primarily PlayStation®4 controllers, arcade sticks, etc.) employs DirectInput,
launching STREET FIGHTER V after applying the above update will result in the loss of controller functionality.

After installing the 4.020 update, please adjust your settings as per the instructions below in order to resolve the issue.

*Please note that Xinput controllers (Xbox 360 controllers, Xbox One controllers, etc.) do not experience this issue.

Steps to Restore Controller Functionality:

1. Confirm that STREET FIGHTER V is not running.
2. Log in to your Steam client and select either “”Steam”” or “”View”” from the upper left corner. Then, go to “”Settings”” > “”Controller.””
3. When the controller settings window displays, select “”General Controller Settings,”” looking to the bottom of the window for the detected controllers notification. Confirm it lists the name of your PC, as well as any USB controllers currently in use.
4. Fill in the check boxes for the settings that apply to the currently connected controller types.

Example: If using a PlayStation®4 controller, check the “”PlayStation Configuration Support”” box.

Controllers being recognized for the first time may have their buttons unassigned.
This will require you to select “”Confirm Layout”” for the newly detected controllers,
and specify a button layout.

*After performing the above, normal play will become possible the next time you launch the game.
*If booting up the game without performing these steps results in loss of controller functionality, select the door icon in the bottom left of the STREET FIGHTER V main menu using the keyboard (note that the “”B”” key is used to confirm your choice) to close the game.
*If you are not sure what input type your controller uses, please ask the controller manufacturer.

We apologize for any inconveniences this issue may cause and thank you for your continued support of STREET FIGHTER V.”

Source: Shadaloo C.R.I.

Removes Blanka screen-freezing glitch, and corrects several unintended interactions!

Following this week’s server maintenance, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition was updated to Version 4.021, which brought with it the removal of native DirectInput controller support for the PC version, and introduced new Premium Mega Man Crossover Costumes for Ryu and Sakura, “The Gief” costume for the Red Cyclone in Menat’s Fighting Chance, new Dojo items, and the CPT 2019 costumes and stage. It also included as well as a number of bug fixes — the largest of which is the removal of the infamous Blanka time-stopping glitch that made the rounds on social media. There were also some notable adjustments to Cammy, R. Mika, Ryu, Laura, Akuma, Kolin, and Falke to repair unintended scenarios, such as longer back recovery distances, extra invisibility on attacks, move pushback, etc. You can view the notes in full below.

2/26 Update Info (Ver. 04.021)

Following server maintenance on February 26, 2019, Street Fighter V has been updated to Version 04.021

■Notice to Steam Users
Please click here for an important announcement regarding DirectInput controller settings.

■ DLC
The following DLC is now available.

— Bundles
Capcom Pro Tour 2019 Premier Pass
Mech Costume Pack

— Stages
Ring of Justice

— Additional Costumes
Additional Costume ? CPT 2019: Kage
Additional Costume ? CPT 2019: Sagat
Additional Costume ? Mega Man: Ryu
Additional Costume ? Roll: Sakura

■Fighting Chance
— Get Zangief’s “The Gief” Additional Costume through ” Masked Fighter,” now underway in Fighting Chance.
— The seasonal “Stylish Car”version has been added to Dojo Fortune.

■Battle-Related Bug Fixes

— System
・When a character with little or no life remaining performs a move with armor, and the opponent character performs a V-Reversal that hits, it would KO the character. This phenomenon has been fixed.
— Ryu
・ While V-Trigger I Denjin Renki is active, Ryu’s S.MP had a bigger collision box than it did normally. This bug has been fixed to give it the regular S.MP collision box.
— Cammy
・ In the Ver 4.000 adjustments, the distance Cammy travels for her backwards recovery became longer than normal, so this has been unified to other recovery distances.

・ During V-Trigger II, if Cammy tried to cancel into the special move version of Delta Step from S.FP, the following 2 bugs occurred.

1. At a certain timing, Delta Ambush would come out even if the command for Delta Step was input
2. The cancel timing window for Delta Step was 1F longer than that of Delta Ambush.

These bugs have been fixed, so S.FP can be canceled into normally.
— Mika
・ If EX Shooting Peach was blocked, and the opponent performed a counter-attack at the fastest timing, Mika was at a distance farther than she’d been since Ver. 3.110. As this meant that certain counter-attack combos that used to work in the past would no longer connect, we fixed Mika’s separation distance after a blocked EX Shooting Peach to be the same as before.

・ Fixed a bug where, if Mika performed her V-Trigger I Nadeshiko (Above/Front/Behind, non-delayed version) and immediately after the opponent hit her with a V-Reversal, Nadeshiko’s behavior would be different from the norm.
— Laura
・ If EX Bolt Charge was blocked, and the opponent performed a counter-attack at the fastest timing, Laura was at a distance farther than she’d been since Ver. 3.110. As this meant that certain counter-attack combos that used to work in the past would no longer connect, we fixed Laura’s separation distance after a blocked EX Bolt Charge to be the same as before.
— Akuma
・ Fixed a bug where, if Akuma performed Goshoryuken while his V-Trigger I Dohatsu Shoten was active, and it missed or was blocked, during the recovery on the ground only, the adjustment where moves that are completely invincible from 1F would be subject to 1.2x the damage on hit had not been applied.

– Kolin
・ She could not perform her CA Frost Tower canceled from S.LP or C.LP (excluding when she was in V-Trigger II Absolute Zero). Fixed so that she can cancel into Frost Tower from S.LP or C.LP in all of her states.

— Blanka
? Fixed the phenomenon where, if Surprise Forward or Surprise Back were input immediately after performing the command for his CA Dynamic Rolling, Blanka would still be able to move freely during the screen freeze.
— Falke
・ Fixed a bug where, during Psycho Kanonen, she would have throw invincibility from 8F until the end of the move duration.

We hope you continue to enjoy playing Street Fighter V.

Sources: Shadaloo C.R.I.; Bafael

The King of Greedia returns!

Following the announcement of the returns of Mech Zangief, F.A.N.G, Juri, and Abigail to Extra Battle, as well as the currently-ongoing challenges for Balrog’s Guts Man attire, Capcom has unveiled the next Crossover Costume coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, which sees Alex transformed into the King of Greedia from the Red Earth series, Leo.

Originally appearing in 1996’s arcade-only fighter Red Earth — or War-Zard in Japan — Leo is the thirty-five-year-old King of Greedia, cursed by an unknown group of invaders and transformed into a half-man half-lion form. Armed with his trusty sword and shield, he seeks to “repay his debt to his countryman.” Leo was also a playable character in 2004’s Capcom Fighting Evolution (a.k.a Capcom Fighting Jam in Japan), serving as one of the four reps for Red Earth. This will be Alex’s first Crossover Costume — and as usual, you much defeat a CPU version of Leo-Alex to collect one of four gems weekly in order to assemble the attire. Each attempt will cost you 2,500 Fight Money each, meaning you need a minimum of 10,000 FM to claim the outfit as your own. Leo’s Theme from Red Earth will also be available as Crossover BGM in an additional Extra Battle that will set you back 1,000 FM per attempt. Any subsequent victories will net you 100 EXP for the character used.

Alex Leo’s Extra Battles will begin on Friday, March 15th, following the conclusion of Guts Man Balrog — whose fist gem is still available if you jump in this afternoon. The fourth challenge will conclude on April 12th. You can see the Street Fighter account’s tweet below.

The main attraction has arrived! ?
Become royalty with the Leo costume for Alex, available in Extra Battle Mode beginning March 15! pic.twitter.com/a6HdhBtQyv

— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) February 19, 2019

Will you be looking to add this Crossover Costume, and/or Crossover BGM to your collection? Tell us down in the comments.

Source: Street Fighter (Twitter)