So... i had this issue for 2 hours I've tried to fix it. i just wanna post this here so NOBODY ever has this issue again as it was very frustrating to deal with... game worked perfectly fine with my Xbox controller last night then i tried to play today.. logged back in and only my back triggers worked.. Did everything others suggested and nothing worked... the only thing that did work eventually was adding the game through steam as a non steam game right clicking the game then going into properties and forcing xinput (the xbox controller) as the input device through steam input. controller works fine now. I'm not sure why the game wasn't working since it worked perfectly fine last night ... and since its meant to detect Xbox controllers on the rip.. i think its confusing directinput and xinput for some reason... anyways.. Hope this helps you.. if you have issues. its pretty simple to do if you know how to operate steam (and assuming you have it.. I'm assuming most do anyways)