Showing 1 - 10 of 10 comments. Silent Dec 24, 2014 @ 6:34am. The game used to support DirectInput controllers. The latest Steam patches added a sloppy XInput controller support. That said, you still need to rebind the buttons, you get no vibration, analog triggers and proper button prompts. If you don't mind waiting a bit yet, check out GInput
I've fixed it.. Go to steam library, steamapps, common, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and find gta-sa.exe file. Click right mouse button a click on Properties, click on Compatibility and set it to launch in compatibility for Windows XP (service pack 3). Click on Apply and it's done! Enjoy..
Hi ! I recently wanted to start playing gta san andreas again, using a non-steam version because it is better than the v2 on steam, and the mouse was not working in-game. I tried fixing it with different compatibility modes and installing the dinput8.dll, but it is still not working. I have an AS Go "program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\GTA SA\" right click on "gta-sa.exe" set compatibility to 'Windows 98 / Windows Me'. It was matter of compatibility, I guess. Doesn't work for me either. Garbage. Usually clears up for me when I do the Shift+Tab thing to open the steam overlay. Works for me as well on Vice City.

Running the game in compatibility mode is a quick way around this If the GTA San Andreas mouse is not working, it might be because of compatibility issues. One quick way to fix this is to download and run the original Steam.exe files. Another effective solution if the San Andreas mouse is not

Open the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Right-click gta-sa.exe and click Properties. Open the Compatibility tab. Set Run this program in compatibility mode for to Windows XP (Service Pack 3) and click Apply. Try saving the game again.
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