Figured this was worth a separate thread. Season three of Fortnite Festival (featuring Billie Eilish) begins today, and Harmonix and Epic have finally implemented support for guitar controllers.
While it's disappointing that pre-Rock Band 4 guitars (including Guitar Hero ones) aren't officially supported, as well as the PlayStation guitars not being officially supported on PC, there are likely workarounds:
If you're able to test your guitar to see if it works, please reply here or in the Festival OT to let folks know! Include your platform, which specific controller you're using, if you're using a Roll Limitless or another adapter, etc. Will be nice to get confirmation either way for all sorts of specific setups.
You can now use your Rock Band 4 guitar controllers to go all out on new Pro Lead and Pro Bass song parts on the Main Stage on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC! Check out the table below to see whether your controller is supported with the launch of Season 3.
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One PC RIFFMASTER Wireless Guitar Controller for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Yes Rock Band 4 Rivals Wireless Fender™ Jaguar Guitar for PlayStation 4 Yes Rock Band 4 Wireless Fender™ Stratocaster™ Guitar for PlayStation 4 Yes RIFFMASTER Wireless Guitar Controller for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC Yes Yes Rock Band 4 Rivals Wireless Fender™ Jaguar Guitar for Xbox One Yes Yes (requires the Microsoft Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows 10 to use on PC) Rock Band 4 Wireless Fender™ Stratocaster™ Guitar for Xbox One Yes Yes (requires the Microsoft Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows 10 to use on PC)
We'll have more instrument controller news to announce in the future, so follow Fortnite Festival's social channels to make sure you don't miss a beat!
While it's disappointing that pre-Rock Band 4 guitars (including Guitar Hero ones) aren't officially supported, as well as the PlayStation guitars not being officially supported on PC, there are likely workarounds:
- If you're trying to use an older / unsupported guitar on consoles (Guitar Hero, pre-RB4 Rock Band, etc.), the Roll Limitless / Roll Limitless Mini adapters will likely work for you.
- The Roll Limitless works on PS5 when it's set to native PS4 mode.
- PS3 guitars currently don't work.
- The RetroCultMods V3 adapter for Wii guitars works, but requires the latest version of the RCM Programming Tool
- The PlayStation version of the Riffmaster does not work on the PC version of Festival at all right now.
- For other unsupported guitars on PC (namely pre-RB4 Rock Band and Guitar Hero guitars), I'm not sure right now. I'll update as more people are able to test their controllers to see what works and what doesn't.
If you're able to test your guitar to see if it works, please reply here or in the Festival OT to let folks know! Include your platform, which specific controller you're using, if you're using a Roll Limitless or another adapter, etc. Will be nice to get confirmation either way for all sorts of specific setups.
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