Street Fighter 4 AE Pc version crashes when i use my new fight stick.

Thank you for taking the time to read, and hopefully, helping me find a solution.

Alright. So i went off to buy my first fight stick. I get a Hori HP3-109E (the one with the soul calibur 5 print). I got the PS3 Version because i think i might buy one in the future.

I come back home and i plug it to my PC. Windows 8 pro 64 bits. Windows recognizes the stick and all the buttons work on the "game controllers" menu under RAP.N3.

I start steam/street fighter 4 AE on the PC. I can't navigate the menus with the stick so i pick up the xbox 360 controller and navigate to the controls section of the game. In the controls menu i find the RAP.N3 as a second controller but nothing is mapped. When i try to do so, the game crashes.

It crashes every single time i try to do that.

I tried using the x360ce.exe option. The program recognizes the stick and it has no problems creating the files to emulate a 360 controller. When i paste the config files on the SF4AE folder i then can't launch the game without it crashing at the beginning.

I tried googling and searching possible solutions that could apply to my case but i'm just lost at this point. I would love some guidance from you guys.

Thanks for reading.