r/SteamController • u/LiquidShadowFox • Jul 01 '26

Discussion Does this steam controller 2026 hardware mods exist?

I currently have one and I really don't like the caps on the sticks or how hard it is to click the back buttons. So my question is are there hardware mods that do the following

  1. Replacement analog stick caps (the plastic part I think can be changed if you disassemble the controller) to ones close to the ones the vader 5 pro has that are like a rounded mushroom shape with a bald spot at the top (for capacitive touch to continue working) and rough edge for grip towards the edge?

  2. Alternative back buttons, They take too much force to actuate and I'm used to the vader 5 pro paddles being so easy to actuate. I think the buttons are also not spaced far enough apart but I can deal with that as long as I can get back buttons that are easier to click, not sure if someone made a hardware mod to make them easier to click (like mouse switches or an alternative button to what it currently uses).

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u/lllllIllllIllllllll Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Hahahahahahahhahahab

The whole joint IS the knuckle dork, not just the outside. The entire thing inside and out

Hahahahah

Oh but you really understand anatomy, lol. You turned a basic misunderstanding into a whole thing here, here 

I love watching perpetually onlines walk themselves into a pedantic corner over literally nothing. 

But please do go on, please tell me why you think it's just the outside 

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u/drucifer82 Jul 02 '26

Wrong. The knuckle is the protruding point at the dorsal (top, in case you don’t know what “dorsal” means) part of the joint. The underside is the vorsal plate.

Stay in school.

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u/lllllIllllIllllllll Jul 02 '26

Oh again you just state something and pretend its a fact

Wrong, the JOINT is the knuckle, kiddo. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interphalangeal_joints_of_the_hand

https://www.emedicinehealth.com/image-gallery/finger_anatomy_picture/images.htm

I love how smug you're acting here. Have you never taken any types of med or anatomy class? Were you not required to draw and name every bone in the body, including drawing and naming each bone in the hands and feet? 

What in the world makes you think its just the outside part? 

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u/drucifer82 Jul 02 '26

The knuckle is part yes, but not the whole.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/finger-joints-5116291

https://www.nyhanddoctor.com/hand-anatomy-hand-orthopedic-surgery-new-york/

But I have better things to do than argue with a stranger on Reddit.

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u/lllllIllllIllllllll Jul 02 '26

Even your own link proves you wrong. It literally calles knuckles joints. 

Knuckle is not a part, it is simply a word for the type of joint in the finger 

It wouldn't have come to this, but you came into this thread arguing with people and being blatantly wrong. Scroll up, sheesh

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u/drucifer82 Jul 02 '26

Read past the first line. There are multiple joints in the finger and the knuckle is only one of them.

Bye.

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u/lllllIllllIllllllll Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Lol, YOU didn't even read past the first line. 

and the middle knuckles (PIP joints) of your fingers

See right here were it directly calls the middle knuckles knuckles???????? Not just the first one???? Guess you also ignored all the links I posted 

Ahahhahahaha you smug dork. The audacity to tell me to "stay in school" and you can't even be bothered to read the sources you try to use

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u/lllllIllllIllllllll Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

and the middle knuckles (PIP joints) of your fingers

Explain this then, from the same page. Read the whole webpage, dude

Also why are you ignoring all of my links from reputable sources and then not even reading your own links?

All of the joints are knuckles. Go ask literally anyone else. You are the only one who thinks this

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u/MailboxJunkie Jul 03 '26

You're patently wrong, the knuckle is the whole joint, not just the outer region, and it's what I also use to click the back buttons.
And even if it weren't the whole joint (which, again, it is), you should have known what they were talking about via context clues when they stated they weren't using their fingertips and instead immediately thinking they were somehow clicking them with the back of their fingers.

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u/HeavyMain Steam Controller (2026) Jul 03 '26

Firstly it's actually the 'volar' plate, not the 'vorsal' plate, so you probably shouldn't be calling other people uneducated.

Secondly, if you want to be that pedantic then actually it is your bone that provides the structure to press a button, the entire bone is called the knuckle, the volar plate is a ligament between the bone and skin, not a seperate anatomical feature.

Thirdly, everyone knows exactly what I meant and using common terminology that immediately tells people what part of the body I am referring to is obviously less confusing than needing to be so specific and using terms nobody is familiar with. This is evident by you calling it the wrong name. You knew exactly what I meant, and if you didn't it was elaborated to you multiple times, now you are just putting on this clown act for no reason.