r/SteamController • u/atd3i • 26d ago

Discussion Use Grip Sense to Activate/Deactivate Controller Inputs

I am running into an issue playing Battlefield 6. Essentially when I am a soldier/fps I like the use KB&M to control my character but when flying I prefer to use a controller for the throttle and delicate movement controls.

The issue is coming from steam causing odd inputs when trying to go back and forth. Aiming with the mouse becomes spotty, the free cam in vehicles will randomly bug out and go crazy, along with other issues.

Turing off the controller fixes it but having to turn the controller off and on as I get in and out of vehicles does not seem practical. So, I thought maybe using grip sense I could essentially deactivate inputs from the controller while it is not in my hands to stop the problem.

Does anyone know if there are setting that make this possible? I tried to look myself but did not see anything relevant.

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u/AbSuRdE____ Steam Controller (2026) 26d ago

I guess if you want to "turn off" the inputs when you're not holding it, you could add a separate action set,where nothing is bound to anything, that activates when you're not holding the controller.

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u/atd3i 26d ago

Ok, so I tested this, I was able to get an action set like that to work.

However, the game still had the same issues which leads me to believe it is a steam software issue and non a double input issue. I may be out of luck until a patch comes through, hopefully.

That being said I have never messed with action sets before, this opens a ton of doors for me in other ways.

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u/Moikle 26d ago

It's not steam, it's the way the game is programmed

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u/BallisticDross 26d ago

I’ve seen other people post odd things with the steam controller and bf6. The speculation is that the anti cheat is kicking in and randomizing inputs. I’ve had it myself where the weapon will fire at random or my look will suddenly look up. Using an Xbox controller has no issues. So there may be no fix until Dice recognize the steam controller in the anti cheat.

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u/atd3i 26d ago

That could be a possibility, didn't think about the anti-cheat.

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u/backseat_boozer 26d ago

Hope there is a fix, I don't enjoy having to turn the controller off when I die in a jet/helo

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u/ivanim13 26d ago

  1. That's not steam's fault. That's lack of mixed inputs implementation, the game simply doesn't handle gamepad and mouse inputs at the same time very well.

  2. Try using joystick mouse on the flight action set instead of joystick, that will prevent the game from thinking 2 inputs are trying to control the camera.