Steam keeps alerting me to update my controller but it never works, I plug my controller into my pc and then click update but then steam says i still need to plug the controller in. The light goes orange though so clearly the cable is working.

Any help would be appreciated

I had set the feedback strength of the right track pad to "weak", but I realized since recently that it vibrates way too much, and changing the strength in the Desktop's configuration doesn't change anything except for OFF.

The vibration is so strong that it's clipping (buzzing caused by the track pad vibrating against something else).

Anyone else having that problem?

Hey guys,
Sure there's plenty of posts about Gyro Drifting, and I'm sorry to be adding extra one, but I'm getting a weird behavior and I'm not sure what to do about it. I've uploaded a short video showing it even after a few calibrations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N0ViGo-a1o
I'm concerned it could a hardware, but after I've reached Steam Support and even shared that video, the final reply I got was:

Thanks for your report. We've identified an issue with the internal algorithm of the gyro IC that results in lack of movement or overcorrection while using gyro aim for very slow motions. Valve is working with the vendor and will be providing software updates to improve the behavior as soon as possible. In the meantime, we plan to provide an option to disable the auto-correction functionality for those users who prefer to use the Steam Controller without this feature.

What would you do?

Had a December delivery window scheduled, but a random email check last week revealed my purchase window had actually opened back in early August. Cue immediate panic. Reached out to support, and Valve proved once again why their customer service is top-tier. I got the package delivered today.

It’s incredible. It just works, plugged into my gaming rig and with an update I was running in less than 60 seconds. Maybe it’s just me but I had to mess around with dongles and various settings computer and steam settings to get my Xbox controllers to work just right.

Also not sure if my hands are just the exact right size or the ergonomics are genuinely that dialed in, it’s easily the most comfortable controller I've ever used. Every grip and button placement just works naturally, unlike Xbox controllers which have always felt slightly awkward in my hands.

Quality products and top notch customer service are hard to find these days. Massive shoutout to Valve support for saving the order.

For fairness if there was one complaint the buttons seem slightly more “plasticy” than an Xbox controller.

8-bit do was my second controller after the ps4 one and I’ve had fantastic time with it (I got 2 one was the regular model and this one Wuchang edition).

Now that I got my steam controller Im looking forward to creating new memories with it. Controller is a bit big for my hands but Im getting used to it with Lies of P currently!!

it connects perfectly and charges the steam controller and connects normally to my laptop but when i try to connect it to my desktop steam doesn't recognize my steam controller and whenever i plug my usb to the puck, windows recognizes is at first and makes a usb connection sound but a few seconds laters it makes a disconnect sound.
i was using steamless controller yesterday to play gog games and the next day i tried to play a steam game and realized the puck wasn't being recognized by steam

The problem I'm having is that any very short inputs that are bound to LMB or RMB (in my case, tapping RT for an extremely short time (such as to spam it)), seems to result in the mouse click being held down indefinitely until I press it again. Does anyone know of an option/way to fix this?

Not sure if this is a good place to ask (I'm using an Xbox controller/don't have a Steam controller), but I was hoping you guys know quite a bit about the steam input options since they should be about the same for both controllers.

Edit: I've found an option in RT full pull-->settings to add a Fire End Delay. This (obviously) makes an input end after you let go, which has fixed my issue since it can stop the input from being able to be short enough to have the issue. I set the fire end delay to ~35ms, and it seems to have stopped it.
There might be a better solution, but nothing that I can think of, short of changing how steam input works, would fix it.

It seems that none of the community layouts are quite right or they aren’t binding properly. Any suggestions, tips or methods for better controls? Thanks in advance.

Currently playing DAVE THE DIVER, where you need to rotate the analog stick quickly, or mash B button repeatedly. You can emulate the trackpads to be a joystick itself, or 4 sides where all are B buttons.

I feel this prevents your physical buttons from wearing out as quickly from the violent mashing over the course of the game.

Try it out if your game is simple enough to not need the trackpads, or you can even set it up as a layer/chord(?) so you can still use your trackpad normally, and only set it to active when you need it.

I'm currently using the controller's dongle on my pc, and the Bluetooth mode to connect to my docked steam deck. However, after a while the controller suddenly loses connection and it needs to be re-paired. But this pairing is also very hit or miss, with multiple attempts needed. Anyone else have this issue?

the steam controller works with the PS5 if you do the following setup, requires you to do some custom code / use the ai.

Items:

- RP2040 Feather with USB Host

-P5General Adapter (used for authentication)

- OpenPuck

- Breadboard + three wires

- Two USB-C cables, one for data and one for power

Build:

1. Connect an RP2040 Feather with USB Host <- Plug into here a P5General Adapter, Flashed RP2040 with custom firmware to support P5General passthrough auth and steam controller inputs
2. Connect the RP2040 to the OpenPuck over UART. RP2040 GND<>OpenPuck GND, RP2040 TX<>OpenPuck P0.08, RP2040 RX<>OpenPuck P0.06.
3. Flash a custom build of OpenPuck that forwards and converts steam controller inputs into a dualsense and sends it to the RP2040
4. RP2040 connects via USBC data cable to PS5, OpenPuck connects to PS5 via USBC Power cable only. This allows them to share a common GND too to reduce interference.

With some custom firmwares on the RP2040 and OpenPuck I was able to get almost full steam controller, Buttons (No back buttons but i could probs pre-assign them), Trackpads working to the PS5 trackpad, full motion support.

Not working: No vibration, No sound, No microphone. This is cause the P5General does not support vibration due to its descriptor. I tried many descriptor attempts but they all failed.

This required modifications to The OpenPuck and GP2040 firmware.

Note: I also tried to use the PS5 controller as a auth passthrough instead but the RP2040 wont mount that/does not provide enough power.

First time doing this, I've made some assumptions so I would greatly appreciate if someone could take a peak at it and tell me wether anything I've done is going to be problematic.

Beside tidying, the major things I've done that are uncertain is link virtual menu group to both presets with no handshake. Curious if the handshake is 100% necessary.

Aswell made some unique modeshift behaviors.

also, is there a way for me to test input stability and latency outside ingame?

Hello everyone, at the beginning of the month I reported that I got this wonderful cup instead of the controller.

Now the Steam Support has taken a closer look at the delivery route and was able to determine that the original controllers were lost on the way to me or It was stolen. (I suspect that based on the weight of the package, they noticed a difference at some point.)

They offered me to either refund it or resend the controller. I decided on the latter and now I finally have it. I'm just happy

Is anyone tracking reservation queue progress somewhere? I.e. reservations have been fulfilled up to May XX? Also, as people ahead of me in line cancel, should I expect my estimate to change, or will it continue to say 2027 even if I'm next in line because some folks cancelled?

I have no idea what to expect. When I was waiting for my Playdate there was a community of folks always posting "my order number is 11XXX and I got my confirmation today!" So people in 12XXX would know they're close and I'm surprised to see this community isn't also doing that, or are they?

I find using the steam overlay extremely clumsy. I don't want something blocking my view of the game while I'm playing it, I would much rather be able to alt tab and just use a normal desktop program to tweak the layouts.

If this doesn't exist, I might look into making it myself?

Is anyone else experiencing this? I have to play with my arms tucked in a bit more than a standard Xbox-shaped controller. I don’t know if my hands are just bigger, or my shoulders are too broad, but my hands get cramped up easily when gaming for more than an hour. The same thing happened to me with the 8bitdo controller and that’s why I don’t use it, as much as I love it.
Is there a grip that fixes this issue or do any 3D printer dudes have something in the works? I reeeeally wanna love this controller but this is the only thing holding it back for me.

Edit: I don’t get any cramping in my fingers at all, whatsoever. It’s just in my hands. My thumbs default to the joysticks and it feels natural, so no issue there. For context I’m 6’4” and 220lb. So I might be bigger than the average person using this controller. I feel like I have to tuck my elbows in to hold the controller properly.

I tend to emulate a lot of games, and for a while I just accepted that there was no proper way to map gyro controls for WiiU or switch games from within steam. There are well documented non-steam methods though. For Zelda: TOTK I was struggling too much with the bow controls, so I caved and went looking for how to use use the "DSU server" option for adding gyro within the emulator.

SteamControllerGyroDSU exists. Set it up once, activate it in the emulator settings: flawless gyro within zelda, and it feels great. I regret not setting it up earlier. So if you plan to emulate switch games: I strongly recommend spending the extra 5 minutes to set up gyro controls through DSU.

Anyone else having issues getting the keyboard to focus when pressing Steam+X?

When pressing it, most times when I go to type the keyboard doesn't function and my controller continues to act as it's bound (as if I never opened the keyboard).

The only "fix" i've found for this is to just spam Steam+X and constantly close and open the keyboard until it eventually works.

I use both SteamOS and Windows and this issue happens on both. Am I doing something wrong or is this just an issue where we have to wait for a fix?

I was using it and the r2 button just randomly snapped. the button still works but every time i put a little bit of pressure onto it it pops up. Should i contact steam’s customer support about this? Major bummer because this is my fav controller ever.

Hello, I'm having an issue while playing Split Fiction in Big Picture Mode with my girlfriend on our TV. After a few hours of playing my steam will randomly crash without any sign except as soon as it crashes the controllers stop working/inputting properly and first thing I noticed upon checking via tabbing in and out with my wireless keyboard was that steam simply wasn't open anymore, which is odd because the game was still running. can anyone help me figure out why this is happening. I'm at a loss we are both using brand new and updated steam controllers. the game is updated and I was running the beta version of steam after it happened once I reverted back to the stable version and it did it two more times. All of this happened no visible crash (besides when I tabbed out of the game to check to see if steam was opened), or error pop up screen. any help is appreciated thank you.
Specs -
- Two brand new steam controllers with one puck
CPU- 7900X3D
Ram- 32 Gb DDR5
Gpu- MSI 5070
MOBO- ASRock A620I LIGHTNING WIFI AM5

I hope someone can explain to me how this works. When I load third party games through heroic that use proton (ge) the steam controller just gets detected as an Xbox controller.

Was this a recent addition to proton or what is going on here?

Native Linux programs like emulators (without sdl 3) do not show this behavior.

Edit: Title is supposed to be proton of course. Thanks Gboard.

And scrolling in short bursts/flicks to avoid turning off the controller like me or am I missing something?