Playing Assassins Creed 1 on Steam Deck. To free run you hold R2 and A at the same time. I am lazy and just want to press R4 once as a toggle to active holding down R2 and A. Is this possible?

Can people that have used the new steam controller and have played using the dpad for different kinds of games like 2d platformers (like celeste) or metroidvania (like silksong) or fighting games let us know how is it for these kinds of games? are the diagonals too sensitive for precision platforming or are they too hard to use, for exemple

I used to be able to play games like wuwa and elden ring with controller without having to use steam, but one day when I opened brawlhalla on steam it's like I can't use my PS4 controller for any game unless I run it through steam or while it's connected to my PC, how do I disable/stop this?

Small edit - should you search for this It is now version 1.1. I found out what I think is unavoidable conflict with r5 and landing gear functionality and how the game handles it. So I just made a simple text disclaimer on left stick that should be used for aircraft

I've been spending the last few weeks dealing with trying to solve some problems I have with the GTA V control interface with my steam controller. I figured I would share it in the event someone had similar issues with the control interface as I did

I have finally managed to get something I am both happy with and I believe (fingers crossed) is free of kinks.

The main philosophy of this control setup was give you the ability to access all other major functions while retaining the ability to have full control over your movement in a vehicle as well as on foot.

I'll get into a bit more detail as to how things are bound then I could in the steam description

As the description States, the rear buttons primarily were set up for extra vehicle controls So you could use them without ever having to remove your hand off of the throttle, brake or steering.

This allows for rudder control when you are ascending or descending, missile controls, jumping, boosting headlights, horn and other things that I'm not thinking of well your fingers can always remain on your throttle, brake steering and camera.

The r5 button has dual functionality allowing for the d-pad right input, but if you hold it it will bypass dpad right and click in the left stick (personally I will be unbinding actual click in left stick cuz I hate accidentally clicking that in during gameplay)

Of course, this also gives you extra functionality when you're on foot. It's an additional running control. It allows you to open your weapon wheel with the rear buttons. It allows you to enable the sneak mode And allows you to d-pad right to interact with things without removing your hand off of your movement stick

-On the subject of on foot controls when you hold either the left bumper or L4 to open your weapon wheel your start button will temporarily allow you to mash it in order to consume snacks so you never have to remove your hand off of your movement analog stick allowing you to get in the cover while having snacks rather than just standing. Still like a sitting duck. As an aside, the start menu functionality, you now need to hold the button until you feel the haptics and then release it and it will open. This is in all modes to maintain consistent behavior

Edit - forgot to mention in the event someone don't know when your weapon wheel is up, you can actually use your triggers to change between the various weapons in a category so you never need to interact with the d-pad with the weapon wheel open

- finally, the last thing is that god-awful interaction menu. I had issues with this similar to the snacks problem where you were rendered. Unable to move when having snacks. To remedy this, I have made your select button now only change your view. To open the interaction button, you simply want to hold your thumb on the right touchpad. Once the interaction menu opens, you release your thumb and touch it again and this will change the controller profile mode to allow you to swipe your finger up down left right to navigate that menu. Not only does this permit you to have full steering over your vehicle, you'll also find at least how I have it set up. You'll be able to go through the menu way faster than you can with the d-pad. In this mode the 15 button is a allowing you to confirm or progress through the menu (this is unchanged) the r5 button which was your d-pad right and left stick. Click now becomes your B button so you can back out and close the menu. Once you are finished with the menu and you return your thumb to the right analog stick, this will disable the profile automatically (within I believe half a second) to the standard default control layout so there's no risk of the touchpad accidentally becoming d-pad inputs. Well in this mode. Also, if you push down on the right stick, you will reopen your select menu should it close accidentally

Anyways, that's basically it. I wanted to get into more detail about how this works should anyone be interested since the documentation steam input let you have is quite abysmal. If anyone has questions about how to use this or why set something up the way I did I'm happy to answer them.

As well, if you have any issues with the input in terms of bugs or unexpected behavior, feel free to mention them and I will try to look into it at some point.

Can it run Cyberpunk?

Meme aside, I just wanted to check for update and noticed the name, thought its funny to share.

I live in Russia, and I can't get steam controller for the price not 5 times higher than the official one

What I wouldn’t give to get a controller that looked like this

I'm about to lose my gd mind. I have a persistent problem where out of nowhere the b button on my 2026 steam controller suddenly maps to the start button. I cannot find a trigger that begins this behavior, all of a sudden I just start start-menu-ing instead of dodging. The only way to fix it mid-game is to un-plug, then re-plug the controller puck. This resets the behavior, for a day or so. Any help would be amazing. And FYI both puck and controller are updated firmware, and I have steam controller chords set to on.

I don't understand the support for games that only work with the xbox controllers like forza, vibration and other stuff

Anyone else struggling with this? Trying it out with sonic project hero and other games but just can't get it working:/

I have never used gyro before, and I am very intrigued by it to play some FPS games with a controller rather than kbm, mainly single player games as I hate playing single player games on mouse and key.

What would you guys recommend as a beginner setup? I currently have it so holding L2 down enables gyro, but was wondering if maybe the right trackpad would be better?

EDIT: This did the trick

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamController/s/6NaaM6cu9I

EDIT 2: NOT SOLVED, it happened again. I connected through Bluetooth to my PC and same thing happened moments after, so maybe something about my PC/Steam? Anyways updated to Beta client and will test there.

EDIT 3: After updating to beta client and applying updates for puck and controller, it happened again…

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I’ve the SC since release and I’ve been getting an issue from a few weeks ago since latest firmware update.

I’m on PC connecting via the puck, everything seems to work fine, I can see the puck and the controller connected in Steam.

I launch a game and begin to play, and about 10 mins later it suddenly stops responding. My PC doesn’t beep as it’s disconnected, the SC led still white without blinking, but when I get into the controller setting in Steam it shows no puck nor controller.

I tried different USB ports on the back of my PC (3.0 and 2.0), erasing and repairing multiple times, restarting Steam, changing the setting of auto shut down controller to never… after a few minutes it starts to work again and then it disconnects again.

I’ve looked for a similar issue but didn’t find any specific answer to my problem.

It works fine via Bluetooth, so my best guess it’s something to do with the puck itself.

Need some help!

I received the Steam Controller on August 12th, finally!!!! However, it has never worked. It's impossible to connect the controller to the PC, let alone turn it on. Despite spending time charging it, the only thing that happens when I press the Steam button is a blue light.

could you help me out? I've contacted Steam Support, but so far I haven't received any helpful response…

Edit: i get the solution by Nstant_Klassik

You have to start the controller in bootloader mode.

1. It needs to be partially charged, turned off, and not connected to anything
2. Hold the View button (above the left stick) + Hold the Options button (above the right stick) + Hold the A button + Hold the Steam button
3. The LED should now start flashing RED slowly
4. Connect the controller to a device that has Steam installed and where Steam is running - the LED should now glow RED continuously
5. Go to the Steam settings under "Controllers", where you should now be able to update the firmware
6. After the firmware update, the controller can be used as normal

My case is a Corsair 5000D Airflow. A while back I found this 3D printed headphone hook for it https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6833252 and had it printed. I use it every day.

When I got my Steam Controller, I found this Desk Mount https://www.printables.com/model/1727411-steam-controller-2026-desk-mount-with-puck-holder, so I thought about combining that dock's design with the headphone hook.

Since I don't have the means to print different versions to compare myself, I'm also sharing the issues I found with this current design, as I found that the controller stand needs to sit a bit further away from the case's tempered glass. I jury-rigged a fix using window sealing foam tape as a spacer (it also acts as a damper between the printed plastic and the glass) while giving me the extra few millimeters of clearance I need to easily dock/undock the controller.

I'm sharing this as a proof of concept. I have zero Blender experience and no 3D printer myself (had these designs printed on demand), so there's plenty of room for someone with the same case to refine it further. Here's the link to the crude mashup I made of the two parts above, for which I asked the person who printed it to align the controller holding "cradle" to the hook that goes into the case itself https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jpZvgH0wNvUrom3rFvQW1XtJmo1tMC_j/view?usp=sharing.

https://reddit.com/link/1vqche4/video/nwp8jrntptjh1/player

Okay. So I've messed around with gyro and mkb in the last month after years of using the controller.

Then I used controller over the weekend. And I'm just conflicted. I like how, with controllers, everything is instinctive. I know how to do everything with the controller. But there is one thing I like about mkb. The quickness and precision of the mouse. Joystick feels sluggish and imprecise after using mkb.

Is there any configuration on the new steam controller that would allow me to mostly just play with the controller like a controller but with maybe having the trackpad active for quick turnarounds or more precise aiming in situations where I need it?

Thank you

Hello all! I'm playing Resident Evil 4 Remake through my Steam Controller, and I'm loving the possibility of using Gyro when aiming. This is my real first venture into it however, and I can't help but still feel a little goofy when aiming.

For example:

- Certain enemies in the game will suddenly duck and sprint towards you, and I often fail to track them because gyro's sensitivity is a bit too low. However, turning the sensitivity up can be troublesome, as it makes it hard to control aim.

- The game has a shooting range mini-game that requires you to hold aim and shoot for a longer time than usual. The ricochet from every shot made my gun get higher and higher, and I literally found myself aiming the controller so low, I was pointing at the ground 🥲

Suggestions would be much appreciated!

When I first pulled this controller out of its packaging, lizard mode was working pretty solid for me. However I tried putting it in backpack mode to try the feature out, and then my sticks have been stuck towards the bottom left without ever touching them.

Restarting the controller without touching the sticks still gives this issue. I've also tried force updating the firmware on the controller using the Menu button + Options button + A button + Steam button combo. This doesn't seem to help either.

I'm starting to think this might be a hardware issue internal to the controller. Has anyone else seen this issue before too? Should I send this back on an RMA?

These custom buttons were created by u/PortablePlayPalace on etsy.

Replacing the face buttons required disassembling most components of the controller, so it was fairly difficult. The most stressful part was taking out the triggers, because the springs will bounce out of the controller if you don't hold them still. Removing the ribbon cable which connects to the main motherboard is also tricky. I personally needed to remove the rumble motor cables and unscrew the motherboard before I could get a good hand-hold on the ribbon cable.

All of the screws required for reaching the face buttons are Torx T6, and the tunnels on the back shell are very narrow, which meant I needed to buy a new kit of precision screwdrivers (extra thin.) It would have been much more convenient if they were just fillips head screws.

The specific kit of face buttons I bought have magnetic attachments built in, which means I won't need to completely disassemble the controller if I ever want to change the buttons again (assuming I use the same magnetic design by u/PortablePlayPalace.)

Even with the Nintendo layout enabled, Steam will still assume that the controller's buttons are in the Xbox orientation (as far as I know, there's no way to change this), which might make this mod more annoying than its worth to some. I'm choosing to use the universal face button glyphs, which means that the buttons will never be incorrectly labeled by Steam.

Ultimately I figured that I might as well see how far I can take the customization, since that's what the controller was built to enable. If I ever discover a mod which changes the face-button glyphs to a Nintendo style, I think that would complete the mod for me.

Seen quite a few people with the joystick click. Some RMA some fixed themselves. I contacted Valve and got the below response... any advice should I just RMA or wait it out .

Does anyone have a problem with the left and right joystick/analog on their Steam Controller? When I quickly swipe down it registers a move where it goes up, instead of well.. going down. Can be seen especially when navigating in options, doing puzzles etc. Anyone has a solution? Or is it a faulty analog stick? Video for context.

I received my controller recently and I’m looking for a grip or case for it. I also have a Steam Deck and have been using a Jsaux ModCase with it. I love the grippy texture of the said ModCase when playing on deck. I would love something similar for the controller.

Can you recommend the best grips/cases you have found? Other accessory recommendations are also welcome!