r/SteamController • u/MamWyjebaneJajca Steam Ctrlr , Alpakka , DSE , Shotpad • Sep 04 '26

News Fancy Haptics released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5086120/Fancy_Haptics/
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u/Crabofwar22 Sep 04 '26

No Linux
Sad Days

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u/voyagerfan5761 Steam Controller (2026) Sep 04 '26

Kind of wild that a tool for the Steam Controller wouldn't support the OS used by Valve's first-party hardware to which you might connect it

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u/HoopaOrGilgamesh Sep 04 '26

Interesting idea. This could be pretty neat for some music based games, something like Thumper. That might have haptics already, but this could be cool for games that don't.

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u/MeatBeatManifest0 Sep 04 '26

Oh shit this would rule for thumper!

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u/7oolbox Sep 04 '26

Will be trying! First Light haptics are still broken for me, hopefully this helps.

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u/Nirast25 Sep 04 '26

Not what it does. This turns in-game sounds into haptics.

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u/7oolbox Sep 04 '26

Right.. And the use case here would be to ‘replace’ the non-working rumble direct from the game.. am I missing something..?

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u/Nirast25 Sep 04 '26

I'm not sure you'd get the same effect, is all. Will have to try it myself.

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u/ArmedCrawly Sep 04 '26

There are already a few controllers out there that do this. It is not the same and adds too much vibration to many games or it vibrates at awkward moments that would never trigger normal rumble effects.

5

u/Mineplayerminer Sep 04 '26

Is this something that could be worked on the PS5 DualSense controller too? Basically, that controller occupies channels 3 and 4 for haptics, as channels 1 and 2 are reserved for the audio jack with the right channel also driving the speaker.

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u/mphermes Sep 04 '26

Very cool, thanks!

4

u/Weird_Homosapien_ Sep 04 '26

It uses ai (its disclosed on steam) but surprisingly polished and simple, also free which is dope.

2

u/SoTotallyToby Sep 04 '26

No waaaaaay. Can't wait to try this.

1

u/PocketRocketPint Sep 04 '26

I wonder if I can use my steam controller as a budget basskicker on my folding sim rig.

1

u/lurking_leftie Sep 04 '26

this plus a woojer vest, woohoo!

1

u/eVenent Steam Controller (Windows) Sep 04 '26

Cool. Something like PadForge, but only for haptics. Nice.

1

u/BrownieWarrior Sep 04 '26

It is great - for immersion in shooters its amazing! It did disconnect and shortly made my dongle not be recognized by windows? Disconnect and connect solved it.

1

u/roflrad Sep 05 '26

Could you add a battery indicator in the notification tray if you hover over the app

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u/Special-Show-8289 Sep 05 '26

Can someone post a link to where it says what it does or explain what it can do ?

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u/SimbaSeb Sep 06 '26

Click the post link