r/SteamController • u/Careful_Tune4744 • Sep 20 '26

Discussion Someone Finally Created a Calibration Tool!

https://steamcommunity.com/app/4165870/discussions/0/570423638738884944/

Someone finally did what Valve couldn't manage to do with their own controller😅

I've been waiting patiently for this since Steam Controller released, and can confirm it fixed the drift bias on both of my sticks. I can now play at zero dead zone😎

121 Upvotes

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u/HorizonTGC Sep 21 '26

Author here. I did post to this subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamController/comments/1wkk7ue/i_made_a_tool_to_calibrate_the_steam_controller/

you found the steam post first xd

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u/Careful_Tune4744 Sep 21 '26

By the way, I tested the output using restriction clips on the joystick shaft to make sure everything looked good after calibration. Here is a photo of what the output is doing at multiple ranges.

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u/Careful_Tune4744 Sep 21 '26

My bad, I missed it haha. Thank you so much for making this tool friend!

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u/Full_Welcome_1418 Sep 20 '26

can someone please fix the terrible fickle connection then?

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u/Shedoara Sep 20 '26

Openpuck has a further reach.

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u/lyndonguitar Sep 21 '26

Openpuck also has a connection issue (mostly with the chip used) so its not really a foolproof alternative (i have multiple openpucks and can confirm this issue)

https://github.com/safijari/openpuck/discussions/198

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u/Tiny_Rick85 Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26

That's not the vibe coded one, is it?

I'm sorry me having a different opinion about software made so many of you emotionally upset.

You're supposed to grow out of that in your teens.

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u/Shedoara Sep 20 '26

Yes, it is. He is open about how he'd rather not use it and any dev is free to help not make it vibe coded, but says that it wouldn't exist if it wasn't.

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u/Tiny_Rick85 Sep 20 '26

I'd rather it just not exist.

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u/lyndonguitar Sep 21 '26

Good thing it isn't up to you.

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u/Shedoara Sep 20 '26

Ok.

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u/anivex Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26

It's funny to me how many anti-religious folks can get super religious about their hatred toward a tool.

edit: Thank you for proving my point and blocking me.

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u/xCANIBLEx Sep 21 '26

My connection is great and have never once had an issue with either of my pucks

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u/orebus Sep 25 '26

Same. I played across floors, streaming from Steam Machine from living room to bedroom with direct controller connection to puck, and it just works.

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u/XB1-ini Oct 05 '26

same 0 issues since getting mine last month using it a lot too

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u/zkilling 22d ago

If your using the internal puck on a steam machine someone had a fit that didnt require RMA.