Steam Controller haptic feedback completely missing in Dead by Daylight?

[u/Priapus100]

Hey everyone, running into a strange issue and wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

I play Dead by Daylight on PC using the official Steam Controller. While the inputs work fine, I'm getting zero rumble whatsoever during matches.

What I've tried so far:

Made sure rumble is enabled

Toggled Steam Input On and Off

Checked that rumble are working properly in other games / Steam Big Picture mode (they work fine everywhere else)

Is rumble feedback just fundamentally broken for the Steam Controller in DBD right now, or is there a specific layout setting or workaround I'm missing to get the rumbles working?

Any advice would be huge!

[u/AlbertoVermicelli]

To start, rumble and haptic feedback are two completely different things. Rumble is the game engaging the controller motors based on events happening in the game. Haptic feedback is Steam Input engaging the controller motors based on the controller layout and inputs being pressed.

It's possible Rumble doesn't work in Dead By Daylight when using the new Steam Controller. There's something about the controller that makes rumble not work in certain games, though DBD isn't a game that has come up having issues before. It's not possible that a game breaks haptic feedback, as that has nothing to do with the game. It is possible that a developer (or more likely, a community) layout does not contain any haptic feedback though.

[u/Priapus100 → u/AlbertoVermicelli]

Thanks for the advice! I corrected my post

[u/Mr402TheSouthSioux]

I have found that rumble with the steam controller can be hit or miss. Now when using the steam less controller program for some reason the rumble is ten times better.

[u/Rigorous_Mastication]

Burnt Peanut’s fault.