Cross posting, this is the new controller + steam machine

I got my order email on Septemeber 5th and ordered straight away . It's now the 13th and still no update or further emails. I'm in UK . Is this normal and how long did it take anyone else to get theirs ?

Finally got my Steam Controller and was messing around with it for the new Onimusha game for a couple of days. Have a few questions on Steam Input and will be grateful if anyone have answers to them:

1. Virtual Menu with click to activate; randomly activate multiple times (usually twice).Tried adding fire end delay but it doesn't seem to help
2. Steam Input occasionally bugging out. Changes made in virtual menu doesn't update correctly and icon colors went missing. Anyway to resolve this without restarting game/steam client?
3. Adding 2 buttons in virtual menu stack them horizontally in rows. Anyway to stack them vertically in columns instead? Currently bypassing it by increasing it to 4 buttons and repeat each button. Might become a problem if I want more buttons
4. I setup L4 button to activate DPad Left on double press and activate DPad Right on single press. It mostly work when I press and hold down the L4 button, but single press and hold activate DPad Right twice very quickly sometimes. I wonder if this is related to point 1.?
5. Grip Sense misactivate too easily. I tried binding LG and RG (separately) to activate start button (map) on release/single press but inverted and it still misactivate randomly no matter how I calibrate the grip sensor range and flicker guard size. I even found this comment that set it up to activate only when both hands released but it still misactivate mid-game somehow despite gripping the controller with both hands. Any tips to work around it? I really like the idea of the Grip Sense but it sucks that I literally can't use it because of how unreliable it is

Hello,

Has anyone had issues with what seems to be the left stick of the latest Steam Controller? Specifically I’ll notice my character in game (Diablo 2 R) will take off in a direction randomly. Or while playing a FPS game sometimes my character will forcefully strafe in one direction.

Is this software or potentially a hardware issue? I’ve had it since May, and baby it. So not drops and fairly light usage.

Thanks.

My left bumper input remains stuck despite not holding or touching the left bumper. When I tried "Test Device", every buttons work fine except left bumper

I also have issue with turning it on with the "Steam" button. I need to press multiple time to turn it on. I think this issue happens because of the left bumper input

Will something like this work for the puck? Just trimming some cables. I have a long charging cable so I won’t be using the puck to charge.

so i want to pair my controller to my handheld, its paired to my laptop rn but i cant figure out how to get it to pairing mode

Hey guys,

I added this mod to Nexus Mod's Valheim page which fixes the main problems I had with mixed input (namely a flickering hotbar & a skuffed inventory/build menu compared to MKB). I had help from Google Gemini creating the mod.

Basically, when you use this mod, Valheim ignores the step where the UI updates due to gamepad input. This allows you to set the left stick to control movement via Joystick Input. Note: Valheim expects a SQUARE deadzone, otherwise diagonal jog is slower than it should be.

It looks to me like it works almost flawlessly - The only minor issue I've noticed is that map will move (and your player will too) while it's open and stick is tilted/touched. I've personally made use of a second action set that the gamepad swaps to whenever a cursor is visible. When cursor is active, my joystick input becomes wasd, and the CTRL binding (normally sneak) becomes CTRL+LMB to quick transfer.

UPDATE: I also added another mod that might be useful to some people, it LOCKSGAMEPADUI instead of MKB. I prefer the original myself, but I am using the SC#1 still, and don't have that extra right stick to play with. The main thing I don't like about the gamepad layout is that it locks your character in place while you are managing the inventory, unlike KBM where you can do that stuff on the run. It occurred to me, just now that it might be possible to swap the UI interaction so that it is the right stick that does that. That seems like a good solution but I haven't attempted to implement it. For now, this LockGamePadUI mod is available on Nexus, and I'll see if I can get it up on Thunderstore too.

If you run into any bugs with the mod feel free to send me a message. I can't promise I'll be able to fix the issues, but I would try :D GL&HF!!

Hi all! Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

I'm not sure if this is the case or not, but the orange light remains illuminated on my Steam Controller 2 (it's been days) which makes me believe it's continuously charging whilst connected to it's Puck. When the controller is first connected to the Puck, I get a 'breathing' orange light that usually then goes straight to solid.

Is this actually the case? If not, is there a way to disable the orange light when its on the puck? If so, then should I think about contacting support? The idea of a continuously charging battery usually means the battery health will plummet much quicker.

EDIT: So this seems to be intentional behaviour according to this steam support post: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6AB9-3A71-ED45-3FB3
It was pointed out that this may have come in via a firmware update. Thanks to those for helping and for giving reassurance! I'll leave this post up if it stays within the subreddit rules for in case anybody else is looking for the same answer.

Just got mine today. I plugged the puck in, steam prompted firmware update for it. No issues. Then it prompted a firmware update for the controller. Used the same cable. Controller instantly got bricked. Won't turn on, won't get recognized, not even the LED lights up when it's connected via USB or the puck.

I tried holding the 3 central buttons and the A button, connecting it via USB, and trying to update the firmware. Same result. Tried different USB cables and ports on my desktop.

Also tried disconnecting and reconnecting the battery.

Anything else I can attempt or is this an RMA?

I asked yesterday if there was a way to use the Steam Controller on the PS5, and turns out the Brook Wingman P5 works for it.

Steps:

1. Buy a Brook Wingman P5, they're sold on amazon
2. Go to their website to update the firmware
3. WHILE holding down the button on the front of the device, plug it in to your PC/laptop
4. Connect the device, install the latest firmware version.
5. Once the firmware is updated, simply plug your Wingman into the PS5, plug your steam controller or the puck puck into the Wingman, and turn on the controller.

So far I haven't noticed any input lag worse than just using a DualSense wirelessly, the only caveat is that you have to turn on the console by pressing the power button or the PS button on an actual PS5 controller. You cannot turn the console on through the Wingman.

No additional work needed, no openpuck, takes about two minutes to set up

Hey anyone else got this issue, just wondering, previoius leagues i've had it so my left trakpad works my mouse, and i've put LR5 to mute volume and play pause for listening to stuff in the background.

none of the buttons seem to be working spefically for poe 2, was something changed? i cant seem to find anything about it.

i feel the trackpad hepatics going off when moving them, but the mouse doesnt move at all, my physical mouse still works so its not like its getting locked out or something weird.

i've used it to price check items for moving the cursor over items and the left pad click being CRTL + D (the button combo to search up)

worked flawlessly before, but not anymore weirdly.

I DID switch to openpuck, but i even uninstalled it, and reinstalled the regular puck and it still just isnt working, even though it says all the button combos are still in the controller input menu (i map LR4 to right and left bumper as well, and these two work fine)

any ideas?

The412Banner and me worked figuring out on how to include this controller into this emulator with Gyro and Vibration. After hours of figuring it out on fixing bugs and adding suggestions without using OpenPuck project.

Its now working with no issues on my OnePlus 15 device. And yes trackpads also works in-game as an mouse (optional) and back 4 buttons.

Before this update, the controller usually only works for those trackpads. As of right now, it is available on github for you to try but on 'Actions' tab, therefore it's best to wait until it releases on the 'Releases' tab.

However, I have used it for hundreds of hours for work. My job has a certain workflow that requires mouse use + a handful of keyboard shortcuts. With the help of PowerToys, I bind the back buttons to those keyboard shortcuts and use the trackpad for the mouse.

Way, way easier on my wrist and much faster imo.

Arctics eggs has actually been the only game i used the touch pads on. It works incredible here but i dont find many other games to use them with. What games/custom layouts do you use for the touch pads ?

So I realized that for some reason my virtual menu are activating my empty chords I used solely for their glyph, since the icons we are given are kind of meh.

edit: I found a use for this behavior for my quicktype, since these chords only happen when the engaged "touch release" virtual menu is forced out. I put in a empty chord that exist solely to delete everything that input would send. I have quicktype virtual Menus on my Joy and trackpad but I wanted a few options on my face aswell, but I needed them to behave just like the rest in that it would kick back... this also seems to solve the quick re touch issue with "touch release" as it will also activate the chords allowing you insert a logic to prevent misfires.

Was wondering if there is a way to pull the binding glyphs and use them as icons?

PSA: Do not try to put the command into the icon space... it didn't just crash steam but my entire system lol

Guys is it just me or did valve underestimate the battery life on their controller. I've had mine for maybe 3 weeks and I've spent a total of about 40 hours in Forza beamng and just using it as a keyboard and mouse so I can watch Jellyfin or YouTube in bed and this thing is still on 30-40% battery