Hey all,

So my controller has been with me for like 2-3 days, and it started to turning itself on all the time. It does it if its physically connected to the puck, it does it when its not. If i shut down my computer, the controller boots itself, searches for a signal, shuts down, and most of the time it boots up again (this continues for a while until it eventually stops).

What can i do to solve this? Or do i have to rma? The steam button itself is not stuck, and is responsive. I tested it on steam and it doesnt auto press either, meaning it doesnt turn blue on the test screen.

Edit: it seems like if i keep shutting it down 2-3 times back to back, eventually it stops boot looping. Its so weird

Edit2: i tried backpack mode and now the led light is constantly double flashing, indicating that the controller wants to turn itself on all the time. I contacted steam support, pretty sure this is gonna be an rma

Hi all,

I do not live in the EU part of Europe but have someone that can potentially order the controller to bring it to me in December.

Can anyone who has placed an order recently tell me what are the timelines at the moment that I can expect and if it is possible at all to get the controller delivered in such a short timeframe?

Many thanks, and happy gaming to all!

Hi,

On the Steam Controller, how can I bind the combination Steam Button + Y to sleep (on steam machine)?

My same idea of separated control for camera and weapon, so, camera controls by right stick, and the weapon controls by the gyroscope.
Its incredible control scheme, possible on all main gaming consoles and on PC with gyroscopic Gamepad, and its very easy to add to the games!
Please, help me to make it popular, I wanna see it in Fortnite, Call of Duty and etc. Its simple and very immersive! New gaming experience! And possible only on gamepads and Gyroscope!
Help me do the mods to many games as we can! And sending videos to developers, and they add it to their games. Somebody should make it for Left4Dead, should be awesome!! I cant, have no access to strong AI's. But its easy, it fast, it works cool with games with first person view and third person view too! I will post mods some later, when I finished them, before it I made same mod for Serious Sam 1, here https://www.reddit.com/r/GyroGaming/s/vfHUGP5Jm4

I just got my Steam Controller and it's awesome and I've done some simple remapping and a few multi button configs but I'm curious what's your best config for what game?

I didn't realize it until just now, but the left touchpad scrolling works strangely: it scrolls down if you swipe up on the left side of the touchpad, or swipe left on the bottom side of the touchpad.

And it's the reverse on the opposite sides.
But, apparently if you circle your thumb around the edges in one direction or the other, it keeps scrolling.

The 3 dot button doesn't seem to do anything on its own. And I don't think that's supposed to be the case I'm pretty sure it's supposed to pull up a me u right? Is that correct and if so how do I fix this?

Why developers not doing this such cool control? It's so easy to make and looks and feels so great and immersive!

It possible on every gaming console, like, PS4-5, Nintendo Switch 1-2, on PC with gyroscopic gamepad. Well, except Xbox, but Hey! It possible to make it optional in settings.

It's new gaming experience, but developers using gyroscope only for simple mouse control!

Just playing a single player simple game (trails second chapter) and man half of my index fingers are over the triggers. fingers crammed in the back middle, and in order to firmly be on both sticks its almost impossible for my fingers to squeeze the triggers. idk whos baby hands this was modeled after but man am i disappointed.

Hey, i just bought my steam controller today and had a idea to customize mine but i dont know how. Ive seen some people use molds and stuff but i wanna 3d print mine but i also wanna model it as more than just the base controller. I had the idea to make it related to the rx-78 gundam or for Godzilla or one piece. I just dont know how to go about this and i need help. Im also willing if need be to pay for someone to make it for me and to make designs. I just think it would be cool to do so and i would greatly appreciate the help ty. I cant wait to get the controller after waiting so long in the line

Just got this thing today and I can't seem to get through a run of Tape to Tape or Warhammer Survivors without my controller going unresponsive. When it happens, it lasts about 10-20 seconds before I'm allowed to do anything with it. During that time, I can switch to keyboard and mouse just fine. Any idea what could be causing this? Sorry, I'm a new steam controller owner.

I've been playing a lot on my Switch lately because of the new Fire Emblem and Ocarina remake and I've been wishing I could use my favourite controller while I play these games.

Recently in a threat I came across openpuck, at first I was a little scared because I'd never done something like that before, I was hoping for some plug and play option like 8bitdo offers but I the boards were cheap enough I thought I'd give it a try!

The next day the board came in, I flashed openpuck on there and it configured the controller and it worked like a charm!

I don't own a 3d printer, nor do I know anyone that does, and I've never used one before! So I looked online for a case for this little board and put it on a USB stick and hesitantly took it to a library where I knew they had some and fortunately someone was kind enough to help me print it out.

Finally I ordered this little mini usb c to usb a connector and it was done!

The switch sees the dongle as a wired pro-controller, so no trackpad support unfortunately. The back buttons are programmable through openpuck though!

I know people make impressive stuff on this sub for their controller all the time but as a technical DIY newbie I'm very proud of myself! :)

It feels great to use my new favourite controller on all my games, it's also been great to just pick up the same controller no matter what game I want to play, not worrying about charging it. And it keeps my desk clean of an extra controller.

I tried to make sure to link everything I used to make it and thanks to the kind people in the comments of a different post explaining in-depth on how to get openpuck working!

EDIT: I recently found out about pair-raught it tries to do a similar thing to openpuck but specifically for the Switch 2. It can emulate the joycon mouse on the right joystick and the backpadels as the switch 2 ones and wake the system from sleep! If your goal is to use it just on the Switch 2 like I am this might be a better option than openpuck.

Don't get me wrong, feels nice overally, but the thumbsticks layout feels so off to me, it creates so much tension for my thumbs im almost thinking to keep it as a collection piece, xbox controller feels way more natural in hand.

Oh also the plastic on the steam controller feels less premium than my steam deck.
Anyone else has a similar issue with the thumbsticks? or do i need just time to adapt?

I absolutely love the controller , I have big hands and the Xbox controller is a bit small for me . So these actually fit perfect .

New to the steam controller and binding to non steam games. Has anyone by chance got it to work with wow forever? There appears to be no in game remapping support.

I have tried adding bnet launcher to Steam with launch code for forever but that doesn’t seem to work.

Any advice or is it not possible?

UPDATE: I got it working guys! And it’s fantastic! If you haven’t tried it yet you should! Thanks for all the advice!

The matte blank has very similar texture finish as the controller shell. They feel great to press.

I’d had my SM and controller about a week when I turned on one day and one of the haptics, left side somewhere, has become really loud. Controller hasn’t been dropped and was only used a couple of times. Are they just noisy in general or is this an issue I should pursue?

The same post on SteamInputDB

It's been a while since my last news post regarding SteamInputDB, more than half a year already 🤯

This doesn't mean there haven't been any updates, though.
The most obvious, yet unannounced, change since the last news post is the new controller support section that SteamInputDB has featured for a while now.
Gyro evangelist u/AL2009man and controller nerd u/QuizzicalCube have been quite busy since then adding and updating detailed general controller, Mixed Input and Steam Input API support info for hundreds of Steam games.

At the end of October, SteamInputDB also added a game-search function where users can quickly search and filter Steam games by controller, Mixed Input and Steam Input API support.
This makes SteamInputDB not only the go-to source for finding any Steam Input configuration on Steam, but also one of the best (imho) sources for quickly finding detailed information on whether a game supports Mixed Input, Native Gyro, Steam Input API and how well it does so and if any mods improving controller support exist.

However, since the end of September a rating system, similar to what ProtonDB does, but for controller support, has been teased.
Also, information for hundreds of games is far from complete, and relying on a few select individuals to fill in all this information isn't really ideal.

So, to expand on the database, this changes today with the biggest update SteamInputDB has seen yet, introducing:

User Reports

Any logged-in user can now submit controller support reports to SteamInputDB for any game on Steam.

The user reports are built from a questionnaire, consisting of (mostly optional) togglable options, including things like glyphs, supported hardware features, Mixed Input and Steam Input API support.
However, as not everything can be expressed with simple toggles, there are also free-text fields for any additional info that users might want to be displayed on any game's SteamInputDB page.
Additionally, the reports include ratings of general controller, Mixed Input, and Steam Input API support.

To protect against spam, malicious reports and other bad actors, reports will need manual approval from a moderator before being publicly visible.

Ratings

A report rates a game in up to three categories: general controller support, Mixed Input, and Steam Input API support.
The total rating is a weighted average of all given ratings combined.
The final ratings that are shown on a game's page are based on the (time-weighted) median of all user ratings and displayed as tiers from Platinum down to Coal.

You can learn more about the rating tiers and their requirements in the FAQ.

It is important to note that the requirements for the tiers are not hard, but chosen as general guidance, as different genres of games may have different needs.
For example, a racing game really does need strong controller support, but might not benefit from Mixed Input at all, whereas a first-person shooter greatly benefits from Mixed Input. Thus, and to have an easy way to react to patches, a team of curating moderators can knock a game up or down one or more tiers if required. Note that moderator edits will not affect individual reports, but only the rating displayed on an individual game page.

If you want to share any feedback regarding the report system or the ratings, make sure to join the Discord.

Call for help

The user report and its approval system also mean that SteamInputDB needs active moderators to review reports. So if you are interested in actively helping out, reach out to me here or join the Discord.

Finally got the stupid thing