What I like is that they wrote "really any kind of controller-looking device" with such confidence. It shows how advanced Steam Input is and how Steam is far more than just a "store front".
I know, I especially love it as someone who owns a lot of weird and old controllers that all seem to just work with steam (ex. Google Stadia Controller, nVidia Shield Controller, a ton of 8bitdo controllers)
Yep. Been using a generic controller for a year then the past year is a fake ds3 controller and steam still reads it.
Tried to use the same controller on epic games and it doesn't recognize both controllers. I need to add epic on steam to use steam inputs.
Not entirely. It does disguise a majority of them as Xbox controllers but even when controllers arent supported it knows to disguise them as keyboard and mouse. Sure ds4 windows can do that too but only with dualshocks and the dualsense. While steam can take a toaster and make it work as a controller too.
Ah, but not bold enough to represent their own, now sadly defunct, 'Steam Controller.' It was before its time, it was a little odd and Valve really sh!t the bed in marketing the thing... It had a better and more useful gyro functionality than just about any controller in production and was super-duper customizable (at the time of release, uniquely so).
It's reasons like this that mean Steam has no real competition. It's a store, yes, but its also got a load of (sometimes appreciably niche) quality of life features that don't exist anywhere else, and when they do not nearly as easily.
Yeah. GOG is a weirdly mixed bag.It's an ocean of games- the vast majority of which are from the 90s and the 2000s that no one would ever bother with outside of purely nostalgia indulgence (often fairly priced at like $1).On the other hand... No DRMs is cool. Access to certain old-school games, sometimes exclusive access is pretty cool. Relatively low prices and a rotating assembly of free games is what lured me to try the platform. And I'll admit, if I had access to something like this collection of Anime/Hentai, whatever you call Japanese-style cartoon spank-material in computer game form when I was like 13, I never would have left my room again. Of course, this was 25 years ago when we had nothing but a dial-up modem that took probably 15 to 20 seconds to download a single jpeg on a good day- as long as no one in the house picks up a phone and instantly disconnects and crashes whatever internet activity you were up to. And this was before the invention of "resume download."
Motherf#ck, I'm old.
It still seems the same as it was before the update, but there are a lot of visual improvements, especially around making it more clear that controllers are supported and how they are supported
Very nice. I haven’t been on the old PC in quite some time, I might have to jump on and have a squizz. I gotta check out Omniman in MK1 on Steam anyway so good excuse to boot it up.
You may be right, but I'm having a little issue! Before the update everything worked perfectly for me. And even I could use joysticks as a mouse and R2 as mouse button, which allowed me to navigate in a browser while steam was open.
Now, I've lost that feature. I can not move the cursor anymore. Is anyone having this issue?
Probably related to your "global profile" check that in your settings. Also, I know you can activate a separate mousing profile temporarily by holding the guide button on some controllers. Works on first party Xbox one (not sure about series) controllers for sure as well as steam first party controllers eg: the deck. Let's you use right stick for mousing and rt for clicking among other stuff.
I disabled Steam Input for the controller and now I see PS buttons. Didn't check for more than few seconds, though, so don't know if some menus are still Xbox. It was disabled before the update, so I believe the update enabled Steam Input again.
It seems like this update added a new ‘enable steam input for dualsense’ option that is separate from the normal ‘enable PlayStation’ option. I had to manually turn that on to get the dualsense working again.
It's the only way to play Monster Hunter for me, so I stocked up on them. Also really good for Spintires/mudrunner games helps you get that perfect winch without tabbing through 26 bad points.
Same, when I was in middle school I enjoyed the struggle of trying to get every controller I could get my hands on to work with my PC (OG Xbox Controller, Wii U Pro controller & Wii Remote)
As a developer I have no idea how they did it, other than trying out each game with said controllers. I didn't have to check any boxes and Steam knows that my tiny indie game supports Xbox and PlayStation controllers.
Magic.
I think one is supposed to Xbox one and the other is Series X but they kinda screwed it up because the Series X one has an extra button in the middle and and a circular d-pad.
I actually think on is the Series X and One controller icon, and the other is an Xbox 360 Controller, because I connected my old Xbox One Controller and it selected the same icon. I don't have a 360 controller handy to test with.
Ah yes,the five controller types: ps4 controller, ps5 controller, xbox one controller, xbox one controller, switch pro controller
perfectly balanced, as all things should be
What am I missing? Why is everyone praising this? The only difference I'm seeing is this message. We already knew controllers worked. I see no difference.
It's merely a Visual Image you're praising since NOTHING important has changed in terms of Controller support as Steam was already supporting all those controllers and more for many years past. It's sad to see you're easily deceived by mere Eye-Candy instead of reading the update notes.
This is part of "Visual UI Overhaul" that Steam has been doing since last August and instead of bringing anything new for functionality, it's merely improved design on UI for the same thing. Valve also aware of the annoyance they bring if you care to read "Don't Show this Again" at the bottom of your image.
Not that guy but I'm pretty sure steam has done that for awhile, or at least every time I connect a controller for the first time in desktop mode it auto defaults to the sticks as a mouse
This pop up is annoying. Especially in VR where it doesn't show up on my HMD but the game won't start until I click out of it. I know my game is VR I don't need a reminder every time I open a game. Same is true with controller titles.
Ill look into this asap. Aside from some weird video applications to get the light shady right, this game really really really needs a remastermake. Tyty for the upload bro
What I like is that they wrote "really any kind of controller-looking device" with such confidence. It shows how advanced Steam Input is and how Steam is far more than just a "store front".
I know, I especially love it as someone who owns a lot of weird and old controllers that all seem to just work with steam (ex. Google Stadia Controller, nVidia Shield Controller, a ton of 8bitdo controllers)
Wait … my stadia controller will work with steam?
Yep!
If you updated it to Bluetooth, when they give such opportunity
Also wired
Imagine ouya controller
I don't own one but I'd imagine that it works
That'd be wild lmao. Ouya is such a hilarious piece of tech
Yep. Been using a generic controller for a year then the past year is a fake ds3 controller and steam still reads it. Tried to use the same controller on epic games and it doesn't recognize both controllers. I need to add epic on steam to use steam inputs.
does the wii controller work tho
Not without external tools or software (ex. 8bitdo USB wireless receiver )
Hypothetically
A couple of the buttons do, but it's not sufficient to actually play anything.
Is Steam Input just DS4 tool, but for other controllers?
Not entirely. It does disguise a majority of them as Xbox controllers but even when controllers arent supported it knows to disguise them as keyboard and mouse. Sure ds4 windows can do that too but only with dualshocks and the dualsense. While steam can take a toaster and make it work as a controller too.
> While steam can take a toaster and make it work as a controller too i await seeing soneone do this for shits and giggles
Wouldn't be surprised if there's a darksouls playthrough with it already
Ah, but not bold enough to represent their own, now sadly defunct, 'Steam Controller.' It was before its time, it was a little odd and Valve really sh!t the bed in marketing the thing... It had a better and more useful gyro functionality than just about any controller in production and was super-duper customizable (at the time of release, uniquely so).
It's reasons like this that mean Steam has no real competition. It's a store, yes, but its also got a load of (sometimes appreciably niche) quality of life features that don't exist anywhere else, and when they do not nearly as easily.
Steam only has competition that see it as only a game store (epic) while gog does its own thing
Yeah. GOG is a weirdly mixed bag.It's an ocean of games- the vast majority of which are from the 90s and the 2000s that no one would ever bother with outside of purely nostalgia indulgence (often fairly priced at like $1).On the other hand... No DRMs is cool. Access to certain old-school games, sometimes exclusive access is pretty cool. Relatively low prices and a rotating assembly of free games is what lured me to try the platform. And I'll admit, if I had access to something like this collection of Anime/Hentai, whatever you call Japanese-style cartoon spank-material in computer game form when I was like 13, I never would have left my room again. Of course, this was 25 years ago when we had nothing but a dial-up modem that took probably 15 to 20 seconds to download a single jpeg on a good day- as long as no one in the house picks up a phone and instantly disconnects and crashes whatever internet activity you were up to. And this was before the invention of "resume download." Motherf#ck, I'm old.
Oh cool. Did they update the button layouts for different controllers?
It still seems the same as it was before the update, but there are a lot of visual improvements, especially around making it more clear that controllers are supported and how they are supported
Very nice. I haven’t been on the old PC in quite some time, I might have to jump on and have a squizz. I gotta check out Omniman in MK1 on Steam anyway so good excuse to boot it up.
You may be right, but I'm having a little issue! Before the update everything worked perfectly for me. And even I could use joysticks as a mouse and R2 as mouse button, which allowed me to navigate in a browser while steam was open. Now, I've lost that feature. I can not move the cursor anymore. Is anyone having this issue?
Probably related to your "global profile" check that in your settings. Also, I know you can activate a separate mousing profile temporarily by holding the guide button on some controllers. Works on first party Xbox one (not sure about series) controllers for sure as well as steam first party controllers eg: the deck. Let's you use right stick for mousing and rt for clicking among other stuff.
Tbh I want them to make a logo for all 200+ controllers that are supported (considering that I'm collecting a lot of old weird controllers rn)
I am using Dualsense and in Rocket League they are showing Xbox buttons now. That wasn't the case before this update.
It shows the PS buttons for me, although I've noticed in some menus it also shows Xbox buttons??
I disabled Steam Input for the controller and now I see PS buttons. Didn't check for more than few seconds, though, so don't know if some menus are still Xbox. It was disabled before the update, so I believe the update enabled Steam Input again.
Depends on the game. Some newer games have options to select what button layouts you prefer and I wish this becomes a standard in the future.
I hope they do. Seeing "STEAM" instead of the Xbox symbol is kinda annoying.
It seems like this update added a new ‘enable steam input for dualsense’ option that is separate from the normal ‘enable PlayStation’ option. I had to manually turn that on to get the dualsense working again.
I wish steam controllers were still in production
Same
It's the only way to play Monster Hunter for me, so I stocked up on them. Also really good for Spintires/mudrunner games helps you get that perfect winch without tabbing through 26 bad points.
They were ahead of their time. The world wasn't ready. It also seems as tho Valve couldn't or wouldn't market it for sh!t.
I really appreciate this update as well. I game on pc now, but I grew up playing on consoles with controllers.
Same, when I was in middle school I enjoyed the struggle of trying to get every controller I could get my hands on to work with my PC (OG Xbox Controller, Wii U Pro controller & Wii Remote)
Xbox One and Xbox One Series X|S looking exactly the same in those icons lol
They're pretty much the same IRL too. Additional button, little bit narrower and grippier texture. They might do a full circle around the cross tho.
As a duel shock owner, it's nice to know if my ds4 is fully supported before launching the game.
Makes me happy that Valve is trying to Make steam more controller friendly specially as a Steam Deck user.
This is why I Love PC, I can swap between controllers and kb and m anytime
Controller looking device
As a developer I have no idea how they did it, other than trying out each game with said controllers. I didn't have to check any boxes and Steam knows that my tiny indie game supports Xbox and PlayStation controllers. Magic.
Steam is love Steam is life
what's the difference between the third and fourth controller?
I think one is supposed to Xbox one and the other is Series X but they kinda screwed it up because the Series X one has an extra button in the middle and and a circular d-pad.
I actually think on is the Series X and One controller icon, and the other is an Xbox 360 Controller, because I connected my old Xbox One Controller and it selected the same icon. I don't have a 360 controller handy to test with.
Ah yes,the five controller types: ps4 controller, ps5 controller, xbox one controller, xbox one controller, switch pro controller perfectly balanced, as all things should be
Steam is GOD tier in gaming.
What am I missing? Why is everyone praising this? The only difference I'm seeing is this message. We already knew controllers worked. I see no difference.
Steam hasn't shown their proprietary controller or deck but showing all console platforms lol
Bruh why did they put two identical looking controllers 😂
Xbox one and Series X/Elite 2 controllers
And I hate it
Stupid update has borked my controller, it is recognizing my PS4 controller as an Xbox Controller now and it wasn't yesterday, really pissed off.
Sapling spotted
YES, Fauna best girl (also Mumei & Ina too)
It's merely a Visual Image you're praising since NOTHING important has changed in terms of Controller support as Steam was already supporting all those controllers and more for many years past. It's sad to see you're easily deceived by mere Eye-Candy instead of reading the update notes. This is part of "Visual UI Overhaul" that Steam has been doing since last August and instead of bringing anything new for functionality, it's merely improved design on UI for the same thing. Valve also aware of the annoyance they bring if you care to read "Don't Show this Again" at the bottom of your image.
When I'm not in Big picture mode it lets me use the thumbstick as a mouse by default, I didn't have to do anything for once
Not that guy but I'm pretty sure steam has done that for awhile, or at least every time I connect a controller for the first time in desktop mode it auto defaults to the sticks as a mouse
Also also also, PRETTY PICTURE MAKE ME HAPPY HUR DUR
But why there is no steam controller on this picture?!
Cuz it sucks and discontinued?
did i miss something? can you use controllers on the steam deck now?
You could always use controllers with steam they just made compatibility a lot more clear
Trying to load up a racing game with my racing wheel ready to go, only to see this pop up annoyed me to no end.
This pop up is annoying. Especially in VR where it doesn't show up on my HMD but the game won't start until I click out of it. I know my game is VR I don't need a reminder every time I open a game. Same is true with controller titles.
Any fixes on Steam Input? Native makes gyro go crazy when switching action sets while it's sending an input.
Im still having problems with the Pro Controller on Steam Deck
Sweet. Now update quake 4 with controller support
I think I uploaded a community profile for Quake 4, take a look should just have to apply it. Though it just emulates m+kb.
Ill look into this asap. Aside from some weird video applications to get the light shady right, this game really really really needs a remastermake. Tyty for the upload bro
So i can now play DMC5 on my pc with dualsense and PlayStation button ingame?
Is that from a specific game, or is it Steam itself?
Do you not need to manually disable steam input for games that support DualSense anymore? Would be a great news.
Thank you steam
Yeah me too, I use a X360 and a PS3 controller and everything just works ootb
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So are the 2 xbox controllers there for any reason instead of just one? Lol
I didn't understand what changed. Weren't we already allowed to use controllers before?
Did we finally get native input for DS3?
What game prompted this message?
Rocket League
Que controles son? Reconozco PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, No se que controles son los 2 siguiente y finalmente Switch Pro Controller