This is highly experimental “opinionated” implementation of Steam Controller that is meant to replace SWICD and Glossi. This is hard piece and it is rather unsupported (by me), so if it works it works.
It offers 3 main modes of operation:
You need to select profile after running application. Choose one of:
Use X360 Controller with Steam
(most compatible)Use Steam Input with Steam
(works, but might be quirky)You can easily switch between Desktop and X360 by holding Options button (3 horizontal lines, on top of the right joystick). When profile is switched you will hear a beep.
It is strongly advised that you uninstall (unless you know what are you doing):
Requirements:
Steam Controller.exe
can see Neptune Valve Controller
.The are various ways how Steam Controller
can work with Steam.
If you do not use Steam this is simple, just run it and enjoy.
Since when there’s no Steam, there’s no problem at all.
You enable it by selecting Use X360 Controller with Steam
.
This pretty much work always. It hides the Valve Software Steam Controller
from Steam.
It is out of box experience. In this mode you would use either Desktop or X360 controls, and all Steam games would use X360.
The Back Panel buttons can be assigned to some user-defined keys.
You enable it by selecting Use Steam Input with Steam
.
It is required to configure Steam as described in Configure Steam.
This is setup that allows you to enable Steam Input
and use community provided profiles
on Steam. However, this requires special configuration and in some cases is finicky.
The SteamController.exe
automatically detects Steam running game and disable itself
for the duration of game play switch to specially currated Steam profile
(non selectable, and hidden).
The are two primary ways how to use it. The best experience is achieved when STEAM IS NOT RUNNING IN BACKGROUND. Use Playnite Fullscreen to start game on the Steam and close it after session (there’s an option in Playnite settings). Keep Steam closed otherwise at all times.
Alternative if Steam is running in background it should be pretty stable when configured desktop mode buttons. There will be sometimes finicky behavior when using STEAM button shortcuts. However, this is mostly stable otherwise.
Getting controllers support is hard especially with Steam not making it easy to disable it. I’m doing this to solve my usage pattern. So, I might have limited will to fix all quirks of handling Steam running in background alongside
Steam Controller
. This will never be supported mode of operation.
This makes Steam Controller
to disable Steam detection. Now, you would have to do everything
you were doing before: like HidHide, additional controllers, etc.
It is not needed to configure Steam as described in Configure Steam.
In this mode you would use either Desktop or X360 controls, and all Steam games would use X360.
When running in this mode you would have to switch between Desktop and X360 mode with Options
button
or with PowerControl
.
Of course you will have access to all described shortcuts.
Steam Controller does overwrite default Steam configuration, but if you made changes to some of the controller profiles those overwrites will not be applied. You need to set them yourself.
This is required since if Steam is running in background it is essential to ensure that Desktop mode configuration is empty, otherwise there might be double inputs in non-Steam games.
steam.exe
with -gamepadui
.Steam
button, go to Settings
> Controller
.Official Layout for - SteamController provided empty configuration
you are done.RECOMMENDED
.RECOMMENDED
there will be SteamController provided empty configuration
.This requires that your Desktop scale is set to 100%.
It is buggy on 125%
. You will not be able to click Browse Configs
.
Steam
> Settings
> Controller
> Desktop Configuration
.SteamController provided empty configuration
you are done.BROWSE CONFIGS
.RECOMMENDED
there will be SteamController provided empty configuration
(take a look).APPLY CONFIGURATION
.DONE
.Many games in Windows will crash when attempting to start in fullscreen. To have a fullscreen experience on the Steam Deck, you can use this keybind in any fullscreen scaling application to provide a shortcut capable of toggling the scaling.
Example of Scaling software: https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/
To configure the hotkey in Lossless Scaling:
Since Steam Controller
changes Steam you need to follow those steps to properly uninstall the app:
Steam Controller
Use X360 Controller with Steam
or Use Steam Input with Steam
IF IT IS NOT SELECTEDIgnore Steam
to remove Steam Controller
from SteamSteam > Settings > Controller
and revert all changes made to Desktop configuration
The Steam Controller
will manage default steam controller configs
and install controller templates to ease controller management.
It does modify:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\controller_base\chord_neptune.vdf
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\controller_base\desktop_neptune.vdf
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\controller_base\templates\controller_neptune_steamcontroller.vdf