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Steam Controller

Ididar said:
What are you using the trackpads for? I look at the thing and I can't fathom a use.
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If you’re using the controller on a TV setup, they are essential (assuming you don’t have a keyboard and mouse hooked up). Even games with proper controller support often have launchers that require a mouse to navigate.

Plus as others have said, you can remap them to anything you want via steam input
 
You can use either I'm pretty sure Wallet CC or PayPal. I been using my PayPal rewards on my Steam account to save for these totally out of control digital prices.
 
MaZa said:
Had to check how my reservation is going and the estimated time of arrival is on december... And I put my reservation on the very next day the reservation queue was announced. Shit, how slow are they making these? It is after all just a controller. 😅
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Mine says 2027 lol
 
mullet said:
On that note what would be the most compatible controller besides the steam controller?
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These are good as it gets the Buttons are mapped A,B,X,Y instead of PS5 buttons which for some games they don't have PS5 buttons mapped. I'm pretty sure you can use Xbox 360 controllers from two decades ago so these should be good for along time. They have USB C connectors you can use almost any phone cable if it goes bad or use wireless if you want.
 
My dusty controllers usually use the top one less dust =) plus you can change out Analog sticks they are magnetic IMG_20260727_102014.jpg
 
Bankie said:
You can use them for games that support a mouse cursor at the same time which can make things like inventory management and menu usage easier (highly game dependent). You can also set them up as custom hotkeys; e.g. assign them for direct access to weapon/items. There are other uses as well but these are as far down the rabbit hole that I've gone.
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I was playing Civ V last night, much better experience than just using an Xbox controller (which is technically fine).
 
dr.stevil said:
If you’re using the controller on a TV setup, they are essential (assuming you don’t have a keyboard and mouse hooked up). Even games with proper controller support often have launchers that require a mouse to navigate.

Plus as others have said, you can remap them to anything you want via steam input
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Interesting. Maybe I'll have to look at it in the future. That's my only issue right now with my TV setup right now is having a mouse on the end table next to the couch for launching games, YouTube, Netflix, etc.
 
Ididar said:
Interesting. Maybe I'll have to look at it in the future. That's my only issue right now with my TV setup right now is having a mouse on the end table next to the couch for launching games, YouTube, Netflix, etc
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If you have a ps4 or ps5 controller, you can get the exact same functionality so don’t really need the steam controller for that, but the extra 4 back buttons (plus the dedicated steam and quick access buttons) make it worth having IMO
 
dr.stevil said:
If you have a ps4 or ps5 controller, you can get the exact same functionality so don’t really need the steam controller for that, but the extra 4 back buttons (plus the dedicated steam and quick access buttons) make it worth having IMO
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I'm running xbox controllers right now. I have the old Steam controller from way back but could never get used to it.
 
dr.stevil said:
If you have a ps4 or ps5 controller, you can get the exact same functionality so don’t really need the steam controller for that, but the extra 4 back buttons (plus the dedicated steam and quick access buttons) make it worth having IMO
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AFAIK the 'advanced' features on the PS controllers don't work unless they're plugged in. Maybe the touchpad is different though, I haven't tried it wirelessly in a while.
 
dr.stevil said:
If you have a ps4 or ps5 controller, you can get the exact same functionality so don’t really need the steam controller for that, but the extra 4 back buttons (plus the dedicated steam and quick access buttons) make it worth having IMO
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You know - I've been using a Dual Sense for my SteamOS desktop build and had no idea you could use Steam's 'radial' functionality for the controller. Very cool, I'll have to check it out on my days off.
 
Bankie said:
AFAIK the 'advanced' features on the PS controllers don't work unless they're plugged in.
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Yeah that's true, the DualSense controller's Adaptive Triggers and the haptic feedback rumble don't work on PC unless you are using a wired connection.

Bankie said:
Maybe the touchpad is different though, I haven't tried it wirelessly in a while.
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All you need for that is DS4Windows. Then you can use the touchpad on a DualShock 4 or DualSense controller to control the mouse cursor on your Windows desktop.
 
Ididar said:
What are you using the trackpads for? I look at the thing and I can't fathom a use.
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They make navigating Steam, web browsers/streaming apps, and many games, (especially older games), UI's far easier. While I still primarily aim with the right stick I often switch to the pad for finer control. I never thought I would use it either until I had it available. I will never buy a hand held that does not have at least one track pad. Preferably on the right side. It can be one of the tiny ones, but it has to have one, or I need an extra Steam controller to use with it.
 
Bankie said:
AFAIK the 'advanced' features on the PS controllers don't work unless they're plugged in. Maybe the touchpad is different though, I haven't tried it wirelessly in a while.
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I think that applies to the triggers on the ps5 controller but AFAIK the rest of the functionality works ootb wirelessly via steam
 
dr.stevil said:
I think that applies to the triggers on the ps5 controller but AFAIK the rest of the functionality works ootb wirelessly via steam
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As I mentioned above, the Adaptive Triggers and the haptic feedback rumble are the only things that require a wired connection. Oh and I think DualSense speaker usage too.
 
Comixbooks said:
These are good as it gets the Buttons are mapped A,B,X,Y instead of PS5 buttons which for some games they don't have PS5 buttons mapped. I'm pretty sure you can use Xbox 360 controllers from two decades ago so these should be good for along time. They have USB C connectors you can use almost any phone cable if it goes bad or use wireless if you want.
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Went to wallyworld and got the wireless one and everything works perfectly, thx again.
 
Still using my Steam Controller as my primary "general use" gamepad and overall quite happy with it. If anyone has questions let me know, in terms o gamepads I have practically "everything" first party (modded or otherwise).

MS Xbox Elite S2
NIntendo Switch Joycons + Pro Controller
Nintendo Switch JoyCons + Pro 2 Controller
Sony DualSense / DualSense Edge
Steam Controller


DrezKill said:
As I mentioned above, the Adaptive Triggers and the haptic feedback rumble are the only things that require a wired connection. Oh and I think DualSense speaker usage too.
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While I've not tried it myself as of yet, there is a family of (free and open source) utilities that allow you to use even all the advanced functionality over Bluetooth, because it basically tells the controller its connected via USB - https://github.com/awalol/DS5Dongle. Note that is the "basic" version, but I suggest looking down at the "community forks" for full featured options. These require a Raspberry Pi Pico 2W to create a a dongle capable of BT bridging with all features intact; some of the forks even support multiple controllers and configuration visibility on a commonly used OLED compatible with the Pi Pico2W etc. I've thought about building and flashing one just for the heck of it, but I'd need to do a bit more research on the varying forks and ensure that it works smoothly with DualSense Edge + Steam etc. Still a neat little project and having a dedicated BT dongle for my DualSense (Edge) would be nice.
 
RanceJustice said:
Still using my Steam Controller as my primary "general use" gamepad and overall quite happy with it. If anyone has questions let me know, in terms o gamepads I have practically "everything" first party (modded or otherwise).

MS Xbox Elite S2
NIntendo Switch Joycons + Pro Controller
Nintendo Switch JoyCons + Pro 2 Controller
Sony DualSense / DualSense Edge
Steam Controller




While I've not tried it myself as of yet, there is a family of (free and open source) utilities that allow you to use even all the advanced functionality over Bluetooth, because it basically tells the controller its connected via USB - https://github.com/awalol/DS5Dongle. Note that is the "basic" version, but I suggest looking down at the "community forks" for full featured options. These require a Raspberry Pi Pico 2W to create a a dongle capable of BT bridging with all features intact; some of the forks even support multiple controllers and configuration visibility on a commonly used OLED compatible with the Pi Pico2W etc. I've thought about building and flashing one just for the heck of it, but I'd need to do a bit more research on the varying forks and ensure that it works smoothly with DualSense Edge + Steam etc. Still a neat little project and having a dedicated BT dongle for my DualSense (Edge) would be nice.
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If you mainly use mouse and keyboard is the Steam controller good enough to make you switch over? Yes, very subjective question, sorry.

Have you tried using it with Xbox Game pass? Or Xbox box remote play?

Is it your favourite controller? Or is it too new yet to ask that question?
 
Gorankar said:
They make navigating Steam, web browsers/streaming apps, and many games, (especially older games), UI's far easier. While I still primarily aim with the right stick I often switch to the pad for finer control. I never thought I would use it either until I had it available. I will never buy a hand held that does not have at least one track pad. Preferably on the right side. It can be one of the tiny ones, but it has to have one, or I need an extra Steam controller to use with it.
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Thanks. Debating between the 8bitdo Ultimate 3E that is coming out soon and a Steam Controller. The former has the traditional xbox layout that I'm used to but is more expensive. The Steam controller has a different layout but is cheaper and has some extra functionality. I have time to decide.
 
DrezKill said:
As I mentioned above, the Adaptive Triggers and the haptic feedback rumble are the only things that require a wired connection. Oh and I think DualSense speaker usage too.
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It depends on the game. Some of the earlier Sony games require it to be wired, but other games like Helldivers 2 work fine wirelessly. It is hit or miss but I think the more recent games support it wirelessly.

Speaker is def a wired only thing, there is a github repo out there that lets you use a raspberry pi zero w to get more functionality wirelessly
 
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