Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027

• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It does not require steam

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• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Requirement? How so? Traditionally you can Mao any old controller for a game manually if you must. It pairs with my desktop on Bluetooth no problem.

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Requirement? How so? Traditionally you can Mao any old controller for a game manually if you must. It pairs with my desktop on Bluetooth no problem.

    Are Gamers Nexus and other lying when they said that the controller acts are mouse without Steam? I don’t have one but that’s exactly how Steam Deck’s controls work.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It definitely does this. But why would that matter. The computer sees joy sticks and buttons. You can map accordingly?

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      • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It definitely does this. But why would that matter. The computer sees joy sticks and buttons. You can map accordingly?

        Without Steam, my Steam Deck’s inputs are scroll wheels and mouse buttons and the computer sees no sticks and buttons. That’s my point.

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    • KittyCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes, you can hit a shortcut on it to switch to controler input mode outside of steam

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      • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes, you can hit a shortcut on it to switch to controler input mode outside of steam

        Cool. Which button combo is it? help.steampowered.com/en/…/33E8-5EDF-24E6-4CFB doesn’t list it and instead actually says that Steam is required to properly use it.

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• lokalhorst@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think there was software released from one of the Valve developers a week after the controller released, that makes it possible to use the controller outside of the Steam environment.

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  • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Neat! I’ll have to look into that. I know that it would work without some of the features but they’re kind of the selling point of the controller.

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• Slayer@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It requires Steam only for the onscreen keyboard.

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• nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  i actually end up using it more than i thought i would. if i am just casually browsing the web, i kinda just use the steam controller instead of my mouse now.

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