Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility

The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The issue is that the back paddles weren’t unique buttons. You could configure them to press existing buttons, (like telling it to press A when you hit the right paddle,) but they weren’t listed as individual inputs. Now they are, so you can actually map unique actions to L4, R4, etc…

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  • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly I’d love to see more of this. Wheels and panels as well, not just gamepads. I’ve always wished for fully assignable controller support where the icon and HUDs etc change, ETS2 is looks so much better now that the icons don’t flicker twice per second because of my hodgepodge DS4Windows control scheme anymore. And with multi-button combinations and stuff making more things doable from the controller.

    I do kind of wish Steam Input was a separate piece of software though, sort of like Xpadder back in the day. Some kind of open button-mapping standard with an API and everything.

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  • SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The back paddles being only mappable to other controller buttons honestly drove my nuts

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• AncientJames@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My Ultimate 2 wireless lets me bind the extra buttons to any command as well as detect and configure the gyro controls. This is with Steam Input; so you can bind those buttons to keyboard and mouse inputs.

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• bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Came here to say exactly this ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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  • Pistcow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Friendly marketing reminder to those who haven’t bought one…

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• IHawkMike@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The back buttons didn’t work with Steam Input (and still don’t with the v1’s).

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• tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pretty much. Maybe someone at the 8bitdo JQ got an SD and discovered that the controllers all worked great?

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• RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How do you make them work?

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  • The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just connect with Bluetooth like normal, and then in steam you can tell it to treat it like whatever type of controller layout you want: switch, xbox, playstation, etc.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      switch, xbox, playstation, etc.

      That’s probably what they’re talking about. Instead of emulating another controller you have 1st party support.

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