Comment on Steam Controller
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 hours agoI think the easy solution here is release an identical controller except switch the location of the touchpad and joysticks. I think this would also be good for people with all different kinds of hand shapes as someone who likes joysticks but has small hands might prefer the same controller as someone who has large hands and prefers touchpads and equal and opposite for a second version with the touchpads on top.
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
I agree, no way in hell we are getting it though lol.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
Probably not, but it might be suprisingly economical given you are making a product that simultaneously targets two niche ends of two market at once (people who have larger hands and use touchpads and people who have smaller hands and use joysticks) and it would compliment the new steam controller perfectly.
I am sure it would be more costly, but you wouldn’t presumably have to change thatttt much about the controller and it wouldn’t really change keybinding stuff just you would have to change the steam ui to reflect the changed position of the joysticks and touchpads.
dualpad@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
My hope after seeing that the joysticks themselves look like they can be removed from the main board is that the touchpads can be relocated to the top without too much hassle and put into a 3D printed top shell made by the community. So if that were possible what I’d probably do is pop off the XYAB, dpad, and board holding the joystick so the touchpad can be moved up to make the touchpads comfortable for primary use.
And then I’d rely on the back buttons and set up a dpad modeshift on a right pad click to enable edge and center clicks, so I wouldn’t miss the absence of the other inputs too much. I also use touchpad for movement where I’ll often set outer ring to sprint and map crouch/slide/dash on touchpad click, so cuts down on needed inputs further.
So that’s my hope that modifying the new Steam Controller for touchpad users will be as simple as 3d printing a shell and opening the controller and not require further things like soldering.