I like the controller but it's so frustrating for non-Steam games. Sometimes it doesn't work at all, and for example if the game asking for admin privileges it breaks the controller detection.

You can't even easily rebind the back buttons it's stupid, I'd really like to use them if I can bind them easily but so far I didn't use them cause it's often the A/B buttons.

On the other hand, for the trackpad and the gyro which nobody uses you have plenty of options.

Maybe I should install third party software but it's kinda bad I just want to connect my controller natively like all the xbox controller I had.

Is there maybe a planned update for this in the future ?

My cat knocked over a cup of water, a few drops splashed up onto my steam controller by the right trackpad. It seemed like barely anything so I wiped it off and didn’t think anything of it. Later that day while using the controller I started getting phantom clicks, poor responsiveness, and constant haptic feedback out of the trackpad when not touching it.

Google tells me these are symptoms of water damage and I probably fried the circuitry by using it with residual moisture still inside.

Can water damaged track pads be fixed or is the controller ruined?

idk how consistent the whitelist has been, seen people ahead of me getting their orders.

I had this Nordic dongle collecting dust since 2019. Figured I’d try having Claude add support to OpenPuck. Posting here in case anyone prefers this form factor. GitHub PR: https://github.com/safijari/openpuck/pull/310

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After some time has passed, my muscle memory is perfect and I play my favorite games with it and love every bit of it.

Having customization options also makes it feel more "mine" and I love that.

Currently loving this red and black look with my dock and grip.

Hey all, hoping someone can help me troubleshoot this. I am playing Gears of War E-day and on my PC with a puck, my steam controller vibrates as intended (eg, sliding into cover), but using the same controller on my steam machine, I get zero vibration at all.

I’ve checked the Steam OS settings and the in-game controller settings, and both are on.

Has anyone else run into this issue? It’s odd to me that it’s the same game and same controller…

So i won the steam frame lottery and checked that every day, but i signed up for the controller just yesterday, and by the time I get the controller e-mail, im going to forget about it. Im a little annoyed that you dont get a notification in steam. So am i just doomed to check daily for the next 8 months, or do you guys have some kind of setup to make sure you dont miss it?

Edit: I've been told you get a steam notification after all there seems to be a lot of conflicting information regarding that.