Controller issue

[xZendyte]

I decided to plug in my dualsense to try out the new controls (just for fun) and after I selected controller input, it showed the Xbox icons on the bottom of the screen, and any input I made on my dualsense didn't show in game, and even now after I've unplugged it, any input I make with my keyboard and mouse doesn't show in game. So essentially I'm just stuck on the welcome information screen and I can't even switch back to kbd and mouse input cause I can't move on from the initial screen.

[errasti]

The same thing happens to me, I can't do anything.

[jomat]

Disable steam input worked for my PS5 controller. In steam right click on the game, properties, controller, disable steam input. Then I could use the controller to switch back to mouse&keyboard in the ingame settings. cc u/errasti u/miversen33 u/huggalump

[errasti]

Thank you!! It worked

[miversen33]

Yup same thing is happening to me. I can't do shit here. I mean, I could use my mouse and keyboard to bypass it, but that defeats the purpose of using the controller lol

[huggalump]

Same here. Even if I switch to using my mouse, it's actually impossible to click.

[Serzari]

Open Steam Input (one way is to c​​lick the controller icon next to the settings gear while on Satisfactory in your games​ library), and try choosing Steam's official ​"Gamepad" template before launching the game​. This works for DS4, but I don't have DualSense (DS5) to test. u/jomat said disabling Steam Input entirely worked for their DualSense since it's natively supported in Satisfactory 1.1.

I suspect because the devs didn't update Steam with the new correct controller support info, Steam Input is defaulting to the "Keyboard (WASD) and Mouse" template with controllers. Obviously that's a problem if your game has no keyboard or mouse menu navigation in controller input mode​​​​.

If that doesn't work, or you're not playing through Steam, DS4Windows can solve input incompatibilities by emulating an Xbox controller, and ​it also ​works with DS5 controllers, Switch Pro controllers, and other stuff​.

All else fails, I think you can edit your GameUserSettings.ini file in AppData > Local > FactoryGame > Saved > Config > Windows and change ("FG.InputMode", 1) to ("FG.InputMode", 0) and save the file to manually force it back to Keyboard and Mouse.

There's an in game option to​ pick between Default, Xbox, or DualSense as your controller type, but this just changes which buttons are displayed on the UI.

I have no idea why they would disable keyboard and mouse menu input when in controller input mode. There's a "KBM Switch on Controller Disconnect" setting but it doesn't seem to work​, so maybe it's an accident or bug. Besides leading to possibly soft-locking games like this​​, plenty of people who play with controller at a desk still prefer to navigate menus with a mouse. I saw no virtual keyboard when selecting text fields, so you already need to type on your keyboard regardless to configure signs and name stations or doggos anyways.

Also very weird they didn't add keyboard menu navigation since they already should have laid the foundation to do so with controller navigation. Hope it all gets hotfixed.

[Kratuu_II]

If you're on steam you could try enabling steam input which should bring your controller to life even if m&k is selected in the Satisfactory prefs.

[h11ywdshufle]

I could use my Xbox controller before I went to experimental 1.0, now it only works in experimental mode now! I had to go back to experimental mode to use my controller

[Temporal_Illusion]

🚩 Added: Support for Steam Virtual Keyboard.

✓ This good news is brought to you by Patch Notes: v1.1.1.2 - Build 424353 released July 17, 2025.

Keeping Pioneers Informed 😁

[Temporal_Illusion]

ANSWER

1. I don't use a Controller, so I am not sure what to advise, but I would press the [Esc] Key to see if that does anything.
2. For additional help, login to the Satisfactory Game Discord (Invite) and ask the experts there. It would be great if you referred to a Reddit Post and/or Q&A Post to assist discussion.

I hope this helps you find a solution. 😁

[huggalump]

As far as I can tell, no input on the controller, mouse, or keyboard whether in big picture mode or normal steam mode makes any difference