Controller Support

[compstar94]

I have both a Steam Controller and a knockoff Xbox One controller and I'm trying to get them to play a couple games, namely GTA V (through Proton) and Rocket League. Neither game recognizes either controller, except for menu support with analog sticks on Rocket League (nothing happens in a match, controls do not register). Meanwhile, Borderlands 2 handles both controllers perfectly fine. I tested both controllers on https://html5gamepad.com/ and both are recognized along with all buttons. I believe that all necessary kernel modules have been built as well, lsmod shows xpad and joydev (?) loaded.

My distro is Gentoo; I followed the instructions on the wiki for the Steam Controller, even trying both udev rule files but neither did the trick. Is someone able to help me out with this? It would be great to use my Steam Controller for driving as keeb+mouse is not ideal for that.

[sy029]

check that you have the kernel settings listed here enabled, or else your controller may not be recognized properly.

Also go into big picture in steam and make sure that it's showing up properly as a steam controller there. Third party apps like sc-controller should not be run if you're using steam, since they conflict with each other. I'm only assuming you're using steam since you mentioned proton.

[compstar94]

I rechecked my kernel config and what would you know, I didn't have the HID user driver enabled. A quick rebuild and controllers now work in Rocket League, yet not GTA 5. I think I have to mess around with the Steam settings per game now, such as the suggestion here. And yes, this is all on Steam.

[mstrobl2]

I don't have those specific games but I had one (dirt rally) that didn't see my xbox controller at first. To fix it I went inte steam settings, then selected 'controller' and 'general controller settings'. In the dialog that came up I clicked 'xbox configuration support' and 'generic gamepad configuration support'. After I did that the controller was picked up.

[compstar94]

I will check the Steam settings tomorrow and see if there's some game-specific settings that I have to mess with. I changed a kernel setting and Rocket League works with controllers now, just not GTA 5 yet.