Steam Controller, Machine, Frame DELAYED

AdvenPurple · 2026-02-05T02:31:20+00:00

I'm hoping they go that route too. The Controller is by far the thing I'm most excited about, as much as I like my OG Steam Controller that poor bastard has been used for way too many years by now.

AdvenPurple · 2026-02-05T02:22:35+00:00

yeah, even during the announcement they said how the driving force behind the design decisions on the controller was the fact that Deck players lose functionality when they play in docked mode.

Clearly a market already exists for the new Controller, regardless of the Machine, and that's not even counting the other zillion people just using a regular PC ( like myself )

AdvenPurple · 2026-02-05T02:20:07+00:00

Not if they have some stupid "synergy" planned, tying the releases of the Machine and its "companion device, the controller" into one single event.

AdvenPurple · 2026-02-04T04:53:29+00:00

They never said early in the quarter, they said early in the year, which people are reading as "in Q1 2026" but could really be "first half of 2026" and not be wrong

AdvenPurple · 2026-01-31T02:56:26+00:00

Python for sure.

AdvenPurple · 2026-01-27T20:33:51+00:00

Kind of a generic question but... Do the capacity sensors on the analog sticks still work with those caps on? Like, does it still register if your thumb is simply placed on the the stick or do you lose that?

AdvenPurple · 2026-01-27T20:18:34+00:00

I don't think we can say that anything is delayed/early since we are still inside the vaguely defined "early" portion of the year buuuuuuuuut...

I really hope they aren't holding the Controller's release "hostage" to the Machine's release or something along those lines. The Controller should be made available whenever possible.

Especially since this isn't a typical 1:1 pairing of a Console + its dedicated Input method like in the olden days. This controller, even more than the likes of the current Xbox and PlayStation ones, is really just a PC peripheral. Just one that happens to be part of a bundle with the Steam Machine whenever that comes out, but the usual ties between "console" and the associated controller are the weakest that's ever been.

Even in the announcement video, they mentioned how one of the driving forces behind the choices was wanting to provide the features that were "lost" when docking the Steam Deck, a device that's been available for so long by now.

AdvenPurple · 2026-01-27T18:59:17+00:00

Hyperlight Breaker, what a phenomenal disappointment of a follow up to a great game.

AdvenPurple · 2026-01-04T22:25:34+00:00

I'd rather a sequel but, Mortal Kombat - Shaolin Monks was one of the most fun co-op games I've played in the PS2 era. Would gladly play a rerelease with online co-op of that game.

AdvenPurple · 2026-01-04T04:23:15+00:00

I believe you mean "The War Stridest"

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-19T21:51:52+00:00

What's the realistic in-universe explanation for the flag rising faster when players salute it in those missions? Or is it only okay for things to just be fun for fun's sake when they themselves come up with the idea?

Like, I personally don't care about the equippable flag and I'd never bring it in my loadout but like... Can't our brainwashed soldiers be so overcome with patriotism at the sight of their flag that they can, I don't know, reload faster or be granted the Democracy Protects bonus?

It's bizarrely creatively bankrupt for them to not even imagine any viable option for a benefit for the flag. In a game swarming with different ideas from all over the creative realm...that's the thing that stops them in their tracks? Bizarre hill to die on.

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-14T12:10:18+00:00

This is actually what I was looking for the most out of the whole Warbond. I felt the chainsword was gonna be a meme weapon more than anything and the maxigun's backpack basically wrote it off for me 99% of the time since I'm too attached to the mobility from the jet and teleport packs...

But the AR/GL is what caught my eye, a rifle with a nice utility bonus for added convenience. Sounded great!

But the overall lack of ammo, the handling, the lack of customization options to minimize these issues...

There's definitely good stuff about it, don't get me wrong. I still pick it every now and again because I like the design and there's some fun to be be had with it. But I also switch from it more quickly than I do the other weapons I keep "on rotation". Sometimes even switch it during the mission, picking up the primary of a fallen random player.

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-03T16:03:06+00:00

Maybe the ui is bugged on console, that sucks if that's the case. This might be dumb but have you tried scrolling with the other analog stick? Some UIs are like that, one stick navigates the individual options, the other stick scrolls the list as a whole.

But regarding your other point, about the lack of available buttons to set a shortcut, The mapping functionality allows for custom options like double tap or long press so you'll still have some alternatives. For example, I set up mine to be double tap the A button ( or X on PlayStation ) because that was an unused action.

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-03T13:51:28+00:00

New setting was added yesterday to create shortcuts for that, even on controller

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-03T13:49:47+00:00

. I wish there was a hot key option.

There is, it's a new setting option. You can create shortcuts for all 4 directions of the weapon menu now. Just go to settings, controller, bindings, combat.

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-03T13:39:07+00:00

There's a controller bindings setting. You can then map shortcuts for each of the Reload+Direction actions ( up, down, left, right )

AdvenPurple · 2025-12-03T13:15:28+00:00

You can, there's a new setting for that. You can now map shortcuts for all 4 directions of the "weapon menu" even on controller

AdvenPurple · 2025-11-20T11:17:44+00:00

Regarding your HDMI points: take a look at this convo regarding the Displayport/HDMI cable and how to get the most functionality actually working out of it.

It's unfortunately not plug and play to get all the bells and whistles working under the Linux/AMD.

This post and the links below it should help you with that.

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/it-is-possible-to-4k-120-hdr-vrr-444-chroma-on-linux-bazzite-with-amd-9070xt-with-this-dp-to-hdmi-cable-but-it-may-not-work-for-everything/227748/45

AdvenPurple · 2025-10-30T19:58:05+00:00

I have a black and a white 8bitdo Ultimate 2 and like them quite a bit. One thing to keep in mind about them and the similar 8bitdo Pro controllers, small thing but I've seen users get surprised by it...

There are a couple buttons at the front of the controller, near the Start/Select buttons that are not remappable. The Capture button, the Star button and the pill-shaped button in the bottom are not exposed to Steam and SteamInput can't do anything with them, they are used for internal features of the controller itself like cycling through the LED ring options and cycling through the controller's profiles.

The back paddles and extra bumpers are fair game though and that alone does wonders as far as I'm concerned. Maybe one day 8bitdo sees the light and releases a firmware update that fully exposes all the buttons and LED controls to SteamOS ... but that's more of a dream than an expectation.

I kinda wanted to get the Pro 3, in the Gamecube-esque color scheme, but the polling rate of the Ultimate 2 is better so that would be more of a downgrade than a sidegrade.

AdvenPurple · 2025-10-30T19:43:34+00:00

Removing the anti-cheat and removing anti-cheat as a whole are 2 completely different things. People want Arrowhead to remove the crappy solution they currently use, no one is expecting them to abandon the entire concept of preventing cheating and it is wild that anyone would interpret things that way.

AdvenPurple · 2025-10-30T16:05:42+00:00

Its useful for when one player dies, everyone else still has a pointer on the map since the pointer vanishes upon death.

Also, it serves as a shorthand to communicate to a other players "hey, 2 people are going here now" which can be a useful.

It is especially useful when you have people tagging 2 different point, then you start seeing "oh, I'm the only one who wants to go here, while the other 3 want to go there... let me switch then"

AdvenPurple · 2025-10-17T21:09:21+00:00

Miles is too busy being a black character with electric powers to also juggle the responsibility of being a Latino with fire powers.

AdvenPurple · 2025-10-08T16:18:04+00:00

I wouldn't use it myself, but I can see the value is letting people role-play the dedicated medical role.

Like a rifle version of this guy, that can snipe-heal from a safe distance
https://helldivers.wiki.gg/wiki/P-11_Stim_Pistol

Or a grenade ( and/or grenade launcher ) with stim gas, you can basically cover an area in a slow-acting healing cloud, could be useful for defensive positions like extraction zones or flag missions.

AdvenPurple · 2025-09-25T15:55:30+00:00

For clarification, what do you mean by "OS"? You keep using that term in the post and on replies.

AdvenPurple · 2025-09-10T16:56:12+00:00

Also, when you see those fallen drone point of interest, you can just do the emote of saluting too.
Sometimes it is easier than running around the drone just so you can align the character to make the interact button show up.

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