SC Controller, the UI and driver for the Steam Controller has new releases out

Steam Controller Controller :)

I kinda wish I'd have one though – I prefer KB+M over all the controllers I tested so far (Xboxes, Playstations, Gamecube, Switch, reto consoles or the generic ones…), thouhg I'd love to give Steam Controller a try. I kinda hope they will get a huge sale like steam links someday, maybe with the release of v2 if it ever comes to it, as the price and shipping from Valve is really expensive and no local retailers have it anyway.

They did do a 50% off sale in December last year, so I've no doubt they will do another on them :)

Can't remember... Does the SC Controller turns itself off when we launch Steam? I think it was on the todo list, but I lost track.


Last edited by Mohandevir on 9 July 2019 at 12:07 pm UTC

Quoting: FaalagornSteam Controller Controller :)

I kinda wish I'd have one though – I prefer KB+M over all the controllers I tested so far (Xboxes, Playstations, Gamecube, Switch, reto consoles or the generic ones…), thouhg I'd love to give Steam Controller a try. I kinda hope they will get a huge sale like steam links someday, maybe with the release of v2 if it ever comes to it, as the price and shipping from Valve is really expensive and no local retailers have it anyway.

It's worth it when it's only on a "minor" price break of $34.00, especially if you're a K&M person. I pre-ordered my first controller and I've put literally thousands of hours of playtime onto it since then.

On one hand, the Steam Controller is the best controller available in terms of configurability and precision, it will never be quite as precise as a proper mouse. On the other hand it will always be way more comfortable on a couch than a keyboard.

When you finally get your Steam Controller (one of us! one of us!) be sure to download Kozec's fantastic sc-controller so you can use your SC whether you're using Steam or not.


Last edited by Nanobang on 9 July 2019 at 12:27 pm UTC

Quoting: MohandevirCan't remember... Does the SC Controller turns itself off when we launch Steam? I think it was on the todo list, but I lost track.

That's the kernel driver you're thinking of (to give Steam Controller K&M support without any software running), and it turns itself off if it detects something else trying to access the Steam Controller.

With SC Controller enabled before launching Steam, SC Controller should keep control of device

Update: I stand corrected ↓


Last edited by Liothe on 9 July 2019 at 2:00 pm UTC

Quoting: Liothe

Quoting: MohandevirCan't remember... Does the SC Controller turns itself off when we launch Steam? I think it was on the todo list, but I lost track.

That's the kernel driver you're thinking of (to give Steam Controller K&M support without any software running), and it turns itself off if it detects something else trying to access the Steam Controller.

With SC Controller enabled before launching Steam, SC Controller should keep control of device

I wasn't talking about the kernel driver, I was talking about this:

https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller/wiki/Running-SC-Controller-and-Steam#configure-sc-controller-to-disable-itself-when-steam-is-detected

Seems I answered myself. :)

Quoting: Patolasc-controller effectively put the Steam Controller official driver to rest for me.

How are you able to play Steam games without conflicts?

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: Patolasc-controller effectively put the Steam Controller official driver to rest for me.

How are you able to play Steam games without conflicts?

I run sc-controller, wait for it to get green, then I run Steam. Is there anything else you would like to know? A few weeks ago I had some conflicts with steam client beta where even when I ran it before steam, steam would detect the controller and assume control, but it did not last long.

Great! It's just that last time I tried (a while back), Steam took over and It created lots of issues and conflicts with SC-Controller. Good to know. I'll probably give it another shot, then.


Last edited by Mohandevir on 9 July 2019 at 2:50 pm UTC

Quoting: Patolasc-controller effectively put the Steam Controller official driver to rest for me. I've got thousands of hours using it and about 200 different profiles configured. My list of profiles is so long that I have to spend one or two minutes scrolling to get to what I want to select. So, apart from the difficult way to select profiles, it's an amazing piece of software indeed! :P

Could you upload all your game profiles to Google and share with us?