Patch 0.7.7 made Steam Controllers Unplayable

Bug Reports
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How Steam controllers worked before Patch 0.7.7:
Once you pressed a button on the Steam controller, the skill bar would change from the default keyboard bindings to the controller bindings. The left joystick would move the character and the right joystick would move the mouse cursor. This set-up was perfectly playable.

How Steam controllers don’t work after Patch 0.7.7:
The controller bindings are still there, but the skill bar still uses the keyboard bindings regardless of whether you pushed a controller button or not. The left joystick does not move the character and the right joystick is completely non-functional. The game still recognizes my controller because my other button bindings work fine (all my attack buttons work like before, even if the skill bar still uses the keyboard bindings and I have to memorize which button I mapped to the controller), but now I can’t move the cursor on my controller at all.

Whatever changes you made to the controller set-up this patch completely ruined Steam controller compatibility. Please change it to what it was before the patch; whatever “bug” you claimed to fix with this new set-up didn’t hamper my gameplay at all, but now this is completely unplayable.

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Very sorry about this! Unfortunately I don’t think we have a Steam Controller to test with internally but I will check. Could you please upload your log file after trying to use the Steam Controller? My Xbox 360 controller is working fine, which I realize doesn’t help you.

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Hello,

I am having a similar issue. I am a new player, and I have the Razer Raiju controller (preference of thumbstick layout). I have never played before, but the above comment describes my situation pretty accurately. I cannot move my character or mouse with the controlled. If I attempt to assign the left stick, it will only assign a single direction. The right stick is not able to move the mouse around at all.

Log for Controller_ui

[2020-04-09 13:22:44] Starting app 899770

[2020-04-09 13:22:44] Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 899770, Controller 0: E:\Steam_Fldr/controller_base/empty.vdf

[2020-04-09 13:22:45] OnFocusWindowChanged to game window type: AppID 899770, 899770

[2020-04-09 13:22:45] Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 899770, Controller 0: E:\Steam_Fldr/controller_base/empty.vdf

[2020-04-09 13:24:47] OnFocusWindowChanged to window type: k_nGameIDControllerConfigs_Desktop, AppID 413080

[2020-04-09 13:24:47] Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 413080, Controller 0: E:\Steam_Fldr/controller_base/empty.vdf

[2020-04-09 13:24:49] OnFocusWindowChanged to window type: k_nGameIDControllerConfigs_Desktop, AppID 413080

[2020-04-09 13:24:49] Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 413080, Controller 0: E:\Steam_Fldr/controller_base/empty.vdf

[2020-04-09 13:29:15] OnFocusWindowChanged to window type: k_nGameIDControllerConfigs_Desktop, AppID 413080

[2020-04-09 13:29:15] Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 413080, Controller 0: E:\Steam_Fldr/controller_base/empty.vdf

[2020-04-09 13:29:15] OnFocusWindowChanged to game window type: AppID 899770, 899770

[2020-04-09 13:29:15] Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 899770, Controller 0: E:\Steam_Fldr/controller_base/empty.vdf

[2020-04-09 13:29:22] Exiting app 899770

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Could you upload the whole Player.log file? There’s some directions in my last post. Thanks!

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Player.log (199.1 KB) Player-prev.log (343.9 KB)

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To anyone who is having an issue playing the Last Epoch game with anything other than am XBox controller, here is some troubleshooting I was able to do to make it work for me.
Note: I have a Razer Raiju Playstation controller

  • Download the XBox 360 Controller driver from Microsofts website

  • In Steam (exit game first), click View in top menu, and then settings.

    • Select Controller settings, and then General Controller Settings.
    • I enabled all except Switch Pro.
    • Under detected controllers, ensure your controller is selected.

  • You will probably need to restart at this point, for the drivers to load

I also needed to restart my game once or twice for the controller to register. Even once the controller registered, I still had an issue where I couldn’t use the joysticks to walk around. I unplugged and replugged the controller and was able to then walk around.

Best of luck to you out there.

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Player.log (93.1 KB)

Sorry for taking so long to upload my file. I haven’t touched this game since I reported this issue.

I stayed along the End of Time, using my control stick to attempt to move the character.

I’m using my controller’s trigger to use Serpent Strike. Note how it still uses my keyboard bindings. In every patch before 0.7.7, using an attack with my controller would display my controller bindings (for example, Eterra’s Blessing is displayed as right-click when it’s mapped as Y on my controller).

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I just downloaded this game yesterday, and I have been having exactly the same issue with my xinput controllers where the controller I have works except that neither joystick has any impact on moving. I can go in the game settings and use the calibrate option to verify that the game is receiving all of joystick inputs just fine, but in game they do not move the character or cursor at all.

I’d love to get this fixed up, because I vastly prefer to play games with a controller.

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Having the same issue, was excited to try it the controller in the living room so the wife could watch me play… Ran all the cables out to my receiver started the game, added controller, can’t move at all, but can calibrate the sticks just fine… Xbox One controller. Will try my steam controller.

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You may want to try what Seraphim suggests, which also worked for me way back (on my Xbone controller);

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Ya stumbled on that myself, had to do it for both Xbox One controller, and steam controller. Surprisingly steam controller had even more strange issues. One time I had to hold the steam logo button while I used the right pad to move the mouse cursor. Another time pressing down on the right pad somehow enabled the cursor to start working and then showed a notification about a controller being connected, even though it had already been connected and every other buttons were working. Posted some feedback in the other controller post.

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