Hey pod if you want your controlller to act like a keyboard then just use a xbox 360 controller, then search this thing on steam called controller companion works like you want it to no big picture required.

You put BMP instead of BPM idiot.

I'm pretty sure if you go to properties on a game there should be an arrow and if you enable it then it'll automatically launch that game with the BPM overlay even if you launched from desktop mode if there's a steam controller plugged in

i would rather use x-box 360 wireless controller than this thing (first of all costs $50 and has what you said pod). (second you cant use it anywhere else by that i mean your phone or tablet and of course x-box). why did i put all that in parentheses

I'm going to reiterate what someone has already said on this thread in case others don't see it: once you have a configuration set up, you don't have to boot up big picture mode. So I used big picture mode to set up my cities skylines config, but now I just boot into the game from the desktop and it uses my config without BPM being up.

It's a minor gripe I think that you have to use BPM, but in all fairness the interface they have for setting up your config is really slick and makes a lot of sense of the different settings. The visual explanations are extremely helpful, so if they make a config tool outside of BPM I hope it retains these visuals.

And if you view BPM as your config tool it's not so bad.

While I agree using big picture mode only sucks... you spent liike £40 on a controller that you arnt even going to use? Seems a bit silly. I dont use BPM I turn it on if im using the controller then turn it off when I go back to KB&M.

Dude, try downloading controller companion. I use my Xbox controller to control my computer without having to even touch the laptop

Of course there's a reason why you can't use it without Big PIcture.

The reason is that the necessary features haven't been implemented on the Desktop UI and overlay yet.
They can't snap their fingers and make anything they wish appear out of thin air in an instant.

They're focusing on Big Picture Mode first because that's the whole point of it: a controller-driven, couch-friendly interface for Steam.

I also want to be able to fully use the controller from the desktop UI alone, but it's perfectly understandable that they've chosen to focus on BPM first.

I had no idea. Thanks for posting this.

Yup, stupid on their part if you ask me.