Steam Deck L4/R4/L5/R5 binding issue

[Vosroh]

Greetings everyone. This question has probably been brought up before, more than once, but still. The game has received a new controller support system that introduced support for configuring Steam Deck controllers. However, the L4, R4, L5, R5 buttons are not available for binding in the game's menu. Moreover, I used to bind keyboard keys to the L4, R4 buttons to control camera zoom ("-", "=" respectively) through the Steam Deck's internal layout settings, but now the game, as I understand it, disables keyboard input when using a controller. Has anyone else encountered this? Is there perhaps a mod to fix this issue, or some other workaround? I understand that I could just make a layout that emulates the keyboard directly, completely disabling controller input, but that seems like it would be very inconvenient.

[ABH]

If you're on B42 those buttons haven't been implemented yet.

[Vosroh]

Originally posted by ABH:

If you're on B42 those buttons haven't been implemented yet.

Yes, that's what I thought, thank you. If I understand correctly, during the controller support update, keyboard input was already disabled when using a controller, but the work on L4, R4 and the rest hasn't been finished yet, right? Some kind of intermediate stage?

[ABH]

Yeah there's still work ongoing to complete the controller support across all devices.

[Vosroh]

Overall, that's clear. Is there maybe a way to manually restore dual input from both the keyboard and the gamepad to emulate the missing buttons?

[ABH]

I'm not sure that's possible at the moment with the new input handler. I'd suggest making a post in the suggestion forum so the powers that be see this is a feature people would like.

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/forum/20-pz-suggestions/

You should be able to configure your controller through Steam Input so that is presses keys though, although that comes with its own downsides like the analogue sticks being a bit clunky

[Vosroh]

Thanks for the help. I think it's easier to just wait for full Steam Deck gamepad support.

[Vosroh]

If anyone encounters a similar issue, you should assign the mouse wheel up/down buttons to the back grip buttons via the Steam Deck layout menu. Surprisingly, the solution to this issue was exactly that. It definitely works on version 42.19.