Completely messed up controls (Xbox controller)

[Laserraptor]

When I last played everything worked just fine, but now after a year or so my controls are completely broken. I can't move or move my camera via the thumbstick without pressing and holding any other additional button. I already tested on another game to see whether my controller is broken, but everything worked fine, it's specifically a problem with Elden Ring.
Also tried the usual troubleshooting (plug/unplug, reboot, checking steam settings, etc)
I'm really at my wits end here.

[nfinite.recursion]

Disable Steam Input or change it to use a different profile.

[Laserraptor]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Disable Steam Input or change it to use a different profile.

already tried that, if I disable steam input the controller stops working altogether in the game and changing the profile does nothing.

[nfinite.recursion]

Is this a genuine XBox controller?

Do you also use this controller to play on an XBox?

Have you updated its firmware?

Are you connecting via Bluetooth or USB?

[Laserraptor]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Is this a genuine XBox controller?

Do you also use this controller to play on an XBox?

Have you updated its firmware?

Are you connecting via Bluetooth or USB?

yes, xbox one elite

no

yes

tried both, no difference

[nfinite.recursion]

Do you have any 3rd party controller software installed? Some of these include drivers that simulate an XBox controller and grab input and redirect the output.

Also, just something anecdotal, before I bought my XBox Elite 2 controller, I used a regular Xbox One controller. When I updated its firmware, the controls were completely screwed up. I had to look up how to roll back the firmware update.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/tp495z/revert_firmware_on_xbox_elite_wireless_controller/

[Laserraptor]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Do you have any 3rd party controller software installed? Some of these include drivers that simulate an XBox controller and grab input and redirect the output.

Also, just something anecdotal, before I bought my XBox Elite 2 controller, I used a regular Xbox One controller. When I updated its firmware, the controls were completely screwed up. I had to look up how to roll back the firmware update.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/tp495z/revert_firmware_on_xbox_elite_wireless_controller/

Figured it out, it seems Elden Ring's controls completely break if you have any other input devices other than mouse, keyboard and a single controller plugged in (of which I have a few).
So this means if I want to play I have to unplug all other devices every single time, which is a bit ridiculous... guess I'm not getting the DLC then...

[DrVenkman]

Originally posted by Laserraptor:

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Do you have any 3rd party controller software installed? Some of these include drivers that simulate an XBox controller and grab input and redirect the output.

Also, just something anecdotal, before I bought my XBox Elite 2 controller, I used a regular Xbox One controller. When I updated its firmware, the controls were completely screwed up. I had to look up how to roll back the firmware update.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/tp495z/revert_firmware_on_xbox_elite_wireless_controller/

Figured it out, it seems Elden Ring's controls completely break if you have any other input devices other than mouse, keyboard and a single controller plugged in (of which I have a few).
So this means if I want to play I have to unplug all other devices every single time, which is a bit ridiculous... guess I'm not getting the DLC then...

You could do what I do - put all the wired input devices onto switched USB hub ports. I have a bunch of specialized flight sim devices so when I'm gaming (rather than flight simming) I just turn off all those ports.