For those looking for Controller Support, there is a solution? Does it Work for You?

[Shinigami]

Not all games have native controller support, but there has been a workaround through Steam for quite some time. Personally, I haven't ever tested this and am not able to do so without having to acquire a controller just to test. I may recall that this works for some, but I think we need to know for sure.

An often helpful user @FatFly on Discord was nice enough to share their experience and screenshots for this method and provided a nice guide that may help others. Be sure to test this and leave your feedback here. Let us all know if it works for you

"Even if the game natively does not support Controllers, Steam has a great feature built in, you can access from settings menu.
You can uses this feature to allow Steam to translate any keyboard or mouse controls to your controller, making any game compatible no matter if the game has controller support or not. You just assign keyboard and mouse controls to controller and in game just use the same as it is "keyboard and mouse". Simply your controller becomes a keyboard and mouse. On my PS4 Gyro, even the touch pad works and gyro too with no problems in any game I played with it.

It is intuitive and easy to setup and also you can find manuals how to do this on Google.

The only prerequisite is that your OS recognizes device in device manager. Win 10 and 11 recognize my PS4 Controller without any need for extra drivers. If you do not find it in device manager, you might need to find drivers - depending on what controller you use."

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3342494071

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3342494723

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3342495060

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3342827774

In controller configuration you can setup controls as you like.


I hope that some can test this and leave their feedback here. If it is viable to most, then maybe we can pin this to help others.
Feedback in relation to The Infected, only, please.

[Shinigami]

FatFly also posted a short video of it working for him, but I, unfortunately am unable to post here.

[GroovyMotion]

Thanks a lot1 I do would like to have some feedback about it, before going and buying the game!

[FatFly]

Oke, here is a "step by step" instructions on how to make your controller work with any game.

Prerequisite is that your controller is recognized by your OS and drivers installed (You can check this in Device Manager).
Steam has support for PS, Nintendo Switch and Xbox by default, but will also support various generic controllers. This you have to try and test yourself. If it works for ONE game, it will work for ANY OTHER GAME :)

1. Now, all you have to do is "right click" on a game in your Steam Library List you want to enable your controller for. Select "Properties".

2. Select "Controller" menu item from the right side of a pop up window.

3. For item "Override for <Game Name>" select "Enable Steam Input" from a drop down menu.

4. Steam will mark your controller with a BLUE DOT in a list bellow, if its connected and recognized and select it automatically for that game.

5. Optional: If you want to remap your controller input, select "Controller Configurator" link from that same page.

6. Steam will ask you to restart it.

7. Now you can start your game and play.

Sceenshots in OPs post up are to help you navigate these menu items.

This will work for any game, no matter if it supports controller natively or not.
To repeat: If it works for ONE game, it will work for ANY OTHER GAME :)
Cheers and have fun!

[FatFly]

https://youtu.be/a3MykKeTqvk

[skywaybmx89]

okay i'll check it out. thanks for the info. much appreciated.