Xinput

[f_dog80]

I'm sure this has been discussed.
If a game says it has controller support there's no reason it shouldn't work on deck. Add xinput support.

[Man's Best Friend]

I mean, there are plenty of reasons a game won't work on the Deck that have literally nothing to do with the controller. Controller support is just one tiny piece of the puzzle.

[derram]

He means there's no reason the controller shouldn't work.

Originally posted by HTTP Error 418: I'm a teapot:

I mean, there are plenty of reasons a game won't work on the Deck that have literally nothing to do with the controller. Controller support is just one tiny piece of the puzzle.

[ReBoot]

The Deck already got XInput support. It passes XInput to games, it also accepts XInput from external controllers.

[ReBoot]

You could go an easier route & map gamepad actions to KBM actions (which the game most certainly understands) through Steam. There's presets, i.e. for games controlled with WASD & mouse which you can apply and then modify as needed.

[Zychon]

From my understadning there's Xinput support, but I don't know if it's native through the Distro itself, or if it's handled through Steam Input.

Has anyone just installed a native Linux non-steam game and got it to work without running steam? For that matter, what about DirectInput? My assumption is that flight sticks and such would work in Linux already.

[derram]

Xbox Xinput and DirectInput aren't a thing on Linux, they are Windows specific.

I've been letting Steam handle gamepads for years just because it's easier than trying to set up xboxdrv.

[Zychon]

Originally posted by derram:

Xbox Xinput and DirectInput aren't a thing on Linux, they are Windows specific.

I've been letting Steam handle gamepads for years just because it's easier than trying to set up xboxdrv.

I know they aren't a thing on Linux, but what happens when games run through proton? Does proton bridge a gap between my generic USB game controllers (which I can see functioning in SteamOS) and the game? I don't have anything in my library that is steam deck "playable", but also uses something like a flight stick. I guess I'll just see if one of those titles works enough to test input.