FIX for Controllify mod disabling your Steam Deck input on Minecraft

[Darkryft54]

So recently I got Minecraft running on my Steam Deck using the Prism Launcher, and I ran into the VERY annoying issue of Controllify disabling the Steam Deck internal controls because it thought they were conflicting with a Mouse and Keyboard (Which obviously don't exist)

Every single guide online just says to update your Controllify mod version or increase your deadzones, but you don't have to do either of those!

[THE FIX] Go to the Steam Layout (In the Steam Menu, specifically for the game [Prism Launcher should have been added to Game Mode {Not sure if this works on Desktop Mode too, somebody please verify}], and set all of the inputs to [None]. Absolutely everything should be cleared, not a single input should have something attached. Now, this may seem weird, but Controllify detects the inputs using a driver, and doesn't need Steam Input. (Just configure everything in the In-Game menu for the mod.

EXPLANATION: Controllify sees the Steam Inputs as Keyboard and Mouse (For some reason), and sees it's own inputs from the controller (being supplied by the driver it attaches to) as controller inputs, so when you press a button that has something attached to it in both the Steam Input menu and the Controllify menu, it sees it as interference and thinks they're fighting for priority control, which prompts Controllify to disable the DRIVER inputs, leaving you with only the Steam Input controls, which don't work very well. So by clearing everything from the Steam Input menu, there is no "Keyboard and Mouse" input to conflict with the driver supplied inputs, removing the problem and allowing you to play Minecraft on your Steam Deck without the controls being wrested from you.

[AnxiousWitch]

Did you choose a layout to clear? It seems I have to modify a layout to set them all to none.

[Darkryft54]

Originally posted by AnxiousWitch:

Did you choose a layout to clear? It seems I have to modify a layout to set them all to none.

I chose a random layout yes, but you should be able to just modify the default control scheme without choosing one