Better ways to share steam input layouts

[Imranfish]

I recently created a controller layout for a game that was fairly complex with different action sets. I wanted to share the layout with my friend who also plays the same game on their own steam deck, so they won't have to manually recreate a complex layout.

Currently there is no easy to way to directly share a layout to a friend. It is possible to export it as a community layout, but that has it's own issues. First off, sharing your layout publicly then having your friend scroll through many different layouts trying to find yours is not ideal. Secondly, when we tried it, they were unable to find my layout at all; so it doesn't seem like a consistent way to share layouts.

Perhaps we could somehow have a way to directly send a layout with a friend? Or there could be a "Friend's Layouts" tab next to the "Community Layouts" tab, which will list all community layouts created for that game by all of your friends.

[roadkill]

I like the idea of a "Friends' layouts", because you can potentially talk to someone about the community layouts at that point (hey X, why/how did you customise this).

An even simpler option (avoiding UI bloat) would be to highlight friends' layouts in the community layouts list, e.g. listing them first, or somehow 'scoring' them highly in the sort algorithm to push them near the top of the list. Probably colouring them differently or adding a note so it's clear why they're there.

[[EW] Mitsie]

+1 for friend layouts. I'd probably never use it, but it's a good idea..

[maciiik750]

I happen to create my own layouts too. I'm wondering if these are saved locally or in the cloud... I guess they are saved on the SD only, so having them backed up in the cloud as well would be great.

[[EW] Mitsie]

Originally posted by maciiik750:

I happen to create my own layouts too. I'm wondering if these are saved locally or in the cloud... I guess they are saved on the SD only, so having them backed up in the cloud as well would be great.

I think your own personal layout is saved in the cloud only for your own personal use. Nobody can see them. You can also upload them to the community cloud for others to use.

The OP was asking for a Friends Cloud, so you can share them with just you and your friends aswell with the whole community.

[Kirby君]

　
I know one way to share layout with friends.

Share with the community first, and then get the layout website on the "layout detail" page.
Share it with friends, let them to desktop mode, open Kconsole, enter:

steam steam://controllerconfig/xxx/xxxxxxx



Another way. In desktop mode, then enter Big Picture Mode. Open the controller interface,Click Browse button in the lower left corner. Now you can see the layout of all your friends.

　

[Alfred Bioschreck]

Great tip Kirby!

[Skypris]

+1