Steam Controller with World of Warcraft

[Gently Applied Heat]

Using the addon Console Port and the Steam Controller, I've modified my controls to the point where going back to Mouse and Keyboard would actually be a nerf to my game play. Has anyone else had success playing an MMO with this device? It has brought new life to WoW and suddenly I feel myself at work wanting to play again, not because it's WoW but because I can use the steam controller so effortlessly to play it.

[Vepar]

I made a configuration for Guild Wars 2 since none of the community ones were to my liking. It's pretty neat but needs more work to make it effortless. It's too finnicky right now, i need a new system lol. It's cool to see someone make SC work with tons of buttons though, that's what it was made for.

[shadowboy813]

I have a WoW configuration. It's awkward and cumbersome, but functional.

[BatmanRevived]

@vepar how do you get your steam controller to wrok with GW2, I currently have to set up my Desktop configuration on the controller for it to work, removing the ability to have different controller profiles for different non-steam games?

[Vepar]

Originally posted by BatmanRevived:

@vepar how do you get your steam controller to wrok with GW2, I currently have to set up my Desktop configuration on the controller for it to work, removing the ability to have different controller profiles for different non-steam games?

Just asd GW2.exe to your steam library as a non steam game. Then make a profile for it or use the community ones.

[BatmanRevived]

I've tried with no luck. Steam is unable to start the program. I can get around it by just starting GW2 on it's own, then using Desktop Controller mappings but again I dont get the benefit of switching controller profiles.

[Vepar]

Originally posted by BatmanRevived:

I've tried with no luck. Steam is unable to start the program. I can get around it by just starting GW2 on it's own, then using Desktop Controller mappings but again I dont get the benefit of switching controller profiles.

Try the 64bit client then. GW2-64.exe

Also, if steam has admin privileges, remove those, same goes for GW2, remove any admin privileges any of the two have.

[Stormy]

So, Mudface, could you show what you did then? I'm interested in your set-up for WoW. Thanks!

[Gently Applied Heat]

Originally posted by Stormy:

So, Mudface, could you show what you did then? I'm interested in your set-up for WoW. Thanks!

I've actually set up a Twitch account and a controller overlay so people can see how playing works. I'm going to stream it today I think. I'll update the post if I do.

I totally scrapped console port's setup. It was bad. I really took advantage of button long presses and regular presses as well.

[shadowboy813]

Originally posted by Mudface:

Originally posted by Stormy:

So, Mudface, could you show what you did then? I'm interested in your set-up for WoW. Thanks!

I've actually set up a Twitch account and a controller overlay so people can see how playing works. I'm going to stream it today I think. I'll update the post if I do.

I totally scrapped console port's setup. It was bad. I really took advantage of button long presses and regular presses as well.

I'm not a big fan of long presses for WoW (maybe it's ok for opening interface panes such as the character pane or skills pane).

I utilize 2 action sets, one for combat, one for out-of-combat (which opens things like character panes, skill tab, etc) for when I'm putzing around town. Right triangle (to the right of the steam button) cycles action sets, left triangle is always escape (these two bindings are consistent among both action sets).

For the combat action set's left touch pad I used double touch or single click activators (I'll explain how I managed this below) to allocate 8 keybinds to the left touchpad without having to use touch menus or long presses (since a double touch is faster than a long press). I put less frequently used spells on the double touch binding. I then used the A/B/X/Y buttons for the other 4 skills (for the 12 on the action bar), left and right bumpers to switch action bar sets, trigger soft pull for left and right mouse, left trigger full pull is ctrl-f1 (keybind I have for first "stance" for stealth). Stick is wasd, with click being my mobility keybind (which I keep consistent across all characters). Right pad click is the extra action button. Left grip is tab (to cycle targets), and right grip is jump.

For the ooc action set, movement keybinds are the same, left grip opens bags, left bumper opens the map/quest log, right bumper is achievements, the left pad and a/b/x/y are various interface panes (character, social, skills, adventure guide, group finder, mounts/pets/heirlooms/etc), and the right pad click opens the keyboard.

Here is how I managed to set up a touch binding and click binding to the same button on the left touch pad. First, I used a double press (you could use a long press, too--you just can't use a regular press) that was interruptible, and set "requires click" to off. For mode shifting I bound left pad click to mode shifting, then in that mode shift I bound the desired keybinds to the shifted setup. This is why you need to use a double touch or a long press (on touch)--it needs to be an interruptible action (double press or long press) otherwise you'll fire both the touch and click binding. Double tap the button and it does the touch binding, then press and click and it will do the mode shifted click binding.

[Gently Applied Heat]

Oh I only play one class with the Steam Controller currently, but if I were to play something different, I wouldn't even have tab-target be in the same place. It would be a total redesign.

The nice thing about WoW and the Controller is that you can treat the way each class plays with the controller differently.

For example I have the right mouse pad click as my tab target, because i'm melee. If I were to play a ranged class, i'd probably do something weird like make the two grips be Tab-Target and Previous Target.

Glad to see more people are using the controller though. This device, I think, really is the best way to play the game.

I feel like i'm mocking people with mental disabilities now when I use mouse and keyboard... with the way i stare at a screen with my arms outstretched and twitching...

[Bel]

I played WoW with a Steam controller too, although I skipped Consoleport and just used what Steam input had to offer (touch menus and gyro), and I was healing heroic raids just fine. It really is a nice way to play WoW once you have a good personal setup.

[Gently Applied Heat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxErgKkUD0&feature=youtu.be

A 10 minute demonstration of how I play

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Psst, Mouse Region input style for menu-like UI nav.

[Gently Applied Heat]

There is so much im learning every day. There are parts that I have not even dipped my toe in? What is this mouse region thingy?

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It's a style of input for touchpad, along with regular "Mouse" input. It maps the surface of touchpad to your screen: full or partially. How to explain? It's much better to see it once than hear about it tons of times. It's pretty obvious on the 1st try.

Very handy for grid-like ingame inventory management ...and point'n'click games overall, games like DOTA etc.