SC with "Lord of the Rings - The return of the King"

[Ogel]

Hello together,

i wanted to play my old game i mentioned in the title and play it with the Steam Controller. I added this non-steam game to my collection and configured the controller as i needed at. But for some reason the game don't accept the controller. Do i have to use external tools or do i only miss a configuration in steam itself to get the SC work for that old game? I thought that the SC will be added in the game as a normal XInput controller.

Thanks for any help!
Greetings

[Cathulhu]

Is the overlay enabled and working in the game?

[Ogel]

Thanks for the prompt response!
Yes i can activate the virtual keyboard over my controller and get into the BPM.

[Bengineering]

Did you ever get this working? I'm struggling to get the movement joystick to work at all.

[Raiden_chino]

Originally posted by Wild_Doogy:

Did you ever get this working? I'm struggling to get the movement joystick to work at all.

Did you manage to solve it? it doesn't only happens with the Steam controller, if you launch the game trough Steam you will get the same issue with a Xbox controller.
I managed to make it work using GloSC, I launched a Xbox controller profile and then launched the game outside Steam and the Steam Controller worked perfectly, but if I launch the game trough Steam, even while GloSC is working, the glitch returns. I also turned off the Steam overlay and no luck.

Something in the way Steam manage the controllers (any controller) has issues with this game.

[Bengineering]

Originally posted by Raiden_chino:

GloSC

Thanks! I'll take a look. That makes a lot of sense. My research points to LOTR not understanding Xbox 360 controllers, and SC used a 360 controller by default.

[Raiden_chino]

I mean, the game does understand Xbox controllers, if you launch the game without Steam, a Xbox controller works perfectly. It's only when you launch the game trough Steam that the movement glitch appears, either if you use a Steam controller or a Xbox one.

At the end, I "solved" it by using GloSC. I created a profile for the game and linked the game's exe, so it launches the game as any other from the library. The only problem is that the SteamOverlay doesn't work, but at least I can use the full Steam controller options.

[Bengineering]

Thanks! That's helpful. I downloaded GloSC and am giving it a try.

[Nightwing]

Reviving an old topic but, whenever I plug in my xbox series s controller, game freezes after picking language or freezes after opening game. Is it possible to fix this and how? Btw, didn't add the game to steam, launching like before.