Steam Controller calibration does not work in new ui

[Virtual_Bĭch]

When I try to calibrate the pads or my stick the controller just beeps and nothing happens. I tried wired and wireless (ble, lost dongle years ago) and the same thing happens either way.

[Mennenth]

I have just noticed the same thing.
My right pad is starting to spazz out when just barely hovering over the edge. Calibrating it usually fixes this behavior, but when I tried it did nothing.

[Virtual_Bĭch]

pads are fine but I started getting pretty bad stick drift when the new ui hit and never had the issue before. hopefully they implement it.. some time.

[AetherSquirrel]

I've also just come across this; I can calibrate the gyros but both the track-pad and joystick calibrations fail to do anything. Steam says "blom" and the controller beeps, aside from that bugger-all else happens.

[Mennenth]

just tried doing the -vgui trick; calibration still didnt work

[austinp_valve]

The code for calibrating the trackpads is the same in both UI's. I can see the same USB traffic being sent in both cases and the same boop sent by the controller. Are you sure this has regressed from a client change?

[Mennenth]

it doesnt seem to fix the very erratic/glitchy behavior on the edges of the trackpad (when barely touching) like it used to.

That behavior is not present in lizard mode for some reason though. Maybe its a different issue?

[3rdblockj]

I am having this issue as well my controller is having drift on the analog stick and I've tried calibration but it only beeps I think it this new UI ♥♥♥♥ but idk this has been goin on for at least 2 weeks

[Marvin Grooveshirt]

Originally posted by austinp_valve:

The code for calibrating the trackpads is the same in both UI's. I can see the same USB traffic being sent in both cases and the same boop sent by the controller. Are you sure this has regressed from a client change?

Hi, I've been having the same issue also in that I had to replace an aging joystick in my steam controller, but can't calibrate the new one since I'm having identical behaviour when i try to open either the joystick or the trackpad calibration mention

[turtlejuice]

Any updates to this? I'm experiencing the exact same issue with calibrating the Steam Controller joystick. In Big Picture Mode when I click on Settings > Controller > Calibration & Advanced Settings > Sensors > Joystick Calibration, the controller beeps and nothing happens.

[Zozo]

I'm having the same problem. Discouraging...

[Geamer]

Six months and no fix, rendering my controller useless because I can no longer set the dead zone or correct the random walking caused by drift. Planned/forced obsolescence?

Wondering if I'll ever purchase your hardware again Valve? With this kind of customer support for fixing a bug that broke a required feature that used to work perfectly well, no one should purchase your hardware anymore. And I used to be so tempted by the deck...

PS: The fact that I need an extended T6 Torx driver (not included in my 122 piece electronics tool kit, nor in my thousands of dollars worth of other tools I purchased over multiple decades of appliance manufacturing work) just to open the unit to clean/fix it, seals the deal that I will never buy Steam hardware again. Replacing the battery in my MacBook Pro wasn't even this much of a pain.

[splinter3d]

The same. Valve, why don't you support people who bought your controller?

[Pcfx]

+1 still not fixed

[Magius]

11/24/2024... still not fixed.

[joheli]

Came across the same issue, still no fix?