Toggle Controller/Keyboard+Mouse Emulation?

[Nutscape Navigator]

Using both a Steam Controller and a Dualshock 3, I can plug them into my computer and the games with full controller support work great. However, when using the Steam Link, the controller mappings don't work at all (I've tried official mappings, community made ones, etc. with the same results). My games are unplayable over the Steam Link.

Both DS3 and Steam Controller work perfectly in Steam Link UI and in BPM UI, but as soon as I launch a game is when things go to crap.

I believe that it might be caused by the fact that it's trying to emulate a mouse and keyboard, because the analog sticks on my Dualshock 3 will move the mouse cursor. On some games, the buttons do work, but they make no sense and aren't what the mapping specifies (e.g. X on DS3 does nothing, down on D-pad selects menu items). On other games that work just fine with the controller directly, don't respond to controller input at all.

Is there any way to disable mouse and keyboard emulation and send raw controller input?

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Steam Link build 388
Latest Steam Client Beta and controller firmware for 2015-11-27
OS X 10.11.1

[Wally the Whiffopotamus]

You can set up pure gamepad or kb+m with the steam controller.

For gamepad, make sure all bindings use the controller, and set the trackpad to joystick or mouse-like joystick.

For KB+M, set all bindings to KB+M and for the mouse/triggers make sure you disable analog input in advanced.

If the game supports KB+M and gamepad at the same time that sgould do it. Otherwise the gamepad set up should avoid the crossover problems.

[Nutscape Navigator]

Controller mapping is still incorrect.

[Wally the Whiffopotamus]

Maybe try reverting steam and the steam link to public builds? Could be a beta bug. And just to clarify, the SC works on the SL, but not the DS3?

[HewMungusWot]

i have this same problem. its really frustrating that you cant just turn off the keyboard mouse emulation for a xbox or ps controller. really dumb stuff valve. alot of games are unplayable because they are confused whether you are in controller mode or mouse mode because its receiving both. valve needs to get their ♥♥♥♥ together in general with this in-home streaming stuff. so many things like this make it unusable

[HewMungusWot]

but i guess i deserve to get that experience because i didn't buy a steam controller? i already own and xbox and ps controller. not buying a third one just because they put a really poorly thought out feature in their streaming software.

[Ragnar]

I have the same issue. Steam link streaming Witcher 3 on Origin (non-steam game) always causes mouse emulation rather than wireless 360 controller to be detected. Any known workarounds?

[killswitch]

Just bought a Steam Link and haven't been able to play both games I've tried so far (Duck Game + Road Not Taken). I have a 3 monitor setup, if that makes any difference.

I used my Xbox 360 wired controller to play "Road Not Taken", but when using the analog sticks to move in-game, the Windows mouse moves as well, and creates a ruckus. (the mouse pointer eventually moves out of the game window, and I end up seeing the content on another monitor). It's basically unplayable. The controller seems to be acting like both a mouse and a controller.

Help! Fix! Something!

[Aidenn Kerman]

Bump. A button to turn off kb+m emulation please, Valve.

[Suros:/#]

All this time and there's still been nothing done about it. They either don't want to or they don't care.

[bcursor]

did you try by unplugging the steam controller?

[Suros:/#]

Originally posted by bcursor:

did you try by unplugging the steam controller?

The Steam controller isn't the issue as it has configuration options. It's every other controller that has the problem of not having mouse/keyboard emulation as a switchable option.

[bcursor]

Originally posted by Dave:

I have the same issue. Steam link streaming Witcher 3 on Origin (non-steam game) always causes mouse emulation rather than wireless 360 controller to be detected. Any known workarounds?

yeah, launch origin.exe from steam and set origin.exe to run in windows 7 compatibility mode. this way you will have steam overlay. also if it is avaible set game to run in window mode.

[bcursor]

Originally posted by Suros# Linux:

Originally posted by bcursor:

did you try by unplugging the steam controller?

The Steam controller isn't the issue as it has configuration options. It's every other controller that has the problem of not having mouse/keyboard emulation as a switchable option.

ok I suppose your host system is Macos X. I am not sure about MacOSX but ds3 will act only as a mouse if it is streaming something like an non-game app (origin for example). when steam link detects a game is running then it will switch it to xinput controller.

[Suros:/#]

Originally posted by bcursor:

ok I suppose your host system is Macos X. I am not sure about MacOSX but ds3 will act only as a mouse if it is streaming something like an non-game app (origin for example). when steam link detects a game is running then it will switch it to xinput controller.

Nope, like my username suggests, I'm running Linux as my host system. I understand what triggers the function, but that doesn't help as I have several windowed games and a few emulators that have a GUI that get things going.

[mackermedia]

Bump.

I'm having the same issue with:
Steam Link
Host OS: OS X El Capitan
Controller: Wireless Xbox 360

Games are unplayable.