Xbox controller and steam deck issues?

[Cricket]

Ok so I downloaded SoD2 on the steam deck and it runs fine on hand held.

However I want to hook it up to the dock and play on the tv with an xbox controller.

The controller is synced with the deck and works with other games, but does not seem to work with SoD2. In fact (weirdly enough) the only xbox controller button that seems to register with the game is the screen shot button?

Has anyone else had this issue/found a fix?

Thanks!

[Pook and Pie]

I've encountered a similar issue with this game, but with my desktop *and* my Deck.

State of Decay 2 only reads the controller in "port 1." On my desktop I have a ASUS ROG Chakram X mouse, which has software making it read as a controller. So, on my desktop, I have to play this game with KB+M, which isn't that bad (the alternative is uninstalling the drivers for my mouse, which I don't wish to do every time I turn on this game).

On my Deck, I can't play docked with a controller because, yet again, the Deck's built in buttons+sticks are read as controller 1. The wireless controller synced with the Deck does absolutely nothing while it's docked when SoD2 is running. Ergo, playing SoD2 when I'm downstairs instead of in my office simply isn't an option unless I want to play my Deck handheld, which again, isn't bad.

I just have no idea how to get around this controller port 1 issue that this game has, but I do believe this is the correct diagnosis for both of these issues, one of which is identical to yours.

[Planewalker]

In order to get the controller to work i had to turn controller input off as the game supports it natively. (rightclick game in steam, controller, input disabled)

[Cricket]

interesting. I'll have to try that this weekend