Partial Controller Support?

[Rell]

I want to play this with my wife and she hates Keyboard and Mouse games (believe me ive tried to get her to switch :) ). Has anyone played this with a controller? Im wondering if this can be played with only a controller?

[Johnny Nu]

Yes, I play all my games using a Steam controller. If your wife like controllers I recommend getting it since it can be customized for absolutely any game. The community has already made 3 steam controller configurations for Valheim and I'm using one of them which I modified to my own liking.

[Sentient Entropy]

You can play it with only a controller but you can't pick a new resolution or communicate without mouse and keyboard. Obviously can't pick name, world title, seed and password without them either.

As far as gameplay goes, the UI is rough but everything is mapped, even if a few of the button combinations are tricky and the layout is a little off. Someone said you can't zoom in on a controller but I didn't even know you could do that and it hasn't bothered me.

[Combat Wombat]

Works fine on xbox one controller

[Rell]

Ok great thanks for the info. Ill give it ago :)

[dumbalex]

I tried using an xbox one controller, and the game's camera just spins endlessly. I can't seem to find a fix for it. I've heard some people are having good experiences with controllers, and others have to disable them because of the spinning bug. I'm hoping there's a fix.

[Sashiimi]

Got a HOTAS plugged in? -> Unplug, should resolve the issue!

[DiabeticDood]

My wife used a controller. It doesn't seem super seemless but it works. What we couldn't figure out is how to drop items in your pack using the controller. Anyone know?

[Delirium]

With XBox, you can either hold the Left trigger or Right trigger, then hitting A, you can either split stacks or drop items

[pinewoodro]

Like Delirium says, works with my xbox controller. Use l and r buttons to change from inventory to chest. Can also zoom the map using l and r triggers.

[Jakeo10]

Originally posted by dumbalex:

I tried using an xbox one controller, and the game's camera just spins endlessly. I can't seem to find a fix for it. I've heard some people are having good experiences with controllers, and others have to disable them because of the spinning bug. I'm hoping there's a fix.

You got a joystick or HOTAS setup plugged in to your pc? or another similar controller besides xbox one?

[rexpiscator]

I utilize an Xbox clone USB-tethered controller and it works pretty well. Took me some trial error to find the correct button to press, some stuff I haven't discovered yet and must resort to KB/M combo.

Map marking I can't do with controller
Text entry for names, etc...
Can't split stack with controller, unless I haven't discovered it yet. AH...see the solution above...just discovered this morning how to use the Use Mode for the Hoe and Cultivator.
Can't seem to 'Repair' an item when I'm in the Workbench with the controller. I get the KB [R] prompt when in that menu even with my controller? And when I press R on my KB...does not repair the item, I have to use the mouse and click it.

These could have solutions, they're not ones I've discovered yet.
Is there a mapping image anywhere to tell us exactly what button does what action, yet??

[profanicus]

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

Can't seem to 'Repair' an item when I'm in the Workbench with the controller. I get the KB [R] prompt when in that menu even with my controller? And when I press R on my KB...does not repair the item, I have to use the mouse and click it.

'R' means press the right stick down.

One other thing I don't know how to do on controller, is how to activate my special Eikthyr ability. edit: down on d-pad does the special ability

Apart from that, map labelling, and text entry - it plays pretty well.

But I would loooove a weapon wheel style popup, rather than using d-pad to control the hotbar. At least let d-pad wrap left/right rather than stop at the ends.

[dumbalex]

Originally posted by Fainstrider:

Originally posted by dumbalex:

I tried using an xbox one controller, and the game's camera just spins endlessly. I can't seem to find a fix for it. I've heard some people are having good experiences with controllers, and others have to disable them because of the spinning bug. I'm hoping there's a fix.

You got a joystick or HOTAS setup plugged in to your pc? or another similar controller besides xbox one?

Hi. thanks. I figured out the issue. I had a second controller plugged in as well. Once I unplugged that, then the main controller worked fine and the spinning stopped.

[rexpiscator]

Right Trigger + [A] will dump the stack from Inventory...just discovered that...and Right Bumper with NO weapons= 'kick', PC will not kick if holding a weapon.


...seems I only need KB/M for text entry boxes, good job Devs!!

[Sentient Entropy]

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

seems I only need KB/M for text entry boxes, good job Devs!!

Adding and removing map markers as well.