Steam crashes when gamepad is plugged in - WHY?!

[BonsaiBrudi]

So for years I've had a Saitek P480 USB-gamepad and it worked perfectly fine - with steam as well as with other applications.

About 1-2 weeks ago steam would crash without an error message when I plug in the gamepad. I tried updating the drivers (and about 20 other things, including formatting my hd) but nothing helped.

The gamepad works fine with every other application. Can anyone explain to me why Steam suddenly doesn't like it anymore?!

[JᛇSSΞY]

I have the same problem. I didn't change anything about my gamepad config... A steam client update must have changed something :( I need to stop the "SCP DS3 Service" if I want to use Steam, but then I cannot use my gamepad...

[Astron0]

BonsaiBrudi eredeti hozzászólása:

So for years I've had a Saitek P480 USB-gamepad and it worked perfectly fine - with steam as well as with other applications.

About 1-2 weeks ago steam would crash without an error message when I plug in the gamepad. I tried updating the drivers (and about 20 other things, including formatting my hd) but nothing helped.

The gamepad works fine with every other application. Can anyone explain to me why Steam suddenly doesn't like it anymore?!

Could you maybe tell us the error message?

[BonsaiBrudi]

Alph4Bird eredeti hozzászólása:

BonsaiBrudi eredeti hozzászólása:

So for years I've had a Saitek P480 USB-gamepad and it worked perfectly fine - with steam as well as with other applications.

About 1-2 weeks ago steam would crash without an error message when I plug in the gamepad. I tried updating the drivers (and about 20 other things, including formatting my hd) but nothing helped.

The gamepad works fine with every other application. Can anyone explain to me why Steam suddenly doesn't like it anymore?!

Could you maybe tell us the error message?

That's the weirdest part: there is no error message. Nothing. Steam client just crashes without any sort of warning or message. It works fine with my Xbox 360 controller. But it doesn't like the Saitek anymore.

[JᛇSSΞY]

BonsaiBrudi eredeti hozzászólása:

Alph4Bird eredeti hozzászólása:

Could you maybe tell us the error message?

That's the weirdest part: there is no error message. Nothing. Steam client just crashes without any sort of warning or message. It works fine with my Xbox 360 controller. But it doesn't like the Saitek anymore.

Hi BonsaiBrudi!
I had this issue with my PS3 controller. Here is what I did to fix it :
1) I've installed the beta version of steam client.
2) I've switched OFF my controller and stop the DS3 custom Windows service I use to emulate my controller as an xbox controller.
3) I've started the "Big Picture" mode and went in settings/controllersettings to touch randomly the different settings there
4) I've switched ON my controller and started the DS3 service.

and voila! few seconds after, the "big picture" detected my controller and the steam client didn't crash.

Now, my controller is "registered" and steam works fine. No more need to go in "big picture" mode if i don't want to.

About your Saitek controller maybe you need to install "x360ce" to have it emulated like a xbox controller and it could be detected in steam.

Good luck!

PS: sorry about my english, it's not my native language

[BonsaiBrudi]

Hi JisSey!
Thanks for the detailed answer. I'm very happy with my new controller now, so it's all good. I'll try your solution some time though, to see if it works for me as well.

And no worries about your English, it's absolutely fine ;)