Turn off Steam Input for Controller input lag

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TomzzZ_ May 27, 2022 @ 6:22am

Turn off Steam Input for Controller input lag

I seen this suggested somewhere.

Right click game - properties - controller - disable steam input. Save

This helped eliminate input lag in Monster Hunter World, Elden Ring, Tekken 7.

There’s no other way to do it, I guess.

Devs, try to turn off steam input for default.

Last edited by TomzzZ_; May 27, 2022 @ 6:27am

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ReBoot May 27, 2022 @ 6:36am

You can turn it off by default.

TomzzZ_ May 27, 2022 @ 8:22am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
You can turn it off by default.

How? I looked in controller options. Its on in all of my games. Turning it off really made the input lag go away. 😝

ReBoot May 27, 2022 @ 8:48am

You can turn it off globally IN Steam settings.

TomzzZ_ May 27, 2022 @ 9:33am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
You can turn it off globally IN Steam settings.

I’ll take another look, it was still on for in game properties - controller menu through the library.

Library - Game - Properties - Controller - Disable Steam Input

Last edited by TomzzZ_; May 27, 2022 @ 9:35am

ReBoot May 27, 2022 @ 9:41am

I would still recommend to disable it globally, in Steam settings, for all games, but whatever you find more easier.

tintingaroo May 27, 2022 @ 4:31pm

Perhaps there's a way to disable it with commands but I don't know if anything like that exists.
So apart from something like that, if Steam Input is enabled by the devs then you have to disable it the way OP has described for the game.

For games that the devs haven't set it enabled, you can control it globally via Steam > Settings ('Preferences' on macOS) > Controller > General Controller Settings > deselect Configuration Support for the controller type being used. For this to be the controlling setting, the per-game override has to be disabled i.e. set to "Use default settings" (it's on that setting by default).

RaistlinMajere1 May 3, 2023 @ 4:33pm

This worked for me. Turned off the steam control and switched to default and works like it should now. Thank for this help. I started to actually quit playing till I found this.