Disable controller recognition with Razor Tartarus v2

[TimeWarp]

sometime in the last couple of months the Tartarus controller started becoming an issue with steam recognizing it as a controller and making games unplayable unless i unplug it during gameplay. Does anyone know a way to get steam to straight up ignore this side-keyboard while leaving other controllers alone?
Thanks ahead of time :)

[RPG Gamer Man]

Contact Razor since it is their product. They may also have a firmware update on their site. I suggest you talk to them about the issue. They maybe to help you more than a user post forum on steam.

[tintingaroo]

From what I found online, its Vendor and Product ID (VID & PID) are
VID = 0x1532
PID = 0x022B

you can check if that's correct:
- Windows key + R, type dxdiag, choose OK.
- In dxdiag, go to the 'Input' tab
- Look in the list for your device and its VID/PID



Then try with
SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES set as an environment variable:

- Press Windows key + R, type: SystemPropertiesAdvanced, choose OK.
(That should open System Properties on the Advanced tab.)
- Click 'Environment Variables...'

- Under System variables, click 'New...' and use this info
variable name: SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES
variable value: "0x1532/0x022B"
(the variable value is formatted as "VID/PID". It includes the quote marks)

- Start/restart Steam.

[TimeWarp]

Originally posted by tintingaroo:

From what I found online, its Vendor and Product ID (VID & PID) are
VID = 0x1532
PID = 0x022B

you can check if that's correct:
- Windows key + R, type dxdiag, choose OK.
- In dxdiag, go to the 'Input' tab
- Look in the list for your device and its VID/PID



Then try with
SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES set as an environment variable:

- Press Windows key + R, type: SystemPropertiesAdvanced, choose OK.
(That should open System Properties on the Advanced tab.)
- Click 'Environment Variables...'

- Under System variables, click 'New...' and use this info
variable name: SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES
variable value: "0x1532/0x022B"
(the variable value is formatted as "VID/PID". It includes the quote marks)

- Start/restart Steam.

Did not work. tested with skyrim after and unless i unplug my side keyboard nothing is responding. what i find weird is this wasnt an issue a few months ago. or at least if it was i never noticed, but im pretty sure it wasnt.

[Nx Machina]

Install HidHide version 1.4.202.0 as this allows to hide connected devices and unhide them as needed under the devices tab where they are listed. You will need to reboot your system once it is installed but not for hiding, unhiding.

Note: Tick the Filter and Enable checkboxes at the bottom of the screen for this to function correctly. The Gaming devices only checkbox (unticked) will allow you to also see a mouse and keyboard connected which you can also hide, unhide if you choose to.

[tintingaroo]

Originally posted by Oshinier:

Did not work. tested with skyrim after and unless i unplug my side keyboard nothing is responding. what i find weird is this wasnt an issue a few months ago. or at least if it was i never noticed, but im pretty sure it wasnt.

Hmm, OK.
Had it stopped the Tarturus showing as a controller in Steam?


I'm wondering what brought the initial issue.
When Steam shows the Tarturus is it as an Xbox controller?
Is Steam's Xbox driver installed (Steam > Settings > Controller > Xbox Extended Feature Support)?


Unless you rather use HidHide as it is a good option, the other thing to try is adding the device to Steam's controller blacklist:
- Quit Steam
- Open with Notepad: .../Steam/config/config.vdf
- Do a search for: controller_blacklist

If found, add the vid/pid e.g.
"controller_blacklist" "1532/22b"
(here they don't want the hex notation, so we leave out the 0x. If a vid/pid pair was already present we'd separate that from the Tarturus IDs with a comma e.g. "VID/PID,1532/22b")

If it doesn't return a hit, go to the end of the file, but before the last }, insert a new line and enter:
"controller_blacklist" "1532/22b"

- Save and close file
- Start Steam

[TimeWarp]

So I tried it in both dragon age (the new one) and Skyrim. With Skyrim game is 100% u playable with dragon age three buttons don't work. Space, right mouse and I cannt remember the third
I tried the thing u told me to do and zero change. I restarted computer after I made the change and nothing changed. Extended feature is installed for Xbox controller I'll check in an for any details u need. Sorry for late reply holidays got a boy busy

[TimeWarp]

I do have a question about blacklisting controller option. If I blacklist the controller will I be able to use it as a normal keyboard. Ie I set up side keyboard via razor software for normal gameplay or will it be 100% hidden

[DDilkies]

Originally posted by Oshinier:

sometime in the last couple of months the Tartarus controller started becoming an issue with steam recognizing it as a controller and making games unplayable unless i unplug it during gameplay. Does anyone know a way to get steam to straight up ignore this side-keyboard while leaving other controllers alone?
Thanks ahead of time :)

Go to windows device manager, and find the Tartarus drivers. There should be one for keys, and one for controller input. It's not labeled, but you can trial and error your way to disabling controller input for the Tartarus.