How to stop Steam from seeing the controller? (solved)

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I have external software for mapping the controller.

Steam is constantly interfering with it, by bringing up Steam overlay when I press the guide button.
This sucks, since I use that button to take screenshots by mapping it to F12, and Steam ruins that.

Unbinding all controller buttons in Steam works only for the current session - when controller gets disconnected and reconnects again, Steam continues the usual bul1shit of bringing up overlay every time I press guide button.

How to stop Steam from seeing the controller at all, to stop its unwanted interference?

Disabling overlay is not a solution since its needed for taking screenshots, the very function I use the guide button for.
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Update: the issue of guide button always opening overlay was fixed in beta client

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This seems to have started happening after latest major UI update.
Before I was using controller with Steam for years with no issues.

I already have everything disabled in Controller tab - doesn't help.

If Steam input is disabled shouldn't this have stopped the interference?
Why doesn't it?

[Dranak]

Ask own Brand controller support to know then steam is activ and match a profile for that platform.

ps.
problem inhere what prevent other platfrom not to agree with that. ( in old days called load profile to fit profile.

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Originally posted by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫:

Steam is constantly interfering with it, by bringing up Steam overlay when I press the guide button.
This sucks, since I use that button to take screenshots by mapping it to F12, and Steam ruins that.

in settings choose steam beta update, after - disable guide button chords

Originally posted by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫:

How to stop Steam from seeing the controller at all, to stop its unwanted interference?

in game properties disable steam input

[𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫]

Originally posted by Dranak:

Ask own Brand controller support to know then steam is activ and match a profile for that platform.

I don't understand what this means. I want to prevent Steam from detecting controller at all, regardless of which controller I use.

Originally posted by Ʀᵃᵯ۞₪ⱯʂϨ:

after - disable guide button chords

Don't need the beta for that - I already disabled chords, bringing up overlay is a different fucntion, so doesn't help.
"Enable Guide Button Chords for controllers" is off.

Originally posted by Ʀᵃᵯ۞₪ⱯʂϨ:

in game properties disable steam input

I disabled Steam input globally, so that it would be disabled for all games - doesn't help.
You'd think that this would and should have helped, but it doesn't.

All "Enable Steam input for ..." options are off.

[Ʀᵃᵯ۞₪ⱯʂϨ]

Originally posted by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫:

Don't need the beta for that - I already disabled chords, bringing up overlay is a different fucntion, so doesn't help.
"Enable Guide Button Chords for controllers" is off.

this work only in beta client

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4397053/view/545622696040333650

Fixed the guide button opening the overlay when the guide button is disabled in controller settings

Originally posted by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫:

I disabled Steam input globally, so that it would be disabled for all games - doesn't help.
You'd think that this would and should have helped, but it doesn't.

All "Enable Steam input for ..." options are off.

in every game were you want disable steam input need do it manualy in properties

[𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫]

Originally posted by Ʀᵃᵯ۞₪ⱯʂϨ:

Originally posted by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐫:

Don't need the beta for that - I already disabled chords, bringing up overlay is a different fucntion, so doesn't help.
"Enable Guide Button Chords for controllers" is off.

this work only in beta client

Ah, so you meant that they specifically fixed the bug there, makes sense then.

Tested it just now, the issue is gone, thanks for the info!

I didn't have to disable steam input in each game - by default games are set to use a global setting, so if the global is steam input off, then it will be off in all games that use the default global setting.