Logitech Wireless F710 Gamepad Homebutton

[LiL'LuPeY^]

Hey Everyone i just have 2 maybe silly Questions about my gamepad and the button in the middle

1. Why can i open the Games for windows live overlay with the Logitech button on my Logitech Wireless F710 Gamepad
but not the Steam / Steam Bigpicture Overlay
(tried both setting the gamepad on Direct-Input and X-Input s(omething possible with my gamepad))

2. Why does steam bigpicture register that i have a X-input Gamepad but doesn't allow me to change the Button binds ?

[月読]

1. Is this a typo? If you really did mean that "you can" open it, then it's because it is working correctly, and that middle button performs the same function as Xinput. The fact that gfwl opens when you push the button is an unfortunate, but present, problem in that both steam and gfwl bind their overlay to the same button.

If you meant "you can't" open it, then you have a problem with your controller, perhaps you got bad drivers, try reinstalling the ones the pad came with, or seeing if the logitech website has updated drivers.


2.This was intentional on the part of valve, they said (as i recall it) "we disabled Xinput controllers from being reconfigured because the drivers themselves should do that" If you flip the switch to direct input, and the controller then correctly reads as direct input, you should be able to rebind the keys, but said rebinding will only work for direct input mode, not carrying over to Xinput.

[LiL'LuPeY^]

okay for the 1. i can only open the gfwl overlay by pressing the middle button,
but if i play a other game without the gfwl overlay i cant open the steam overlay everytime i press the middle button nothing happens.
Thats the thing that makes me thinking why can i openthe gfwl overlay but not the steam even in games without gfwl.

2. in Direct-Input i can rebind all keys but not the middle button it is like it is really not working with steam thats why i wanted to try rebinding the middle button via Xinput but in the logitech software you cant rebind the middle putton there the middle button is really only reserverd for special stuff like opening a overlay -.-

[月読]

That middle button is the bane of everyones binding existance, to my knowledge, no binding software will let you change it, while still keeping your controller working correctly.

As for the other problem, that is a very curious bug you have there, and I won't hesitate to say that I am completely at a loss for why the button would correctly open gfwl, but yet not open the steam overlay.

That is something you will have to hope a tech will come along and help you resolve, because as i mentioned in the first part of this post, you can't rebind that functions button, so it should always be the home (middle) button, maybe try flipping between the two modes and see if that fixes the problem?

[LiL'LuPeY^]

i allready tried changing between the modes its on both modes the same gfwl works but not steam overlay
thats why i asked why i cant rebind the controller in bigpicture when it is in Xinput i thought rebinding the middle button would solve the problem -.-

[kyotooutrun]

Strange, mine works fine

[SirCrackles]

^ what did u do that made it work though? ive got a mate thats having some issues just like this.

[SirCrackles]

Also to add to that he was having the mapping profile switch the buttons around, like the Dpad and the Stick Axis < > ^ v he is currently using a Logitech F710

[Arc™]

I got my Logitech F710 2 days ago and I mainly use the X-Input for the big picture mode.
I have no problems going to the overlay with the logitech button. I`m using the Steam Beta Update so you can try to use that.

[FrauSchnetzler]

I'm using the F710 as well and works just fine with BPM and the home button. I have to press it a little longer so that BPM is coming up. I don't have installed any GWfL crap on my system and the F710 is running with the Xbox 360 controller drivers.

[LiL'LuPeY^]

Okay thanks Arc™ now where you mentioned it,
i just tested it again and looks like the logitech button now works for me in x-mod too. looks like one of the many updates finally fixed it.
But why didnt they fix the d-mod too ?
I really would like to bind the logitch button manually to the overlay function in the settings menu that gets avaiable only when you use the d-mod.

And yea i just tested the gamepad in CSGO looks like there x-mod dosnt work at all and and the Buttons are totally messed up in d-mod.

[Ace_of_DiscaL]

Originally posted by Arc™:

I got my Logitech F710 2 days ago and I mainly use the X-Input for the big picture mode.
I have no problems going to the overlay with the logitech button. I`m using the Steam Beta Update so you can try to use that. :D:

The Fall doesn't play with X-Input buttons, and the preferred driver for Steam is D-Input. But my Home button can't be mapped in Big Screen mode.

It has been discussed here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bigpicture/discussions/0/864975249502292872/