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As promised by Valve at SteamDevDays, Steam now has native support the for the PS4 Dual Shock Controller, giving it the config ability like Steam Controllers have.
Valve note this feature is obviously in Beta, so it may have a few issues here and there.
They also added in a new control mode "Joystick Mouse", which is aimed at "stick based controllers".
There was also a nice Linux-specific fix:
Another major feature is Valve state they have improved downloading and patching speeds for normal non-SSD hard drives. That's a pretty welcome feature for sure.
See the full update notes here.
That's a pretty damn nice client update, if I do say so myself! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Valve note this feature is obviously in Beta, so it may have a few issues here and there.
They also added in a new control mode "Joystick Mouse", which is aimed at "stick based controllers".
There was also a nice Linux-specific fix:
QuoteFixed issues when installing games into filesystems such as ZFS which report an abnormally large sector size
Another major feature is Valve state they have improved downloading and patching speeds for normal non-SSD hard drives. That's a pretty welcome feature for sure.
See the full update notes here.
That's a pretty damn nice client update, if I do say so myself! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Well, I tried this in my Arch Linux install and it doesn't seem to work. When I enable the option for it and reconnect the controller, it no longer becomes recognized by Steam and won't control the BPM interface until I turn the option off and and reconnect the controller again. Seems like it may be an issue with the Steam client that will require Valve to fix it.
It did work better in Windows. However, its functionality is too close to that of a Steam controller, which isn't great for games which natively support the Steam Controller(where the configuration isn't good for a DS4 controller) or the DS4 controller(where Steam will only make the controller recognized as an XInput controller, making DS4 controller prompts unavailable).
Last edited by Aimela on 1 November 2016 at 3:02 pm UTC
It did work better in Windows. However, its functionality is too close to that of a Steam controller, which isn't great for games which natively support the Steam Controller(where the configuration isn't good for a DS4 controller) or the DS4 controller(where Steam will only make the controller recognized as an XInput controller, making DS4 controller prompts unavailable).
Last edited by Aimela on 1 November 2016 at 3:02 pm UTC
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Quoting: AimelaWell, I tried this in my Arch Linux install and it doesn't seem to work. When I enable the option for it and reconnect the controller, it no longer becomes recognized by Steam and won't control the BPM interface until I turn the option off and and reconnect the controller again. Seems like it may be an issue with the Steam client that will require Valve to fix it.
Same under Ubuntu 16.04 *sigh*.. The "good" news is that it also stopped working under bluetooth (which means it is recognized as a PS4 controller that way), so this could be just a missing kernel rule (or unloaded rule, considering the fact that I haven't yet restarted my machine after updating Steam) just like the Steam Controller initially required.
I'll report back is I find something interesting after work..
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