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Title: SOMA - Steam Controller

Stupendous Man 13 Apr 2016

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I just bought SOMA yesterday, and so far I'm enjoying it a lot; however, I can't get the Steam Controller to work with it.
I've downloaded a controller layout but only the right trackpad works (as a mouse). Neither the analog stick nor any buttons work, neither in the menu nor ingame. I can however use the Xbox 360 controller without any problems.

Does anyone here play SOMA with the Steam Controller? Did you have any issues?

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Edmene 13 Apr 2016

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I don't have SOMA but some games may not detect properly the Steam Controller when the Xbox 360 controller is connected, this occurs to me in DiRT: Showdown for example, the Xbox controller grabs the place as first controller being necessary disconnect it and start the game again, then the Steam Controller works in game.

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Stupendous Man 14 Apr 2016

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Thanks Edmene!
The problems seems to be xboxdrv. The only way to make SOMA detect the Steam controller correctly is by killing xboxdrv, unplugging the xbox controller (well, the receiver) is not enough.
Now, instead of autostarting xboxdrv I've just made a shortcut to the startup script on the desktop, and another script with "killall xboxdrv". That way I can just manually start it when I need to use the xbox controller. Not the neatest workaround, but it works.

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