Talk:Steam Input

Merge

This article seems to be about something that's not related to TF2 but a Steam feature. I'm not sure a page is necessary on this, but maybe a merge with List of default keys would be better?
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 08:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Although I'm pretty sure there are only a minority of player use controller to play a fps game especially one without any aiming assistance. But yeah moving it to default keys is the best, since it exist and do support xbox controllers.

Also I think it have something to do with the game, since when I use PS5 controller it will display something like "We don't guarantee this game support your controller" while when I use a xbox one it won't.Profiteer the tryhard (talk|contribute) 09:15, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

You can use your Xbox one controller. I do apologize for rushing this article a bit, I was about to add a section about how to enable it for various controllers. Though while Steam Input is a middleware, the way that TF2 has it implemented is a bit special because it does not use keybinds by default. I was kinda aiming for this to a useful reference since I see people wanting to try to enable gyro on their controllers because of that SolarLight vid. PotatoSebs (talk) 09:26, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

There's also a bunch of bugs worth mentioning whenever Steam Input is enabled like some menu elements are not usable and it's possible to move the camera while the pause screen is up PotatoSebs (talk) 09:30, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Seems like this feature is completely unsupported in that case, if I turn my xBox One controller on it also says there is only a partial support and requires editing to even set up. I don't think an entire article is necessary for this seeing as the feature isn't supported in the first place, we should wait until it's fully supported to give it its own page, but for now either a mention on the List of default keys page is better or just no page at all. The reference for how to enable gyro is nice, but if the entire page serves just that purpose it's not enough.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 09:36, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I tried PS5 controller and it have full support though mostly because the controller can control the mouse pointer, and it seems TF team (or maybe steam input team?) do made some support for it since I saw some pretty detailed stuff on controller binds (like taunt, call medic, F1 F2 for votes, contracker)Profiteer the tryhard (talk|contribute) 09:46, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

It really does not take much to enable Xbox One controller support, you just need to enable Xbox Controller support in your Steam settings. As for how it got marked as unsupported, Valve only recently decided to add the new controller tagging system on their storefront and Steam Input is one of new tags. If it were marked, it would tell you explicitly that it is using Steam Input. There's other Valve games that got marked Steam Input and other Valve games got incorrectly marked like Left 4 Dead 1. I wouldn't really rely on that tagging system that they made. PotatoSebs (talk) 09:47, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Still seems like TF2 is clearly not set up for this system, which is more important to me.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 09:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)