More Steam Controller features in the works?

[Star-Lord]

Hello,

Thank you for the detailed explanations and feedback about reWASD! Very pleased to hear these kind words. About Hair Trigger feature, I think you may do it with reWASD in the current release.
The trigger has zones and you may set mappings to the low zone. In this case, you don't need to pull all the way, The mapping fires as soon as you pass the low zone. On another hand, if you need to limit the trigger's stroke to make you may change the dead zone from the right to the left. The trigger will start working when it is half-pushed, for example, and will reach the max value while you haven't actually reached it.

Does it make sense for this case?


About the Shortcut feature, did you try to use the option provided by reWASDer ?

[CriticalComposer]

I'll add that using the Shift feature in the way that OP is describing isn't great since that button can't have a binding other than the shift. It's also limited to only have 4 of these two button inputs -- and that's assuming you don't actually need to use any of the Shifts for larger scale changes. OP is specifically asking for something that Steam calls "Chorded Bindings" and is very useful and irreplaceable for the niche situations where they would be required. It's like a shortcut and a Shift combined -- where you can activate the binding any time after holding the first button but that first button also doesn't lose it's original function. I think the easiest way to add it would be as an additional activation type. So it would go in the same area of the UI as Single Press, Release Press, Double Press, etc. Using pseudo-code these are all fairly similar -- if B is pressed once do "x", if B is pressed twice do "y", if B is pressed WHILE L2/LT/ZL is held do "z". (I know that massively over-simplifies the work that goes into adding a feature like this into a complex program but I think it gets the idea across. I completely respect and appreciate that it isn't that easy)

[Bodacious]

If the links don't automatically scroll down to the relevant section, do a text search for "Soft Pull Trigger Style" for the first link. And do a text search for "Outer Ring Binding" for the second link.

[Bodacious]

Hello,
2. Soft Pull - as I understand is something about deadzone in reWASD trigger's settings that used to adjust trigger sensitivity. Is this setting that you're asking about?

Oh, I'm talking about another feature, not deadzones. "Soft Pull Trigger Style" is one of the features from Steam Input. It's probably one of the most important features for me as an FPS player because the "Hair Trigger" setting lets me pull the trigger as quickly as possible without having to release the trigger all the way. I even use the "Hair Trigger" setting in non-FPS games since I'm able to send trigger inputs much faster than if I used the normal setting.

The following article explains exactly what "Soft Pull Trigger Style" is and also what the "Hair Trigger" setting does:

https://bryanrumsey.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/steam-input-essentials-eps-2-triggers/#:~:text=This is where the Soft Pull Trigger Style comes into play.

I also forgot to mention another feature that's essential for FPS games. It's the "Outer Ring Binding" feature for the touchpads. It lets us choose whether to walk or run by just placing our thumb a certain distance away from the center of the touchpad. The following article explains what it is:

https://bryanrumsey.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/steam-input-essentials-eps-8-joystick-move/#:~:text=Outer Ring Binding

By the way, I also really like reWASD because it allows me to connect via Bluetooth much more smoothly than Steam. When using Steam, I have to manually unpair the Steam Controller and pair it again via Bluetooth each time I turn the Steam Controller on. Otherwise, I'll have connection problems (I think it's because my laptop uses Bluetooth 4 instead of Bluetooth 5). But with reWASD, all I have to do is turn the controller on, and the connection works perfectly! I don't have to unpair and re-pair it each time. So thank you for that quality of life improvement!

But as of now, I only use reWASD solely because Valorant's anti-cheat doesn't allow Steam to communicate with the game, but it allows reWASD. I would honestly use reWASD for all of my non-Steam games if it was more feature-complete. I really want to use it for Osu since I wouldn't have to deal with the Bluetooth problem I mentioned before, but it would be much harder to play without the "Hair Trigger" feature since fast trigger inputs are absolutely essential for that game.

I really hope you consider adding the features I mentioned

[reWASDer]

Hey there!

You may try Shift mode instead of Shortcuts. It works just like you describe: the Shift modifier button is pressed, and all the next pressed buttons will emulate an additional action mapped to those buttons inside Shift. I think you will like it more.

[Star-Lord]

Hello,
Thank you for your suggestions

1. Full Pull - if you mean trigger press + click - yes, we know about it and going to add one of the next releases.
2. Soft Pull - as I understand is something about deadzone in reWASD trigger's settings that used to adjust trigger sensitivity. Is this setting that you're asking about?
3. Yes, to activate the shortcut, you need to press all the buttons simultaneously. I'm not sure about this feature to implement, we definitely will discuss it with the team.

[Bodacious]

Are there plans to implement every Steam Controller feature that's natively available from Steam? It's awesome how we now have a way to use the SC without Steam, but I really miss some of the features that I'm used to, like being able to map the Full Pull for triggers and being able to set the Soft Pull Trigger Style (specifically, being able to set it to Hair Trigger since that's what's most useful in FPS games like Valorant).

Also for the Shortcut feature, it's a little bit of a hassle having to press all the buttons at the exact same time. In Steam, I can set a Shortcut as left grip and left bumper, and I can hold the left grip until I'm ready to press the left bumper and the Shortcut will still activate once I do press the left bumper. But for ReWASD, I have to press those two at the exact same time, or else the Shortcut won't activate. Please make it how Steam does it. It's much more intuitive.

Thank you so much for adding support for the Steam Controller!