Steam Controller

drunkmonkey · 20-10-2015 10:54PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I have to say we love the controller so far, mostly been using it for portal atm but I couldn't use a normal controller again after using the "mouse" area of this pad.

I can't get the controller to work with portal, what settings are you using, I get as far as the portal main menu then it won't move anywhere. Can't select anything.
Rocket league works perfect out of the box.

Have you the link wiried? I'm finding its hit and miss with the wifi?

Tipsy McSwagger · 20-10-2015 11:02PM

Has anyone who have received the Link any feedback about it?

drunkmonkey · 20-10-2015 11:26PM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Has anyone who have received the Link any feedback about it?

Crap over wifi, wire it and I'd say it's fine, big software update in November, it's not bad but if your used to a console it's a bit wtf, work god dam it!
Buy it but wire it. Does what it's meant to.

Tar.Aldarion · 21-10-2015 11:27AM

People have been saying on reddit that they think the link is class, I imagine it was wired but dunno.

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I can't get the controller to work with portal, what settings are you using, I get as far as the portal main menu then it won't move anywhere. Can't select anything.
Rocket league works perfect out of the box.

Have you the link wiried? I'm finding its hit and miss with the wifi?

That's odd as far as I know portal is one of the games it works best with, I think i just used the default controller settings for it. If you use the mouse to get into the game can you use the controller then? Did you pick a button config?

I don't have a link.

Thargor wrote: »

Yeah thanks for that Tar, wish I could get a play of it before I buy but I suppose I can adverts it for not much of a loss if I dont like.

Does it work well outside of Steam infrastructure, like would it connect to an XBMC or Linux box in the living room and do its mouse/controller role?

Yeah true, plus you need some time to figure it all out and get used to it. At first you are like these xyab buttons are tiny and in a weird place, after a day you dont even notice.

Not sure what it will connect to, think it uses the steam application as a driver atm but will probably have a standalone one at one point.

FAILSAFE 00 · 21-10-2015 11:35AM

That's a problem for me with the link. Where I want to put it there is no wire which is a shame.

Tipsy McSwagger · 21-10-2015 11:54AM

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

That's a problem for me with the link. Where I want to put it there is no wire which is a shame.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0084Y9N3O?keywords=tp%20link&qid=1445424844&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

What about these?

FAILSAFE 00 · 21-10-2015 11:58AM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0084Y9N3O?keywords=tp%20link&qid=1445424844&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

What about these?

I must try that. Thanks. I wonder how it's performace will be using this method.

Tar.Aldarion · 21-10-2015 12:24PM

Was about to suggest that, it should be the same as wired.

witnessmenow · 21-10-2015 12:50PM

Anyone know what the story is with the vakve complete pack for Mac people as an apology for it not working right. People who preorered off steam seem to have gotten it. I haven't seen anything about it for GameStop people

SlinkyDog · 21-10-2015 12:57PM

Lads, people who are posting that the controller has to be a replacement for the xbox controller in order to be viable, please be aware that's not steams intent.

The controller is meant as a replacement for the mouse and keyboard on the big screen in your living room think about it how on earth are you going to play a strategy game with an xbox controller?

Initial reports from playtesting suggest the controller while initialy disapointing does take time to get used to to rewire your brain to a completely new form of input after some time most reviewers say they love it.Also it's worth mentioning that steam have generic mapping profiles for the pad while functional apear to totaly ruin some games it was generally the consensus that after a bit of tinkering around in the setting the pad proforms brilliantly don't expect this thing to work brilliantly out of the box.

If your the type of person who expects this to work flawlessly out of the box you will be dissapointed! At least wait for users to post tested pad profiles for each game!

I intend to use this to stream games to my tv in the living room I like rts games... so perfect for me ï¿¼

Links234 · 21-10-2015 02:32PM

I've previously been pretty happy with my Xbox360 controller, but the idea of the trackpads replacing mouse functionality has me really intrigued about the Steam controller. As someone who's suffering from some RSI, I tend to either prefer games that use a controller, or will vary the games I play so as not to spend too much time with keyboard and mouse exclusively. I think if my controller gives out on me, I'll be looking into the Steam one.

Shred · 21-10-2015 04:16PM

SlinkyDog wrote: »

Lads, people who are posting that the controller has to be a replacement for the xbox controller in order to be viable, please be aware that's not steams intent.

The controller is meant as a replacement for the mouse and keyboard on the big screen in your living room think about it how on earth are you going to play a strategy game with an xbox controller?

Initial reports from playtesting suggest the controller while initialy disapointing does take time to get used to to rewire your brain to a completely new form of input after some time most reviewers say they love it.Also it's worth mentioning that steam have generic mapping profiles for the pad while functional apear to totaly ruin some games it was generally the consensus that after a bit of tinkering around in the setting the pad proforms brilliantly don't expect this thing to work brilliantly out of the box.

If your the type of person who expects this to work flawlessly out of the box you will be dissapointed! At least wait for users to post tested pad profiles for each game!

I intend to use this to stream games to my tv in the living room I like rts games... so perfect for me ï¿¼

Some good points there and overall it's what I'm expecting; patience and effort are required, at least initially until community created configurations become more prevalent. I'm looking forward to getting to grips with it the more I read.

Tar.Aldarion · 21-10-2015 05:09PM

witnessmenow wrote: »

Anyone know what the story is with the vakve complete pack for Mac people as an apology for it not working right. People who preorered off steam seem to have gotten it. I haven't seen anything about it for GameStop people

No idea, maybe contact steam support, should be same thing for linux use

Shred · 21-10-2015 06:43PM

There's a very real danger of that alright, the delays haven't helped either.

Shred · 03-11-2015 12:10PM

So the official launch is next Tuesday. Having never ordered hardware from Steam, does anyone have an idea as to when they might dispatch; on launch day or (hopefully) ahead of it? I'm considering taking a day off to mess around with it in peace

Edit: From http://store.steampowered.com/app/353370/ "Estimated Delivery: December 2nd - December 9th.
* The estimated delivery date is for new pre-purchases on Steam. If you have an existing pre-order from before Oct 19th, you will receive your Steam Controller on Nov 10th."

I ordered ON October 19th

Shred · 05-11-2015 11:53PM

I decided to lob the question to Steam support for the craic, an automated response was received as expected :rolleyes:

Edit: Holy moly, I've just got a shipping/tracking e-mail and both the controller and link left the 'GLS site' Netherlands at 2pm on 05/11; Steam really are great after all :P

06-11-2015 01:37PM

SlinkyDog wrote: »

Lads, people who are posting that the controller has to be a replacement for the xbox controller in order to be viable, please be aware that's not steams intent.

The controller is meant as a replacement for the mouse and keyboard on the big screen in your living room think about it how on earth are you going to play a strategy game with an xbox controller?

Initial reports from playtesting suggest the controller while initialy disapointing does take time to get used to to rewire your brain to a completely new form of input after some time most reviewers say they love it.Also it's worth mentioning that steam have generic mapping profiles for the pad while functional apear to totaly ruin some games it was generally the consensus that after a bit of tinkering around in the setting the pad proforms brilliantly don't expect this thing to work brilliantly out of the box.

If your the type of person who expects this to work flawlessly out of the box you will be dissapointed! At least wait for users to post tested pad profiles for each game!

I intend to use this to stream games to my tv in the living room I like rts games... so perfect for me ï¿¼

RTS games with a controller... madness.

Its like entering a sprint with a sprained ankle

SlinkyDog · 06-11-2015 11:54PM

How I feel when I play shooters with thumb sticks!

Jet Black · 09-11-2015 11:53AM

Battery life seems OK although I got a notification a week back saying it was nearly empty. Checked and it was at 4%. It then went up to 12%. It was at 0% for the last 3 days then last night it finally died. A little over 3 weeks with a decent amount of use.

Overall happy with the purchase. I have yet it use the trackpad because the games I play don't require it. It will take a lot of practice to get use to it.

GoodGamerGuy · 09-11-2015 12:58PM

Anybody else get a notification about it shipping on the 5/11?
Mine says it left GLS but haven't seen any update since the 5th.
Hoping to get it today

Shred · 09-11-2015 01:21PM

GoodGamerGuy wrote: »

Anybody else get a notification about it shipping on the 5/11?
Mine says it left GLS but haven't seen any update since the 5th.
Hoping to get it today

Yeah I got the same and there's been no updates to the shipment on the GLS site since November 5th ("The package has left the GLS site."). Based on this I thought it might be delivered in time for launch day, but I called GLS this morning and they could only confirm that it was still in transit, meaning it hasn't arrived in Ireland yet.
It could still arrive later today I suppose (4 days since leaving the Netherlands you'd think it should) and be delivered tomorrow, so fingers crossed.

GoodGamerGuy · 09-11-2015 01:48PM

Yeah seems quite long to still be stuck in the Netherlands. Say it will for sure be here tomorrow

Shred · 10-11-2015 08:19AM

There was an update on mine at 21.14 yesterday: The package has left the GLS site. Location: Great Britain.

Racket · 10-11-2015 07:12PM

Mine's been updated to being in their Dublin location as of this evening. Hopefully comes tomorrow with no issues.

Shred · 10-11-2015 07:58PM

Yeah, same for me.

Dyr · 10-11-2015 11:57PM

With their vr controllers coming out it makes you wonder about the longevity of this thing. Indeed, the longevity of the whole steamos/steambox strategy. Seems like its been superseded already

Turtwig · 11-11-2015 12:22AM

Any idea how well steam link works?

Damo 2k9 · 11-11-2015 01:50AM

Turtwig wrote: »

Any idea how well steam link works?

This is what im interested in over the controller tbh,

Shred · 11-11-2015 11:15AM

Mine just arrived, Dublin 8 :DD
First impressions are good, it feels much better in the hand than I expected.
Work needs to finish now so I can get home and mess around with it and the link!

ionapaul · 12-11-2015 01:00PM

I picked up my Steam Link for Gamestop yesterday, had to remind them to hand over the Rocket League and Portal 2 codes (the latter is now up for grabs in SteamGifts), the cashier didn't think there would be any left but happily I got them.

My setup is that the Link is wired, it's sitting right beside my router and TV downstairs, while my PC is upstairs and wireless. I didn't have much time last night, but quickly tested Battleblock Theatre and DIRT 3 and didn't encounter any problems - I'm guessing Battleblock Theatre isn't too taxing on the system so am not surprised it streamed so well. The sound for DIRT 3 may have been impacted, but didn't notice anything else. Will try out a fighting game or something different over the next few days and see if I need to come up with a solution to the wireless problem. Running a cable isn't an option, so have been looking at these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0084Y9N3O

But again, no point ordering them unless I run into problems with the wireless set up.

How is everyone else getting on with the Link?

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