I was thinking about getting one, but then I read more about it and realised you can’t really use it without the Steam client. Kind of put me off since I have a large part of my library on GOG. Maybe this won’t be a problem in the future though.
I ran into a whole list of games I wanted to play that don’t work right when I tried last.
Off the top of my head I know Forza Horizon 5 from the microsoft store doesn’t work. Being from the MS store has nothing to do with it, it’s the splash screen. The controller works great for the 5 seconds it’s up. But when the game actually opens then steam input decides to stop working, even though steam knows the game is still open. Valve could easily fix this by just applying steam input forever until the program quits. But they don’t. So if I want too play that game I need to use a 3rd party steam input wrapper just to make the damn controller act as a controller.
There have been a number of posts on Lemmy about how to get it to work with non-Steam games, particularly if you also have Steam installed. This may be easier on Linux than on Windows.
I was thinking about getting one, but then I read more about it and realised you can’t really use it without the Steam client. Kind of put me off since I have a large part of my library on GOG. Maybe this won’t be a problem in the future though.
Can’t you add non-Steam games to Steam?
Yep! You absolutely can.
Not all work properly.
Pretty much any game with a launcher or a splash screen won’t work right.
That’s not entirely accurate at all. I’ve yet to have a single title not work even if launched outside of steam (but added as a game within steam).
I ran into a whole list of games I wanted to play that don’t work right when I tried last.
Off the top of my head I know Forza Horizon 5 from the microsoft store doesn’t work. Being from the MS store has nothing to do with it, it’s the splash screen. The controller works great for the 5 seconds it’s up. But when the game actually opens then steam input decides to stop working, even though steam knows the game is still open. Valve could easily fix this by just applying steam input forever until the program quits. But they don’t. So if I want too play that game I need to use a 3rd party steam input wrapper just to make the damn controller act as a controller.
Gamepass baby. The only ones I can’t get working. Have to use third party tool to convert steam input to xinput device.
I however don’t bother since I also own an Xbox Elite 2 controller with a wireless adapter that works natively in any gamepass title.
Luckily, GOG games don’t have those extra DRM launchers
There have been a number of posts on Lemmy about how to get it to work with non-Steam games, particularly if you also have Steam installed. This may be easier on Linux than on Windows.
Yeah why people just assume something like this will never happen? There will surely be more.
It does feel like a slap in the face that they didn’t give it general Linux compatibility but Im sure it’s already being worked on by someone.