Steam input - controller support broken with latest patch

[sam-ace]

Hi,

I have been playing over 200hrs with controller. I have a customized steam controller layout that I have applied. For some reason when I am in game it switches the controller layout back to default and doesn't let me used a custom button layout.

Please can this be fixed ASAP I can't play with the default controls and layout they are to clunky.

Thanks

Sam

 

[AubreyH]

Hey could you post your .vdf file for that config here? Use (Cog)->Export and Do a Personal Save, then find the .vdf on disc.

Should be in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam Controller Configs\11309119\config\1422450\[your_file_name]_0.vdf

We just put in the steam input versioning system. It's not supposed to kick out old configs but it might have.

If you re-apply your old config once it will probably work again but this system has its quirks so I'm interested to know what happened.

 

[sam-ace]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply. I have attached. The strange thing that happens is I apply my old layout get into game and it switches itself back to the default. I change it in game and it then switches back to the default as well.

Thanks

 

[AubreyH]

The "action" block was out of date compared to the new steam_input_manifest.vdf, so I copied that out into your file.

I also updated the version numbers for the config which would force reject the configs before even trying to use them. Both were zero:

"major_revision"        "3"
"minor_revision"        "134"

I can't guarantee that'll work but it might? Let me know!

 

[sam-ace]

Thanks that fixed it. What a champ you are, have a nice day.

 

[AubreyH]

A quick guide for anyone else who wants to repair their configs when we patch in new steam input features:

1. Save your config to disc (Cog->Export Layout, type a name, Export Type: "Personal")
2. Find the file you just saved (typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam Controller Configs\11309119\config\1422450[your_file_name]_0.vdf )
3. Find the "action" block in the steam_input_manifest.vdf for project8
4. Ctrl+C everything inside the action block: "action { ... }"
   1. (you'll have to scroll quite a bit, but when you see "action_layers{}" you've gone too far)
5. Go to your Personal Config's action block: "action { ... }" and select it all (as above) and Ctrl+V to replace it.
6. Increment the version numbers at the top of your config:

"major_revision"        "3"
"minor_revision"        "134"

7. Go back to steam input and apply your config.

 

[superbruu]

A quick guide for anyone else who wants to repair their configs when we patch in new steam input features:

1. Save your config to disc (Cog->Export Layout, type a name, Export Type: "Personal")
2. Find the file you just saved (typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam Controller Configs\11309119\config\1422450[your_file_name]_0.vdf )
3. Find the "action" block in the steam_input_manifest.vdf for project8
4. Ctrl+C everything inside the action block: "action { ... }"
   1. (you'll have to scroll quite a bit, but when you see "action_layers{}" you've gone too far)
5. Go to your Personal Config's action block: "action { ... }" and select it all (as above) and Ctrl+V to replace it.
6. Increment the version numbers at the top of your config:

"major_revision"        "3"
"minor_revision"        "134"

7. Go back to steam input and apply your config.

Hey man. Sorry to bother you but I'm having the same issue and I'm not knowledgeable enough about this to get it to work myself. Any chance you could help me out as well? I'll post my config below. Either way thanks for trying to help.

Edit: Nevermind I got it working.

 

[vashreturnstopc]

A quick guide for anyone else who wants to repair their configs when we patch in new steam input features:

1. Save your config to disc (Cog->Export Layout, type a name, Export Type: "Personal")
2. Find the file you just saved (typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam Controller Configs\11309119\config\1422450[your_file_name]_0.vdf )
3. Find the "action" block in the steam_input_manifest.vdf for project8
4. Ctrl+C everything inside the action block: "action { ... }"
   1. (you'll have to scroll quite a bit, but when you see "action_layers{}" you've gone too far)
5. Go to your Personal Config's action block: "action { ... }" and select it all (as above) and Ctrl+V to replace it.
6. Increment the version numbers at the top of your config:

"major_revision"        "3"
"minor_revision"        "134"

7. Go back to steam input and apply your config.

Sorry for the necro reply, but would you be able to explain Step 3 a little bit further in detail, please? I can't find a file w/ that name even after using the search function in file explorer on the C: Drive

 

[ocampovictor1021]

A quick guide for anyone else who wants to repair their configs when we patch in new steam input features:

1. Save your config to disc (Cog->Export Layout, type a name, Export Type: "Personal")
2. Find the file you just saved (typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam Controller Configs\11309119\config\1422450[your_file_name]_0.vdf )
3. Find the "action" block in the steam_input_manifest.vdf for project8
4. Ctrl+C everything inside the action block: "action { ... }"
   1. (you'll have to scroll quite a bit, but when you see "action_layers{}" you've gone too far)
5. Go to your Personal Config's action block: "action { ... }" and select it all (as above) and Ctrl+V to replace it.
6. Increment the version numbers at the top of your config:

"major_revision"        "3"
"minor_revision"        "134"

7. Go back to steam input and apply your config.

Not many are that tech savvy. I believe development should have this fixed. I used to grind all the time and now, since December, this game is dead to me =/. I know I'm not the only one.

 

[trackpadchad]

Sorry for the necro reply, but would you be able to explain Step 3 a little bit further in detail, please? I can't find a file w/ that name even after using the search function in file explorer on the C: Drive

Not many are that tech savvy. I believe development should have this fixed. I used to grind all the time and now, since December, this game is dead to me =/. I know I'm not the only one.

Sorry for the additional necro, but to avoid the dreaded forum "edit: nvm fixed it" in the future....

1. Right click Deadlock in your steam library, Manage > browse local files.
2. In the Deadlock file, go to game\citadel\cfg to find your steam_input_manifest.vdf
3. Copy everything within the bracket shown below. I recommend using notepad++ over the regular notepad because it's easier to read.
4. Then, back out to steamapps\common\Steam Controller Configs, and if there are multiple files here, the correct one will be [your Steam friend code]\config\142250\[your file name].vdf (Click the add friend button on your list to see your code)
5. Paste over the action bracket contents, and replace the revision numbers.

Hope this helps