Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can mod it

Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can m... by Joof on Thursday March 24, 2016 @09:22PM (#11357884)

Its hard to convince people of the utility though. It also has a pretty large ramp-up time.

A friend of mine keeps trying mine out on stuff like cities skylines and determining it's no good. Its somewhat unsurprising, skylines is a very work-table feeling game; replacing a mouse would feel really weird (and take a while to really feel decent).

For me it clicked demoing DOOM mods; it felt great on the controller and I could throw it up on my TV.

Stardew Valley feels pretty good too and while you can play RTS games with it (control groups on the left pad), it won't compare with a mouse anytime soon.

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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can m... by nailer on Friday March 25, 2016 @06:29AM (#11359333)

I wanted to return mine. It was the worst controller I've ever used.

I stuck with it after hearing about other people having similar experiences and changing their minds and now I can't go back to using an Xbox controller.

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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can m... by louhike on Friday March 25, 2016 @08:03AM (#11359586)

Stardew Valley might not the best example as it was designed to work also with a gamepad. You control the mouse cursor with the right analog stick and the player with the left stick.

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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can m... by Joof on Friday March 25, 2016 @09:30AM (#11359897)

Ah, well. I've been playing a lot of it lately. Its the same with the steam controller except the touchpad is a really nice mouse.

The steam controller probably should still work well in scenerioes where a controller is intended. Admittedly, I don't think it's as good for third person games.

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