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[Krejlooc]

Sorry it's off topic, but what's that Playstation logo?

It's a macro I have to open a full screen window for my AverMedia Extremecap U3 in live mode which is connected to my PS4, So when I hit that button, I get a video window of my PS4 running, so I don't have to change the channel to play PC, Xbox One, or PS4 games.

Here's a video of it from a while back

 

[Burgess_101]

Just so I know when is GAME set to send off their early stock? Just so I have enough money in the bank.

 

[Krejlooc]

Just so I know when is GAME set to send off their early stock? Just so I have enough money in the bank.

I would imagine october 16th as well. So probably have the money in your account by the 14th just to be safe. Probably a day sooner, even.

 

[Burgess_101]

I would imagine october 16th as well. So probably have the money in your account by the 14th just to be safe. Probably a day sooner, even.

Thank you very much

 

[Dr Dogg]

Thank you very much

With their recent screw ups on preorders make sure you have enough to cover it 7 times! I rarely order anything from them these days but they do have a habit of taking payment super early but despite saying your item has dispatched they hold on to it until the very last moment before handing it over to Royal Mail/what ever courier they use.

 

[KingSnake]

The status of my delivery hasn't change since Sunday. It's still at "Information transmitted, no shipment available now". I guess it is really arriving on 16 of October, sadly.

 

[Durante]

new pop up in desktop mode if it detects a steam controller:

That's ok, but I'd rather have a desktop mode interface

 

[grandwizard]

I like big pic but I really have no use for it at my PC so for me it's kind of a bummer if it's made for it. Hopefully they sort it out so it has full support for normal steam as well.

 

[MNC]

It's a macro I have to open a full screen window for my AverMedia Extremecap U3 in live mode which is connected to my PS4, So when I hit that button, I get a video window of my PS4 running, so I don't have to change the channel to play PC, Xbox One, or PS4 games.

Here's a video of it from a while back

Are you some kind of connectivity God? That is amazing

 

[Nzyme32]

I like big pic but I really have no use for it at my PC so for me it's kind of a bummer if it's made for it. Hopefully they sort it out so it has full support for normal steam as well.

Yeah this is a running problem. I'm sure a lot of people will want to also use the controller with a desktop, and thus want the UI to work in the normal client view. They probably will have a UI for that, but likely don't have enough people to do it right now

 

[ashecitism]

some dev tweets

https://twitter.com/joewintergreen/status/649889583698587648

Final verdict on the Steam Controller by the way: it's absolutely excellent and very easy to support. It's exactly the thing it wants to be

https://twitter.com/antonkudin/status/649929016519081984

Ok, looks like Steam controller needs a firmware upgrade and you can’t upgrade on a Mac. Nothing works outside Big Picture UI.

https://twitter.com/VividHelix/status/649606890318491648

conflicted about #steamcontroller and #semispheres - best control scheme is use both touch pads which feels like virtual joysticks on mobile

 

[Qassim]

My tracking hasn't changed, it looks like they're just printing the shipping labels in preparation for sending them out. Typically a shipping label doesn't get printed until shortly before dispatch, but this is Valve's first hardware product, I suppose.

 

[bede-x]

https://twitter.com/VividHelix/status/649606890318491648

This is exactly what I'm both fearing and expecting. None of the videos I've seen have convinced me that that isn't the case.

 

[Unai]

This is exactly what I'm both fearing and expecting. None of the videos I've seen have convinced me that that isn't the case.

I don't know. Virtual joysticks don't have haptic feedback.

 

[Kinthalis]

This is exactly what I'm both fearing and expecting. None of the videos I've seen have convinced me that that isn't the case.

It's pretty much what everyone in this thread who has used them has said it ISN'T like.

:/

 

[alexandros]

Does anyone know if there's any store in Europe that accepts preorders for the controller?

 

[Krejlooc]

This is exactly what I'm both fearing and expecting. None of the videos I've seen have convinced me that that isn't the case.

It feels nothing like a virtual controller on a touch screen.

 

[Odrion]

Valve sending out notices to devs

Kinda wish they sent it out faster than two weeks before the early bird release.

 

[MNC]

It has haptic feedback, how the fuck can it feel like a virtual controller.

 

[ashecitism]

Kinda wish they sent it out faster than two weeks before the early bird release.

That doesn't even sound like the API integration, just official bindings.

 

[Nzyme32]

Kinda wish they sent it out faster than two weeks before the early bird release.

Let's face it really - the early bird thing is basically beta testing for the actual launches of the products

 

[Qassim]

Does anyone know if there's any store in Europe that accepts preorders for the controller?

GAME: http://www.game.co.uk/en/hardware/steam/?merchname=hubsteam-_-link-_-HardwareBundles

 

[ashecitism]

Isn't that UK only?

 

[Burgess_101]

Isn't that UK only?

GAME deliver all over Europe, when I was living in Germany I got stuff posted there, cheap too.

 

[Krejlooc]

Are you some kind of connectivity God? That is amazing

Such is the power of the pc platform. I now have the start and back buttons of the steam controller mapped to win + ran with autohotkey do I can switch between the systems with a button press

 

[Qassim]

Isn't that UK only?

Well even if they don't, the question was simply if any stores in Europe are letting people pre-order the controller

 

[kodecraft]

I love all the work Krejlooc has put into this. The Steam Controller looks boss.

I'm all for friendly competition of this controller too, especially regarding ultimate PC controller territory.

The push MS is doing for Windows 10 has got me excited, especially if MS wants a piece of the PC pie.

XB1 Elite is going up against the Steam Controller for the throne. Since a huge perk of the Steam Controller is customization.

Let's go!

Peep it...https://youtu.be/RUiYY5C-uPs

 

[Krejlooc]

I love all the work Krejlooc has put into this. The Steam Controller looks boss.

Ha. Just to clarify, I dont work for valve.

I preordered a xbox one wireless dongle yesterday, too. I've actually been trying to see how the xbox controllers and steam controllers play well together. A few nights ago, my friends and I tried double dragon neon with one person using a 360 controller and one person using a steam controller and they didnt work at the same time, but since then I have been unable to recreate the error.

I am so stoked that the pc finally has so many controller optipns. I plan on picking up an elite xbox one controller, too.

 

[ashecitism]

The blogger also had that issue:

When the overlay does work, getting out of it usually means the controller stops working all together for a second or two, and finally, the controller does not play well with other Xbox 360 controllers. Have not been able to get the Steam controller and a wired 360 controller both working at the same time, though it does work well with a PS4 game for those games that support it.

 

[kinggroin]

Not working with a 360 controller plugged in? Uh what?


Deal breaker until that's fixed.

 

[Krejlooc]

Not working with a 360 controller plugged in? Uh what?


Deal breaker until that's fixed.

The problem was both controllers appearing as player 1, even when I set the steam controller to kbm and mapped player 2 to kbm.

 

[Tenebrous]

This is exactly what I'm both fearing and expecting. None of the videos I've seen have convinced me that that isn't the case.

Except they have haptic feedback, a defined space, and don't take up screen real estate.

I'm not too worried.

 

[Krejlooc]

Except they have haptic feedback, a defined space, and don't take up screen real estate.

I'm not too worried.

They also arent touch activated - you are physically pressing a button.

 

[alexandros]

GAME: http://www.game.co.uk/en/hardware/steam/?merchname=hubsteam-_-link-_-HardwareBundles

Much appreciated.

 

[D3RANG3D]

I've had issues with multiple controllers being hooked up, and not playing nice this is not new...

 

[Boombox On]

The problem was both controllers appearing as player 1, even when I set the steam controller to kbm and mapped player 2 to kbm.

That setup is exactly why that would happen.

 

[Jzero]

2 more weeks until i get mine

I wonder when it'll ship.

 

[mrklaw]

There is a lot of potential key binding editing and tweaking going on. How will that work if you use the controller solely with a steam link (which I will)? And I'm going to have to force steam into big picture mode to use it? Ugh.

 

[Krejlooc]

That setup is exactly why that would happen.

no, if player 1 is using the xbox controller, and player 2 is using KBM, and the steam controller has a profile loaded that identifies it as KBM, then what I describe shouldn't happen.

 

[Krejlooc]

There is a lot of potential key binding editing and tweaking going on. How will that work if you use the controller solely with a steam link (which I will)? And I'm going to have to force steam into big picture mode to use it? Ugh.

you don't have to use BPM to use the steam controller, only to configure the controller. If you launch a game from the desktop client and already have a controller binding saved, it'll use that binding.

The steam link always uses BPM.

 

[Unai]

There is a lot of potential key binding editing and tweaking going on. How will that work if you use the controller solely with a steam link (which I will)? And I'm going to have to force steam into big picture mode to use it? Ugh.

You have to use Big Picture Mode to configure it, yes. Once you are happy with a given setting you don't need BPM anymore.

The steam link always uses BPM.

I didn't know that.

 

[Boombox On]

no, if player 1 is using the xbox controller, and player 2 is using KBM, and the steam controller has a profile loaded that identifies it as KBM, then what I describe shouldn't happen.

I misread the heck out of that, then.

 

[mrklaw]

you don't have to use BPM to use the steam controller, only to configure the controller. If you launch a game from the desktop client and already have a controller binding saved, it'll use that binding.

The steam link always uses BPM.

Thanks. I hope to use the steam link a lot, but will also use the PC a lot (likely with a 360 controller or kb&m) and would prefer that in desktop mode. Will steam link force BPM and revert back to desktop when you quit or will it stay stuck in BPM? Also slightly wary as my monitor is 21:9 but my tv is 16:9. Hope I can switch between the two without lots of messing around,

 

[Krejlooc]

Will steam link force BPM and revert back to desktop when you quit or will it stay stuck in BPM?

Thats how streaming works thus far, yup.

 

[Krejlooc]

Gonna livestream a bit tonight. I'm down to try any title on steam. Any single game. Open to suggestions.

 

[Shy]

Gonna livestream a bit tonight. I'm down to try any title on steam. Any single game. Open to suggestions.

TF2 and DOTA 2, if you haven't done them already. Please.

 

[Krejlooc]

TF2 and DOTA 2, if you haven't done them already. Please.

heh, I was hoping someone would ask for a game I didn't own. Yeah I'll give those a go later on, though. I suck at both, however.

 

[Nzyme32]

Gonna livestream a bit tonight. I'm down to try any title on steam. Any single game. Open to suggestions.

Sunless Sea is something I'd play a lot with the controller but it would be boring as shit to stream since it is mostly text based. Curious to see something like one of the Starcraft 2 campaigns; I'd imagine the dual trackpads as a mouse might be best there. Dark Souls would be interesting to see if you were previously good at it with a controller.

Actually.. yeah, anything which you'd consider yourself very good at with either a controller or mouse and keyboard, and just see if you can meet your own expectations

 

[kodecraft]

Gonna livestream a bit tonight. I'm down to try any title on steam. Any single game. Open to suggestions.

Batman Arkham Origins, Super Street Fighter 4.

 

[Kinthalis]

Where can we see your stream?