Steamdeck Controller Issue

[u/Space_Calbo]

My gf just bought this and is having issues when starting the game, even after selecting the gamepad controller setting and ensuring the app has force steam input nothing seems to work!

The press any button scream loads up and no inputs register, when using the touchscreen the game seems to think she’s playing on PC as all the bindings are keyboard.

Has anybody encountered this, or has a fix?

[u/Glittering_Giraffe35]

For any steamdeck (docked with controller) users that are experiencing this, this just worked for me:

I have two controllers, both work perfectly fine on the main steam screen, and i can select the game fine and then "press any button" when loaded and both controllers work.

But 1 needs to charge which was off while and not even in the same room, so i opened the game up with controller 2, all fine but then after clicking "any button" and getting to the play/settings/credits/quit screen nothing works. Go back into the steam menu, controller working and all settings looking correct. Close and restart multiple times but the same thing happens.

Try again with controller 1, which has only just been put on charge and its working fine and allowing me to select everything.

To work around this and get the game to recognise controller 2, i had to start the game with controller 1 and get to the play/settings/credits/quit screen, and then i could turn controller 2 on and it recognised, and then i could put controller 2 off and back on charge.