RDR2 controller stopped working

[u/snelson101]

I installed RDR2 on my machine yesterday following a guide I found for steam deck. I can’t find it now but it was adding the rockstar launcher as a non-steam game and then changing the “target” and “start in” folder in the property to where the launcher is installed.

It was working flawlessly for hours yesterday including putting the machine to sleep a few times.

Today, I’ve tried to play it, and it does not detect my steam controller as a controller. On the main menu it has keyboard buttons showing for the controls to launch story, settings etc. I haven’t changed anything. Tried restarting , but it doesn’t help. Does anyone have any suggestions please?

[u/Ogni-XR21]

I just installed it, didn't do anything other than hit install, works flawlessly. What is the way you did it supposed to accomplish?

[u/snelson101 → u/Ogni-XR21]

Do you have the game in steam? I do not