can u force steam input with mod engine 3?

[BlitzVI]

so i was having some issues trying to get ERR working on linux but after a bit of messing around i did get its offline .sh file working. The issue i have rn is that when i try to use my triggers the camera spins around for some reason. I had the same problem on windows with ERR which i fixed using steam input.

I tried enabling steam input on ER on steam but it seems it doesn't force that when i launch ERR using the .sh file. So i was wondering if there's another way i can force steam input to fix this issue?

[garyttierney]

Could you try setting this environment variable:

SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES_EXCEPT=0x28DE/0x0000

e.g. via export SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES_EXCEPT=0x28DE/0x0000 in the terminal or put it in the .sh file after the first line.

[BlitzVI]

that worked mate tysm! could u please explain why this worked?

[garyttierney]

I don't have a full understanding myself yet, but here's what I know:

• Steam Input presents itself as a HID device with an ID of 0x28DE/0x0000.
• Proton supports HID via SDL and hidraw
• SDL is selected (? unsure when we get SDL and when we get hidraw) for both the Steam Input device and your real controller
• We set this flag to tell SDL to ignore all HIDs that aren't the virtual Steam Input device.

[BlitzVI]

ah makes sense, so i assume if i have another game that doesn't work with my controller properly i could just enable steam input via that env variable and then it would work. that's really handy to know tysm mate!