Comment on One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons

• TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes but

  • it doesn’t let me charge and play at the same time
  • I could hot swap in and out batteries, but it doesn’t report battery percentage
  • It also doesn’t auto-pause when the battery dies, like other systems do
  • It runs through them quickly
  • it acts finicky/unpredictable when the battery is very low, rather than reaching a consistent threshold and stopping working
  • In combination with a bug/anti-feature I’ve posted about previously, my Steam Deck sees it as a new controller every time the batteries are replaced, despite the Bluetooth MAC/BDA not changing.

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  • zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fair enough. I much prefer replacing them every few hours rather than using a wire, and I haven’t had those identification problems you describe. Lately comes down to setup and usage profile it seems.

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• phonics@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Rechargeables get stuck and are waaaay harder to remove than regular because they’re just a bit bigger. I have solved this with a loop of sticky tape around the batteries so I got a bit of a pull tab when using them.so it works…but not perfectly

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