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Rumble / Force Feedback: What is the correct setting?

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ValveSoftware/Proton#2020 · opened 2018-11-23 by hzulla · updated 2018-11-29 · 7 comments · github
Hhzulla 2018-11-23 github

My very cheap 0079:0006 DragonRise Inc. PC TWIN SHOCK gamepad comes with force feedback effect vibration motors. I can confirm that these work under Linux with fftest. What is the proper setting for Steam with Proton to enjoy rumble effects?

Hhzulla 2018-11-23 github

(e.g. there are no rumble effects with this gamepad in "Duck Tales: Remastered", although the game options offer this as a controller setting.)

Aaeikum 2018-11-26 github

Try disabling Gamepad Configuration Support in the Steam client options. Let us know if that doesn't work.

Hhzulla 2018-11-27 github

Ok, disabling "generic gamepad configuration support" makes the rumble effects work.

(Great! That means that I can now have rumble effects with gamepads that are supported in Linux, even if the same device has no rumble device driver in Linux... Yay!)

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Aaeikum 2018-11-27 github

Cool, thanks for confirming. This is due to a Steam client limitation, see https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4338 . I've updated the Proton FAQ on the Wiki.

Hhzulla 2018-11-27 github

This is really cool, as I own a gamepad that rumbles on Linux, but does not on Windows. :-D

Hhzulla 2018-11-29 github

@aeikum It would be really cool to have this work out of the box without changing any setting.

Aaeikum 2018-11-29 github

Agreed, but it's a Steam client issue, and I don't work for Valve. Head to their bug tracker :)