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0% LED Brightness for 3rd Party PS4 Controller is Not "0%"

steamopen General controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10179 · opened 2023-10-30 by ThisNekoGuy · updated 2024-05-08 · 3 comments · github
TThisNekoGuy 2023-10-30 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1698260427
  • Distribution: Gentoo
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti (Driver: 545.23.06)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Using this 3rd party PS4/DS4 controller, Steam's PS4 lightbar calibration doesn't function as it should.
Namely, when setting the light to 0%, for conserving the battery, the controller instead lights up completely as though it were set to 100%. The trade-off for the problem is to set it to 1%, but it remains "dimly lit" rather than "basically off."

Screenshots:

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Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Connect the controller
  2. Open Steam's settings
  3. Navigate to "Controller"
  4. Click "Open" on "Calibration & Advanced Settings"
  5. Click on "LED Settings"
  6. Set all of the sliders to 0%, most notably "LED Brightness"
Eendrift 2023-11-11 github

Does setting the LED brightness to 0 work with other tools? I'm wondering if the controller just doesn't support it properly.

TThisNekoGuy 2023-11-19 github

I managed to install OpenRGB and test this; it seems setting it to the darkest value there also does this, so perhaps it's just the controller for some reason :/
Which is weird, because I'd have though "just turn off the light" wouldn't/shouldn't be complicated.

TThisNekoGuy 2024-05-08 github

Update: Recently bought an official DS4/PS4 controller and it happens only via bluetooth (light turns off properly when plugged-in wired); not sure why

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