FAQ

🚧 Work in progress 🚧

What is this?

This is a website that lets you query and directly link to Steam Input configurations for games.
It uses the Steam Web API to fetch/search and display every configuration that has been uploaded to Steam.

I created this project because I think that Steams built-in sharing system does severely lack discoverability and usability.
At the current state, I’d call this project the absolute bare minimum viable product, but I hope more features will be added in the future.

This project is open source and available on GitHub.
Feel free to contribute or open an issue if you have any suggestions or find any bugs.

How to use the configs (for a steam game)

Semi-Automatic

If you own the game on Steam, simply plugin your controller, and click the “Apply Config” button on the config page (on this website).
Steam should open a preview-window for the config, where you can click “Apply” again to use it.

Please note that Steam often bugs out using this feature, and you might have to restart Steam and have a controller plugged-in, before it works.

Manually

1. Open Big Picture mode and either view a community config for the game or create a custom one and save it.
2. In the Steam folder (depends on the operating system you’re using) go to <steam foler>/userdata/.
   Then you have to choose the directory that corresponds to your user id. If there’s only one, open it. Then go to <steam folder>/userdata/<your user number>/241100/remote/controller_config.
3. Search for the file which name matches the config you created earlier.
   It should be in a folder like <steam folder>/userdata/<your user number>/241100/remote/controller_config/<steam app id>/<name of config>
4. Paste the downloaded config or replace the contents of the one that’s already there.
5. Start Steam (in Big Picture Mode).

How to use the configs (for a non-steam game)

Semi-Automatic

Add your game to Steam and rename it to the exact same name as the “Shortcut” name displayed on this website.
Then click the “Apply Config” button on the config page (on this website).
Steam should open a preview-window for the config, where you can click “Apply” again to use it.

Please note that Steam often bugs out using this feature, and you might have to restart Steam and have a controller plugged-in, before it works.

Manually

1. Add your game to Steam and create a custom config.
   Save it.
   Choose a good name, so you can find it later.
2. In the Steam folder (depends on the operating system you’re using) go to <steam foler>/userdata/.
   Then you have to choose the directory that corresponds to your user id. If there’s only one, open it.
   Then go to <steam folder>/userdata/<your user number>/241100/remote/controller_config.
3. Search for the file which name matches the config you created earlier. It should be in a folder like
   <steam folder>/userdata/<your user number>/241100/remote/controller_config/<lots of letters and numbers>/<name of config>
4. Paste the downloaded config or replace the contents of the one that’s already there.
5. Start Steam.

If you want to use a profile as a new template, just copy it to <steam folder>/controller_base/template.