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Tully 11 Jul @ 6:36pm
Where is the setting for bluetooth in steam?
I usually use usb to play steam with my controller but my new controller ues thunderbolt and sadly I can't buy a long enough thunderbolt controller for my new controller so I decided to use bluetooth.

I have the controller connected to my pc, but steam doesn't pick up the controller unless it's plugged in why? Is there some setting I'm supposed to enable in steam to use bluetooth?
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Tully 11 Jul @ 7:30pm 
I find it crazy that steam makes so much money but can't get bluetooth to work on steam. I just can't understand why inputs don't work unless it's connected via a cord.
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76561198407601200 11 Jul @ 9:04pm 
Originally posted by Tully:
I find it crazy that steam makes so much money but can't get bluetooth to work on steam. I just can't understand why inputs don't work unless it's connected via a cord.
Or even crazier is the fact this isn't a steam issue as much as it is an issue with your pc.
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Tully 22 hours ago 
Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:
Originally posted by Tully:
I find it crazy that steam makes so much money but can't get bluetooth to work on steam. I just can't understand why inputs don't work unless it's connected via a cord.
Or even crazier is the fact this isn't a steam issue as much as it is an issue with your pc.

Not really, the controller works outside of steam, just not in steam.
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Glimmer 21 hours ago 
Could try something like DS4-Windows[ds4-windows.com], see if it's an issue with Xinput. It's been a while since I last paid attention, but Steam has historically not played well with non-Xinput controllers (Playstation/DualShock being most common)
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Tully 20 hours ago 
Originally posted by Glimmer:
Could try something like DS4-Windows[ds4-windows.com], see if it's an issue with Xinput. It's been a while since I last paid attention, but Steam has historically not played well with non-Xinput controllers (Playstation/DualShock being most common)

I was looking into that and I may need to do that. I just find it strange how it works perfectly fine with it being connected via wire and just has issues when it's wireless.
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rawWwRrr 20 hours ago 
I have several controllers, . All I've ever done is paired them with the PC's BT. Steam sees them connected from the system. The only time I've ever had to ♥♥♥♥ around with getting one connected was one of the Dualshocks and if I remember correctly it was BT driver issue with Windows so long ago I don't even recall how I fixed it.
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