If you don’t want to use the stock control scheme in a given game, you can create custom configurations (or use templates created by others) by booting into Steam Big Picture mode by clicking on the controller icon in the upper-right corner of Steam’s title bar, browsing to the game in your library, and selecting Manage game > Controller configuration. Do so by clicking on the controller in the “Detected controllers” section, then clicking Calibrate and following the on-screen directions. You typically don’t need to run the calibration function for controllers you’re using with Steam, but Valve recommends it in this case to ensure the Switch Pro’s gyrometer is running correctly. Plug in your controller and register it to your Steam account if you’d like. The Steam Input Configurator software is powerful and versatile, letting you create and use all sorts of button configurations the Nintendo button layout option automatically reverses the inputs to match your hardware if you select a configuration other than the Nintendo Switch Pro template.
Nintendo reverses the X/Y and A/B buttons compared to other major controllers. Underneath that, you’ll see an option to use Nintendo’s button layout. Checking it allows you to create, browse, and share controller configurations on a per-game basis. A Steam Big Picture Mode window opens, and you’ll see a “Switch Pro configuration support” option. To set up your Nintendo Switch Pro controller in Steam, open the settings again, select the Controller tab and click General controller settings. The Steam controller settings now include support for Nintendo Switch Pro controllers. After downloading some data, the client opens back up and you’re ready to go. You can join the beta by opening Steam’s settings, then clicking the Change button in the “beta participation” portion of the Account tab.
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The feature’s only available in the beta version of the client for now as it prepares for full release.
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How to use a Nintendo Switch Pro controller in Steam
Native Steam support streamlines the experience. Switch Pro controllers ($70 on Amazon) could be used on Windows PCs via Bluetooth for a while now, but coaxing them to work with third-party software was complex burden. And it just became an ever better complement thanks to newfound Nintendo Switch Pro controller support in Steam. We don’t talk about the Nintendo Switch ($300 on Amazon) much because, well, this is PCWorld, but its pick-up-and-go portability and deep library of exclusive games make it a delightful companion console for PC gamers (if you can stomach 30 frames per second).
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