Playing Eu4 with the Steam Controller

[ray4ever]

Hello,

I've read quite a bit about the Steam Controller and how it is supposed to make mouse and keyboard driven games playable on a controller. The question remaining is: Does it work with EU4? Has anyone of you already tried playing games (PD titels in particular) with the controller and would be willing to share?

 

[FrigidSoul]

Hello,

I've read quite a bit about the Steam Controller and how it is supposed to make mouse and keyboard driven games playable on a controller. The question remaining is: Does it work with EU4? Has anyone of you already tried playing games (PD titels in particular) with the controller and would be willing to share?

Eh, based on the review I saw the Steam controller has a vaguely trackpad-like mechanism that kinda-sorta mimics mouse movement. Other than that, all of its buttons can be bound to different keys. Both of those can be construed as good things, but there will remain any number of games that heavily favor mouse+keyboard.

In EU4, all you really need is the mouse and the spacebar. So if you can tolerate the trackpad experience for the former, then you're good. If not, then you're not. I'm leaning towards not, but at least EU4 doesn't require fast reflexes and complicated key combos.

 

[achmedino]

I tried playing ck2 with the controller, and if you have the right controller setup it definitely seems doable. I would say it's most likely preferable to play with mouse and keyboard, but if you don't mind the trackpad it'll definitely work. Someone just needs to bind the keys to the right buttons on the controller, which I don't think is too difficult. All the keys one will most likely need would be: pause, speed 1-5 and the trackpad.

 

[gnome109]

I think keyboard and mouse will remain the optimal setup, although I will try the Steam Controller.

 

[Johan]

Yes.

Iirc @Shams was showing eu4 with a steamcontroller to the press at pdxcon 2014

 

[gnome109]

 

[Jack_Deth]

It sounds useful for people that suffer from a RSI in their mouse wrist, the traditional computer mouse is notorious for that but I think I'll stick with a trackball over the Steam controller.

 

[Soranya]

Somehow i think that holding a control for hours on no end isn't exactly healthy for your arms/wrists/shoulders either.

 

[Jack_Deth]

Somehow i think that holding a control for hours on no end isn't exactly healthy for your arms/wrists/shoulders either.

Probably not, but it is better than holding a mouse for hours on end.

 

[Shams]

It worked decently 1½ years ago - it works a lot better with the improved controller.

We're also updating the default controller scheme so it's somewhat more optimized.

/shams

 

[Rex Chroatorvm]

I often play with laptop's touchpad in bed, which works perfectly fine for all Paradox titles, so I immagine it would be fine with steam controller aswell.

 

[Mauer]

So it's perfectly good for single player and if you don't use key shortcuts much?, too bad it's not sold in my country.

 

[grisamentum]

Somehow i think that holding a control for hours on no end isn't exactly healthy for your arms/wrists/shoulders either.

Mouse and keyboard is far worse, though. Mostly because the kb+m don't move off the desk, so you are always extending out and pushing onto those.

 

[fabius]

Hmm. this is really interesting. Steam box is something I'd consider next games machine purchase.