All things Stardew Valley.
I tried all kinds of things to get Stardew Valley on my Mac to work with an XBox controller, and just gave up eventually.
The XBox controller works fine for everything else, just Stardew Valley doesn’t work with it :/
Gonna follow this thread in case you find someone with a solution
Same with me! I tried a bunch of other games and it's working fine, it's just Stardew Valley that refuses to recognize it.
Hello! I updated the post but just FYI it's now working for me after I disabled both Steam Overlay and Steam Input from the game's settings.
When you change the Stardew Valley controller config through Steam does it let you navigate that menu with your controller? Also is there any input profile selected?
I was able to navigate Stardew Valley controller menu with my controller if it's using big picture.
Originally there was no profile, but I also tried downloading the top few community profiles as there's no official ones for DualShock
I don’t have a Mac but I do run into the same issue with my Steam Deck while it’s docked. I have a Xbox controller and a controller from Logitech.
While the game is running, are you able to open up Steam’s controller settings? You might need to enable developer mode.
In the controller settings are you able to see something in the upper center-right about changing controller order?
In there just simply mess around with the controller order, might have to try various combos of controller order. That usually helps get the game to see the controller.
While the game is running, are you able to open up Steam’s controller settings?
Is this through Steam overlay or is it a different setting? I've never enabled developer mode but I'll play around with it.
Hey, just wondering if you have instructions on how to enable developer mode?
Sorry for the late reply. It’s been a long time since I played Steam on an actual computer so I’m not finding where the developer settings I mentioned earlier are located.
Edit: You mentioned trying two different controllers. Have you tried to have both plugged in at the same time so that the game can see both?
While you have the game running, are you able to open the Steam Overlay?
In the overlay, click on the controller icon
In the settings here, do you have an option to reorder controllers on the right side of the screen?
If you see that button, click on it and mess around with the controller order and see if it'll make the game see the controller now.
Thank you so much for the very detailed response. I'm sorry for taking so long but I finally got some time to try messing around with it again.
Edit: You mentioned trying two different controllers. Have you tried to have both plugged in at the same time so that the game can see both?
So I actually use the controllers via Bluetooth because I couldn't get my Mac to recognize the controllers when plugged in. I'll try a few more things and see if I can get it to even get recognized.
While you have the game running, are you able to open the Steam Overlay?
I wasn't able to get Steam Overlay to show up while playing Stardew Valley. Tried with controllers and with mouse/keyboard and it didn't work. I confirmed that it worked with other games.
Oh weird. I was playing around with a bunch of settings and it suddenly worked. I think the last change I did was disable steam overlay and disable steam input on the controller settings!