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PSA: If your controller rumble isn't working in Silksong, then try forcing Proton in the game's properties on Steam (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I verified that my controller's rumble worked fine, yet I had no controller rumble in Silksong. I fixed it by forcing Proton 9.0-4 in Silksong's settings:

  1. Navigate to: Steam Library>Silksong>right-click>Properties>Compatibility
  2. Check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool"
  3. Select "Proton 9.0-4" from the dropdown.

It seems that Silksong has inherited the same controller rumble issue as Hollow Knight with the native build ^[1]^.

References

  1. Type: Post. Author: "Cobwebblocks". Publisher: ["ProtonDB". "Howllow Knight".]. Published: ~2025-08. Accessed: 2025-09-05T06:41Z. URI: https://www.protondb.com/app/367520#q_spejhJmH.

    No rumble on native version

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[–] mat@linux.community 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but OP makes it sound like the Hollow Knight issue is not fixed either. I didn't even know HK had rumble, but I def felt the Silksong haptics when I played it at Gamescom. I wonder how we can make Team Cherry aware of this, or whether they are already aware?

[–] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I never had an issue on hollow knight. Both on PC Linux and steamdeck. Might be an older issue?

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

[…] Might be an older issue?

For reference, the source that I cited was a report from last month ^[1]^. Also, I personally verified that, in Hollow Knight, controller rumble worked with Proton enabled, and didn't work with it disabled.

References

  1. Type: Post. Author: "Cobwebblocks". Publisher: ["ProtonDB". "Howllow Knight".]. Published: ~2025-08. Accessed: 2025-09-05T06:41Z. URI: https://www.protondb.com/app/367520#q_spejhJmH.

    No rumble on native version

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I never had an issue on hollow knight. Both on PC Linux and steamdeck. […]

I'm not sure what the exact replication bounds are for the bug; maybe your configuration simply doesn't experience the issue? Or perhaps you inadvertently configured Steam to force proton somewhere?

[–] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Actually, I remembered that on PC at least (arch btw) it wouldn’t even launch natively, so I forced proton.