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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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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]^.

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  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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[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This was also the solution to me for a weirder problem, running on Bazzite with an 8BitDo Ultimate 2, I was sprinting randomly, especially when cresting ledges, and the dash button was inconsistent.

Extremely frustrating, the game feels significantly better with sprinting working as intended via Proton (I used GE-latest, but I assume it works with most proton versions). Would be nice to see the native version fixed, but proton is perfectly fine for now, and "external controller on Linux" is likely a lower priority bugfix.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Same here - I couldn't believe how bad the sprint was, until I enabled Proton. Suddenly, the movement feels just as tight as it did in Hollow Knight!

[–] Highlandcow@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I played it with an 8bit doe controller and when I pressed the sprint button my character would permanently look up lol

I switched to windows 10 and it worked fine, I'll try running the game on Linux another time

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes! I had that issue as well. I managed to sidestep that one by screwing with gamescope, scopebuddy, steam input, switching the controller to 2.4GHz, and restarting the game several times.

Once I unlocked Sprint everything fell apart again, and that's when I did some googling and realized I was running the native Linux version.

[–] Highlandcow@feddit.uk 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Is the native port a bad port then? ):

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Seemed flawless besides the external controller issues. It's already steam deck verified, after all, so hopefully this is a quick fix for them.

But yeah, until that patch comes, I'll be forcing proton :/

[–] Highlandcow@feddit.uk 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah true, bar controller issue my game ran fine bar some frame drops but that just might be my hardware

Regardless my god this game is AMAZING is so big and all the content is such high quality

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

Ugh, it's incredible. Hollow Knight has been one of my favourite games for years, and thus far my expectations for Silksong have actually been exceeded, not just met. Utterly loving it.