Steam Deck: KontrolFreeks with Capacitive Touch! (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TITLEplayer@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@lemmy.ml

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Hey Steam Deckers,

Want to gain more control using an extension riser such as KontrolFreeks and still keep capaictive touch for gyro aiming and more?

I got a solution for you! I bought this 3d printed clip-on meant for XBOX Series/One. It's a little loose on the Steam Deck's joystick; however, that leaves room to put into conductive material to activate the capacitive touch.

I used Greg's LiveZone | Superior Thumbstick Upgrade - Clips on from his Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1362835549/livezone-superior-thumbstick-upgrade

At first, I tried it out with aluminum foil and that works. But, it tears easy and is quite slippery.

I bought and used a conductive fabric tape from US Amazon: GENNEL 5mm x 20M (0.2in x 65ft) Conductive Cloth Fabric Adhesive Tape, Faraday Tape for EMI Shielding, Interference Signal Blocking, Laptop Mobilephone LCD Repair, Cable Wire Harness Wrapping

https://www.amazon.com/Conductive-Fabric-Adhesive-Laptop-Shielding/dp/B01ALDR0D0

And there you go! More control during aiming and you can still activate gyro.

I hope this helps people!

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wait, the sticks are capacitive?

[-] TITLEplayer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup!

The top of the Steam Deck's joysticks are capacitive. Useful for activating gyro, touch menus, and more.

This is my first time on Lemmy and I haven't used YouTube in a long time; I'm currently trying to upload a demo on YouTube to showcase this works, then I'll link it in my post.

Gyro aiming on Steam Deck is useful when you want to do micro-movements when you're zooming or using scopes in shooter games. However, do note that when you use (mouse) gyro most games don't activate vibration. It's a big loss to me, but the motors on the Steam Deck or rather the software implementation for it has been rather weak. To retain that, you gotta use controller gyro which is pretty jittery and not smooth as mouse gyro.

Even more so, I find gyro aiming with a controller like Dualsense or Switch Controller much better when you're staring at a TV screen rather than a screen that's being tilted as you aim.

Being able to use a risen thumbstick and activate gyro aiming has been nice so far. I hope Valve improves software for gyro even further, controller gyro definitely needs a lot of improvement.

[-] Klawn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, great for FPS, just put your thumb on the stick and aim with gyro

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was wondering why they were connected with a wire lol

[-] Klawn@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

If you have a Steamdeck, you should try Aperture Desk Job, it’s a free game provided by valve to explore all the capabilities of the Steamdeck. And it’s fun.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I played it and enjoyed it, guess I missed the capacitive joystick though

[-] TITLEplayer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So here's what it looks like. I forgot to show the back to prove I wasn't clicking any back buttons. Kinda difficult filming with one hand and a heavy device.

https://youtu.be/0vzsUnbOR9c

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's ok, I believe you

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Conductive fabric is brilliant to fill in the gaps to make covers be more reactive. Great find!

[-] Tag365@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Does capacitive touch on the analog stick mean that I can just activate a secret button by merely touching the top of the stick? Or is it just the L3/R3 thing with a weird name?

[-] TITLEplayer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, so depending on what template you've chosen or how you set it up yourself, it can be an additional button that can be activated by just touching the top.

It's like the trackpads below the sticks