Cannot get Steam Controller to work with FIFA16 (Origin)

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I recently bought a Steam Controller and it works very well with all the Steam games and features. Some days ago I bought FIFA16 and, as you probably know, it is an EA game accessible only by Origin.

I'm really struggling to get the steam controller to work properly with FIFA16. I already added both origin and fifa16 as non-steam games and I also made sure to uncheck conflicting origin settings.

The problem is that, even if I managed to use the most voted controller configuration on steam (big picture), when I get into the game and I start a new match the commands won't work. Also, I can't change them from FIFA16 and FIFA16 doesn't see my Controller, it just sees mouse+keyboard or only keyboard.

How can I solve this?



Best Answer

For this problem there is a workaround.

  • In Origin-settings disable origin-ingame(the overlay)
  • shut down origin
  • add fifa16.exe from your installation directory to steam via "add a non-steam game to steam"
  • start the recently added fifa16.exe from Steam.

Now the Steam overlay should work ingame and you can setup your Steam Controller




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Why is my Controller not working on Origin?

Re: Game Controller not working (PC, Origin)Start with your Origin overlay. Go to Origin > Application Settings > More > Origin In-Game. Disable everything there. If you use Discord, disable that and any other in-game overlays.

Can you use a steam controller on Origin?

Re: STEAM CONTROLLER Every time you wish to play FIFA 16 using Steam Controller, you'll have to launch Origin. From there you'll have to launch FIFA 16. 4.

Why is Steam not detecting my Controller?

Go to the Settings section under the Steam tab. Click on the Controller tab. Click the General Controller Configuration button. In the Controller Settings window, check the boxes to activate the configuration support for whichever types of controllers you will be using.

How do I enable the input Controller on Steam?

Go to game's Properties > Controller and set it to Enable Steam Input. Launch game, go to options menu, select Steam Controller Settings. If you've never played the game, press New Game and you'll get options screen, where you can select Steam Controller Settings. If you've played the game press Continue.



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Answer 2

See this comment on Steam Community Forum.

Basically what the poster suggests is to turn the steam controller desktop settings to an XBox controller.

The settings the poster is talking about I believe are here: Big Picture mode -> Settings (the gear symbol at the upper right) -> Controller (category) -> Configurations -> Desktop Configuration.

I do not own a Steam Controller myself, so I can't really check if this works though. Keep in mind you will lose the keyboard and mouse support with this setting on.

Please let me know if this worked.

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