How to Fix the Steam Deck Controller to Work with Cemu?

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How to Fix the Steam Deck Controller to Work with Cemu?

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Күн бұрын

I can show you how to setup the emulator CEMU so that it works with the Steam Deck buttons, dpad, and thumbsticks.
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Summary
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If you've had difficulty getting CEMU up and working with the Steam Deck, then you're not alone. Even when we install it through the EmuDeck toolkit, which is supposed to do all of the configuration work for us, sometimes things just aren't done properly and the emulator won't detect button presses or thumbstick movement when you first open it up.
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So today I'll be showing you how to get CEMU setup properly on the Steam Deck so that it works with our built-in gamepad here.
This video assumes you already have CEMU installed. I used EmuDeck to install it on my Steam Deck here, but you could do this manually if you'd like. I'll leave a link to my EmuDeck video
The first thing we're going to do here is reboot over into Desktop Mode. This is required because CEMU seems to be saving settings hen you close the Settings box. And we're unable to see this while using the Deck UI. Maybe in future updates this will be changed but for now, let's just head into Desktop Mode.
Let's go ahead and open up Steam and then open up Cemu from there.
If you haven't added CEMU as a non-Steam game then now is the time to do so. We want it to leverage the built-in controller feature of Steam.
So you'll want to click the controller icon over here.
Now view the layout to make sure everything seems correct.
I also recommend clicking onto this section here.
And then picking the EmuDeck CEMU template. There are even some community layouts you can experiment with if you'd like.
Just make sure that when you view it, your buttons are assigned where you want them to be.
You could even pause this screen here and mirror this configuration on your own Steam Deck from the Edit Layout section.
With that done, we're going to launch CEMU from Steam while it is in Desktop Mode.
Then we're going to click the Options menu up here.
So that we can bring up the Input Settings window for CEMU.
Now you need to check the Emulated Controller box here and make sure the Wii U Gamepad option is selected.
With this done, I recommend checking to see if the buttons here automatically populate. If they don't, you can manually assign them yourself.
I have seen guides suggest that you change the option in the Controller field to the one labeled xinput.
However, that hasn't been needed in my situation.
So I'll leave this set to DSUController here, but if you have issues getting it working on your Steam Deck, try changing it to xinput instead.
Now you will need to save this setup as a profile here, so click the save button after you have given it a name.
Now we can press X on this window here and CEMU will finally save these settings for us.
We'll close out of CEMU from here as well.
And then reboot from Desktop Mode and back into Gaming Mode.
Go ahead and load up CEMU from your non-Steam game library so you can test everything out.

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@SteamDeckExplained 8 ай бұрын

Question of the Day: What was the first Legend of Zelda game you ever played?

@SteamDeckExplained 8 ай бұрын

I remember playing the NES one shortly after the SNES launched and played a bunch of it before getting a Link to the Past

@o0kaelas 8 ай бұрын

wind waker on gamecube

@RuneFoot 7 ай бұрын

Ocarina of time

@SteamDeckExplained 7 ай бұрын

did you complete it? I really need to play all the way through this one@@RuneFoot

@RuneFoot 7 ай бұрын

@@SteamDeckExplained i never beat the game

@GradyKallenbach 3 ай бұрын

The options you show in this video are not findable by me when looking for controller layouts. It seems like no matter what choice I make I can't get any button to register in Cemu now...

@GradyKallenbach 3 ай бұрын

Oh my god. Controls work within Emudeck, but not for all the individual Wii U games I've added as non steam games. Also, when in emudeck the graphics settings seem very different (can't get a steady frame rate like I had with the individual non steam game I have for BOTW). It's amazing how difficult this stuff can be.

@conradsmith9441 Ай бұрын

This wasn't the fullness of what a needed but this helped A LOT! Thank you!

@GradyKallenbach 3 ай бұрын

I've got control back! In my case I think I screwed up by choosing Cemu proton experimental at installation. If I use regular Cemu I can do everything I want (have controls, pretty much locked at 45fps with great frame pacing, play using non steam game way, etc). Within Cemu proton I can't get buttons to work at all. Sorry for spamming your comments!

@SteamDeckExplained 3 ай бұрын

that's awesome! no need to apologize. I'm sorry for not replying sooner. I'm just happy to see that it was fixable! and we appreciate you letting us know what helped to fix it for you

@lKrauzer 5 ай бұрын

Mine was working until today, yesterday it was fine, worked with external controllers as wel as with the Deck's internal controllers, but now nothing is working, I have no idea what to do

@husaink 2 ай бұрын

Steamdeck Cemu layout is not available!

@fazm1bico 4 ай бұрын

4:36, You make it in a way that looks easy to setup, but the options that you have I don't have on my side. The only thing that shows me in "controller" is the keyboard. No even with an external controller I can change it!

@alexcharneski7597 7 ай бұрын

My problem is that trackpad functionality stops once Cemu opens.

@SteamDeckExplained 7 ай бұрын

press and hold the STEAM button to bring up the mouse cursor. then you can use the right trackpad to control the mouse

@Omniking. 5 ай бұрын

The desktop version of CEMU only allows you to click using the mousepad while you are holding the steam button

@SteamDeckExplained 5 ай бұрын

that's right

@RuneFoot 7 ай бұрын

5:55 how do i manually assign them?

@ltmotley4481 14 күн бұрын

I did it but once in handheld mode it changes back to the damn default one

@Chronotri 12 күн бұрын

Emudeck-Cemu isn’t on my steam deck anymore. I’m having no luck keeping the buttons mapped on cemu. Even if I save the profile it disappears as soon as I close cemu. I access it through steam on desktop. When I open cemu the controls are mapped there. I save it and close it and it’s gone like it never happened. I load MK8 and again no controls.

@GradyKallenbach 3 ай бұрын

I have been having so much trouble with getting controls to work using cemu on deck. I've been playing BOTW for a week, then today no buttons or anything work. Other games i struggled to get working, then got working, then discovered I had like 3 copies of the game installed on my SD card and am scared to delete any cuz I might delete the one that works! Cemu is awesome, and frustrating!

@rojolocura1879 Ай бұрын

My problem: open gamepad at the beginning of Tokyo mirage sessions

@dethnova940 3 ай бұрын

So I did everything u did but the built in controllers on the steam deck still doesn’t work. The only way to play is in desktop mode and the controllers DO work.

@postingrandom4320 2 ай бұрын

How do U make it work in deskpot mode???

@dethnova940 2 ай бұрын

@@postingrandom4320 no it only works in desktop mode. I wanna play it in game mode

@dethnova940 2 ай бұрын

In game mode it opens the game but my controls do not work

@BarryWardUK 2 ай бұрын

Manually assigned to be the same as yours as the template isn't available anymore, but still no control

@DerkBryce 24 күн бұрын

Try using with proton 8 or lower. My issue was with a proton update. Lowering it to a previous version fixed the controller problem.

@OptimisticClover 6 ай бұрын

your a legend thankyouuu❤

@SteamDeckExplained 5 ай бұрын

you're most welcome :)

@jojjannes 3 ай бұрын

Been trying to get the "blow" mic button to work. It says it's mapped to rightstick but that re-centers the camera. I'm unable to change any buttons in the CEMU input settings for some reason, or I'd make it a keyboard key and just map one of the back buttons to it.

@x8a. Ай бұрын

Did you ever find a solution? I’m trying to play NintendoLand and I can’t finish a level because blow mic doesn’t work even though it’s mapped to “rightstick”.

@jojjannes Ай бұрын

@@x8a. No, swapping to pro-controller layout and choice might work but I haven't tested it.

@muaadhfarae5739 6 ай бұрын

I tried everything you did but it didn’t work I do not know what I’m doing wrong 😅

@LtDramaticOctopus 2 ай бұрын

Having the same issues using Emudecks Cemu version and a freshly installed from Cemu from its website. Tries dozens of solutions and BOTW has no button input, the Emudeck Cemu has no DirectX input option in the controller settings while the Cemu offical does but the game doesnt load there. Emulation is an absolute time waster.

@a.maisio 4 ай бұрын

That emudeck - Cemu has dissapeared :(

@SteamDeckExplained 3 ай бұрын

RIP

@Lost_Sama 2 ай бұрын

I don't see the controller layout from valve

@VA1MRT 6 ай бұрын

I just got a steam deck and for some reason when I try and run any game in Cemu it just reverts back to the game menu.

@AlbinoBanana2 6 ай бұрын

I'm experiencing the same issue as you with Twilight Princess, but no other game. Unfortunately I can't control any game, despite going through this video. Cemu just seems to be kind of garbage on the Deck. If you can get it to work it runs well, but it's such a pain in the ass.

@VA1MRT 6 ай бұрын

@@AlbinoBanana2 it does the same for both games. I've heard of people running an older version of Cemu but I'm not sure how to do that.

@AlbinoBanana2 6 ай бұрын

@@VA1MRT Yeah I'm about ready to give up entirely and run them off Dolphin, since Dolphin actually works.

@KaiserSenpai420 3 ай бұрын

I've had CEMU on my SteamDeck for a few months now, everything ran great. Now I can't get my controller to connect to CEMU. I mess with the input settings on desktop and in game mode, I re ordered them, nothing is working. I have 200 hours in BoTW now I can't get my controller to work.

@LianCasablacks 2 ай бұрын

Found any solution? Happened to me today for no reason at all lol no update no nothing just outta nowhere

@KaiserSenpai420 2 ай бұрын

@LianCasablacks Still stuck, I think it maybe because emudeck wants to update? I don't want to update it since I have Yuzu, a lot of people said they updated and it broke games/paths. Is cemu working fine in desktop mode?

@LianCasablacks 2 ай бұрын

@@KaiserSenpai420 No idea havent tried it on desktop, it's so weird, mario kart 8, zelda twilight, mario 3d world all still work with the decks controls. And I did update Emudeck since I'm using Suyu anyway. I read somewhere that disabling steam input for cemu did the trick

@LianCasablacks 2 ай бұрын

Hey so I got everything working and wanted to share in case it works for u too. On Cemu in the input settings first controller always needs to be conf as Profile: Deck-Gamepad-Gyro Emulated controller: "Wii U gamepad" Controller "Steam Virtual Gamepad (SDLController)" (you need to click the little + to add it if it's not on the list). And click "save" at the top. Then controller 2 should always be Profile: "Deck-P1" and "Wii U Pro Controller" then in Controller you click the + (make sure your controller is connected to the Deck's bluetooth or whatever) and add it as a SDLController, your controller should appear there and click save. Then just do the same with controller 3 and 4 if you want to add P2 and P3 controllers. And DO NOT make a custom conf for each game, leave it blank. On Game Mode before hitting "play" click on the controller thingy at the bottom and make sure Steam Input is disabled for the external controllers you're gonna use. And that's it, that's what got everything working for me. Hope it helps anyone.

@KaiserSenpai420 2 ай бұрын

@LianCasablacks Thanks bro!! I will definitely try this later, I hope to god it works.

@bubbythebrow153 2 ай бұрын

You actually wanna set the emulated controller as the pro controller so you can access your menus

@APintoBean1 Ай бұрын

Gamepad still works. It enables gyroscopic controls and allows you to see both screens, which cemu allows you to switch between. But if you just want a single screen and are fine without gyroscopic controls, then pro is the way to go

@bubbythebrow153 Ай бұрын

@@APintoBean1 hmm I had no idea I just figured I wasn’t able to see the menu when using it as the wiiu controller option so in menu I set it to emulate the pro controller and it worked great.

@nanashi5139 Күн бұрын

@@bubbythebrow153bro please help. Whenever I set up the controller stuff in Cemu settings in desktop mode, it resets whenever I go back into gaming mode and goes back to Gamepad. It only works when I keep Cemu open in desktop mode. By default it just plays in the Gamepad mode, but I want to use my Steam Deck as a pro controller mode. Thoughts? Is there a reason the Cemu settings keep resetting after I switch modes? I just wish the default settings was pro controller mode, not Gamepad mode.

@bubbythebrow153 Күн бұрын

@@nanashi5139 when you are setting it in desktop on controller 1 are you saving the profile?

@nanashi5139 Күн бұрын

@@bubbythebrow153 yes and still it resets whenever I close out Cemu or turn off my Steam Deck. I’m using the latest Cemu Native. This is so annoying why it doesn’t save my controller 1 settings. I just want to play Zelda WW and TP using the pro controller option, but yet it keeps resetting it back to Gamepad mode instead.

@uneCENT 7 ай бұрын

Anyone know how to fix the Cemu trigger issue where it sees both on the same axis? Wind waker can’t be played unless each trigger has a unique axis. Some fixes state you need to add files and remap using xinput, is this true? Edit: If others notice this issue, the newest version of Emudeck's X-input is up to date and does NOT need the additional files. Go in to Cemu and under input, change it to x-input. You can now use both control sticks independently of one another as they will be recognized as two different inputs)

@lsacamostro 3 ай бұрын

I cant find this template 😭😭😭

@SteamDeckExplained 3 ай бұрын

were you able to find it?

@RuneFoot 7 ай бұрын

I got the game running, thanks to your video. But there's no sound for very specifically Breath of the Wild... do you happen to know how to fix that?

@ImponteDeluxo 7 ай бұрын

Check the audio settings in cemu

@RuneFoot 7 ай бұрын

@ImponteDeluxo i know you basically did nothing. But i already tried the audio settings, so i said f it. I'll try again, and i realized the audio sources were disabled and after 15 minutes of tinkering, it's working. So thank you.