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Anyone only use Gyro aiming on their Steam Deck? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by raiun@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I have had my Steam Deck for a bit of time. While most games I am able to control fine I find myself slightly struggle with FPS games on it. With a regular controller I do fine but the spacing of the joystick on the SD tend to tire my hands out fairly quickly.

I recently tried Gyro aiming on some games and it does feel better, but I can’t quite get used to aiming that way through an entire run of the game. I’ve heard of things like FlickStick aiming to help.

Does this feel like a niche? Wouldn’t it be better to just bring a controller or M&K with your SD if you want to play a FPS?

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[–] INeedMana@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't own a steam deck and I'm not playing in competitive FPSes, but I've been using PS4 pad with gyro to play Elite Dangerous and Cyberpunk. Maybe these 2¢ will be helpful in some way.

What I've found out to work for me was:

  • Set up gyro to get enabled with "shoulder/scope aiming"
  • Use one stick for looking around, another for movement
  • Keep gyro range small and sensitivity low

That way the big movements I do with sticks, when I need precision I switch to aiming and can aim with gyro, and gyro input is less twitchy because of low output range and low sensitivity

[–] raiun@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long did it take you to get used to controller Gyro? I do play competitive games but not really serious about them either but anything to be more comfortable over using M&K at a desk sounds nice.

[–] INeedMana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure. I feel the answer is "none", it's very organic and immersive.

But I did spend some time fiddling with settings. You probably don't want the same sensitivity in both axes (you need more left-right than up-down); having a little bit of deadzone/minimal movement can be a good idea; I also think there was an option to have some curves defined (so movement scales with speed of movement).

And I wasn't completely new to gamepad, I've played many hours in Dark Souls on xbox pad before.
Switching from mkb to gamepad did take some time. Something like 2-3 months of playing 2-3h, 2-3 times a week