I'm playing local split screen coop with two xbox wireless controllers and haven't ran into any issues with them. At the very least, I certainly haven't had any of the issues you're reporting. Possibly check out Hairy's comment, might be some known 8bitdo issues with steam?
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8bitdo owner here - I’m having exactly the same issues. I’m playing on Linux, so I thought that might’ve been the issue but probably not then. As long as the controller is connected before starting the game, and I keep it awake during the game, all is good. Awkward, but I suppose we’ll have to manage for now.
Oh, forgot to mention so am I (steam deck). Which gave me a clue to check ProtonDB -- it works a lot better when I turned off using Proton Experimental to let it use the default Proton version.
Thanks for the tip - that works for me too!
I play with my PlayStation 5 controller (I has also used my Xbox controller but like the PS controller's touchpad). I have set the Steam controllers inputs set to off for the game.
I don't play multiplayer. But haven't had any issues with the controller in single player.
I have never heard of 8bitdo controller. It may be causing the issues? Not sure.
I looked up what 8bitdo controller was and it looks nice. I looked at some of the issues the controller was having with steam and found this. Different problem but may help.
> > > You're using the stable Steam client? Check in Big Picture mode if it offers you the option to setup the controller BPM > Menu > Settings > Controller > Setup Device (or a similar name). I wouldn't have expected this for Xinput mode but can see it happening for Dinput. > >
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