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Steam Link App Finally Available for iOS and tvOS
- Thread starter Nzyme32
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Yes, you can also play remotely outside your home as long as your internet connection's upload speed is high enough (at least 10Mbps up)
Yep, that's what I've been using! I finally have a use for the Steam controller after it sitting in the drawer for over a year lol.
I've been complaining about this for so long, so I'm really happy to be getting this on AppleTV.
Still, the controller situation will probably prevent me from getting rid of my physical Steam Link.
I wish I could use a Bluetooth controller like the SF30 at least.
Still, the controller situation will probably prevent me from getting rid of my physical Steam Link.
I wish I could use a Bluetooth controller like the SF30 at least.
Depending on how far away from your computer you are..... you could just have your switch pro controller connected to your computer, with steam interpreting the inputs (which it can do) and then just using your iPad as a wireless display. You don't HAVE to have the controller connected to the device you're streaming to if you're within wireless range of the computer itself
Also interested to know if iOS supports any major console controllers.
Long shot I guess
Does it have workarounds for L3/R3 mapping? And I have a windows receiver for Xbox controller (newer one) - can you use those connected to the pc with the app just as a display?
Works perfectly. I read through all 25 hours of The House in Fata Morgana on my S7 Edge last year.
The current workaround when using an MFi controller (Steam shows you this dialog when you boot up a game using a paired MFi controller):
Menu+A is start
Menu+B is select
Menu+X is L3
Menu+Y is R3
And yes, you can use the app just as a display instead of routing inputs as well if you're in range of the host computer. I actually do that, actually. I use my iPad or Apple TV for the game but I'm close enough that my controllers are still connected to my PC
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Are there any mfi phone shells with controls on the sides (kind of like the Switch) that would work with this? If I can turn my phone into a mini-gba that can play my whole Steam library, ordering one would be BEYOND worth it for me.
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Guess I'm looking for aomething like a gamevice? Are those good?
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Guess I'm looking for aomething like a gamevice? Are those good?
I think it only works with selected apps and I'm not sure Steam is supported.
Nice. Visual novels and the like are the killer app for this. Just played some Zero Escape 1 (999) on my iPad and it worked perfectly. Also played some Sonic Mania with the Steam Controller and it all worked fine aside from relatively rare momentary packet loss I receive no matter what device I stream to which is obviously a problem in a game like this. Playing PSX/SNES RPGs via RetroArch ought to be amazing as well.
On another note, Steam can do remote streaming now? Where can I read about this?
On another note, Steam can do remote streaming now? Where can I read about this?
Hopefully it's better than the android version. I have relatively solid internet and that was, not great.
I might even get a long USB extension cable to run the Xbox receiver right up to the wall separating living room from spare room (where the PC is) to make sure that'll work locally. At least so I can use an Xbox controller until Steel Series update their controllers with click sticks
Haven't tried but it should indeed work. That's how I usually play on my Steam Link.
So there is a little hope for a DS4 compatibility, if Steam obtained it for their own controller.
Great job Valve, especially for having insisted.
Great job Valve, especially for having insisted.
This has been enabled in the Steam Link Android, Pi and hardware apps for a while, and now they allow it on PC and iOS as well.
For the first-time setup you need to be at your PC. See Valve's instructions: https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/0/3362406825533023360/
Cool, thanks!
Edit: Yep, just tried this streaming to my Android device via 4G and it worked perfectly lmao. This is just crazy.
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The difference is that the steam controller connects as an HID device, effectively a mouse. Once in the app the firmware in the controller just changes what kind of inputs it is sending.
The other controllers need system level drivers because they don't have this feature, they're controllers, with specific requirements, they send controller commands, not "raw" data.
Sweet, this will be perfect for visual novels and indie games that I don't like playing on the big screen.
No. Your PC monitor gets mirrored to your ipad so if you do something on PC, the ipad's screen will have the same things.
Tested using 4G (well, 5GE lol AT&T) on my iPad, worked like a charm. Love this, now I can be at work and still have access to all my games, this is phenomenal
Steam Controller support?????!!!!!! Holy shit that's huge news! No MFi controllers support clickable thumbsticks so this actually allows full compatibility with most/all games!
Hmm, I have a steam controller but stopped using my Steamlink. May have to try this out on my LGOLED tomorrow.
Why dont i see the app in the app store on my ipad pro.
I only see the normal steam app. I searched for steam and steam link.
I only see the normal steam app. I searched for steam and steam link.
How did you set up the correct aspect ratio? Just change it in Windows or can it be done remotely?Awesome, it indeed does support the proper 4:3 aspect ratio for a fullscreen iPad experience!
I set my desktop to a 4:3 ratio but the Steam streaming service seems to be very adaptive. It changed to 16:9 for Big Picture since that doesn't support 4:3 afaik and then defaulted to 1600x1200 4:3 automatically when I launched Portal. It could therefore be sufficient to just change the In-game resolution. Haven't had time to test it beyond what I described so let me know if you discover anything
All I need is a good clickable mfi controller (is that possible now) or steam to release a steam controller that doesn't have that damned trackpad instead of a right analogue stick.
I had no idea the Steam controller would work with iOS. Might get some decent use out of it now.
Well, what I've discovered is that almost no games I play support 4:3 aspect ratios lmao. Obviously PC-centric 3D games tend to work but anything 2D just pillarboxes the image when a 4:3 aspect ratio is set on the desktop. Sigh.
But the trackpad is geniunely better in pretty much every single use case than a right analog stick unless a game is flat out borked. Even then, a little tinkering usually gets around that. The only thing the Steam Controller truly struggles with is providing a substitute for a really good d-pad.
It supports Raspberry Pi. (3B/3B+) https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6153-IFGH-6589
Why?
An analogue stick is actually worse in every way at actually mapping to what is usually camera control.
I just don't understand why people are so enamoured by the indirection that comes from first order control over 1:1 zero order control.