control issues due to steam - joystick not found [solved]

[RTobi]

Not sure if it's a bug or a technical problem or general feedback.

I'm using a joystick ever since ATS was released. Now the game absolutely won't detect the joystick. Steam also does not properly detect it. Personally I don't even want to control anything via steam - I'd simply continue to use the outstanding & perfect existing ATS control menu.
What kind of information do you guys need to help me with that?


Feedback:
It really seems like SCS abandoned their own (absolutely perfect) control options and now forces the players to use the steam controller menu. The steam controller menu is just so horribly bad. The overview is bad, it's unreliable and it does not offer as many functions and options as your own menu & control/ input wizard did.

I've also tried using a normal game (PS4 style) controller (from Thrustmaster). It works more or less. I can't use any of the former ATS control/ menu options. All the controls are now via Steam. I can't even put the throttle & brake on the joystick.

[Komat]

If you do not want to use your controllers trough Steam then do not enable theirs use in the Steam client.

[RTobi]

I got 2 Domino's Pizzas and you easily cleared that question! Thank you so much
Didn't thought of that way.
Now I'm going to buy Washington & the Machinery DLC, wohooo

[RootlessAgrarian]

@Komat

How? how do I disable my controller (a custom Joystick device) through Steam? I have unchecked everything in Big Picture, I have tried launch flag -no_steam_subsys, and so far nothing I do allows ETS2 to see input from my joystick device. RTobi, how did you do it?

btw I also totally loved the SCS controller config (both the interface and the easily editable text file). it wasn't broke. it was great. why abandon it?