(Potentially) SOLVED: I disabled both Steam Overlay and controller Steam Input, and now it somehow works. Strangely, I believe they were both disabled to begin with and I tried enabling one at a time, then both, and nothing worked. I wanted to test individual settings again so I turned both off and suddenly it recognizes my controller (DualShock 4)

I haven’t played 1.6 but I’m sure I played 1.5 with this setup a while back and the controller was working. Now my Mac recognizes the controller (and I can use in Steam’s big picture mode) but the game doesn’t.

What I’ve tried:

  • Started the game through Big Picture mode using my controller, and tried without Big Picture mode
  • Uninstalled SMAPI and any mods
  • Restarted my Mac
  • Enabled/Disabled Steam Input in controller settings

Anyone have any experience getting it to work?

NOTE: Just tried with DualSense/PS5 controller and having the same issue. The game doesn’t seem to recognize the controller

  • @thisisdeeOPEnglish
    1•26 days ago

    Thank you so much for the very detailed response. I’m sorry for taking so long but I finally got some time to try messing around with it again.

    Edit: You mentioned trying two different controllers. Have you tried to have both plugged in at the same time so that the game can see both?

    So I actually use the controllers via Bluetooth because I couldn’t get my Mac to recognize the controllers when plugged in. I’ll try a few more things and see if I can get it to even get recognized.

    While you have the game running, are you able to open the Steam Overlay?

    I wasn’t able to get Steam Overlay to show up while playing Stardew Valley. Tried with controllers and with mouse/keyboard and it didn’t work. I confirmed that it worked with other games.