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[…] Might be an older issue?

For reference, the source that I cited was a report from last month ^[1]. Also, I personally verified that, in Hollow Knight, controller rumble worked with Proton enabled, and didn't work with it disabled.

I never had an issue on hollow knight. Both on PC Linux and steamdeck. […]

I'm not sure what the exact replication bounds are for the bug; maybe your configuration simply doesn't experience the issue? Or perhaps you inadvertently configured Steam to force proton somewhere?

Despite that, the game has been extremely stable for me so far. I currently have about 8 hours of playtime, and this controller thing has been pretty much the only bug/issue that I've encountered.

Thanks […] Thanks for quality reply.

You're welcome 😊

I modified the post's title to try to account for comments like yours 😜:

PSA: If [you are experiencing no][your] controller rumble [isn't working] in Silksong, then try forcing Proton in the game's properties on Steam

IIRC, I did try that, but it caused my controller to cease functioning at all. Take that statement with a grain of salt though — I'd need to test again to verify.

[…] I really want to use native builds when available. […]

Out of curiosity, how come?

[…] Is there any hope for a fix, even if unofficial?

Maybe, but, given that the same issue exists in Hollow Knight ^[1], I think it's possible that it may remain, at least for a while.

Thanks for the info. […]

You're welcome 😊

I enabled proton 9.0-4 (steamdeck btw), and loaded up my save and let myself take damage a couple times, still no rumble. […] Taking damage triggers it right?

I tested it just now, and yeah there's rumble on taking damage. There's also rumble when hitting an enemy, when striking environmental objects, and binding (for clarity, that is not necessarily an exhaustive list; it's just what I can recall at the moment).

Maybe Silksong unfortunately just has poor support for the Steamdeck at the moment. I found this which seems to support that theory:

I'm not sure if it's possible on the Steamdeck, but have you tried enabling Steam Input?

I'm currently waiting for them to release a patch for it; my controller is a little fucked: The controller vibration seems to have stopped working. Also, it bugs out for me if I disconnect the controller when the game is running and reconnect: some of the buttons stop working.

UPDATE (2025-09-05T06:54Z): It turns out that the lack of controller rumble is fixable by forcing the use of Proton instead of running the native build ^[1].

Hm, I've come across a number of statements that the GPL isn't well suited to hardware ^[1][2][3], but I'm not well enough versed in IP law to be confident in my understanding or the soundness of their rationale. Directly from the GNU Operating System:

Any material that can be copyrighted can be licensed under the GPL. GPLv3 can also be used to license materials covered by other copyright-like laws, such as semiconductor masks. So, as an example, you can release a drawing of a physical object or circuit under the GPL.

In many situations, copyright does not cover making physical hardware from a drawing. In these situations, your license for the drawing simply can't exert any control over making or selling physical hardware, regardless of the license you use. When copyright does cover making hardware, for instance with IC masks, the GPL handles that case in a useful way. ^[4]

I'm not really sure.

I catch myself doing this sometimes. I don't mean to belittle anyone's excitement — I just tend to default to responding way too analytically/critically. It's a trait of mine that I despise, and I'm trying to be more aware of it so that I can prevent it from happening.

For more information, I wrote this post that reports on the situation ^[1].

I read the first panel as: "Take that, right leg".

[…] Me: "I don't work here"

This gives me big "ok boomer" vibes. Instead of this, imo, snarky response, could you not simply politely say that you prefer a human cashier?

Remember the human.

Neat! Reminds me of Geryuganshoop from One Punch Man ^[1]:

1. Type: Article. Title: "Geryuganshoop". Publisher: ["Fandom". "One Punch Man Wiki".]. Accessed: 2025-08-09T06:12Z. URI: https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Geryuganshoop.
2. Type: Image. Title: "Geryuganshoop Profile Picture". Author: "Pyaasa". Publisher: [Type: Article. Title: "Geryuganshoop". Publisher: ["Fandom". "Top-Strongest Wikia".]. URI: https://topstrongest.fandom.com/wiki/Geryuganshoop.]. Accessed: 2025-08-09T06:17Z. URI: https://topstrongest.fandom.com/wiki/Geryuganshoop?file=Geryuganshoop_Profile_Picture.jpg. :::

In B.C.'s defense, imo, most of the land to its North is either too mountainous ^[1][2.1] or has too harsh a climate ^[2.2] to be realistically inhabitable. I think it's also worth noting that 15.4% of B.C.'s lands are protected ^[3].

::: spoiler References

1. Type: Document (PDF). Title: "BC Fact Sheet". Publisher: "Super, Natural British Columbia". Accessed: 2025-08-09T04:10Z. URI: https://www.hellobc.com/content/uploads/2019/04/TM_BCFactSheet.pdf.
   • Type: Text. Location: [§"The Land". ¶2]

     Ten mountain ranges push west from the Canadian Rockies in the east to the Coast Mountains and the Vancouver Island Ranges in the west, and ancient temperate rainforests hug the coast. In between are rolling grasslands, lush valleys, tens of thousands of lakes, glacier-fed rivers, and even semi-arid desert. Mountains cover 75% of the province.

2. Type: Article. Title: "British Columbia". Publisher: "Wikipedia". Published: 2025-08-08T03:18Z. Accessed: 2025-08-09T05:48Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia.
   1. Type: Image. Filename: "BC_Elevation.svg". Author: "Awmcphee". Published: 2024-04-27. Location: §"Geography". URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BC_Elevation.svg.

      

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   2. Type: Image. Filename: "British_Columbia_Köppen.svg". Author: "Adam Peterson". Published: 2016-08-12. Location: [§"Geography"§"Climate"]. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Columbia_K%C3%B6ppen.svg.

      

3. Type: Article. Title: "Protected Lands & Waters in B.C.". Publisher: ["Environmental Reporting BC". "Ministry of Environment". "British Columbia".]. Published: 2016-06. Accessed: 2025-08-09T05:59Z. URI: https://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/land/protected-lands-and-waters.html.
   • Type: Text. Location: ¶1.

     […] Protected lands and waters cover 15.4% of B.C.'s land base and 3.2% of B.C.'s marine areas. […]