Diablo III PC unplayable using Controller of Handheld PCs

[MadTom-2218]

The workaround should be to add D3 executable to Steam and use it’s Controller configuration.

Video (I recommend creating your own template):

How to set up the Steam controller with Diablo 3

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You need to install Steam if you don’t already have it installed, then follow these steps. Step 1. Within Steam, add Battle Net as a Non-Steam game, you are choosing the Battle.net.exe executable, not Diablo III.exe (!! very important !!), Step 2. You need to update the ‘Target’ shortcut in Steam as follows: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe" --exec="launch D3" Assumes Battle Net is installed in the default folder during installation. Take note of the --exec="Launch D3" ap…

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Sidenote, Steam controller support is probably very good, my kids plugged in various controllers (PS5, Nintendo Switch, some no names) and they all where recognized and worked fine in the games they wanted to play with controller.