Controller:Nvidia SHIELD Controller (2017)
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| XInput support | |
|---|---|
| Connection method | |
| USB-Micro, Bluetooth | |
| Predecessor | |
| SHIELD Controller (2015) | |
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Key points
- Natively supported by most modern games.
- Controller has handsfree microphone and 3.5mm stereo headset jack.
- Controllers can be used wired connections (via micro USB) or wirelessly with Bluetooth.
- Battery lasts over 60+ hours before needing a recharge.
General information
Inputs
- slider (swipe up/down to increase/decrease volume)
- microphone
- 2 × clickable analog sticks: LS, RS
- 2 × analog triggers: LT, RT
- 2 × digital shoulder buttons: LB, RB
- 8 × digital action buttons: 𝐀, 𝐁, 𝐗, 𝗬, ɴᴠɪᴅɪᴀ, ◁ ʙᴀᴄᴋ, ▷ sᴛᴀʀᴛ, ◯ ʜᴏᴍᴇ
- 4 × digital directional buttons (d-pad): ↑, ↓, ←, →
Availability
Controller variations
- Older version of controller has been released in 2015. It's larger and heavier, has physical volume control (2 buttons), capacitive touch buttons for NVIDIA home/back/start and below thumbsticks it has clickable touchpad which emulates mouse. Official drivers are disabling rumble support and require Nvidia GPU.
Use with PC platforms
Windows
- Connecting the controller should automatically download and install latest drivers for the controller.
- Custom application reWASD lets remap whole controller and works on Windows 7 or newer. Software gives advanced customization options eg. reassigning buttons to keyboard or mouse actions, macros, activate custom modes etc.
| Supported features | reWASD | Steam | Gamepad Phoenix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume control touchpad support | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vibrations | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Microphone support | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dead-zone adjustment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple controllers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Headphone Jack | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Keyboard & Mouse input emulation | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Virtual Xbox controller emulation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual DualShock emulation | ✓ [N 1] | ✗ | ✗ |
| Virtual Nintendo controller emulation | ✓ [N 2] | ✗ | ✗ |
| Retro DInput/WinMM compatibility | ~ [N 3] | ~ [N 3] | ✓ |
| Battery status | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
- ↑ Allows using controller as DualShock 3 and DualShock 4 virtual controllers.
- ↑ Allows using controller as virtual Switch Pro Controller.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Requires Xidi wrapper.
reWASD
- Enables rumble support.
- NVIDIA button, Back button, Start button and Home button can be remapped.
- Can emulate the DualShock 4 to play PS4 Remote Play or PS Now.[1]
- Can emulate the Xbox 360 controller to play XInput-compatible games.
- Not free of charge. 14-days trial.
- Volume control touchpad cannot be used yet.
- Custom configs for Nvidia Shield Controller can be found in official Community Configs Library maintained by reWASD users. It's placed in Stadia/Xbox Series X/DualSense filter.
Linux
- This controller is "Plug and Play" on most distributions of Linux.
- Xboxdrv is an alternative to the stock driver and allows many configuration options.
Steam
- Can be recognized as Xbox 360 controller but after manual reassignment. Controller cannot be found in Supported Controller Database, so Steam recognizes it as standard DirectInput device.
- Not capable of making full use of Steam Input. Blue LED is not configurable and additional buttons are not visible in configuration menu. Slider is not supported.
Steam Link compatibility
- Works without any drivers on any operating system that supports Steam.
- Can be used just to send input from a controller to a PC. Go into Streaming options, hit 𝗬 and disable video and audio streaming.
- Won't work great unless the streaming device is connected to LAN or a low latency Wi-Fi.
Support in games
- PC games that support the XInput standard are supported.
Games with touchpad support
For a list of games, see List of games that support touchpad.
- Touchpad, known as slider is placed on the front of the controller between analog sticks, the capacitive type touchpad is a non-clickable 1-point touchpad. The functionality of the touchpad can differ from between games but usually controls volume. Recognized gestures: scroll.
- There is no software which allows to remap controller's touchpad.
Games with microphone support
- Games with implemented voice chat are able to use controller's microphone, but microphone support for Nvidia SHIELD Controller is not implemented yet.
- VoiceBot and VoiceAttack allows to control games and applications by voice commands.
- List of Microphone-controllerd computer games.
Games with XInput button prompts
Other information
Technical information
| Controller button | Button label and axis |
|---|---|
| A | Button 1 |
| B | Button 2 |
| X | Button 3 |
| Y | Button 4 |
| LB | Button 5 |
| RB | Button 6 |
| LT | Z-axis positive |
| RT | Z-axis negative |
| Back | Button 7 |
| Start | Button 8 |
| Left stick | Button 9, X-axis, Y-axis |
| Right stick | Button 10, X-rotation, Z-rotation |
| NVIDIA button | Guide button |
| Home button | |
| D-pad up | POV up |
| D-pad down | POV down |
| D-pad left | POV left |
| D-pad right | POV right |
| Volume control touchpad | Volume control |
References
- ↑ reWASD 5.7.0 - last accessed on June 2023