No Man's Sky Steam input does not work

[utkarshdalal]

Describe the bug
I am trying to add steam input for No Man's Sky. I am correctly generating the .txt files and placing them under steam_settings/controller. However, in the game, only keyboard and mouse are detected. There is an option to "configure controller via Steam" but clicking it does nothing.

Emulator version
2025_11_27 steamclient_experimental

Debug log

STEAM_LOG_1759226529.log

steam_settings file

No Man's Sky Controller.zip

Infos
The game SteamAppId: 275850
The game using Denuvo: No

Requirement
Set x what you completed

• like this
• I am uploaded debug log.
• I am uploaded steam_setting file.
• I am sure the game not using 3rd party server (Photon, Playfab, GC, etc).
• I am sure can run the game offline.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Generate controller .txt files using the code from parse_controller_vdf.py - we use the file mentioned in No Man's Sky's manifest, for xbox one controller (attached in zip)

No Man's Sky Controller Source.zip

2. Put generated files into steam_settings/controller
3. I see the controller loaded by gbe: load_gamecontroller_settings() Added 33 action names to FRONTEND
4. Game does not detect controller

Expected behavior
Game should detect controller

Screenshots
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Additional context
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