[Old Report] Controls stop working in Dead Space on Steam
I have a problem whilst playing the dead space remake on steam.
Every so often, maybe 10 mins, then 5 mins, then maybe 30 mins later the controls will stop responding. If I wait for maybe 1 min the controls start responding again. I get this problem whilst playing on keyboard and mouse, wireless xbox controller or wired playstation dual sense controller. I have tried unbinding all the settings in the controls menu to just leave the keyboard and mouse settings active, this does not work. I have tried turning controllers off in steam, this does not work. I have tried running in big picture mode, this does not work either.
Is there a known working fix for this ?, if not Is this something that is on the radar for a patch ?
Thanks in advance
@kill3rvill3 I recently started playing this game and have encountered this same issue. I'm playing the Steam version using a PS5 controller.
Just last night I tried powering off my USB DAC (used as a headphone amp) and switching to a regular 3.5mm headphone device, admittedly I've only had 2 short 45 minute game sessions since but this may have resolved my issue, previously even if only playing for an hour I'd expect my controller to go unresponsive once or twice during that time. Interesting I have a similar problem with Battlefield 2042 where my game will freeze entirely (audio works) and then resume, this would also happen with similar regularity to the issue with the controller on DS R.
If you have other USB devices (excluding your standard KB+M) you may want to try disabling or removing them for a session and see if it resolves your issue, particularly if you're using USB audio of any kind, I suspect there's some underlying problem that's related to Frostbite engine.
Good luck and hope it solves your problems.
Also, @EA_Shepard please share this issue of USB audio with the technical team.
