Version 3.32 is here, and its headline feature is game controller support on the Steam Deck. You can now explore the dungeon with the Deck's built-in controls, and the controller also works in the game's menus, the wiki, and Gnoll Overseer.
Getting Started
- Update GnollHack from your Steam Library and start the game. The Use Controller setting is on by default, and you can find it in Settings under Controller.
- If the controls do not respond, press the Steam button, open Controller Settings, and select the Gamepad with Mouse Trackpad template.
- The back grips need GnollHack's own Steam Input layout. With the template above, everything except the back grips works.
In the Dungeon
- Move: Walk with the left stick or the D-pad, and hold R1 with the left stick to run. The right stick pans the map, and L3 centers it on your character.
- Act: A runs the action available on your square, or opens the Actions radial menu when there are several. L1 + A opens the radial menu of all commands.
- Everyday commands: B searches, X picks up, and Y repeats your last command. View opens your inventory, and Menu opens the game menu.
- Triggers: R2 fires and L2 kicks by default. Each trigger has eight quick actions that you can change, and you choose which one the trigger performs.
- Back grips: L4, L5, R4, and R5 default to Apply, Cast, Quick Cast, and Quick Zap. You can change them in Settings.
- Toggles: R3 opens a radial menu for options such as Auto-Center and Look Mode.
- Button hints: An on-screen strip shows what each button does right now, and it changes when you hold L1 or R1.
Beyond the Dungeon
- The main menu, Settings, Library, Top Scores, Replays, and other pages all work with the controller.
- Wiki pages and other web pages open in the in-app browser, where the controller moves between links.
- Gnoll Overseer chat has full controller navigation.
- In Gaming Mode, text fields open Steam's on-screen keyboard.
- Sharing files, and attaching files in Gnoll Overseer, now work better on the Deck, with a file dialog that you can use with the controller.
Controller support is in the Linux version and is built for the Steam Deck. The Windows version does not have controller support yet.
Help Us Test It
This is the first release with controller support, so your reports are very useful. If something does not work, please post in the Steam discussions and tell us:
- Your Steam Deck model (LCD or OLED).
- Whether you were in Gaming Mode or Desktop Mode.
- Which controller layout or template you were using.
- What you pressed, what you expected, and what happened.
Patch Notes, Version 3.32
- Upgraded SkiaSharp to 4.154.0.
- Added game controller support for Steam Deck (i.e., for Linux).
- Added better support for sharing files and for attaching files in Overseer on Steam Deck.
- Available FPS settings are now integer divisions of the screen refresh rate.
- Improved handling of the situation where the game is started multiple times in parallel.
- Fixed a use-after-free bug relating to potion of oil.
- Various other bug fixes.