Steam Deck Beta Client 6/6/23 - Gyroscope and Accelerometer Fixes

A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was pushed out earlier today that brings in some wonderful improvements. Gyroscope and accelerometer improvements were brought in today, as well as a fix for Steam Linux Runtime compatibility tools not being installed for some titles. There was also a couple more fixes for the new Desktop mode included here:

Steam Deck Beta Client Update 6/6/23 Changelog:

General

• Fixed Steam Linux Runtime compatibility tools not being installed to support a title in some cases.

Steam Input

• Put Nintendo Switch controllers into simple mode when Steam Input isn't active. This also turns off the home LED when in simple mode, as users expect.
• Gyroscope as Joystick/DPad/Buttons/Lean were using yaw correction-to-the-average-heading, causing subtle drift over time, especially in games which involved a lot of turning in one direction (driving games, flight sims). This was also used in GetMotionData (Steam Input API) affecting titles which used the sensor fusion quaternion for aiming. The correction toward the average has now been removed.
• Deferred Sensor Fusion: Accelerometer correction (i.e. pitch correction from gravity sensors) for these modes is applied opportunistically - when the controller is rotating fast, or the controller is stationary (determined by stationary noise tolerances in the calibration page). This reduces noticeable "ouija effect" during fine aiming in our experiments. Note, none of the above gyro changes affect "Gyro As Mouse", which only uses Gyroscope readings, not Accelerometer.
• The top allowed noise threshold for gyroscope in the Gyro Calibration page has been increased 3 fold to allow abnormally noisy gyroscopes to pass the drift correction/calibration process.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed an error trying to delete a local screenshot from the game details page.
• Fixed incorrect pending wallet balance.
• Fixed an issue that led to incorrect menu positions.
• Fixed incorrect file type options being selected by default when setting custom artwork for a game.
• Rearranged and reworded several items on the friends list context menu to make them more clear.
• Fixed the friend menu causing a black bar on the underlying chat or group window in some cases.

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