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Delverium Controller Detected Pop-up: How to Stop It

The game keeps detecting a controller while you use keyboard and mouse? The developer published a manual setting for this exact complaint.

Updated: Game Version: v0.1.0.1 2 min read Delverium
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Quick Answer

For keyboard-and-mouse players repeatedly seeing “Controller Detected”, Sagestone Games added a manual workaround in v0.1.0.1: launch and exit the updated game, then change <controllersEnabled>true</controllersEnabled> to <controllersEnabled>false</controllersEnabled> in your Settings.xml. The developer has not yet put this switch in the in-game options.

How to Disable Controller Detection

A player reported that the pop-up returned whenever they used a Cyborg II thumbstick mapped to WASD. In Sagestone Games' direct reply, the developer gave these steps for the Windows build:

  1. Update Delverium. The setting arrived in v0.1.0.1, Build ID 25477537. If Steam has not picked up the update, restart Steam and let the game update.
  2. Launch the game once, then exit it. The developer says this updates the settings file. Keep the game closed while editing that file.
  3. Open File Explorer and enter %appdata%\..\LocalLow\Sagestone Games\Delverium in the address bar. The same folder is normally C:\Users\[username]\AppData\LocalLow\Sagestone Games\Delverium.
  4. Open Users\[SteamId]\Settings\Settings.xml inside that folder. [SteamId] is the account-specific folder name, not text to type literally. Make a copy of Settings.xml before changing it.
  5. Open the original file in Notepad. In the controls section, find <controllersEnabled>true</controllersEnabled> and change only true to false. Save the file, then start the game again to check the result.

The v0.1.0.1 patch note confirms this option was added to force-disable in-game controller detection. This is a developer-provided workaround, but the player in that thread only said they would try it; they did not report a confirmed result.

What If the Setting Is Missing?

Check the game build first: earlier versions did not have this option. Then launch and exit Delverium once more, as the developer instructs, and look under the correct Users\[SteamId]\Settings folder. If you still cannot find the line, do not invent a new XML block or edit a different game's settings file; the developer did not document those steps.

What If You Want to Use a Controller?

This setting is intended to stop the game detecting controller input. If you actually play with a controller, leave it enabled. In the same discussion, Sagestone Games suggested disconnecting an unintended input device as a temporary check. For a separate duplicate-gamepad report, the developer also suggested trying Steam Library → Delverium → Properties → Controller → “Disable Steam Input” under the per-game override. That suggestion was for duplicate inputs, not a confirmed cure for this pop-up.

The file path, Build ID and XML change come from Sagestone Games' reply to the player's report. The workaround has not been tested by GameHelpBase, and that player did not confirm an outcome in the thread.

Sources: Sagestone Games: controller pop-up workaround · Delverium Update v0.1.0.1