Steam Deck controls turret creeping and picking up from belts
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 12:06 pm
Hi! I have around 900h in Factorio. I've beaten both vanilla and Space Age and I wanted to try on Steam Deck.
I tried both default controller scheme and Zirbs one and I prefer the default. I believe it works very well.
A - button is basically a left click
X - button is right click
Left Trigger is control
Right Trigger is shift
Left Stick is WASD
This allows very comfortable early game. E.g. to distribute half stack of coal I can press left trigger, hold X and run around with left stick along my column of furnaces. It is more comfortable than Zirbs layout which puts ctrl on back pedal. Somehow using left back pedal and left trigger at the same time was less comfortable.
However, I've found turret creeping very hard.
To perform turret creeping, I need to be able to:
- constantly move and change direction
- choose turret
- plop turret
- choose ammo
- put ammo in the turret
Choosing the turret quickly can be achieved with the L1 quick menu. Quick menu allows moving the left stick in one of 8 cardinal directions to select turrets or ammo quickly. However, it interrupts running which also uses left stick. In options menu under controller, there are controls for quick menu, but only for the next/previous tab or page.
Is there a way to use right stick with L1 for quick selection which would allow running while picking stuff from that menu? I think that would solve my biggest issue with turret creeping.
Another thing is collecting items from a belt. I like to run around in the early game and snatch iron from a belt and that requires moving + holding the "pick up item" button. Unfortnately, this one is mapped to D-pad down which can't be pressed while running. Did anybody solve that issue?
I tried both default controller scheme and Zirbs one and I prefer the default. I believe it works very well.
A - button is basically a left click
X - button is right click
Left Trigger is control
Right Trigger is shift
Left Stick is WASD
This allows very comfortable early game. E.g. to distribute half stack of coal I can press left trigger, hold X and run around with left stick along my column of furnaces. It is more comfortable than Zirbs layout which puts ctrl on back pedal. Somehow using left back pedal and left trigger at the same time was less comfortable.
However, I've found turret creeping very hard.
To perform turret creeping, I need to be able to:
- constantly move and change direction
- choose turret
- plop turret
- choose ammo
- put ammo in the turret
Choosing the turret quickly can be achieved with the L1 quick menu. Quick menu allows moving the left stick in one of 8 cardinal directions to select turrets or ammo quickly. However, it interrupts running which also uses left stick. In options menu under controller, there are controls for quick menu, but only for the next/previous tab or page.
Is there a way to use right stick with L1 for quick selection which would allow running while picking stuff from that menu? I think that would solve my biggest issue with turret creeping.
Another thing is collecting items from a belt. I like to run around in the early game and snatch iron from a belt and that requires moving + holding the "pick up item" button. Unfortnately, this one is mapped to D-pad down which can't be pressed while running. Did anybody solve that issue?