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Battlefield 6Battlefield 6 · PC · version Season 5

Controllers on PC keep firing on their own

UnconfirmedReported as unpatched

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On PC, some players using controllers say their character starts shooting by itself and they cannot sprint or do anything else. The match becomes unplayable and the game eventually kicks them for inactivity. The reporter sees it with both an Xbox controller and a Razer Wolverine V3 Pro.

Lifecycle

Acknowledged · stage 3 of 5

13days open

Since first report

  1. Reported (reached)
  2. Confirmed (not yet)—
  3. Acknowledged (reached) · now
  4. Partial (not yet)next
  5. Patched (not yet)—
Report → ack 0dIn current stage 13d
Workaround available
Game
Battlefield 6
Platform
PC
Affected version
Season 5
Kind
Bug
Confirmation
Unconfirmed
Patch status
Reported as unpatched
First reported
Last updated
Latest fix or workaround
Workaround, : EA staff suggest disabling Steam Input, which fixed it for some players before. Source
How we label issues

Kind

  • Exploit: Repeatable and clearly advantageous to the player using it; essentially cheating.
  • Bug: Everything else: crashes, launch errors, broken features, visual or audio faults.

Confirmation

  • Confirmed: A developer or official account acknowledged it, an official known-issues board lists it, it appears in official patch notes, or 100+ corroborating posts on X were actually counted.
  • Unconfirmed: None of the above yet. Press articles are reports and never confirm an issue on their own.

Patch status

  • Unpatched: Known and open; no fix has been claimed.
  • Reported as unpatched: Players credibly report it persisting, including after a fix claim that never appeared in patch notes.
  • Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
  • Reported as patched: A developer, official account or player says it is fixed, but no official patch notes list it.
  • Patched: Official patch notes (a Steam news post or the publisher's patch notes page) list the fix, and nothing credible says it still happens.

Active means still affecting players: Unpatched, Reported as unpatched or Partially patched. Patched and Reported as patched issues are closed.

Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.

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Impact bands

  • 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
  • 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
  • 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
  • 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
  • 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.

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Estimated impactEstimated impact 5.0 out of 9.9, ElevatedOur estimate from how many players it reaches and what it costs them.

Updates · 20

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  1. Acknowledged

    EA staff (forum officer) suggests disabling Steam Input and checking binds. 3 more posts in the thread.

    EA_mplsnow · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “Hey SweetTator, If you haven't already, it might be worth running through the following troubleshooting steps a try to see if there's any improvement: Disable Steam Input and Desktop Layout settings under Steam > Battlefield 6 > Properties > Controller Reset your keyboard binds to default and make …”
    EA_mplsnow · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  2. Report

    A controller's fire button gets stuck after the latest update. 1 more post in the thread.

    josuemmr · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “I am using a controller and the RT button or gun firing button gets stuck!, it just happened after battle field's latest update.”
    josuemmr · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  3. Report

    Old thread revived: 'same issue here ever since the Vegas update'.

    ElderHansGruber · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “same issue here ever since the Vegas update”
    ElderHansGruber · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  4. Report

    Asks when the auto-shooting glitch on PC will be fixed; happens with Xbox and Razer Wolverine V3 Pro controllers, leaves them unable to sprint or act and gets them kicked for inactivity.

    @PepsiManX360 on X ·

    @PepsiManX360 on X · · View post

  5. Workaround

    EA staff ask whether this is auto-firing and pass on community workarounds (disable Steam Input, click LMB).

    EA_mplsnow · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Just to be sure I'm understanding you correctly, by the RT button getting stuck, do you mean that you're experiencing auto-firing? If so, some players have shared that clicking your left mouse button when this occurs stops the auto fires. Disabling Steam Input has also been helpful.”
    EA_mplsnow · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  6. Report

    The user says the workarounds did not help.

    Hal · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Hey, thanks for the response! It appears to be reading as a click whenever I have a controller connected. I've clicked multiple times with my mouse while trying to fix it in the game's menus, and it doesn't seem to go away. I also tried multiple Steam input settings to no avail.”
    Hal · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  7. Report

    Oct 22: in a thread about a Steam Controller firing on its own, a player asks whether anyone has found a fix.

    Stupid Bee · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “anyone find a fix for this??? this is ridiculous”
    Stupid Bee · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  8. Report

    Oct 22: since the latest update, a player's controller weapons keep firing with no input, only in Battlefield 6; the controller works normally in other games.

    Mudvayne · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “I’m wondering if anyone else is running into a controller bug following the most recent update. Since the patch dropped, my weapons keep firing automatically without any input from me. To make sure it wasn't a hardware failure on my end, I tested my controller in several other games, and …”
    Mudvayne · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  9. Workaround

    Another player has the same problem and says clicking the left mouse button stops the controller from auto-firing.

    skalijaafar · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Have the same problem and found an easy fix, as soon as your weapon start autofiring click your left button mouse and it stop. The controller will stop autofiring,”
    skalijaafar · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  10. Workaround

    EA staff suggest disabling Steam Input, which fixed it for some players before.

    EA_mplsnow · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Hey Mudvayne, just checking in to see if skalijaafar's suggestion was able to help? If not, it'd also be worth trying to disable Steam input, as doing so was able to fix this for some players in the past. Either way, let us know. Thanks!”
    EA_mplsnow · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  11. Report

    Oct 23: the game is unplayable with this bug; clicking the left mouse button stops it for about ten seconds, and disabling Steam Input makes the controller unusable.

    syncr0 · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Game is unplayable with this bug. Hitting left mouse solves the problem for 10 seconds max. Disabling steam input makes the controller unusable. The game didnt have this bug before the update”
    syncr0 · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  12. Report

    Oct 23: auto-firing is back; hardware tests are fine, and tabbing out stops it only briefly.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “I have had the same issue. I also tested all my hardware. My stuff works just fine. I did notice that if focus on another window real quick like using Alt + Tab it will stop briefly but I have to…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  13. Report

    Oct 23: the same player rules out the controller and the mouse.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “It's not the controller or the mouse because at first I thought it was my mouse button getting stuck or wigging out. It's a wireless mouse so I shut it off. But then when it started to happen again I…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  14. Report

    Oct 24: a player says the problem has gone on for about nine months and asks DICE to fix it.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “How about DICE making a concerted effort to fix this ongoing problem that's been happening for about 9 months now”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  15. Report

    Oct 24: a player says the auto-firing came back the day before and none of the suggested fixes work.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “everything was working smoothly again for me until, yesterday! Now the game is unplayable again for me with a controller.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  1. Report

    Oct 25: a player says auto-firing went from rare to frequent today.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Also having this issue. Just got the game a week ago and I think it happened once or twice and clicking the mouse fixed it. Played 3 games after that no problem. Today it's borderline unplayable. It…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  2. Report

    Oct 25: another player sees the on-screen prompts switch to keyboard-and-mouse icons when the self-firing starts.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “+1 on this. I completely unbound my fire bind for KB+M controls, it switched from full auto firing to bursting. Glyphs on screen switch to KB+M icons when the self-firing happens, despite me using a…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  3. Report

    Oct 27: a player on a wireless 8BitDo Ultimate gets the auto-fire every 5 to 10 minutes; a mouse click clears it.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Same issue here with a wireless 8biitdo ultimate”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  4. Report

    Oct 27: a DS4 player had to swap bumper bindings to stop weapons auto-firing; vehicles still do it.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Had to swap RB and LB functions on my DS4 just to stop the guns from auto-firing”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  5. Report

    Oct 27: a player says the auto-firing has come and gone for months and makes the game unplayable.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “this has been happening on and off for MONTHS.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
Sources · 203 Official17 CommunityEA_mplsnowSteam · Forum threadOfficial+ 17 similar community reports and 2 official postsShow all →
Steam · Community discussionEA_mplsnowOfficialBattlefield 6 · Steam app 2807960
“Hey SweetTator, If you haven't already, it might be worth running through the following troubleshooting steps a try to see if there's any improvement: Disable Steam Input and Desktop Layout settings under Steam > Battlefield 6 > Properties > Controller Reset your keyboard binds to default and make …”
  • EA_mplsnowSteam · Forum replyOfficialOpen
    “Just to be sure I'm understanding you correctly, by the RT button getting stuck, do you mean that you're experiencing auto-firing? If so, some players have shared that clicking your left mouse button when this occurs stops the auto fires. Disabling Steam Input has also been helpful.”
  • EA_mplsnowSteam · Forum replyOfficialOpen
    “Hey Mudvayne, just checking in to see if skalijaafar's suggestion was able to help? If not, it'd also be worth trying to disable Steam input, as doing so was able to fix this for some players in the past. Either way, let us know. Thanks!”
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