Cross posted from Wing Commander CIC Forums

Just played through Wing Commander 1-4 with the Steam Controller and had a great time. Almost as much fun configuring the thing as it was playing the games. Here's some configs if you want to give them a try. They might take some getting used to. The III and IV configurations are quite complex, but after playing each game with these configs, I can't imagine what I'd do without them. Try exploring around them a bit and see how they work.

General notes:
Typically hold start to switch between mouse mode and cockpit mode.
Hold select to auto pilot

Wing Commander I
I used wcdx and this seemed to do the trick just fine.
steam://controllerconfig/wing%20commander/959271807

Wing Commander II
I used both wcdx and dos modes and they both seemed to work fine. You might need to tweek a few things here and there.
steam://controllerconfig/wing%20commander%20ii/1097909444

Wing Commander III & IV
I think I might have accidentally deleted my Wing Commander III config, which really sucks. The Wing Commander IV config was heavily based on it, so I assume It'll work fine for both, which is why I'm labeling them together. I've only tested it with WC3 for a few minutes, but it seemed to work just fine. Might require some futzing to get it perfect for both of them.

I highly recommend using the Kilrathi Saga version of WC3 as detailed here

Holding left grip allows the right pad to configure weapons and engines.
Holding the right grip allows the right pad to be used for communication

steam://controllerconfig/wing%20commander%20iv/1097914933

Wing Commander III
Here was my rough start. I've included it for archaeological purposes.
steam://controllerconfig/wing%20commander%20iii/1097898014
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crap. my hyper links are broken and I can't post links in this forum. Ah well. If you want the complete/updated version of this post, check it out at Wing Commander CIC forums. Just search the topic.

I found this thread and was interested in using your configuration for Wing Commander 1 but for some reason when I load the game with the config it seems to detect the steam controller as a generic gamepad. None of the custom configuration commands seem to get sent to the game and it reacts as if a generic (or maybe xbox) controller is plugged in. I double checked that the config was loaded in the steam client, so I'm not sure what's up. Did you have to do any other tweaking to get it to work?

I got the config to work by setting the dosbox renderer to opengl but then the game performance is poor. It hangs when trying to enter the name and call sign. I'll have to see if tweaking the settings will help.

It turns out that the problem that I thought was caused by opengl is actually with steam link. For some reason it has problems displaying the opengl. The steam config work fine on my pc running with opengl.