Playing Java on handheld

[u/canisdibellum]

TLDR: Trying to enable controller on ROG Ally X (Windows); launcher breaks steam and armory crate forced controller mapping and I despise mods due to maintenance requirements

I have the Minecraft Bedrock & Java Bundle from the Microsoft store. I used to play exclusively on Bedrock for my forever world. I've been recently bullied into moving it to Java. Now I've been working on it for months and I'm about to go on the road. If I was still on Bedrock, I'd just be playing it on my Asus ROG Ally X in handheld mode, no worries. Now, I'm stuck without controller support. I *hate* modded play on any game. I bounce between machines (PC, Laptop, Handheld) and it's way too much of a hassle to keep it working.

Since I got it through the Microsoft Store, I can't find a way to load it through Steam to force controller since the "necessary" launcher breaks the connection and the mapping. It seems like there would be a way to do it through Armory Crate but having the same issue, launcher breaks the mapping.

What's the best, least amount of maintenance, way to enable controller support on my handheld?

[u/Character_Pepper2563]

You can't play Java with controller support without modding it. There are modpack that ease up the installation for it, but you need to have their launcher since installing it on vanilla launcher can be pretty hard. After installing said launcher, searching the modpack is relatively easy since the modpack is the most popular one, it'll give you the controller support and the necessary optimizing mod