DS4Windows not working for PS4 Controller Support

[7ucky]

I've installed and run DS4Windows to be able to use my PS4 Bluetooth controller as others have suggested. DS4Windows detects the controller just fine, I can see the controller readings are registering in the app. However, the game itself doesn't seem to recognize a controller is connected.

Any suggestions or further tweaks I need to make to get a controller working for this?

[Prof_Blocks_007]

I'm not on my pc right now (using steam app on phone), so I can't provide screenshots to help, but I have used DS4Windows with bluetooth ps4 controller with 13/13-2/LR.

In DS4Windows, make sure you've enabled "Hide DS4 controller" in the settings menu - this enables "Exclusive Mode", indicated by a ✓ on the main screen of the app. From my understanding, this makes sure that it converts the DS4's inputs into a virtual 360 controller (some other applications can also interfere with DS4Windows activating exclusive mode).

You also might need to disable Steam's controller input mapping in settings (I can't remember where it is, but I think it can be changed per-game in properties).

These steps let DS4 work with 13 after I set them up, and it worked with 13-2 and LR just the same

Also one other thing I noticed with LR: if the controller disconnects mid-session, the game won't register inputs from the controller after reconnecting until after the game is rebooted (which can be annoying, but the game can be saved almost anywhere so it's not too bad).

Let me know if this helps or not ^^

[7ucky]

hey Prof_Blocks_007, thank you for recommendations here. I was too busy muddling through the game on keyboard yesterday. Love the game so far, just hate the controls.

As you suggested, I toggled the Hide DS4 controller" in the settings menu which did enact Exclusive Mode. However, now DS4Windows doesn't seem to recognize my controller. D'oh! It's also not being recognized in Steam Settings and, for the life of me, I can't figure out what would've changed. It connects via BT just fine and is detected when plugged in via USB, but the inputs no longer register.

On a whim, I also tried InputMapper as I'd read that allows a user to mimic other input devices, but no luck there.

Not quite sure what next steps are outside of digging up an old 360 controller and trying that. Maybe uninstalling both apps and then re-installing DS4Windows to see if I can get the detection again to try your solution. I'm just flabbergasted that people have to jump through so many hoops just get a controller working for a game that natively uses a controller.

[Prof_Blocks_007]

hey 7ucky, glad to hear you're enjoying the game so far - and yeah it's way better with a controller :)

Looking through the DS4windows settings, there's a "Use DInput only" setting in Profiles, which only works when the controller is wired, and doesn't work with Exclusive Mode. When I turned it on, I got the same issues you described (steam doesn't detect controller, doesn't work in game, etc)

Quick question: are you using the Jays2Kings release[github.com] (version 1.4.52), or the Ryochan7 release[github.com] (version 2.2.15)?

The Jays2Kings version is outdated/no longer supported (last updated Oct 2016), which might result in some issues, haha.

If you are using the old version, try installing the Ryochan7 release instead, and see if that works. (extra note: as of version 2.2.14 and later, the app will ask you to update to .NET framework version 5, if it isn't already installed on your system, as it will be used by future releases of DS4Windows - if you don't wanna do that just yet, install DS4Windows version 2.2.13)

If you are using the new one, make sure "Use DInput only" setting in Profiles -> Default -> Other (https://i.imgur.com/gc3eodi.png) is turned off.

Hopefully that fixes it, and let me know if you have any questions :)

Edit: Fixed link formatting