PS5 controller dpad buttons/ "A B X Y" buttons not working

[oatmeal boy]

Hi! I've been using my ps5 controller on my (windows 10) laptop for quite a while. Within the last day or so It has stopped working. Even just an hour or so ago it was working perfectly fine, but ceased responding to my abxy and dpad inputs in the middle of a game. Windows 10 recognizes and can connect to the controller, but steam/MW2 does not respond to said dpad/button inputs. I did have DS4 windows installed. I saw someone say something regarding uninstalling HIDguardian, but when I attempt to open Devcon.exe it refuses to actually open the program. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it to no avail. Any help would be massively appreciated!

[Heatblizzard]

Publicado originalmente por oatmeal boy:

Hi! I've been using my ps5 controller on my (windows 10) laptop for quite a while. Within the last day or so It has stopped working. Even just an hour or so ago it was working perfectly fine, but ceased responding to my abxy and dpad inputs in the middle of a game. Windows 10 recognizes and can connect to the controller, but steam/MW2 does not respond to said dpad/button inputs. I did have DS4 windows installed. I saw someone say something regarding uninstalling HIDguardian, but when I attempt to open Devcon.exe it refuses to actually open the program. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it to no avail. Any help would be massively appreciated!

If it is of any comfort my Switch Pro Controller suddenly stop working as the left analog stick only goes left and right. The up and down won't work but does on CEMU which seems to sometimes work and sometimes doesn't. I think we are experiencing a Windows issue as MS doesn't play nice with Plug n Play since Windows 8. They fired most of their PC technicians in a big 'shakeup' and hired Nokia people after Nokia went under. That should've been major red flags for MS instead they hired people from a FAILED phone company!

Same with Sears buying out Kmart. Sears should've steered clear of that and just let Kmart go. NONE of these companies are ran buy the original founders that started them nor are their families in charge either. It's all board of directors and accountant type people whom really don't have a clue how to actually run a business. They generally do the books and only think in terms of 'How to save money and maximize profits' not seeing the big picture mode of things.

In short we are under crapitalism NOT capitalism. That ship sailed a long time ago.

[BuggusMageevers]

I had a similar issue:

Configuration

OS: Windows 11
Steam client: 1682723851
Controller: Dualsense Edge (DSE)
Controller connection: wired via USB-C

How the bug occurred

While playing Fallen Order, input was working as expected. However, I wanted to take advantage of the back buttons on the DSE to help with healing, etc.
While in the Steam Client (I really like the new look by the way), and in Fallen Orders page, I clicked on the gear -> manage -> controller.
Clicked on 'Edit Layout', and tried to change the back buttons to the desired input.
Didn't seem to take so I tried again.
Still didn't work so I gave up and went back to just playing the game.
Next day, started playing and thought I'd tried to do the config again.
However, this time, the X, Square, Circle, and Triangle buttons were not available in the buttons tab. All other buttons were there.

Expected behavior

1. Select button, choose the desired input, button layout works as expected in-game.
2. A "return to default" button should be available to reset the .vdf file in case of deletions or file corruption. Currently, I did not see that such a button exists, including in Steam->Settings->Controller.

FIX

1. Found the .vdf files in /.../Steam/steamapps/common/Steam Controller Configs/<your_num_maybe_different>/config/<another_num>/controller_ps5.vdf
2. Using editor of choice edit the file

In my file, the "four_buttons" group was empty except for the "id", and "name".

"group"
{
	"id"		"<id_number>"
	"mode"		"four_buttons"
	"input"
	{
	}
}

Using /.../Steam/controller_base/templates/controller_ps5_gamepad_fps.vdf as my template, I input the missing "four_buttons" data.

"group"
{
	"id"		"<id_number>"
	"mode"		"four_buttons"
	"input"
	{
		"button_a"
		{
			"activators"
			{
				"Full_Press"
				{
					"bindings"
					{
						"binding"		"xinput_button A"
					}
				}
			}
		}
		"button_b"
		{
			"activators"
			{
				"Full_Press"
				{
					"bindings"
					{
						"binding"		"xinput_button B"
					}
				}
			}
		}
		"button_x"
		{
			"activators"
			{
				"Full_Press"
				{
					"bindings"
					{
						"binding"		"xinput_button X"
					}
				}
			}
		}
		"button_y"
		{
			"activators"
			{
				"Full_Press"
				{
					"bindings"
					{
						"binding"		"xinput_button Y"
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

However, I found that the group needed to be made active before it would show up. At the bottom of the file under "group_source_bindings" the id's from above are again listed with a slightly different name. Some of these had an "active" next to them, and some "inactive". While confirming that these id's were associated with "group"s from above, I noted the two "id"s labeled as "<side>_trackpad inactive" were "id"s being used for the "four_buttons" groups above. Yes, there were two empty "four_buttons" groups as shown above. I deleted the second empty "four_buttons" group, and updated the "group_source_bindings".

"preset"
{
	"id"		"<another_id_number>"
	"name"		"Default"
	"group_source_bindings"
	{
		#  There are several "id"s in here, I am listing only the "id" I activated
		"<four_buttons_id>"		"diamond_button active"
	}

Saved the file, the started up Steam. The buttons were not available for configuration under Fallen Order -> <gear icon> -> Manage -> Controller layout.
Loaded up Fallen Order and my button configuration worked as intended.

DISCLAIMER TO THOSE GOING TO TRY THE ABOVE

Please be careful when altering the file .vdf file. Take note of the individual characters you input or change. I checked the above, but was not able to copy paste for some reason, so there may still be typos. You may want to save a copy of the file before editing just in case. Also, you "id" numbers may be very different from mine which is why I listed a generic <id_number> field. Use **your** numbers if you edit your file. I also have no idea if there is a long term issue with editing the file, so good luck.