Controller being weird now

[bahamutprincess]

played fine with a ps4 controller in the past... now it's only letting R1 act as the ok button... any idea how i can fix this?

[spy]

ff4 controls also behave differently. Y button is constantly changing. strange
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[yoship]

See if these steps help. My PS5 controller works correctly when configured this way.

1. Plug in the controller.
2. Ensure 'Steam-> Settings -> Controller -> Playstation Controller Support' is enabled.
3. On FF VII launch page, open 'View controller settings' found towards the right side.
4. Here choose controller layout -> community layouts. Select from among the top two or three top voted layouts- regular or reversed- according to your preference.
5. Select the new layout. Exite the controller settings screen.

Now try to start the game. Hope things work. If DS4 still doesn't work properly, may wish to reset controller settings in FF VII launcher window, and try again. Also try wired controller setup if wireless doesn't work properly. Good luck.

[Valinov]

Originally posted by yoship:

See if these steps help. My PS5 controller works correctly when configured this way.

1. Plug in the controller.
2. Ensure 'Steam-> Settings -> Controller -> Playstation Controller Support' is enabled.
3. On FF VII launch page, open 'View controller settings' found towards the right side.
4. Here choose controller layout -> community layouts. Select from among the top two or three top voted layouts- regular or reversed- according to your preference.
5. Select the new layout. Exite the controller settings screen.

Now try to start the game. Hope things work. If DS4 still doesn't work properly, may wish to reset controller settings in FF VII launcher window, and try again. Also try wired controller setup if wireless doesn't work properly. Good luck.

When I am in the FFVII launcher page I don't see a tab for controller. Just keyboard and joystick in the settings.

[TheCrazyCanuck]

I think 3 or 4 weeks ago I read that PS4 controller support changed somehow in steam which you might be running into. I use an overlay or whatever the custom button mappings are called in steam which gives me the original Playstation mappings instead of XBox controller mappings. I tried to find that article which goes into more detail but I couldn't find it, but I recently played this game after reading about it and the overlay worked just fine.

When you are in the steam controller settings it might be a good idea to run the test to make sure steam sees the controller properly. I normally use my PS4 controller wired to my PC but in my recent FFVII playthroughs I was using the PS4 wireless over BT and was surprised how well it worked across the room.

[yoship]

Originally posted by Valinov:

When I am in the FFVII launcher page I don't see a tab for controller. Just keyboard and joystick in the settings.

By launcher page I mean the one where you press the big green button to start the game. The 'View controller settings' or controller icon will appear on the right side of this page- but will only appear if the controller is already plugged in, else it won't show up.

If you are trying to use the controller wirelessly, first try the above wired way. Or at least first ensure Steam detects the wireless controller correctly. Hope this helps a little.