dualshock4 controller

[TheBear]

Why is it working so badly with sony's own controller?

I have to use all sorts of own made up schemes to try and get it to work.
And sometimes if i accidently touch the keyboard it wont even work at all.

Plenty of other games seem better adjusted.. not sure whats wrong with this game. (and hell they even use the xbox layout for controllers lol wtf)

[Booby_Tuesdays]

I noticed that with Steam I really had to dive in and adjust settings to get it perfect.

Go into big picture mode and mess with the individual game settings. I have found no universal PS4 controller setting, and I have had to manually adjust for each game accordingly. Kind of a PITA, but worth it.

Make sure PS4 controller support is checked, uncheck xbox support, and check generic gamepad support.

Check use steam configuration for non-steam controllers.
Change your touchpad to be a single button in Helldivers.
Trackpad click and touch I would make "select" which will bring up the map.

I had to set up the d pad, as well as both joysticks in big picture mode.
Both joysticks should be set to "joystick move" and LS and RS click.
I had to adjust my deadzone on the right stick a bit to get it feeling right.

Play around with the settings for Helldivers and let me know if it's working any better for you. :)

[Tech]

Disable steam ps4 controller support. The game has native ds4 support.

[TheBear]

2 replies, both contradicting each other damn.. well its not your fault. xD

I'll give Tech's idea a shot first as i've already done Booby's ideas.

[ForeverAPeon]

Try these:
- Remove any 3rd party gamepad software, it's not needed
- Check you don't have a weirdly configured profile in Steam's settings, not the game settings.
- Disable Big Picture mode

[pie75]

The game does have native PS4 controller support, and the controls work super well!
Perfectly suited to the HELLDIVER gameplay, since it was designed for PS controllers.

I personally thought, at first, that I might need another software to connect my PS4 controller, but that just resulted in a duplicated controller and two divers with the same controller. (which was pretty funny at first)

[Penguih]

Okay, I realized that the PS4 controller is supported, but PS5 is not...