Is PS4 for the best controller for Celeste?

[terrarium]

Loving the game and don't normally play speed side scrollers. Is ps4 controller the most appropriate for this game or is there a smoother controller? Sometimes if I'm doing a tricky diagonal dash I'll switch to the analog sticks, but I still fill the d pad is a little gummy.

[ChowderHeadedYokel]

Originally posted by robobirdy:

I'm came to the discussions to find out why my ps4 controller is not working with the game. You have no issues?

I'm having issues also. I have my ps4 controller directly connected to my laptop and i cant use it which seems odd to me since it's coming out on consoles

[Doggo Rosso]

Can't you just map the keyboard controls to the DS4 via DS4Windows? I'm using the Xbone controller btw and it controls perfectly... Matter of taste I guess, but I think the xb1 dpad works much better for these kinds of games.

[Doggo Rosso]

Also, if you haven't done it, you need to install DS4Windows anyway to use a PS4 controller pn PC.

[ChowderHeadedYokel]

Originally posted by DerDingobaron:

Also, if you haven't done it, you need to install DS4Windows anyway to use a PS4 controller pn PC.

Ive had DS4 installed for a while now. Rocket league, broforce, and cuphead all work fine with the controller but celeste for some reason doesn't.

[Doggo Rosso]

Like I said... You could map the keyboard buttons to the DS4 until there's a fix.

[Noel]

Steam also recently added support for PS4 controllers in Steam->Settings->Controllers->General Controller Settings -> PS4 Configuration Support.

Enabling this should make the game work with PS4 controllers when running from Steam (although the UI will still show xbox controls).

An alternative is to use the "opengl" branch which uses SDL2, which supports a much wider variety of controllers.

[terrarium]

For PS4 connectivity these are the directions I always follow and it never fails.

0. Make sure controller isn't paired to another device. (RESET THE PS4 CONTROLLER)

1. sudo rm -R /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

2. Restart

3a. With BT PrefPane open, try pairing with PS Button and Share. May or may not work. If it does, you're done!

3b. If 3a doesn't work, try connecting by pressing PS button and looking to see if light stays lit.

4. If still not working, start at step 2, and possibly try only 3b.

[Grottowalker]

Originally posted by terrarium:

Loving the game and don't normally play speed side scrollers. Is ps4 controller the most appropriate for this game or is there a smoother controller? Sometimes if I'm doing a tricky diagonal dash I'll switch to the analog sticks, but I still fill the d pad is a little gummy.

controllers are subjective. after building an arcade stick with a korean lever and playing over 100 hours of tekken with it, its my go to for clasic styled arcade games.

i play all my sidescrolling platforming adventures on my arcade stick. so comfy.

you will be best on what contoller you are most familar with. weather it be a ps4 controller, mechanical keyboard, some varient of a retro controller or whatever else.

[jeff]

Sometimes if I'm doing a tricky diagonal dash I'll switch to the analog sticks, but I still fill the d pad is a little gummy.

I used the Steam controller configuration to bind triangle to up+dash together, this saves you from having to do the slightly awkward diagonal input. You might consider this cheating.

[internisus]

While not always the case (I think Super Meat Boy plays well with a stick), I usually strongly prefer a d-pad for challenging 2D platformers like this, so before I even started I unplugged my PC mainstay Xbox One controller and replaced it with a PS4 controller, which has the best d-pad that I've used. If there's a better one, I'd love to hear about it, but otherwise I think a PS4 controller is the best choice.