Can't get PS4 rumble to work in game.

[Atomsk]

I've tried wired and wireless ( With the 8bitdo adapter). However when using the controller configs on steam rumble seems to work, but just not in Monster Hunter World. Any idea on how to get rumble working on a ps4 controller?

[Teratus]

Playstation controllers require multiple 3rd party software to get working properly on PC so I assume the fault lies there.

Personally it was too much of a pain for me trying to get my Ps3 & 4 controllers working so I just bought a uRAGE Vendetta 2 controller which has been pretty great so far.

Did have a generic USB PS2 controller but that kicked the bucket a week or so ago and the replacement Piranha one I bought stopped working randomly for no reason

[Credne]

Originally posted by Teratus:

Playstation controllers require multiple 3rd party software to get working properly on PC so I assume the fault lies there.

??? DS4Windows is all you need. Also, I'm using native support for this game and it works perfectely.

[hi im glossy]

Using DS4 for ages now with Steam Input (which is basically steam config) and it's been working fine, including vibration.

DS4 does not need 3rd party apps to work to its full potential.

Games like Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider alongside Destiny 2, do make use of DS4 without needing any apps. By full use I mean Vibration + Lightbar + Touchpad.

Games like Dead Cells however, only make partial use of the controller - no Vibration, no Lightbar and no Touchpad.

It's important to first try a game without Steam Input (the controller config unticked in Big Picture) to see if it natively supports DS4 and unless something has changed - MHW does not support it which I find a bit funny, the game already makes use of the controller on the PS4, why not implement support for it on PC too?

The other way to make this work is to turn off Steam Input (the controller config) and use DS4Windows which the original dev (Jays2Kings) abandoned and another guy took after (Ryochan7), you can find it in Google or on their Github pages.

I also like to plug and unplug the controller everytime I'm changing the application that's making use of it so we're all clean and good. Sometimes the light bar gets stuck with a color that was previously used for example. I know for certain DS4Windows does properly release the controller when you close the app, Steam Input sorta does it right but not always.

[Teratus]

DS4Windows is specifically for Ps4 I guess, guides I looked at were PS3 mostly and had multiple things needed to download.

Still easier to get a USB controller though imo, just wish more came in playstation shapes.
Never did like the Xbox controller.. stupid analog placement always bugged me XD

[Atomsk]

I've got rumble to work now, but I get this drift in a brand new ps4 controller on mHW now tho. I have to recalibrate it in steam everytime before I start the game up. Works fine on the actual ps4 though.

[Froglin Prince]

Mind if I ask how you got it to work? I've been using an 8bitdo adaptor on an Xbox One controller. When I first started the rumble worked absolutely fine, and then I fiddled with some stuff for a different game and now I can't get the rumble to work again in this one. For the time being I'm just plugging it in with a cable instead and the rumble's working again

[Malfeasance]

Originally posted by Atomsk:

I've got rumble to work now, but I get this drift in a brand new ps4 controller on mHW now tho. I have to recalibrate it in steam everytime before I start the game up. Works fine on the actual ps4 though.

Does rumble actually work? I've been able to enable it but it always rumbles a few times and then starts rumbling nonstop until I disable it. I'm on DS4Win 1.7.8.

I also get drift but only sometimes and never when I'm inputting any camera movement, and it happens in all games now. I even added a healthy amount of deadzone and it still happens. I was convinced it was my controller aging, but if you're experiencing it as well then maybe it isn't. I'll try updating DS4Win and see if it helps.

Edit - I mostly started having issues once Steam started automatically detecting the DS4 and using its own config for it. I've done what I can to shut it off, but idk if you can completely.

[Atomsk]

Originally posted by Jadedspark:

Mind if I ask how you got it to work? I've been using an 8bitdo adaptor on an Xbox One controller. When I first started the rumble worked absolutely fine, and then I fiddled with some stuff for a different game and now I can't get the rumble to work again in this one. For the time being I'm just plugging it in with a cable instead and the rumble's working again

I have the grey 8bitdo adapter but I couldn't get rumble to work on that. Been using it wired through USB.

[Atomsk]

Why the heck does my ps4 controller get the yellow light of death every other day when connected to the pc. So aggrivating.

[Malfeasance]

When it happens go into your control panel and drop down system devices. At the bottom, see if virtual gamepad emulation bus is enabled and enable it if it isn't. Mine was doing that for a long time before I figured out to try that. If it doesn't work I'd recommend uninstalling and reinstalling it from DS4Win.