I'm Using PS4 controller, but game shows Xbox layout buttons.

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Nesprito Jul 4, 2020 @ 8:28am

I'm having a weird issue while playing some games.
I know some games don't have a PS4 layout but the ones I'm trying to play used to have them when I connected my controller a few weeks ago.
I don't know what I did but now the Xbox buttons layout are showing up instead of the PS4 ones.
anyone knows how to fix this?

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76561198407601200 Jul 4, 2020 @ 9:20am

might wanna check in-game settings and see. I recall playing a game that had no xbox button layouts, but bc i remember how ps' is, i was able to play. I'd imaging some other games have the option to toggle between the two, may have defaulted with an update.

Nesprito Jul 4, 2020 @ 9:50am

Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:
might wanna check in-game settings and see. I recall playing a game that had no xbox button layouts, but bc i remember how ps' is, i was able to play. I'd imaging some other games have the option to toggle between the two, may have defaulted with an update.

Hmm.. It seems Persona 4 Doesn't have the option to change the layout.
The other games had it though. so thats something. Thanks!

Last edited by Nesprito; Jul 4, 2020 @ 9:51am

crunchyfrog Jul 4, 2020 @ 10:04am

Originally posted by Nespriot:
Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:
might wanna check in-game settings and see. I recall playing a game that had no xbox button layouts, but bc i remember how ps' is, i was able to play. I'd imaging some other games have the option to toggle between the two, may have defaulted with an update.

Hmm.. It seems Persona 4 Doesn't have the option to change the layout.
The other games had it though. so thats something. Thanks!

Quite a common thing with PS4 controllers. Some games have it, others don't. But more importantly Windows doesn't support PS4 controllers natively, so you can get weirdness where it'll think you're using an Xbox One controller.

There is a way to fix this though, because I did it a long time ago, as I used to get this in about 40% of my games. Joy2Key.

Download that, and follow the instructions. It installs a driver and emulates an Xbox One controller. But here's the kicker - you can rearrange button layouts.

NICEgood32 Jul 4, 2020 @ 10:16am

Originally posted by Nespriot:
I'm having a weird issue while playing some games.
I know some games don't have a PS4 layout but the ones I'm trying to play used to have them when I connected my controller a few weeks ago.
I don't know what I did but now the Xbox buttons layout are showing up instead of the PS4 ones.
anyone knows how to fix this?

This is normal as steam controller config emulates an Xbox one controller

Nesprito Jul 4, 2020 @ 11:10am

Originally posted by NICEgood32:
This is normal as steam controller config emulates an Xbox one controller

But when I bought P4G I used my PS4 controller to play and it showed a Playstation layout.
It started showing the Xbox layout yesterday and the same happened to my other games I used to play with a controller.

crunchyfrog Jul 4, 2020 @ 12:43pm

Originally posted by Nespriot:
Originally posted by NICEgood32:
This is normal as steam controller config emulates an Xbox one controller

But when I bought P4G I used my PS4 controller to play and it showed a Playstation layout.
It started showing the Xbox layout yesterday and the same happened to my other games I used to play with a controller.

Has there been a Windows update in that time that you know of? That can ruin settings of all sorts.

Nesprito Jul 4, 2020 @ 1:12pm

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:
Originally posted by Nespriot:

But when I bought P4G I used my PS4 controller to play and it showed a Playstation layout.
It started showing the Xbox layout yesterday and the same happened to my other games I used to play with a controller.

Has there been a Windows update in that time that you know of? That can ruin settings of all sorts.

Hmm yes. I think I downloaded the windows 10 2004 update during that time.

crunchyfrog Jul 4, 2020 @ 1:15pm

Originally posted by Nespriot:
Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Has there been a Windows update in that time that you know of? That can ruin settings of all sorts.
Hmm yes. I think I downloaded the windows 10 2004 update during that time.

Ah good old Windows 10. Made half of the games I'd downloaded refuse to work a couple of months ago because it had buggered up my resolution settings for my auxiliary TV.

Thanks MS!

󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester Jul 4, 2020 @ 1:16pm

Persona 4 should have native support, if you aren't seen PS4 icons, something else is making your controller show as an Xbox one. Check and disable steams controller settings be for the game.

Last edited by 󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester; Jul 4, 2020 @ 1:16pm