PS5 controller showing Xbox buttons (DS5/Dualshock 5)

[jet]

I've tried a number of games, steam and non-steam, that support xbox and PS controlled button art, however it only shows xbox buttons. I've tried enable/disable all the gamepad settings.
Is this expected?

[Village Idiot]

Do you have DS4Windows open by any chance?

[jet]

Originally posted by Village Idiot:

Do you have DS4Windows open by any chance?

No. Would that help? Haven't installed it on this machine

[Village Idiot]

Originally posted by jet fuel cant melt steel beams:

Originally posted by Village Idiot:

Do you have DS4Windows open by any chance?

No. Would that help? Haven't installed it on this machine

No that will force your PS5 controller to mimic an Xbox controller, hence also Xbox button prompts.

[Quantlock]

Is there an update to this? With just a PS5 controller (on PC and Steam via bluetooth; no DS4Windows or anything else), it still just shows an Xbox controller layout not the PS5 controller. Has anyone got this to work where the games show a PS5 layout. Steam recognizes the PS5 controller just fine. It uses the correct button layout during menus but when you play a game, it just looks like the xbox layout.

[jet]

Originally posted by Samir:

Is there an update to this? With just a PS5 controller (on PC and Steam via bluetooth; no DS4Windows or anything else), it still just shows an Xbox controller layout not the PS5 controller. Has anyone got this to work where the games show a PS5 layout. Steam recognizes the PS5 controller just fine. It uses the correct button layout during menus but when you play a game, it just looks like the xbox layout.

Im still sol

[jet]

@steam anyone?

[Quantlock]

@jet fuel, here is a PC gamer article from Nov. of last year suggesting that "Steam Input API is... what lets you get... in-game prompts (showing) the right buttons and symbols no matter what device you're using."

But I don't see that and it is quite infuriating. Maybe it isn't an inconvenience to other, but to me the extra bit of time it takes to go, "nope, that's the wrong "X"" is frustrating.

[HazePhase]

Just ordered a fancy ps5 controller only to throw it in the corner and go back to my old ps4 one because there is no API... a year in... Hopefully, someday they'll implement it.

To clarify, there is no way to get ps5 controller prompts ingame (not counting mods), the Xbox API is used so, you'll always see Xbox button prompts. Either opt. to use a DS4 controller or wait for the API to be implemented.

[Quantlock]

It is ridiculous. Some games, like Control, allow for native PS5 controller support. The quality of life increase is amazing! But again, this is still rare.

[AL2009man]

oh no, you stumbled acrossed the unfortunate state of Gamepad API Support on (Windows) PC.

the short version is that DualSense Controller support is very rare right now and newer games (such as Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition, DEATHLOOP, F1 2021, Genshin Impact and soon, God of War (2018 video game) will have to support it via Sony's Gamepad API (despite what @HazPhas says), which allows to take full advantage of the Controller's more advanced capabilities.

Thankfully, there are some cases where previous DualShock 4 supported games may retroactively supports DualSense Controllers (either thru Steam Input API or Native DS4 Mode), but it can either work perfectly (and shows PS4 Glyphs), shows Xbox prompts, the binding is borked (like in Deltarune) or only shows generic prompts (like in Quake KEX port).

Basically; it's similar to how DualShock 4 Controller support was handled in newer PC Games after 2016.

If you know a game that natively supports DualSense controller, you should turn off any form of Input Mappers (including Steam), plug it via USB and the game should show the correct button prompts.

[Mine18]

Originally posted by jet fuel cant melt steel beams:

I've tried a number of games, steam and non-steam, that support xbox and PS controlled button art, however it only shows xbox buttons. I've tried enable/disable all the gamepad settings.
Is this expected?

Try disabling Steam Input (not disabling support for a controller type, just disable Steam input for that game entirely), I did that on Fall Guys and it actually showed Playstation Buttons for my DS4!

[💫Astara💫]

Originally posted by Mine18:

Originally posted by jet fuel cant melt steel beams:

I've tried a number of games, steam and non-steam, that support xbox and PS controlled button art, however it only shows xbox buttons. I've tried enable/disable all the gamepad settings.
Is this expected?

Try disabling Steam Input (not disabling support for a controller type, just disable Steam input for that game entirely), I did that on Fall Guys and it actually showed Playstation Buttons for my DS4!

How does someone go about doing this?

[Mine18]

Originally posted by Crescent Rat:

Originally posted by Mine18:

Try disabling Steam Input (not disabling support for a controller type, just disable Steam input for that game entirely), I did that on Fall Guys and it actually showed Playstation Buttons for my DS4!

How does someone go about doing this?

Go to the game's properties > Controller > Steam Input Disabled
https://gfycat.com/RapidVioletHaddock
although this will only work if the game has native dualshock 5/4 support, which many games do not.

[Moskeeto]

Originally posted by AL2009man:

oh no, you stumbled acrossed the unfortunate state of Gamepad API Support on (Windows) PC.

the short version is that DualSense Controller support is very rare right now and newer games (such as Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition, DEATHLOOP, F1 2021, Genshin Impact and soon, God of War (2018 video game) will have to support it via Sony's Gamepad API (despite what @HazPhas says), which allows to take full advantage of the Controller's more advanced capabilities.

Thankfully, there are some cases where previous DualShock 4 supported games may retroactively supports DualSense Controllers (either thru Steam Input API or Native DS4 Mode), but it can either work perfectly (and shows PS4 Glyphs), shows Xbox prompts, the binding is borked (like in Deltarune) or only shows generic prompts (like in Quake KEX port).

Basically; it's similar to how DualShock 4 Controller support was handled in newer PC Games after 2016.

If you know a game that natively supports DualSense controller, you should turn off any form of Input Mappers (including Steam), plug it via USB and the game should show the correct button prompts.

Pretty much this. Most games will show Xbox icons when using PS controllers. Some games are smart enough to recognize your using Steam Input with a PS controller to show correct prompts but those are rare.

[Moskeeto]

Originally posted by Mine18:

Originally posted by Crescent Rat:

How does someone go about doing this?

Go to the game's properties > Controller > Steam Input Disabled
https://gfycat.com/RapidVioletHaddock
although this will only work if the game has native dualshock 5/4 support, which many games do not.

Keep in mind that if you do that, the PS controllers will stop working over bluetooth and USB will be your only option.