Anyone using a Dualshock 4 for pc gaming?

kinger8938 · 10 Dec 2013 at 09:51

I hear this is possible? Somehow you make the pc think its an xinput (360) controller

I was just wondering if it works for everything like big picture mode in steam etc and to make it wireless do i just need to buy any old bluetooth adaptor for usb?

This may not be the right section for this but i think its where it will get the most interest

Thanks!

(I would just plug it in but my pc now sits beside my tv and boots straight to big picture so the cable isnt long enough to reach my sofa XD)

kinger8938 · 10 Dec 2013 at 15:23

FrenchTart said:
Nobody sane would use a joypad in an FPS game but for many other games joypads make sense.

Dark souls.

Any ways i didnt want this to turn in to one of these debates, thanks for those sticking with the topic of getting this pad to work on pc

Will have a look about after work to see if its worth it as i hate the 360 pad for some reason

Maybe i should add for this chap that as in op, i now have my pc set up to my tv to use big picture mode in steam and will use it to play single player games with full controller support. Im not UPGRADING a pc just for this. I wouldnt use a pad for fps or multiplayer on pc as i agree that its not as accurate for that but some enjoy it so fair play to them

This is mainly for the cool little indie games, third person stuff and racers

kinger8938 · 10 Dec 2013 at 19:17

Murray said:
I use my DS4 on PC since I prefer it to my 360 controller, you can find out how to do it here.

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-DS4-To-XInput-Wrapper

Thanks Murray ill give it a go! Do u have urs plugged in or bluetooth? Does it then function as a 360 pad so works in big picture etc?

Thanks

kinger8938 · 10 Dec 2013 at 19:48

Murray said:
I have mine plugged in.

It makes your computer think its a 360 pad so it works for everything that supports the 360 pad. The only annoying thing is that it shows you the xbox button prompts so I get confused sometimes

Cool! Just what i need!

Yea i thought the prompts would be annoying but can ignore them i suppose as they match up button wise

kinger8938 · 11 Dec 2013 at 10:06

Good stuff i need to either get a 2m micro usb cable or a bluetooth adapter (if the wrapper works with that)

kinger8938 · 11 Dec 2013 at 11:06

FrenchTart said:
He will be doing worse than he would be doing with a mouse and keyboard. I don't think anyone can refute that.

L4D2 is also not really the kind of game that was meant. Yes, it's multiplayer, but it's not anything even close to a twitchy FPS and the majority of the time you're playing against the AI rather than human players.

As above this is understood and not the sort of game i will be playing with a controller

kinger8938 · 11 Dec 2013 at 13:13

FrenchTart said:
Indeed. I have already replied above where I defended your use of a joypad.

I was merely pointing out that Witcher1979's "not true" was, in fact, "not true".

Ahh so you have sorry i mistaken you for the other fella ha no harm