GoofsterStud
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Cruising: I only know because I asked this same question.
Not my type of movie...but to each their own.
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Galak-Z dev: The PS4 controller (& Touchpad) will work on PC natively via USB
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Cruising: I only know because I asked this same question.
Not my type of movie...but to each their own.
I was hoping they would have stuck with Mini USB. Micro just feels flimsy and I'm afraid I'll end up breaking the port in the controller after a year or two.
BigPapaGlueHands
Banned
No. Xbox is a proprietary wifi direct.
PS4 will of course be Bluetooth and also USB, apparently.
But when plugged in, the Xbone functions over USB.
Mercury Land-Snake
Member
I agree. There always has to be one person to jump into a DS4 thread and talk about how he sticks are in the "wrong" position. Funny how the reverse never happens in Xbox One controller threads.
Mercury Land-Snake
Member
Can we got some Mac drivers so I can use this easily with Steam?
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Guys? Anyone?
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Guys? Anyone?
BronsonLee
Member
The input is different. So they'll work on PC but not each other's platforms.
Neg, if it's using the same drivers they've used since the end of time, it'll work just fine. No muss no fuss
Native USB support implies it will be a standard HID input and would work on anything that supports it. A Wii with homebrew should be able to support it.
A Mac definitely should.
TetraGenesis
Member
I like to think that Post-Kutaragi Sony would be reasonable enough to implement this.
I hope 
I figured as much.
But it'd be cool. Even if it wasn't 100% compatible with the different features. An Xbox owner could go to a PS4 owners place and use his preferred controller for COD or whatever. A guy can dream.
Yeah. If true I may buy one over the 720 controller just for Dark Souls 2 alone.
OS X already has native DS3 drivers. Hopefully Apple will include native DS4 drivers in next years OS update.
tensuke
Member
Really? That's disappointing. I could have sworn someone said it could do left and right. Ah well.
It could still work like on macbooks I suppose
Mercury Land-Snake
Member
Still, getting DS3 to play nice on Steam Mac games is not so easy. I wish there was an xinput-like thing for Steam on Mac.
Are you sure it wasn't a misunderstanding? If it's got a single button under it and 2-point multitouch, multi-click should be possible.
TetraGenesis
Member
Welp, I'm erect.
I think Post-Kutaragi Sony would be more apt.
You're totally right, hahaha. I originally typed "Neo-Sony" for that good good Akira vibe, but thought it might not be clear what I meant, so I added Kutaragi in a hurry...completely ruining the meaning, hahaha.
tensuke
Member
It's 2-point touch, so they should definitely be able to tell if you click with one finger or two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aHy0Qv1BVfc#t=44
Seems to suggest it has multi-point clicks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aHy0Qv1BVfc#t=44
Seems to suggest it has multi-point clicks.
All new touchpads are single button now. Click zones are handled purely by software. I guess the question is if the Windows driver is pre-configured with a right click zone, or will have a native interface to set it up.
tensuke
Member
This is what I meant. It knows where you click it, therefore you can have left/right for a mouse or what have you.
I'm around 100% sure I heard the Sony rep right. I thought it was strange myself.
Side note, when I made the post to reddit about the galakz dev, another redditor responded that had access to the ds4. He said the touch pad click mapped to only a single button in widows.
tensuke
Member
It'd probably need extra software for touch mapping on PC, I wouldn't imagine it would be anything other than one solid button with basic drivers. As long as it works on PC at all, I'm excited.
That post on reddit makes it sound like only the touchpad click is being recognized in Windows. Windows will need to recognize the touch input for the pad to work as multiple buttons. Sony or someone else will have to update the drivers to include the touch input data so the controller can also work as a mouse with multiple buttons.
Heart of Black
Member
I played Galak-Z at 17 bit on the controller...
I'd hope so, as Xinput support would make it perfect for BPM -- most obviously everything that supports the X360 controller would support the PS4 controller also, but more to the point, the touchpad could be used to deal with game launchers that lack controller support.
dragonflys545
Member
and how amazing was it?
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Fucking sweet.
Heart of Black
Member
Fucking awesome. Love the controller, and the game, so much.
That's a pretty blatant lie. It happens in both threads with the occasional WiiU Pro mention.
Anyway, this is cool. Hope it really is no-fuss as the PS4 controller looks really comfortable. I was already hyped to try it at launch (bah, November is far) but if I can use it for my PC too? Yiss.
polyh3dron
Banned
Hope someone can make this work as Xinput because all my games and emus are set up to work with Xinput and I'd like to plug either controller in and have it just work with no setup involved.
Sticks are in the same place they have been for all PlayStation dual analog controllers all the way back to the first one. Asymmetrical sticks being correct and symmetrical sticks being incorrect from an objective standpoint doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
Sticks are in the same place they have been for all PlayStation dual analog controllers all the way back to the first one. Asymmetrical sticks being correct and symmetrical sticks being incorrect from an objective standpoint doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
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