When you pull the trigger in slightly the gyro becomes active allowing for precise movement using the gyro alongside the right stick.
How does the gyro feel, close to the accuracy of the steam controller?
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When you pull the trigger in slightly the gyro becomes active allowing for precise movement using the gyro alongside the right stick.
How does the gyro feel, close to the accuracy of the steam controller?
And we can use the trackpad as a single thing instead of two if we want. That's great for touch menu.
The default behavior for the right stick is the new Joystick Mouse, but it felt better to use it as a normal stick in Dark Souls 3.
It means that we can use the controller as usual but as soon as we pull the left trigger the gyro aim will kick in so we can fine tune the aim better than using only the analog stick.
Edit: Heavily beaten.
The default behavior for the right stick is the new Joystick Mouse, but it felt better to use it as a normal stick in Dark Souls 3.
It means that we can use the controller as usual but as soon as we pull the left trigger the gyro aim will kick in so we can fine tune the aim better than using only the analog stick.
Edit: Heavily beaten.
Nabs
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MickeyKnox
Member
Soft pull is a partial pull of the trigger, which is registered as a programmable input, in this case they are using it to activate the gyroscope in the controller and mapping aim controls to that (without losing aim controls on the stick)
It should do. Valve have made a driver of their own to deal with everything and work with Steam / Steam Controller config features that are available to the DS4
I can confirm that it works.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Oh shit that sounds awesome.
Wait are there a bunch more other cool features that we can't really set up on a PS4??
So in the steam client beta downloads this is already implemented??
Thread: Terrific!
Gyro aim: what the? This sounds brilliant of course, but are there any ps4 games which are utilising this mechanic?
The default settings for a DS4 in Big Picture are kind of wonky (you can't use the dpad to move in menus? Only the right stick works with the on-screen keyboard by default?), but thankfully the 34636347643643 configuration options Valve provided makes that easy enough to fix. Holy crap, the number of options are dizzying and there are some really interesting possibilities. The in-game defaults are exactly what you would expect, which is fine (and you can endlessly mess with them from there).
A couple of things I would like to see:
-It currently only works with Dualshock 4s, so any other PS4-based controllers (such as the third party pads and sticks from Hori and Madcatz) aren't being picked up. They really should let us define hardware profiles so that random USB HID devices can be picked up as an applicable device and then let people customize from there. I don't expect Valve to add support for every device under the sun, but the community can.
-There should be an option for Steam to output multiple dummy XInput shims and then let people reassign what devices are assigned to what shims on the fly. If implemented correctly, this would give games that normally don't have hot-swap support the ability to change devices on the fly. This would be really nice for environments where devices are being changed frequently, such as gaming events. (To my knowledge, this isn't required for games with full Steam Controller support since the API handles that for the game.)
A couple of things I would like to see:
-It currently only works with Dualshock 4s, so any other PS4-based controllers (such as the third party pads and sticks from Hori and Madcatz) aren't being picked up. They really should let us define hardware profiles so that random USB HID devices can be picked up as an applicable device and then let people customize from there. I don't expect Valve to add support for every device under the sun, but the community can.
-There should be an option for Steam to output multiple dummy XInput shims and then let people reassign what devices are assigned to what shims on the fly. If implemented correctly, this would give games that normally don't have hot-swap support the ability to change devices on the fly. This would be really nice for environments where devices are being changed frequently, such as gaming events. (To my knowledge, this isn't required for games with full Steam Controller support since the API handles that for the game.)
Takamura-San
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How do you setup? I updated to the steam beta and don't see an option to setup the DS4.
It's only available in Big Picture mode right now. I thought they were decoupling this from that interface, but I guess that hasn't happened yet.
Takamura-San
Member
I go to big picture mode, go to add controller and the DS4 doesn't show up.
In beta. You can opt in by going Settings>Account>Beta Participation (Change)
Thanks!
Does this mean you can't use the same DS4 for remote play on PC?
I don't have the game, but you can use it with everything now, even games from the 80's that didn't even have gamepad support. I'm sure SFV will be no exception.
I was able to disconnect it by holding the ps button for a few seconds.
So I guess Capcom doesn't have to add dinput support after all. Either that or they knew this update was coming.
Still, thanks for the good news.
It works wireless as well. I just tested it wireless with Dark Souls 3 and The Witcher 3.
Both of these are actually supported:
-Disconnect the controller by holding the Home button down for 4 seconds and then select Turn Off Controller.
-The light bar can be turned off under Options -> Detected Controllers -> Select Your Controller -> Personalize -> set Steam Button Brightness to the minimum.
I was going to say that Steam wasn't supporting sticks at all, but it picked up my HRAP 4 after I closed and reopened Big Picture Mode. Weird. Especially since it did detect the DS4 after I unplugged it and plugged it back in. So it might actually work once the device is configured. Wish Steam would pick up controllers on the fly, though. (Or maybe that's planned and it's just acting wonky because it's a beta.)
People who want to play SF5 on PC with a DS4 are good to go now, though (except minus the fact that, well, you're playing SF5).
Fantastic! Time for Dark Souls again. Anyone know how to remove the DS4 Windows drivers? I don't want those messing up my system anymore.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
I'd like to know this too. I have W10 and it doesn't show up in Add/Remove Programs or anything.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
I'm ok. I only play games through Steam and even if this doesn't work perfectly out the gate, I can wait. I really just want all the DS4 windows stuff out of my system.
TheGamingBox
Banned
turn off controller option aint working for me
Same here, but it worked just disabling the bluetooth and enabling it again in windows.
Yeah, these options working for me wither. I guess it's just a bug.
Having trouble getting this to work. I switched over to the beta and am not seeing controller options in the overlay so I assume it isn't working. Figured to make sure it was/wasn't was to hook up wirelessly. What do I need to do to get this to work? With the Steam controller you go to the controller settings and add a controller and press home and x, but this doesn't work with the ds4 for me.
TheGamingBox
Banned
did you connect the controller to bluetooth on your pc?
Just did that. Controller pairs and Steam sees it. I can control the menu but I'm still not seeing controller options to modify it.
Are you in big picture mode? You need to go to controller settings or something like that.
Yeah I figured it out. There's a DS4 configuration option you need to set. Then you're supposed to disconnect reconnect the controller, though I had to restart Steam. But as soon as I did so and reconnected in BPM I got the steam controller prompt! Sweet.
First thing I tried, does not work for me.
Further problems - tried Assault Android Cactus, was getting double input - game detected SteamController, showing PS button prompts, but pressing anything resulted in the game adding 2nd player using XInput controller.
Steam seems to use a lot of battery for some reason - lightbar? I had the pad go from 90% to 70% charge over a course of 20 minutes. This doesn't happen when using DS4Windows (well, not as fast at least)...
Yeah my light also did not decrease. Also don't hear the start up and shut down sounds.
AcceptableGhost
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Tested it a bit, seems to work well. The official dongle works with it pretty seamlessly as well.
Jay Shadow
Member
Startup and Shutdown sounds are played using the haptic feedback on the Steam controller's pads, so that wouldn't work on the DS4.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Was just playing the tail-end of Bioshock Infinite on my DS4. Very, very cool. My Xbox One controller has AWFUL stick drift. I took it apart and fixed it mostly but it still sucks. I also have a Steam Controller but this is just ideal.
sleepwalkcapsules
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Trying to get it to work over bluetooth but no deal...
Maybe because I have SCP driver installed?
Maybe because I have SCP driver installed?