Can't get DS4 controller working with FE

[Rossman]

Hi,

I've been working on this for a while, and I'm ripping my hair our trying to figure this out. I want to use my DS4 controller on everything, the FE and the emulators. My first step is to get it working with the FE.

I'm using DS4Windows to get my computer to actually recognize the controller. I have HyperHQ loading DS4Windows on startup, and originally it was working, but pressing up or down would spin the wheel uncontrollably. I thought I would need something else to make it work smoothly.

I got JoyToKey, set that up with RocketLauncher in what I thought was the correct way, and it works sometimes, but I can't tell why sometimes the buttons will work but the analog stick and the d-pad won't work.

Then I got the Hyperspin Startup Script from this site, and tried with that. Same thing, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Maybe it has to do with JoyToKey being maximized? When it's in the tray it doesn't work, but when it's open full screen, it does... maybe?

Then I tried the startup script without JoyToKey but with DS4Windows, sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

Then I went back to DS4Windows, can't get it to work at all now, just the buttons work, not the d-pad or analog stick. Something I did messed it up? I'm so confused!

So, that is super frustrating, I just want to use my controller on this FE and I feel like I'm doing way too much and probably screwing other things up. On top of that, I find that the controller buttons will work every time, except when I first connect my controller while HS is running. My controller has to be connected before starting HS... I would really like to start HS and be able to connect my controller.

Can someone help me with all these problems? I'm pretty close to switching to another FE because this is just way too much...

[dark13]

Using joypad in HS is not a good idea, it is better to link joypad button to keyboard. Some softwares have problems with ds4 as they try to manage the joypad alone and ends recognizing 2 joypad instead of one but as far as I understand the problem is random. It's a shame as ds4 motion works like a charm in CEMU.

Check if the problem is related to HS not gaining focus (on some rigs you have to set RocketLauncher on "restore and click")

 

Try to use xpadder

Try to use inputmapper https://inputmapper.com/ instead of ds4