You nailed it, my man! Saving the layout after editing it gives you the option to choose whatever type of controller you wish and keep it being recognized after that as the one you've chosen.
Either way you want to change your drivers to ones built in Windows to make it recognizable as DS4 again. OR you may try to find the default ones within your system by "Update driver", "Browse my computer", "Let me pick from the list".
You want to uninstall the DS4 ticking the "delete the driver software for this device", restart the PC and let Windows pick the default drivers for DS4 from the update service, or try to find the default DS4 drivers online. Click view in the menu on the top left side of your home screen to get a drop-down menu.
Make sure your system hardware has Bluetooth connectivity for wireless. Here is a guide on how to use your PS4 controller to navigate and play games on Steam Connect your Controller to your computer using a micro-USB cable.
In my case I've got "Wireless Controller" under Universal Serial Bus devices", but it might be under pretty much anything depending on what kind of drivers you did install. First of all, check the compatibility of the game and your system before you get started. Try to find your controller(s) in Device Manager when your DS4 is connected. You'll see this in the menu along the top of your screen. You'll find the gear icon to launch the client in your Start Menu or Applications folder in Finder. The light on the back of your controller should illuminate when it's on. You've likely have installed some kind of drivers previously, and that's where your problems are coming from. Press the PS button on the controller to turn it on.
Originally posted by Eldin:DS4Windows just says "No Controllers Connected (Max 4)"You should not have any additional software installed if you want to use Steam's DS4 native support, as DS4Windows and similar things do exactly that - install the custom drivers to make your PC recognize your DS4 as X360/XO controller. Went back to layout menu to set a couple of buttons and when I hit save, it pops a window "Share this controller definition?" and there's a drop down menu to select the type of controller, I was quite sure that I wasn't able to select it before, well worth trying out to DEFINE LAYOUT and SAVE it, to check if the option to change the controller type is there, much better than going all the steps above. Thanks again guys, I do hope Steam staff put some instructions to clarify that because I don't find really intuitive to unplugg and close the application after clicking "Clear & Exit" without any information at all. is a custom PS4 arcade stick, but steam detected it as XBOX ONE controller, did all the steps above and now it shows up as PS4. Connect your DualShock 4 controller If you’re happy using it wired, just connect a microUSB lead from the. After that save it and there'll will be menu to label your setting and the type of your controller, set it properly.Īfter all that, it'll show as whatever you wanted to set, mine e.g. But we're here to help, so here’s our guide for how to use a PS4 controller on Steam.Check the proper support for your controller.Open Steam again, and back to General Controller Settings.Close Steam application, not the window but the application itself.Now quickly unplug your controller or Steam will detect it again.On detected controllers select the misset controller.Hey thank you, but I finally got it to work properly without 3rd party apps, here's what I did Launch BPM and check the controller detection again. When all done reboot, make sure IOBIT DB is not in Windows Startup. When done exit IOBIT DB fully, connect DS4 again via MicroUSB to USB data sync cable. Once launched go to Tools and click the option to Flush/Delete all disconnected devices. Once you’ve tweaked the mapping settings, save your preferences and close the System Preferences window.Originally posted by Bad ? Motha:Uninstall DS4-Windows. Plug in your Xbox One controller and tweak the button mapping as desired. Connect PS4 Controller to PC Tutorial to connect a PS4 controller to your PC How to use a PS4 controller with Steam a PS4 controller on PC (Steam games How.Once the Mac has restarted, head to System Preferences (Apple menu > System Preferences) and select Xbox 360 Controllers – it should be a new icon at the bottom of the list.It’s worth noting that the installation requires a Mac restart, so make sure your files are saved before installing. Follow the on-screen instructions to install 360Controller.DMG file you downloaded and run the 360Controller installation package. Head over to GitHub and download the most recent version of 360Controller (it supports both Xbox One and Xbox 360 controllers, don’t worry!).Although connecting via Bluetooth is out of the question, there is a way to connect an Xbox One controller to a Mac via a micro-USB cable, but it’s a bit more complex than with Sony’s DualShock 4 controller.