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1. #Install xbox 360 controller windows 8 install#
2. #Install xbox 360 controller windows 8 driver#
3. #Install xbox 360 controller windows 8 upgrade#

the lights (they work, but do not display current battery status.the headphone jack (doesn't work at all).but I'll wait, probably until the next ones come out and these are cheap, and hopefully fully supported (NONE OF THE STANDOUT FEATURES WORK).Īnyway, per a site I found, even with an xinput wrapper (and certainly with xpadder or other mapping software) the things that do not seem to function are:

#Install xbox 360 controller windows 8 upgrade#

I was just looking into this, thinking I might want to upgrade from my ds3. So im sure with dualshock 4 things will be even better in the near future. Im sure there are other ways, and im sure in the future the support will be way better, the dualshock3 PC support years ago was awful (lets say NON existent) and ended up great, still use it everyday.

#Install xbox 360 controller windows 8 driver#

So for now, if you want full compatibility in games "xboxce" driver or something called DS4tool (its pretty recent) should do the trick.Īnyways i suspect any tool that allows to remap a general gamepad to a xbox360 pad should work.

(like some emulators) but most games only have support for a few gamepads, and xbox360 is normally one of them. Regarding game support, its pretty limited, if you have a game able to costumize gamepad direct inputs, should work fine. sometimes my windows detects a bluetooth headset, and im pretty sure its from the Dualshock4, i need to spend more time checking that out.

#Install xbox 360 controller windows 8 install#

Wathever the connection cable/bluetooth windows will install the drivers needed on the fly.Įverything works normally except the touchpad and headset function, still. I read somewhere enabling a option in the bluetooth driver settings will fix that, dunno what exactly tough. Note: i only tested with windows 8.1, but sources say it also works on win7 and win8, but in win7 the bluetooth connection keeps getting lost sometimes. Well as stated before the dualshock 4 works with no aditional drivers in a cable and bluetooth connection to a PC. The Dualshock 4 offers a total of 14 buttons 4.ģ: Excluding the home button, which does not seem to map to a controller inputĤ: 2 buttons are mapped to the L2/R2 triggers, which are also mapped to the X and Y Rotations The Xbox 360 offers a total of 10 buttons 3. The Dualshock 4 on the other hand uses 3 Axis and 3 Rotations for the same.Īccording to Windows' very own Game controller settings: The Xbox 360 controller uses 3 Axis and 2 Rotations as input for its two analog sticks and 2 triggers the triggers both share the Z-Axis.

Here's to hoping Sony will release drivers to add XInput support to the Dualshock 4.Īs for the default key-mapping even if games accept input from the Dualshock 4, you might want to calibrate the controller to match the Xbox 360 controller's key mapping. In order to use the Dualshock 4 in games that only support the Xbox 360 controller, a wrapper is needed 2. The Dualshock 4 is a DirectInput device while the Xbox 360 controller uses XInput, which is the only API that most - if not all - modern games use. The light bar will continuously flash when pairing mode is activated.)

(Hold down the Home and Share buttons together for several seconds to enable Bluetooth pairing mode. 1 Connection is established via a Micro-B USB cable, or via Bluetooth on computers with a Bluetooth receiver. I decided to buy a Dualshock 4 and see for myself what works and what doesn't.įirst off: As promised, the Dualshock 4 works on Windows without the need to install additional drivers.