I'm now using dualshock 4 as a controller to play my games on steam, but is it possible to play with two controllers on steam games too? Like you play multi player games with 2 controllers on a PS4?
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I decided to buy a Dualshock 4 and see for myself what works and what doesn't.
First off: As promised, the Dualshock 4 works on Windows without the need to install additional drivers.1 Connection is established via a Micro-B USB cable, or via Bluetooth on computers with a Bluetooth receiver. (Hold down the Home and Share buttons together for several seconds to enable Bluetooth pairing mode. The light bar will continuously flash when pairing mode is activated.)
Game support is extremely lacking. 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. In order to use the Dualshock 4 in games that only support the Xbox 360 controller, a wrapper is needed2. Here's to hoping Sony will release drivers to add XInput support to the Dualshock 4.
As 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.
Matching inputs are:
- Left analog stick: main X/Y Axis
- D-Pad: Point of View Hat
- Y/
: button 4 - LB/L1: button 5
- RB/R1: button 6
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.
The Dualshock 4 on the other hand uses 3 Axis and 3 Rotations for the same.
According to Windows' very own Game controller settings:
The Xbox 360 offers a total of 10 buttons3.
The Dualshock 4 offers a total of 14 buttons4.
1: Tested on Windows 7 and 8.1
2: I found one such wrapper here
3: Excluding the home button, which does not seem to map to a controller input
4: 2 buttons are mapped to the L2/R2 triggers, which are also mapped to the X and Y Rotations
Yes you can connect them. As long as the game supports four joystick devices you should be able to play with all four controllers. You can also connect a mix of wired and wireless. The wireless receiver simply acts like a USB hub for the controllers.
As for your DS4Windows question, that would be a seperate issue.
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Best Answer
It's impossible to say for specific games since you didn't mention which ones. Some may not have controller support or not allow multiple controllers.
In general though, connecting multiple controllers to a pc is possible. PS4 controllers may require additional software, but this is capable of supporting multiple controllers at once.