PS4 controller help

[fade2black001]

Windows sees the controller fine and tests fine but going in games it does not work at all

[MrSimplicity]

Download DS4windows

http://ds4windows.com/

[dilpickle]

Only certain games have native support for DS4. I _think_ Steam lets you use it with any game (don't quote me on that).

 

Otherwise use the above mentioned program. https://ryochan7.github.io/ds4windows-site/

[fade2black001]

I tried DS4 windows but can't install it. It needs .net framework 5.0 and when I try to install it it says my OS is not supported. I tried looking this up and turned on the features for .net and it still wont install 5.0. It says my OS is not supported still

[MrSimplicity]

3 hours ago, fade2black001 said:

I tried DS4 windows but can't install it. It needs .net framework 5.0 and when I try to install it it says my OS is not supported. I tried looking this up and turned on the features for .net and it still wont install 5.0. It says my OS is not supported still

Well what OS are you running? If you're running windows which version and what build? 

[fade2black001]

4 hours ago, MrSimplicity said:

Well what OS are you running? If you're running windows which version and what build? 

Windows 10 x64 pro

 

Version    10.0.19042 Service Pack 1 Build 19042

 

[MrSimplicity]

5 hours ago, fade2black001 said:

Windows 10 x64 pro

 

Version    10.0.19042 Service Pack 1 Build 19042

 

Sounds like you have the latest version but it doesn't at the same time. It should look something like the picture shown. if not you may need to update windows.

 

This may be redundant to what you've done but try restarting your PC then installing this one https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-5.0.5-windows-x64-installer this link is a direct download from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0

 

Also just tested it and apparently I didn't even have it installed. Which is weird because DS4Windows has always worked for me. Also try installing the version of DS4windows from the link I gave you https://github.com/Jays2Kings/DS4Windows/releases It's an older version from way back in 2016. .NET 5.0 wasn't even a thing yet and should work just fine. I'm going to try the new version from the link the other guy gave and see if I run into any issues.

[MrSimplicity]

19 minutes ago, MrSimplicity said:

Sounds like you have the latest version but it doesn't at the same time. It should look something like the picture shown. if not you may need to update windows.

 

This may be redundant to what you've done but try restarting your PC then installing this one https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-5.0.5-windows-x64-installer this link is a direct download from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0

 

Also just tested it and apparently I didn't even have it installed. Which is weird because DS4Windows has always worked for me. Also try installing the version of DS4windows from the link I gave you https://github.com/Jays2Kings/DS4Windows/releases It's an older version from way back in 2016. .NET 5.0 wasn't even a thing yet and should work just fine. I'm going to try the new version from the link the other guy gave and see if I run into any issues.

So the other version works pretty well also. So if on the off chance the links i've provided don't work you could also look into just straight up installing visual studios.

[fade2black001]

 Well I guess something happened somewhere and now my controller isn't even recognized by Windows anymore. The light goes to an orange color and not blue and turns off. I tried the old versing of DS4 you provided and installed the driver and nothing works with it either.

 

Edit 1: OK I was able to to get the controller to turn on now but still not showing up in DS4Windows.

 

Edit 2: I got everything working now. Hopefully it stays this way and not run into anymore problems

 

Thanks for the help

[MrSimplicity]

1 hour ago, fade2black001 said:

 Well I guess something happened somewhere and now my controller isn't even recognized by Windows anymore. The light goes to an orange color and not blue and turns off. I tried the old versing of DS4 you provided and installed the driver and nothing works with it either.

 

Edit 1: OK I was able to to get the controller to turn on now but still not showing up in DS4Windows.

 

Edit 2: I got everything working now. Hopefully it stays this way and not run into anymore problems

 

Thanks for the help

No problem, just come back here if you need further assistance.