BthPS3 VS DsHidMini

Like the title says I play all my games using my PS3 controllers on PC. I use something called bthPS3. It works great for all my game that I use a controller to play instead of keyboard and mouse and allows me to play wirelessly so no need to mess around with wires that just don't last.

Link to BthPS3 (x64 zip file) Github Page: https://github.com/ViGEm/BthPS3/releases/tag/v2.5.148.0

With BthPS3 they have a filed bug where Windows 11 seems to be throwing out the driver every time there is a software update https://github.com/ViGEm/BthPS3/issues/26

There is a solution for Windows, I still rock a DS3 myself, here it is https://vigem.org/projects/BthPS3/

Download and install these bluetooth drivers (follow instructions therein) https://github.com/ViGEm/BthPS3/releases. If you get an error, make sure that your bluetooth is on before launching the installer. See the FAQ at the DsHidMini page if you still has errors (https://vigem.org/projects/DsHidMini)

ScpToolkit is abandoned for a long time and you should avoid using it, as it has various issues that will never get fixed. The replacement for it is BthPS3 + DsHidMini, they're in early beta but already works very well.

Huh, you might not be totally SoL, see if https://vigem.org/projects/BthPS3/ makes any sense.

I'm using https://github.com/ViGEm/BthPS3 for example so that I can use my PS3 controllers.

So first you need to use software to make the Afterglow PS3 controller appear as a DS4 controller (e.g. DsHidMini and DS4Windows), and then make sure you're playing a game that supports the DS4 controller (e.g. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_DualShock_4).

Check this out. I have ds3, ds4 and dualsence connected with this to and they works perfect https://github.com/ViGEm/DsHidMini/issues/40

This should be what you're looking for, should be a simple setup!

I think OOTB support is contingent to this.

https://github.com/ViGEm/DsHidMini Works for me

I remember DS2 and DS3 controllers having pressure sensitive buttons, meaning that pressing X to accelerate would make the car go faster the harder you press on X and slower the lighter you press X. I have been trying to setup my DS3 for at least 2 hours now trying to get the pressure sensitivity to work using GInput. I tried to get ScpToolkit to work, but the program wont even open to let me install the drivers. I then found DsHidMini, which works flawlessy with GInput, I was able to install the drivers and get my DS3 working in-game without any problems... except there's no pressure sensitivity. I tried putting DsHidMini's XInput1_3.dll into the games directory thinking that would work, but it didn't change anything.

So I checked the github page and it seems that it's dead and the dev recommends using DsHidMini instead, I don't know much about these softwares but according to this the DsHidMini checks the MAC Address of the controller to see if it's fake or not but it probably won't work since it doesn't have all the MAC addresses of all genuine devices.

I uninstalled those drivers and downloaded DsHidMini. It does what I want, I just have to switch from its settings between SXS (Steam, RPCS3) and XInput each time I want to play RPCS3 or PC games. Don't know if there was any other way.