DS4Windows
A reimagination of DS4Windows. (by CircumSpector)
JoyShockMapper
A tool for PC gamers to play games with DualShock 4s, JoyCons, and Pro Controllers. Gyro aiming, flick stick. (by Electronicks)
DS4Windows | JoyShockMapper | |
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15 | 32 | |
429 | 310 | |
2.1% | - | |
8.8 | 6.6 | |
7 days ago | 4 months ago | |
C# | C++ | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
DS4Windows
Posts with mentions or reviews of DS4Windows.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-16.
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yuzu - Progress Report August 2022
And there was also a fork available in the last year while the original dev was on a hiatus.
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Controller Rumble not working on DS4
Personally I use CircumSpector's DS4Windows. It has restored rumble and lightbar passthru on my end. The lightbar passthru is kinda buggy but it kinda works.
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VR quality gyro aim with NO software, NO cameras, just plug and play with one wireless dongle. Tested reliable for more than a year with NO drift.
Thankfully, Jibb already redirects the newer fork if you look at the Release page or literally the first Paragraph of README.md. So unlike DS4Windows (which took 6-7+ years to tell folks to move over to Ryochan4 fork...which said fork been discontinued and someone else took over. Welcome to FOSS. 😋), it should be easy enough to head over to Electronicks fork.
- Dualsense Wireless Microphone &/+ Headphone support?
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PC players can now update their DualSense wireless controller with the latest firmware from Windows 11 and select Windows 10 devices, without connecting to a PS5.
Final note: DS4Windows hasn't been updated since August 2021. Another group forked it and they're rewriting a lot of it. There is no release yet and no release date planned.
- DS4Windows IS dead ?
- For those on PC. Best way to use controller on pc?
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Ask HN: Who Wants to Collaborate?
A couple of FOSS enthusiasts and myself have taken over the decade old game controller remapping tool DS4Windows (https://github.com/CircumSpector/DS4Windows) with the goal to rewrite major parts using latest dotnet patterns and technologies. There's still months worth of work left but despite being an ambitious task, it's quite doable and fun figuring out your way around someone else's massive code base. Join us if you like!
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Dualsense in-app battery indicator
The DS4Windows project is not dead. There is a new team working on it called CircumSpector, but it may take a while for a update to be released since they are focusing on "modernizing" the code so it's easier to maintain it in the future. There are lots of changes going on under the hood, but "user visible" changes for now.
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Will the Rumble get fixed anytime soon when using DS4 emulation?
This is not exactly true. Check CircumSpector's DS4Windows.
JoyShockMapper
Posts with mentions or reviews of JoyShockMapper.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-24.
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Steams appears to have completely phased out the legacy controller layout and I couldn't be more annoyed
Here's jsm if you were serious Joyshockmapper
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Getting playerspace gyro working into JoyShockMapper
The paper you linked is more of a conceptual explanation for design and implementation of systems into games. To learn how to use JSM itself there is a guide for its functions on its GitHub page. The games database may also provide you with some ready made scripts for you to use and edit to your liking.
- JoyShockMapper config for remote play?
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The dualsense gyro is the best thing I've seen in controllers
There DS4Windows, Steam Input & JoyShockMapper. The easiest way to setup gyro would be DS4Windows, JoyShockMapper would be a involved(relatively) but offers way more customization. You can grab a community config for gyro from steam if you choose steam input.
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No internet connection Pinball FX early access through Steam launcher.
There's also this https://github.com/Electronicks/JoyShockMapper but i'm not sure if it would work with stadia controllers it might work with the dual shock ones
- PS5 Controller with Gyro aiming on PC?
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Right-hand started hurting, got Kensington Expert, started using left-hand. Now I want to game and don't know what to do :(
Non-trackball gaming solution: Use gyro on PS4/5 controller with JoyShockMapper. If flickstick doesn't float your boat, maybe a Steam Controller if you can find one for a reasonable price, with trackball emulation enabled it's basically a thumb ball, and when your thumb gets sore start using gyro.
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Gyro aim + flick stick
Is it possible to use gyro aiming + flick stick with any xCloud games, or are we forced to use the analog sticks? I have a PS4 controller (i.e. it has a gyro) and tried using JoyShockMapper, but this doesn't seem to work. It modifies my mouse pointer but not my in-game aiming. Has anyone had success with this or an alternative gyro aiming software package when playing on xCloud? Thanks.
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3DRudder DIY Replacement
Using the software JoyShockMapper's "motion stick" and the simple config below, I bound pitch and roll to WASD. I was able to just use it exactly like I use the 3DRudder. This software can create a virtual controller, so it is also possible to output analog joystick motion. You can map yaw to something as well, although gyro controllers generally lack a magnetometer and yaw might drift easily.
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GUIDE: Use your Lite 2 on any PC game (Steam, Epic, Retroarch, etc.)
I have also heard really good things about JoyShockMapper, which is both free and open source.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing DS4Windows and JoyShockMapper you can also consider the following projects:
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
GlosSI - Tool for using Steam-Input controller rebinding at a system level alongside a global overlay
AyaGyroAiming
HidHide - Gaming Input Peripherals Device Firewall for Windows.
SDL - Simple Directmedia Layer
relevant_xkcd - A reccomender engine for relavent xkcd comics
JoyShockMapper - A tool for PC gamers to play games with DualShock 4, DualSense, JoyCon, and Switch Pro Controllers. Gyro aiming, flick stick.
ScpToolkit - Windows Driver and XInput Wrapper for Sony DualShock 3/4 Controllers
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
dualsense - Information about Sony's DualSense gamepad
ViGEmBus - Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.
DS4Windows vs DS4Windows
JoyShockMapper vs DS4Windows
DS4Windows vs GlosSI
JoyShockMapper vs AyaGyroAiming
DS4Windows vs HidHide
JoyShockMapper vs SDL
DS4Windows vs relevant_xkcd
JoyShockMapper vs JoyShockMapper
DS4Windows vs ScpToolkit
JoyShockMapper vs XOutput
DS4Windows vs dualsense
JoyShockMapper vs ViGEmBus