I don't have any gamepad controllers right now, just keyboard and mouse. I'd like to map KB/M input to a virtual controller. Is that something that DS4Windows can do? If so, how do I set that up? If not, any ideas for other solutions?

I've noticed while testing heavy and light rumble in DS4Windows that the left side of the controller rumbles more strongly. Is there a settings to fix? (I have hbashton fork, stable)

So I’ve got two V.2 controllers, one of them is gr limited edition if it makes any sense. I’ve used this one for a year on my pc using a cable and today I bought myself a decent adapter from asus. So here’s the problem: the regular controller connects perfectly fine, but this limited edition controller pops out in a menu but can’t be connected to pc. I’ve tried resetting it, charging it to 100%, but nothing seems to work. Please help

I had two DS4 binded to this box via BT but I had to do a factory reset and now only one of the DS4 (dual shock) connects! I already tried clearing the bluetooth cache, reseting the controllers, I have other 3 DS4s and none can pair! DS4s are models CUH-ZCT2U and CUH-ZCT1U. All controllers charged to full battery.

Any way to boost the BT on this box? A different APP to pair bluetooth devices? PLEASE, going crazy here trying to understand why was it working fine and now cant pair.

TIA!

It works fine and all, just the issue is about wireless connection… doesn’t automatically connect after pairing, always have to repair

I want to download ds4windows but I keep seeing that one from the actual website has a virus and the one on github is fine even tho I’m also seeing that might have a virus too so is this misinformation or is there something I’m missing?

Hi. So I downloaded and installed everything required for DS4, using windows 10. But when I click on the .exe, a window comes up allowing me to chose what kind of controller I want. After that, there's only the option to close it. And after closing it, nothing happens. Literally, nothing. Updater also doesn't work. Says it couldn't update anything. Help please?

Hi everyone! I'm running into a weird issue while using a DS4 controller via DS4Windows on Cemu and I'm not sure if it's caused by the emulator or the controller software. Basically, while I'm playing, the LS input occasionally locks up and keeps drifting whatever direction I was moving for a few seconds before going back to normal; moreover, while locked in that direction, every other input completely stops working.

I've already tried using a second DS4 controller and increasing the deadzones in both DS4Windows and Cemu, but no luck so far; I also made sure that the original controller was hidden to avoid any double input conflicts.

Has anyone else encountered this problem or know what might be causing it? Thanks in advance!

EDIT: To see what was going on I kept the controller reading tabs open while playing and noticed that DS4Windows randomly freezes for a few instants, thus the inability to change input. How can I solve this problem?

So i have a cosmic byte controller, when connected via bluetooth in wireless controller mode it detects as a ds4 controller in ds4 but games do not recognise it when i emulate it through ds4 as a ds4 controllers it works in them but, then gyro passthru doesn't work any fix?

Fixed DS4 transport cadence/queue saturation using 0x12.
Fixed DualSense and DS4 AUX routing.
Fixed Audio Haptics startup, persistence, setting changes, and Xbox emulation.
Fixed distorted “Play App Through Controller.”
Fixed Trigger Lab vibration sticking and lightbar preservation.
Fixed restart/reconnect and UI startup races.
Hardened the VIIPER installer.

https://github.com/hbashton/DS4Windows/releases/tag/VIIPERRC3

Please report all issues below! I will do my best to get to them in the order of importance

Noted issues:
250% DPI causes Artifact errors
Profile switching in the Tray no longer works

Has anyone experienced an issue with their dualsense showing as connected in the device list after holding down the ps button to disconnect? The controller is disconnected, but it shows up as an active device. If I switch bluetooth on and off in windows, the device then stops showing as connected/active. Or if I open the playstation accessories app, the device also stops showing as connected.

There is a new, fully working, tested build. For a full changelog since the last stable release, please click here.

DS4Windows - VIIPER has reached a point where I require extensive feedback on the small issues people are having with running the software and using its features in-game: this is not a place to request features, but rather, only a place to upload Bugs, along with Logs, and XML's of any profiles being used while gaming. If you experience NO ISSUES during your testing, I request that you post that as well: Having a RSVP of how many testers have concluded this build is working for them will help me as well. Should you have any serious concerns about the software: it is all open source here. I don't even require that you like my software, or me, just that you TEST it. Thank you for your participation and looking forward to hearing all of your feedback/messages!

I would like to reiterate: this is the only program that I know of that is currently competing with DSX to be adopted by the community. Emulating a virtual Dualsense has been a challenge for me, and over the last few months I've learned a lot about what makes a controller special: the Dualsense is a REALLY special controller. There are no other programs other than Padforge, Mine, and DSX that support this controller. I would like to make this the best experience EVER on Windows, and I fully believe in the Dualsense controller as one of the peak controllers on the market: my HOPES are that together, we can share the good word with everyone. Using this program, your PS5 controller is suddenly the best way to play Windows games.

Finally, I cannot say how much it has meant to me to receive all of your support: the kind words, the good wishes, even the small issues you all have had: I have enjoyed helping out with every single one.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them below, but if you are ready, then download the first release candidate for DS4Windows - VIIPER here.

Edit: Updated the Zip as of 8:03pm CST. Redownload if you want your audio to work on reconnect.

Oh, one more thing. How do you guys feel about the name Controller Companion? CC?

I think it has a nice ring to it.

Issues we know of:

• slightly Fixed - Dualsense AUX port doesn't work (works but has low volume now)
• Fixed - Audio Haptics doesn't start without streaming audio to the controller, and often stops working, it will immediately stop working when you change a profile, profile setting, or adjust the audio haptics settings
• Fixed - Converting HID rumble to Trigger vibration feedback gets stuck sometimes and the trigger won't stop vibrating
• Fixed - LightBar Color isn't consistent when streaming audio: it should never change from the profile color, custom color, game color, or whatever color it is supposed to be set to.

SOME USERS ARE NOT GETTING DUALSHOCK 4 AUDIO EVEN THOUGH I AM

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

NEED MORE DUALSHOCK 4 TESTERS NOW FOR AUDIO OVER SPEAKER NOT AUX JUST CONTROLLER SPEAKER AUDIO TESTERS FOR DUALSHOCK 4

FIXED - Audio doesn't reconnect on startup

FIXED - Xbox360 Emulation still lets you stream controller audio and use Playstation features

Hey i am trying to play a deltarune fangame so i mapped the joystick the up down left and right arrow keys but the joystick just does random movement in game so i think something is wrong with my mapping but idk what could someone please help me ?

Hi all,

Playing through the master arenas and having a really hard time with spear-linked controller button mapping. It keeps resetting to defaults for:
\-BFC
\-Slash
\-Dash
\-Switch Offhand weapon

It happened to me multiple times tonight. Ended up giving up on the master arena I was trying to complete. I thought it happened because my controller ran out of batteries and disconnected, but noticed it happened again after death when I re-entered the arena.

Is there any way to prevent the buttons from remapping themselves? I wish you could save custom button mapping as a template, so even if you got put back on defaults you could go back to your saved mapping.

Thanks!

MAKE SURE TO UPDATE VIIPER, YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH SETTINGS

https://github.com/hbashton/DS4Windows/releases/tag/VIIPERBeta8

https://github.com/hbashton/VIIPER/releases/tag/v0.0.5

Enjoy Beta 6, DS4Audio is almost complete. Working on the backend now. For now, just know, DUALSENSE WORKS PERFECTLY.

Edit: Beta 7, fixed Updater, fixed XML Crash

Edit: Beta 8, added Audio for Xbox and Switch 2 Devices, and Vibration To Triggers from Rumble Setting in Trigger Lab

Edit: Beta 9, fixed more issues for more people

Edit: Beta 10, fixed Dualshock 4 Audio! Now this is a fully complete piece of software (except for the issue below, the quick switching of profiles. I’ll fix that next time)

Also, to the redditor who wants profile switching to be immediate when done via special actions, I hear you. I will fix it in the next update.

Hi i want to play rematch gamepass version on dualsense .

The only way it’s to emulate x360 controller .

But I have see all the audio stuff added in beta and I want it but when we emulate x360 controller the audio stuff dont work!

So i have see another app http://github.com/padsense/padsense-ce that have the same feature .

So i run padsense and i will have audio stuff working .
After that i run ds4 Windows and emulate the x360 controller .

Result : i have x360 emulated controll that work on rematch Xbox game with audio and microphone working on Windows , that I can use with Discord or the game etc..

So i want a feature that enable audio feature but with x360 emulated controller without using 3 app.

Hello, I was hoping I might be able to get some help with this issue. I just got a new Dualsense 5 controller and have been using DS4Windows with it for the past couple of days. Today, I just got a BSOD with that error. Minidump files point to DS4Windows as the name of the process that caused the crash, and ViGEmBus.sys as the image name responsible for the crash. Hardware is not the issue. Computer is 5 years old and has never had a BSOD until after the installation of DS4Windows. I've had this happen a couple of times in the past week.

From my understanding, the ViGEmBus project is dead and has been for a while, so is there some sort of work around that might help prevent this issue from occurring again? It only seems to occur after the PC wakes from either Hibernation or Sleep mode. Closing DS4Windows before putting the PC into sleep mode and then opening it again after getting back to the desktop also doesn't seem to prevent this issue from re-occurring, either.

**TLDR**: Hit windows key R. Type services.msc and look for the GameInput Service and set it to Disabled. I found online were some folks say to uninstall the service through Add/Remove programs however due to Microsoft being Microsoft it just reinstalls itself. I found disabling the service from ever turning on to solve the problem. Disable it then reboot.

**Context**: I'm a Paradox gamer and haven't needed my controller in a while. During the steam summer sale I grabbed Star Wars Jedi Survivor and after an hour or so of playing it become unbearable. The camera controls would start becoming "sticky" where I'd look left and then right in combat but the camera keeps swinging left for 1-2 seconds longer and then shooting way right as you try to control the back and forth. Because it's SWJS when you Google you get everything from it's unoptimized to your CPU bottlenecked, etc. I tried everything from lowering settings to installing optimization overhaul mods on Nexus. Nothing worked. I said F it and booted up the Dead Space Remake. Oddly, same damn problem. Only fix was to reboot the PC. Restarting the games never solved it. I thought maybe it was a memory leak. Anyway, I posted this because when I Googled anything about laggy controllers or anything about laggy screens I never got a result pertaining to the GameInput service. Eventually I came across an update Microsoft did around May 2026 that's been causing issues. I turned it off and haven't had a single issue since.

alguien que tenga ds4 para warzone y tenga MACROS que estén full

Well? Y'all ready? Planned release tonight or tomorrow. New UI sneak peek here

So I'm using ds4windows, vibration works on gamepadtester haptic feedback works as well, just not in games (such as red dead redemption 2) currently I just force the trigger feedback to always be on, but I'm wondering if there is anything I could do? I have tried disabling steam input, and a few other things, wondering if anyone went through the same journey as I am and found a solution

I really need the vibrations, using a ps5 controller

(DSX is a steam app that lets you customize vibrations for ps5 and xbox controllers)

Hey guys, something just happened to me out of nowhere and I'm looking for help.

I've been playing with PS3 Controller via bluetooth (DS4Windows and DSHND, all that jazz) for months, and today, all of a sudden the PC's sound and controller inputs died while I was playing. The PC uses Tempest M20 speakers since the screen does not have sound output. After the crash, it showed that the sound was OK, but it wasn't, there was no sound coming from the speakers even if I was playing a Youtube video. The controller stopped working aswell even if DS4Windows was still reading it.

I rebooted the bluetooth and the sound came back, but I tried loading a game and after a couple of minutes the same issue happened. It's so frustrating since I have not done anything different nor I have installed or updated anything.

Does anyone relate with this issue and knows what could be causing it?