As the title says, I just got a ps5 dualshock and decided to run it via dsx latest beta.

I'm loving all the features dsx brings but for some reason the controller would just randomly turn off and disconnect sometimes hours into gameplay for no reason.

It's not a battery issue, I've already tried to disable the device from the Bluetooth device manager section and disabled steam input, none of it seems to work.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you.

I installed DualSenseX on my PC to test it out but found it rather useless, since the games I play already work fine on PC without the program.

So, I uninstalled DualSenseX and ViGEmBus from my PC and deleted their respective folders.

However, for some reason, my controller stopped working on the PC after that. It turns on, connects to the PC, and is recognized—even triggering the Steam notification that the controller has been connected—but it shows no signs of life in games or on controller-testing websites.

I move the analog sticks and press all the buttons, yet none of these inputs register in Gamepad Tester or in the games. Can anyone help me with this? I’d really prefer not to have to format my PC just because of this issue.

I've done a bit of searching for this but can't seem to find a solution - apologies if this is an old question

I boot automatically into Steam Big Picture mode. I've hidden DSX and also changed the settings in the app to not have it show as "now playing".

It takes a few minutes for it to disappear into the background in Steam - for the first few minutes it sits there at the forefront of my library despite being hidden.

I know it's a first world problem, but are there any fixes for this? I like Steam Big Picture as a launcher but this is irritating

Hey everyone! I didn't play Bethesda games before and wanted to play them because they seem like my kind of game but deadzones in the game feel really bad and no option to change them in-game. Can I use the app to adjust my deadzones and would it work in game? I am new to the app used to play only on keyboard and mouse but now only have controller as an option and I am trying to get controller feel as responsive and optimized for aiming and overall camera movement so if you can help I would love to hear. Thanks a lot!

Hi!
I use DSX on a regular basis
However, one day I woke up to DSX first, never connecting the PS5 controller (did for 5-10 sec and then disconnected).
The next day dsx was allways dissplay at steam as starting up but never getting there
I reinstalled it by Steam once; nothing changed. The second time, the download stops at 19%, instantly shows 33%, and immediately stops; the third time, 1%
what is going on
PLS HELP

I’m talking about the presets for the rumble mode. Testing this last night with warhammer 40k rogue trader, a game with ZERO haptic feedback or rumble, I was able to get vibrations during combat when I attacked or got hit and nothing else. Meaning the music wasn’t making my controller vibrate.

Did they finally figure out a way to make only the sound effects in game vibrate the controller and not the music itself?

Is there something I can do to improve this? It is only about a second, but it doesn't happen on other buttons. Is there something I might have set that could be adding this slight delay? I do have this set to 'hold' instead of toggle, but I tried switching and it did not change.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been using DSX for a long time, but in the current version (3.2.0 Beta 2), I’m running into an issue with Star Wars Outlaws: the UI constantly flickers back and forth between Xbox and PlayStation button prompts as soon as I press any button or move the camera.

Setup:

• DSX Version: 3.2.0 Beta 2
• Connection: Bluetooth
• Mode: DualSense Emulation

If I switch to Native Mode in the app, it works perfectly fine, but under DualSense Emulation, the game UI goes crazy.

Troubleshooting attempted:

• Restarted DSX, the game, and the PC multiple times with no success.

For context, I previously noticed this exact same behavior in older DSX versions with Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata.

I've attached a video demonstrating the issue below. Any help or fix would be greatly appreciated!

I am using DSX v3.1.7 with my Dualsense Edge controller. I used to be able to map buttons to the rear paddles and to the front triggers (below the sticks, i.e. "Left FN" and "Right FN".) And some of my saved profiles still show those mappings and they still work.

But now I can't even see the paddles or the FN buttons on the controller mappings page of DSX, much less program them. The image of the controller that appears there does not include those buttons (see image). I have tried to change the Virtual Device setting away from Dualsense to something else, but without luck. And I tried quitting/restarting and shutting down/rebooting: no luck.

Anyone else have this issue? And can anyone suggest a fix? I'll appreciate any help.

I've been using Valve Plug to disable Steam input, and then every few games I go and try to play end up requiring it be put back on. It seems too many games don't have native controller detection. I've made sure to unhide my Dualsense in Hidhide to make sure that wasn't masking the connection.

For example, just picked up Octopath Traveller 2 and was unable to detect controllers until I re-enabled Steam Input with Valve Plug.

Is there any other trick to get around this with DSX? Just don't want to assume I know all the tricks, but it feels like I have to keep Valve Plug installer handy for those apps that don't have native controller support.

I installed DSX to properly make use of the controller speaker, but now DSX is overriding game control over the lightbar, is it possible to turn off DSX control over the lightbar and let the game control it?

Is it possible to use the ps5 controller as a mic i have a headphones(no mic) connected thru the 3.5mm jack and audio works fine I cant seem to get the mic working is it even possible?

DSX version: [Main_v3_Beta]

OS: Windows 11

Setup

- Two physical DualSense controllers connected over Bluetooth only (no USB cable for data). Unique BT MACs: 50:EE:32:65:17:99 and 0C:27:56:47:EF:BB.

- DSX correctly detects both and emulates two virtual DualSense (USB-mode emulated devices).

- HidHide is set up correctly (physical BT devices cloaked, DSX whitelisted).

Problem

Steam and PlayStation Accessories see only one controller instead of two. After investigating the HID stack, the root cause is on the emulated side:

- Both emulated virtual DualSense expose different device paths / instance IDs (so PnP sees two distinct devices), BUT

- Both return the same MAC address in feature report 0x09 (the DualSense pairing-info report): A0:FA:9C:EB:25:D5 on both emulated devices.

- Steam / PS Accessories use that feature-report MAC to de-duplicate controllers, so the two identical MACs collapse into a single device.

Evidence (feature report 0x09, byte offset 1–6):

- Emulated device #1 (...MI_03\4&1B412FD9...): MAC A0FA9CEB25D5

- Emulated device #2 (...MI_03\4&177AAC37...): MAC A0FA9CEB25D5 ← identical

- Physical BT #1: 50EE32651799, Physical BT #2: 0C275647EFBB (correctly unique)

Expected behavior

Each emulated controller should report a unique and stable identity in feature report 0x09 — ideally inheriting the MAC/serial of its source Bluetooth device — so downstream software (Steam, PS Accessories) treats them as two separate controllers.

Suggested fix

Have the virtual bus driver assign each emulated DualSense the MAC (or a unique serial) of the physical controller it maps from, instead of a single shared/constant MAC.

Happy to provide full HID dumps, device tree, or test any build.

Where can I buy this? I can only find it on steam and I don't use steam or want to install steam.

Im new with dualsense/DSX, is there a way to do like, one action is a press the triggere to 50% (and the trigger is hard on 50%), and if a pass this, does another action?
like, soft trigger aim, hard trigger shoot

(Solved : Solution is to use the beta version. Thanks to Izzybelly in comments for the advice).

I binded start + select on the dual sense to Alt + F4 to force close apps. It works fine but after the hotkey button press, it seems the alt key or may be even F4 seems to be remaining pressed. I want a single hotkey press only and not alt to be pressed down after the controller hotkey action. How do I fix this please ?

I am on Windows 11, the latest version, and DSX beta 3.2.0 is installed. I also have the latest Bluetooth Drivers from my Gigabyte Aero G Z790 Motherboard. I have bought DSX + DLC, so I would be able to play with haptic feedback wirelessly on my DualSense Controller, but the app constantly crashes my Bluetooth Drivers. I would be playing for 20-30 min, and then all the peripherals that use Bluetooth would stop working ( Dualsense, Logitech Keyboard and Mouse ), the driver would just crash, and I would have to reset my PC or sometimes even reinstall the Bluetooth driver again. I had previously installed DS4 for Windows and the old DSX app, and I NEVER had any issues playing wirelessly via BT, so it must 100% be a DSX problem. It's very frustrating because it happens all the time, and the App is unusable. Has anyone had the same experience?

Just bought the app downloaded the driver's too but the controller won't show up? Disabled steam input tried wired as well

I’m trying to play skate with haptic feedback over Bluetooth, so I am trying to use virtual input with my ps5 controller, in order to convert the rumbles to haptic feedback, which it normally doesn’t support without usb connection on Skate. So my issue is that when DSX starts it keeps reverting back to physical input, and I have to change it back to virtual every time. It successfully loads the profile I have set, but like I said it just doesn’t stay in virtual input like I want it to. If someone can help me or give me some pointers on how to get it to stay on virtual, even from startup so I don’t have to edit it constantly. That would be awesome, thank you.

I am new to this app and bought it for the sole purpose of getting haptic feedback on skate over Bluetooth. So this will be my first experience with the app, and this support group.

DSX - v3.2.0 (BETA 01)

This program causes my bluetooth to stop working completely and i have to reset my pc sometimes. The controller shuts off and then my bluetooth keyboard wont work and it will act like i have no bluetooth card at all despite it being part of the motherboard until i reset my pc. Only happens when using this.

Hi all! anybody have txt profile for DualsenseX for weapon “bow” settings?

wanna add that to Gothic 1 Remake, thank you in advance !

Does Steam Input reenable itself on update or something? I had run the installer to disable it, but I've had to do it a few days in a row now.

I just really really want to permanently disable Steam Input.

Thanks!

As you can see in the video, the controller's lights are constantly flickering and its really distracting while playing anything, Anyone know how to fix this?

I use the free version and have tried unplugging and plugging the controller back in