This means that Windows and ultimatly x360ce recognises your controller. You should now be greeted with this screen, if you only have your Dual Shock 4 controller connected like I do: If you press all the buttons on the controller, the corresponding button on the image should flash green.

If you already have a xinput1_3.dll just locate it, or put it in the x360ce folder and restart the software (there are some older games that might not like the latest version of the dll, but this is a guide for Dark Souls 3 so you should get an updated dll). By pressing the Create button, you will be asked to download said file. When starting x360ce for the first time, it will asked to create an xinput1_3.dll. There are 2 version, but since Dark Souls 3 requires a 64-bit version of the dll, I'd recommend trying that version first.Īfter download and extracted x360ce to any folder of your choice, make sure that the Dual Shock 4 controller has been recognised by Windows first before starting the software. Obviously first, you will be needing to get x360ce.

The difference between the 2 methods from what I understand is that ds4windows is a driver based fix, and x360ce is an injector/directx to xinput translator. Sadly I dislike anything that requires me to install custom drivers to get things to work, which is why I prever to use x360ce for as long as possible. One is with x360ce ofcourse, and the other is ds4windows. There are 2 methods that I know of on how to get a Dual Shock 4 controller to work on a Windows PC.

But as long as the controller is recognised by Windows, you should be able to program what button does what within x360ce controller editor. This guide will aim at the PlayStation 4 controller, but should also work with the PlayStation 3 controller, or any other USB controller that doesn't get recognised as a Xbox controller.Ī short disclaimer: Like anything else in the computer world, not all controllers might work with x360ce. I will try to explain how to get your non-Xbox 360/One controller to work with most games that requires a Xinput enabled controller, using TocaEdit X360 Controller Emulator, also called x360ce.

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