Hey, how do I adapt to using a new PS4 controller at first?
Hey, how do I adapt to using a new PS4 controller at first?
I have a PS4 controller, but it sits on my desk gathering dust while nothing gets done with it. How do I get used to using one? What should I do right away as a new player? I am also having trouble making the game show me the buttons like they are Xbox ones instead of PlayStation ones because Windows 10 shows them wrong. I have never owned any games or controllers before. Can you share some tips on how to use a controller at first time? I cannot move and aim at once.
What is this gadget supposed to do? If you've been playing PC games before, the answer is probably yes, unless you love racing games, then stick with your keyboard and mouse. For shooting games like first-person shooters, those devices feel terrible.
The only real way to get used to a peripheral or controller is to use it every single day for a long time. Anyone can do this; you just have to keep getting exposed to it until your body starts remembering the moves automatically. This applies to both moving and aiming at the same time. Practice really makes perfect, there isn't any easy shortcut around that.
While I will say that mice and keyboards are usually best for fast-paced games like FPS or RTS titles, buttons vary a lot depending on what controller you have. You probably won't be able to change the button layouts between an Xbox and a PlayStation without some special software unless it even works that way. This is mostly because Microsoft owns both Windows and Xbox, and they've built their own services inside of Windows. They probably wouldn't include a separate version for PlayStation either, so they want to make sure more people buy Xbox controllers instead. The PlayStation exclusive games Sony has been putting on PC through Steam might show different buttons, but I haven't tried testing them out before. Steam now officially supports PlayStation controllers, and even Switch joy-consoles, so there are some options in that list too.
I mostly play the big name exclusives and third-person shooters when I'm on a console, and use everything else on my PC instead.
Here is a program named DS4 Windows. It tells your computer OS that your controller is like an Xbox One. This is needed because many games from 2010 use a special rule called XInput. That rule needs a specific way to move buttons on the controller. Normal Dual Shock controllers (or anything not made by Microsoft or PC) don't follow this way. For example, some games tell you exactly which button to press just because they used an Xbox-style layout for their game. But some games on Steam can understand Dual Shock controllers and show you the right button overlay instead of showing a wrong one.