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DualShock 4 Now Officially Supported on Steam

A new Steam client update was released earlier this week, and it comes with a great surprise for PlayStation 4 owners. Valve’s gaming storefront now officially supports the DualShock 4 controller. That means players won’t have to use workarounds to game on PC with their PS4 controller now.

Here are the full details from the build notes:

  • Added Steam Configurator support for PS4 Dual Shock Controller. Enable in Big Picture settings Add/Test Controller settings. When enabled, PS4 controllers will have access to the same sort of customization/configuration support as Steam Controllers, including native API support. PS4 Controllers using this system can map the trackpad, gyro, buttons, etc. to keyboard, mouse, or x-input outputs and can make use of action sets, touch menus, radial menus, and so forth.
  • Added software gyro+accelerometer integration for IMUs without hardware integration. Allows Joystick-Move/D-Pad/Mouse Leaning support for the PS4 gyro input.
  • Added New Mode – Joystick Mouse. This is a joystick based mouse control useful for stick based controllers.
  • Added controller preference setting for haptics. Haptics can now be globally disabled for a controller or default to the configuration preferences.
  • Added support for LED Color setting. Controllers which are capable of setting an LED color can now set this in controller personalization.
  • Added LED Brightness/Color controller action binding. The light on the controller can now be changed via a binding. This is useful to mark changes in state such as different action sets or mode shifts, or on start/release press activators for changing while a button is pressed, for example. Light settings are reset to user preference when changing applications/configurations.

It might seem a little overboard to even support the DualShock 4’s lightbar, but it’s definitely a cool feature. This is certainly great news for PC gamers that enjoy using their PlayStation 4 controller on their computer. This further broadens Sony’s PC support, which also includes PlayStation Now and remote play.

(Source: Steam via Eurogamer)

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/12/14/dualshock-4-steam-support-now-official/



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Comes with a great surprise to all gamers, except the ones that have been using the DS4 on PC since the release of the PS4.



If you demand respect or gratitude for your volunteer work, you're doing volunteering wrong.

I mean, I'd already been using a DS4 controller for all my PC games. Before that, I used PS3 controllers. I'd like to see DS4 call outs in games to come next.



Cool, can I load community profiles of the steam controller for mouse based titles like Pillars of Eternity etc?



Valve does what Son't doesn't: provides official support for Sony's controller. It's actually somewhat baffling that Sony doesn't provide better support for DS4 on PC, because each DS4 sold should be pure profit for Sony, and in a lot of PC use cases, the user either owns a PS4 already or is only looking into getting a controller for PC, in which case it would be Sony's benefit for that choice to be DS4.