Specifically inside Steam you can click Games - Add a non Steam Game then browse the .EXE that launches the game.
What this does is allows you to launch the game through Steam, which means you get access I believe to the overlays as well as the controller configurations that can be loaded.
I tried this with my ds5 and it did not work. The only thing that managed to work for a second was ds4windows and checking "hide ds4" in the settings to try and treat it like a 360 controller.
I say worked for a second because after like an hour of playing It started bugging out and just getting constant Camera rotations. I will say the add non steam game seems to have worked for some people so maybe I did it wrong....but I'm about ready to get up and buy the thing full price.
The game needs to live inside the steamapps folder like a normal Steam game despite being pirated, and then Steam’s input stuff will work fine when you add it as a non-Steam game.
Took me a couple of hours wrestling with fitgirl’s RDR2 to figure that out.
oh shit!!! I never would have thought of that in a million years! Gonna try that after work.
EDIT: Serious question...is there any risk of adding a pirated game to steam? I blocked the game in my firewall to be safe but I'm worried i'll lose access to my library or something.
EDIT EDIT: IT WORKS!!! Bless you Comrade git!!!!! God why could nobody else say this!??!!?
what a minute... DS3 did this for me! i'm just now remembering. that shit was so annoying lmao camera just constantly rotating in a circle, I thought my joysticks were just fucked but nope. do you remember if you were able to fix this, or did you just give up?
Gave up, but what u/git said below worked! Screw ds4, put the game in your steamapps folder like a normal stream game and add it as a non steam game! Controller finally works!
awesome! thank you comrade git <3 and I finally got ER and Sekiro to work using some dumb DS4 hack, if anyone ends up having controller issues DM me! ty comrades
If you buy a used Xbox one controller (which I think is even from Gamestops fuck you pricing is still half the price of elden) you can plug that directly into a PC with a micro USB cord and that should be a 100% working solution.
Then you can use the controller for more than just that game as well.
Yeah...I'm kinda regretting not getting a Xbox controller. When my PS4 pad died I had a choice and I went PS5 cause I do see a future where I own that console...but man the support on PC is frustrating.
so... aside from making the UI stupidly huge, what does big picture mode actually do/why do i need it on? i see tons of vids recommend this but im like
It like, overwrites system control to recognize controller input. I think. Idk, its definitely worth a shot. Most pirated games i add on steam dont work with a controller until I do this, in my experience - and I exclusively play with a controller
Does it work if you use Steam?
Specifically inside Steam you can click Games - Add a non Steam Game then browse the .EXE that launches the game.
What this does is allows you to launch the game through Steam, which means you get access I believe to the overlays as well as the controller configurations that can be loaded.
I tried this with my ds5 and it did not work. The only thing that managed to work for a second was ds4windows and checking "hide ds4" in the settings to try and treat it like a 360 controller.
I say worked for a second because after like an hour of playing It started bugging out and just getting constant Camera rotations. I will say the add non steam game seems to have worked for some people so maybe I did it wrong....but I'm about ready to get up and buy the thing full price.
The game needs to live inside the
steamappsfolder like a normal Steam game despite being pirated, and then Steam’s input stuff will work fine when you add it as a non-Steam game.Took me a couple of hours wrestling with fitgirl’s RDR2 to figure that out.
ooooo thank you, this is a breakthrough
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oh shit!!! I never would have thought of that in a million years! Gonna try that after work.
EDIT: Serious question...is there any risk of adding a pirated game to steam? I blocked the game in my firewall to be safe but I'm worried i'll lose access to my library or something.
EDIT EDIT: IT WORKS!!! Bless you Comrade git!!!!! God why could nobody else say this!??!!?
There's 0 risk. I've had pirated games in my library for at least a decade.
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what a minute... DS3 did this for me! i'm just now remembering. that shit was so annoying lmao camera just constantly rotating in a circle, I thought my joysticks were just fucked but nope. do you remember if you were able to fix this, or did you just give up?
Gave up, but what u/git said below worked! Screw ds4, put the game in your steamapps folder like a normal stream game and add it as a non steam game! Controller finally works!
awesome! thank you comrade git <3 and I finally got ER and Sekiro to work using some dumb DS4 hack, if anyone ends up having controller issues DM me! ty comrades
If you buy a used Xbox one controller (which I think is even from Gamestops fuck you pricing is still half the price of elden) you can plug that directly into a PC with a micro USB cord and that should be a 100% working solution.
Then you can use the controller for more than just that game as well.
Yeah...I'm kinda regretting not getting a Xbox controller. When my PS4 pad died I had a choice and I went PS5 cause I do see a future where I own that console...but man the support on PC is frustrating.
honestly, this might be the way to go
Sometimes you gotta use big picture mode too.
so... aside from making the UI stupidly huge, what does big picture mode actually do/why do i need it on? i see tons of vids recommend this but im like
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It like, overwrites system control to recognize controller input. I think. Idk, its definitely worth a shot. Most pirated games i add on steam dont work with a controller until I do this, in my experience - and I exclusively play with a controller
Big Picture mode enables a lot of controller stuff cause it's the UI you use of you wanna use Steam on a TV sized screen
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