ps4 controller on steam showing xbox buttons

There are currently many games, such as Death Stranding, No Man’s Sky, and Horizon Zero Dawn, that already support SIAPI. Still, you’ll have to mentally establish the differences between the Xbox controller buttons and the PlayStation buttons, which isn’t something that everyone wants to do or can do.

Meaning you’ll be able to use the controller.

If a game doesn’t already include the DualShock/DualSense control and button scheme, it simply won’t give you the option in-game. However, games would need to be programmed with the DualShock 4 (and DualSens) in mind. This can allow games to show the DualShock 4 in games and either allow you to switch to a PlayStation button prompt either manually or automatically. With Steam, it uses the SIAPI or Steam Input API and has a greater feature set than Xinput. So it’s emulation the DualSense by using Xinput, but games still only see the Xinput, so they display the Xbox 360 or Xbox One controller.

Want to know why our reviewer called Resident Evil Village “a good game that could have been a classic”? Check out our review right here.The TLDR DS4Windows uses Xinput or the Xbox Input that is native to Windows (7/8/10). Hopefully, Capcom will patch in proper PS4 controller support to the PC version as soon as possible, but for now, this fix should work fine. This can be downloaded from NexusMods here. Modder boycalledjames has created the PS4 button mod which adds PS4 button prompts and the correct DualShock image on the main Controls screen. Instead, modders have created their own fix for this issue which can be downloaded now, at least until Capcom patches in the option. However, all the button prompts and the main menu screen defaults to an Xbox controller with no apparent option to change to PS4 pad prompts, which can be confusing.

Plug in the PS4 pad before starting Resident Evil Village (or any other game with controller support) and it should work fine. In order to enable a PS4 pad with Steam, open the client, go to ‘Steam’ in the top left and ‘Settings,’ then open ‘General Controller Settings.’ This will open up the Steam Big Picture Mode menu, where the option for ‘PlayStation Configuration Support’ needs to be checked.

Ps4 controller on steam showing xbox buttons