Saturday, October 15th, 2016

Native DualShock 4 Controller Support is Coming to Steam Courtesy of Valve

  

Currently, getting a PS4 controller to work with Steam games requires a workaround and the usage of iffy third party software. This will finally change with an upcoming update for Steam's controller API which will feature built in PS4 DualShock configurability. Valve's Jeff Bellinghausen and Lars Doucet of Level Up Labs announced at Steam Dev Days that Valve will release a Steam update "adding full configurability to controllers other than the Steam controller," beginning with DualShock 4.

As it was explained at Steam Dev Days, the PS4 controller through the Steam API is "exactly the same as a Steam Controller." They continued, "You make the exact same API calls, you only get actions, not inputs, and the Steam API takes care of everything." Below is a screenshot of what input for the PS4 controller looks like through the Steam API.
 

 
"It's also got a gyro and a touchpad, so it's got a lot of overlapping functionality with the Steam Controller," they mentioned. "Also, existing native support for the PS4 controller on the PC is a bit weak; in this case Steam itself is communicating directly with the device so everything (is) nice and reliable." When all is said and done, players will be able to pair their PS4 controller directly to their PC and use all the configurability options available to the Steam Controller, including use of the PS4 touchpad and gyro. 

This is obviously great news for fighting game players who prefer the DualShock 4 as their pad of choice for games such as TEKKEN 7. But what about players who prefer their PS4/PS3 Fightpads or Fightsticks? Currently, it's unclear if the update will support "other PS4 controllers" besides the official Dualshock 4. The good news is, Valve plans on adding support for other third-party controllers to the API in the future.
     

Sources:  KotakuPCGamerSRK
Related News:  (9-29-2016): "High Chance" That TEKKEN 7 Will Not Feature Cross Platform Play at Launch,
(9-25-2016): SFV Update Pulled For PC Version Due to Malware Vulnerability
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(8-29-2016): Wireless PS4 Dualshock Adaptor Coming to PC and Mac
Related TFG Links:  TEKKEN 7Street Fighter V

 


 

 


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