#Wireless ps5 controller does not work

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slow prawn
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Version: v1.1b-1236
Input mode: Controller
Platform: Steam
Repro-rate: 100%
Repro:
Turn off steam input. Try using ps5 controller wirelessly. Controller doesn't work.
Turn on steam input. Controller works fine, but it's treated like an xbox controller and you have to set the glyph in the options menu.

sudden flower
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Hi @slow prawn. Thanks for sending in a report!

Could you clarify what you mean by "treated like an Xbox controller"? If you can share a video or screenshot of the issue, that would really help us understand what's going on! approve2

slow prawn
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@turbid heron My problem is not the glyphs

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Steam has a thing called steam input. It even states (especially when the game doesn't support your controller) with a big warning box 'hey this is a compatibility mode and you'll have xbox glyphs' when you first launch the game with a playstation controller.

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Often games will not even provide an override for glyphs.

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But it also means other functionality of the controller doesn't work (i.e. the touch pad)

turbid heron
slow prawn
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My preference is to turn steam input off.

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Partly because glyphs, partly because functionality.

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BUT! For whatever reason, the playstation driver or how it's implemented or something, special/separate work is required to detect and use the controller wirelessly. I'm not a game dev, but I've been bitten here enough times. Steam's controller compatability check has even shown me a dialog on other games saying 'this controller only works natively if wired', which is the case here.

slow prawn
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I would be disappointed, but willing to accept the fix as 'ticking the box in steam saying it's only compatible with playstation controllers in wired mode'

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Given you have multiplayer on the way, and the glyphs setting is probably not per-controller (as a family of four who would play this game in a heartbeat, we have numerous different contollers with different glyph mappings and we all have different preferences). The ideal is to support the controller properly, so I can put the glyphs setting back to auto.