PS5 controller

[1ncorrect]

We already had a similar query about the DualSense battery indication, but the user could not send us the logs. If you can help us to investigate this issue I would like to ask you to collect some logs for us.

To complete this type of logs, you will need to:

1. Make sure you have a shortcut for reWASDEngine.exe (Note, the picture shows reWASD.exe, but you need exactly reWASDEngine.exe)
2. Right-click on the needed shortcut, open Properties
3. Find the Target field, and add " -tracetext" to it. This is how it must look like:
   
   
4. Press OK to close Properties, and launch reWASD Engine using the modified shortcut. Then recreate the problem situation. (Make sure your Dualsense is fully charged and you will receive those "wrong" notifications)
5. Then close the application completely. Now open File explorer, and go to C:\Users\Public\Documents\reWASD\Logs and send the newest reWASD TextTrace.txt file to our support team

[Jensilio]

Thank you for letting us know. We'll check your steps from our side and see what we can do about it.

No problem! I wrote it in case it can help anyone with the same problem. I also did some research, and found out that some psnow users experienced problems like this in some games (not in all of them) with the original ps4 controller, so I'm not sure to what extent this is a psnow issue and not a rewasd issue.

Oh, and on another note, I noticed that the battery showing in rewasd doesn't seem to be accurate with dualsense. When I have it plugged it will often tell me the battery is almost over, but then I unplug it and the battery meter seems to "reset" and shows the controller is almost fully charged. Not a big problem for me, just letting you know.

[1ncorrect]

Ok! So I tried that and still wasn't working. I plugged it again and working (as usual) and then I tried the following which seemed to fix the issue: With the game still open, I unplugged it, it wasn't working, and the emulation was already applied, anyways, I alt-tabbed and pressed the apply button on rewasd again, and the game suddenly started picking up the input, so right now it's working. Not sure if I'll have to do this workaround everytime I play or if it's fixed forever, anyway thanks, it seems to be solved for now.

Thank you for letting us know. We'll check your steps from our side and see what we can do about it.

[Jensilio]

Ok! So I tried that and still wasn't working. I plugged it again and working (as usual) and then I tried the following which seemed to fix the issue: With the game still open, I unplugged it, it wasn't working, and the emulation was already applied, anyways, I alt-tabbed and pressed the apply button on rewasd again, and the game suddenly started picking up the input, so right now it's working. Not sure if I'll have to do this workaround everytime I play or if it's fixed forever, anyway thanks, it seems to be solved for now.

[Jensilio]

That's so unfortunate that you are facing such difficulties. Please let us know the game's name, so we can check it from our end.

Also, please try the following:
1. Go to Preferences (a gear icon at the bottom right), General tab
2. Click Clear data button and confirm your action
3. Wait until the GUI and tray agent appear
4. Try applying the config again.

Thanks, trying right now. I also tried uninstalling psnow and reinstalling, but did nothing. As I said many times I can tell you "the game" because there are over 400 titles, both ps3 and ps4, it works on none. Here. It's a very popular service. I have been recommending rewasd to everyone all over the internet. I'd really like to make this work and not need to download ds4 or something else after having bought two rewasd licenses.

[wookiepediologist]

That's so unfortunate that you are facing such difficulties. Please let us know the game's name, so we can check it from our end.

Also, please try the following:
1. Go to Preferences (a gear icon at the bottom right), General tab
2. Click Clear data button and confirm your action
3. Wait until the GUI and tray agent appear
4. Try applying the config again.

[Jensilio]

Yes, any game on psnow (it's not a game in itself but a platform for playing streamed ps3 and ps4 games) use to work with my old ps3 controllers. One broke. I asked in this thread if I could use a ps5 controller the same way for the same purpose, and I was told I could (sound like a joke but psnow, being a sony product, still has no native support for ps5 controller, just for ps4, or ps3 wired). With rewasd, not only I was able to play wireless with those ps3 controllers, but also emulate missing keys needed for some ps4 games that the ps3 controller doesn't have.

So I just bought the dualsense (ps5 controller) and I find I'm able to play wired, but not through bluetooth. I can see even steam recognizes it as ps4 controller when rewasd is active, and loads my old config, even through bluetooth, and I can play with it. And rewasd also detects my controller wireless and receives the input, as it's shown in its interface. But for some reason, psnow will let me start the game (which usually doesn't if you don't have a compatible controller connected), but then the character is idle, the game doesn't respond to any of the keys of the controller. If I just plug it again, with the game open, it will start working again...

[wookiepediologist]

Just to make sure we understand you correctly:
The game works fine if you create the virtual gamepad (DualShock4) using the physical DS3 via both, wired and Bluetooth?
But as soon as you use the DualSense, it works fine via Cable but as soon as you switch to Bluetooth it does not work in the game?

[Jensilio]

To give a little bit of context: if I start the game with the controller plugged, it will work and move. If I unplug the controller, the game doesn't pause or stop (the rewasd pop up saying it's inactive, then active again through bluetooth pops up), the character is just not moving, as opposed to when, for example, I turn off the mapping (the emulation) in which case the game does pause itself and a warning that you must connect a valid controller appears on screen. This leads me to think, as I've already said, that psnow is actually detecting a ps4 controller, but it just doesn't get any input from it.

[Jensilio]

A quick follow-up: have you tried to restart PSNow after you have turned the remap on?

I just have, and same thing happens.Game starts (so compatible controller check is passed), but then no movement, no response to input. I've been playing steam wireless just fine with the emulated ps4 controller. But no luck with psnow. I didn't have any problem with the ps3 controller.

[Jensilio]

I believe that you are trying to play DualSense game (the PS5 one). It will not be possible to play it using the reWASD as the game supports the input only from the DualSense gamepad. But our app can only create the virtual DualShock. This is the reason the input is not being detected by the game. It awaits for the input from the DualSense, but in fact you are giving it the input from our virtual DualShock. This is the reason PS5 games cannot be played with reWASD. The virtual DualSense controller feature is not yet implemented in reWASD. It is on our to-do list, but the process is very complicated and some time is required.

PSnow doesn't have any PS5 games. I'm playing psnow on pc, which I used to do with ps3 controllers emulated as ps4 controllers. Now I'm emulating a ps4 controller on a ps5 controller, and as I said, the game recognizes it as valid, as the game does start, instead of showing the warning when you don't have a compatible controller conected. I tried playing a steam game and steam detects it as ps4 controller (with rewasd remaping active, of course). As I also mentioned, I've been able to play psnow with this ps5 controller wired no problem. The problem only happens when its on bluetooth (the way I used to play with my old ps3 controller).

[reWASDer]

A quick follow-up: have you tried to restart PSNow after you have turned the remap on?

[wookiepediologist]

I believe that you are trying to play DualSense game (the PS5 one). It will not be possible to play it using the reWASD as the game supports the input only from the DualSense gamepad. But our app can only create the virtual DualShock. This is the reason the input is not being detected by the game. It awaits for the input from the DualSense, but in fact you are giving it the input from our virtual DualShock. This is the reason PS5 games cannot be played with reWASD. The virtual DualSense controller feature is not yet implemented in reWASD. It is on our to-do list, but the process is very complicated and some time is required.

[Jensilio]

Thanks! I'm having an issue though,not sure if you could help me. So I had no problem emulating the ps4 controlled and playing psnow with it wired. I was even able to play infamous second son which I couldn't due to it's use of gyro with my old ps3 controller. So far so good.

The problem is through bluetooth. After struggling a bit to pair the controller with my pc (the process is different and not so simple as with the ps3 controllers, in which you could do this from within rewasd). So I got it to pair, it's detected wireless by rewasd, and I can apply the settings and a window pops up telling me which buttons to press and such. When i press the buttons in the controller, I get a response from rewasd interface showing which button is being used. So it seems everything is fine in that regard, the problem comes when I try to play psnow. Oddly enough, a compatible controller must be detected by the psnow app, since otherwise, as soon as you start a game, it wont let you and will ask you to plug a controller. Well this doesn't happen (it does if I don't use rewasd, even wired, since ps5 controller is not supported). It let's me start the game, but then none of the input in the controller does anything. I mean, not the buttons nor the sticks work inside the game. Any ideas what the problem could be or how could I fix this? I really want to play wireless, as I used to do with my ps3 controllers.

[reWASDer]

Great choice, DualSense looks and feels great