You can enable the touchpad by holding the L2 and R2 buttons and pressing the touchpad. You can keep an eye on the battery life if you're using a Bluetooth connection, and you can even change the colour of the light bar, or turn it off entirely (an option the PlayStation 4 doesn't offer, sadly, for those with highly reflective TV screens).Įxplore the DS4Tool software to figure out the best way to use it. The program is incredibly handy, since it monitors the controller and lets you change certain settings. If everything is working correctly, it should detect the DualShock 4 as Controller 1 and give you details about the connection. Step Five: Run DS4ToolĮverything is set up, so now all you have to do is run the tool itself. It should show up as wireless controller. Release the buttons and add the DualShock 4 to Windows like any Bluetooth device via the Add Device menu. Then hold down the Share button and press the PlayStation button until the light bar flashes. First, if you have a PlayStation 4 and your controller is connected to it, turn off both the game console and controller. If you want to use Bluetooth, you need to put the DualShock 4 into pairing mode. If you want a wired connection, plug a microUSB cable into the DualShock 4 and connect it to your computer. You can hook up your DualShock 4 with a wired USB connection or via Bluetooth. It should show a message to the effect that the drivers have been successfully installed.
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Click Install and wait for the program to finish.
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Open the Virtual Bus Driver folder in the extracted folder and run ScpDriver.exe.
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This is the magic step, the one that fools Windows into thinking the DualShock 4 is an Xbox 360 controller. Step Three: Install the Virtual Bus Driver This isn't a program that installs it runs straight out of the folder, so you should keep it somewhere readily available for when you want to connect the controller. Extract the contents to a convenient folder. Now it's time to download the tool itself.