DS4 Detection

I'm recently got a DS4 controller and before that I was using a DS3 emulating a 360 controller to play BeamNG with. I've had a conversation on the steam forums and Nadeox1 said DS4 should work out of the box. My problem is BeamNG detects the controller, and knows that I'm pressing the buttons:

Yet it doesn't want to use it when it is connected. My emulated DS3 worked without manual binding but I have to manual bind my DS4 for some reason. I'm using a traditional red DS4 and the same cord used for charging just a different brand. Nadeox1 said there seems to be nothing strange here thought he doesn't have one himself. I hope someone knows the fix to this, and if so thanks in advance.

 

How did you pair it? It works fine here through Bluetooth. Also, you could use SCP toolkit to connect it if that doesn't work

 

Nothing strange here. DS4 is recognised natively but doesnt have bindings. You need to add bindings.

 

I'm pretty sure my ps4 controller got preassigned bindings to it? It was a long time ago though so my memory is a bit foggy.

 

Developer replied on steam forums his worked with bindings out of the box through steam's DS4 support

It's just connected with a wire without emulators. Developer tested without any extensions and said it worked fine. I forgot to add this, but I was looking to have this work without anything like SCP Toolkit.

 

I'm assuming this has to do with my USB... It's the only thing that's a bit different in terms of brand.. I'm not really a tech heavy person so I don't know but I could try a traditional PS4 charger..

 

cable changes nothing at all. Cable is literally just 4 bits of copper between pins labelled 5v, ground, D+ and D-. All cables are alike.

PIDVID is in the controller itself, yours isnt one for an official PS4 controller. Is this a 3rd party one rather than an official sony one? You'll just have to configure bindings in the options screens.

 

Mine is an official DS4 Sony controller, so other than that I wouldn't see how the PIDVID would be different. I've always been fine with manually binding I just would like a way to easily have default controls and not potentially losing the binds and having to redo them.

 

Yes that must be what's happening. I have 2 controllers, one for ps4 slim, and the original one. Both have different input maps.

 

Sorry for the late response, been taking a break from games for a bit. Seems to working perfectly after 5 minutes of driving around though! I didn't even know the PS4 Slim controller was a thing lol sorry. Thanks a lot for helping!