Dual Shock 4 Controller Stopped working with April Patch 1

[treb0r]

I've been playing ED with a Dual Shock 4 controller on WIndows with no issues.

Today ED updated to the latest patch and now the controller is not recognised.

It works in steam and windows via bluetooth and USB.

Any ideas how I can get it working again?

 

[Jaggid Edje]

Check your steam controller settings to see if playstation and/or xbox controller compatibility is turned "on" or "off" in settings. You can get at this setting only in big screen mode of steam, under controller configuration. I had a similar issue with my steam controller when Steam switched that PlayStation compatibility to "on". I imagine it could also happen in reverse, where it needs to be on rather than off for your specific configuration because how it sets changes how the game recognizes the controller.

Also check if you have any errors in the BindingsLoadingErrors.log file that can be found in the directory "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings" directory. Any errors may need to be resolved before the controller is recognized again.

 

[treb0r]

Thanks for the reply. It seems that the controller does work intermittently. It's really annoying because I sometimes need to start the game and then quit up to 10 times before it works. I'll take a look at the error log you mentioned, cheers.