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How to hook up my PS3 controller to the Windows emulator?
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03-31-2014, 10:25 PM
I just downloaded the windows emulator so i could play Kingdom Hearts BBS and when i started it up, i went to configure the controls to my controller and it doesn't seem to be picking up whenever i hit button on the controller but my PCSX2 emulator does, any solutions?
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03-31-2014, 10:30 PM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2014, 10:31 PM by vnctdj.)
As TheDax likes to say :
(01-13-2014, 07:32 PM)TheDax Wrote: You'll need a driver before using a PS3 controller on Windows. I highly suggest Scarlet.Crush's driver over MotionInJoy (MotionInJoy has ads, phones home, and has caused my PC to have a lot of BSODs, personally).
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03-31-2014, 10:34 PM
(03-31-2014, 10:30 PM)TheDax Wrote: You'll need a driver before using a PS3 controller on Windows.

How come i need a driver for PPSSPP and not for PCSX2?
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03-31-2014, 10:36 PM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2014, 10:37 PM by vnctdj.)
I can't tell you given that I don't know PCSX2...
Maybe PCSX2 has integrated the needed drivers ?
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03-31-2014, 10:39 PM
(03-31-2014, 10:36 PM)vnctdj Wrote: I can't tell you given that I don't know PCSX2...
Maybe PCSX2 has integrated the needed drivers ?

Is there a way you can walk me through this, i've never messed with drivers and i have no clue what to do
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03-31-2014, 10:43 PM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2014, 10:43 PM by vnctdj.)
There are some tutorials on the page linked by TheDax, I hope you will succeed by following them Smile
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03-31-2014, 10:50 PM
I got it, thank you very much
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03-31-2014, 10:57 PM
You're welcome Smile
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04-01-2014, 01:54 AM (This post was last modified: 04-01-2014, 02:21 AM by TheDax.)
(03-31-2014, 10:34 PM)RoxasXIII Wrote: How come i need a driver for PPSSPP and not for PCSX2?

I'm not sure how PCSX2 does it, but it might talk directly to the PS3 controller with RawInput or something, while PPSSPP uses DirectInput and/or XInput, which are built-in to Windows itself. So if your computer doesn't "understand" what a PS3 controller is on its own, PPSSPP won't, either.
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01-09-2015, 05:47 PM (This post was last modified: 01-09-2015, 05:49 PM by LouisYamato.)
I want to use a PS3 controller for my PPSSPP emulator too. But I don't have the bluetooth thing it says to use. I have the controller plugged in through a USB. I am using a Toshiba laptop with Windows on it. I thinks its the newest Windows. How do I set it up?
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01-09-2015, 05:56 PM
(01-09-2015, 05:47 PM)LouisYamato Wrote: I want to use a PS3 controller for my PPSSPP emulator too. But I don't have the bluetooth thing it says to use. I have the controller plugged in through a USB. I am using a Toshiba laptop with Windows on it. I thinks its the newest Windows. How do I set it up?

The Scarlet Crush driver works for both bluetooth and USB, just install it and it should act just like any other XInput device in windows
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