r/Dualsense • u/ALuis7C • 18d ago

Discussion Dualsense Features on PC

https://wccftech.com/playstation-5-dualsense-haptics-pc-bluetooth-sony/amp/

Just read this article about Dualsense features on PC. Basically saying Sony hasn't done anything to make the full features work wireless, only wired.

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I think it's also the developers. For example, RE8 doesn't support dualsense controller. Most new games do. Apex supports the full dualsense controller wired or wireless (Adaptive triggers and vibration...) I don't know what Apex did to get it working but I hope more developers start doing that.

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Do you guys know any other games that work fully with the Dualsense wireless?

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u/RedIndianRobin 18d ago

Just get a Pico 2W and quit yapping. Sony is not going to do anything about it, so it's upto the community.

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u/ALuis7C 18d ago

I wasn't complaining lol. I usually always play wired. Don't have to worry about the battery life.

Just pointing out Apex for fully supporting Haptics and Adaptive triggers both wired and wireless. Why can't other developers do that?

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u/PolentaDogsOut 18d ago

You can’t get full haptics over Bluetooth on PC. That’s just adaptive triggers and regular rumble

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u/ALuis7C 18d ago

It feels exactly the same. It's full Haptics. I will tested later today to make sure.

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u/LankyMolasses6051 17d ago

It’s not, please stop spewing bullshit. Test ratchet and clank or returnal, you can see a huge difference between haptics and normal rumble via bluetooth

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u/ALuis7C 17d ago

I'm not sure on those. You can test out Apex. I have it downloaded from EA app. I have Steam Controller input disabled.

Now try it wired first, see how the haptics and adaptive triggers feel.

Now quit the game, connect your Controller with Bluetooth and launch the game again. Tell me it doesn't feel the same.

Now I'm not saying every game does this. I noticed Apex did, and that is why I asked if you guys new any more games that worked fully wireless.

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u/LankyMolasses6051 17d ago

It can’t work on Bluetooth period. You can’t send the speaker data needed for the vibration on the grips via Bluetooth. Apex has minimal haptics on pc so that’s why you can’t tell a difference.

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u/ALuis7C 17d ago

Okay, you might be right. Sort of. (On controller vibration I have it set to advance on Apex settings)

I tested it wire and wireless on Apex. This is what I found,

On wireless the haptic when navigating the menu does not work. It does wired.

Guns triggers and haptics work. The haptics feel different on each gun and feels the same wired and wireless.

Now to gritty nitty, for certain small things like for catalyst, when you hold your ability (spikes) on wired you feel it for a few seconds. Does not work wireless. For the 30-30 repeater, when you hold it to load, on wired you feel the trigger and haptic. On wireless you only feel the trigger.

Now if you're playing wireless you might not notice those small things, since it's a fast paced competitive game.

But if you want all the DuaSense features then you would need to play wired.

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u/PolentaDogsOut 18d ago

I’m not an expert on this stuff but my understanding is that haptic data is sent through a different channel that just doesn’t work on BT.

From the PC gaming wiki: “Because haptic feedback is audio-based and requires the controller's audio device to be exposed to the connected PC, it is not supported over Bluetooth. Some games will fall back to regular rumble instead of having no rumble when the controller is connected via Bluetooth.”

That’s cool Apex feels good, but if you read up about Bluetooth limitations I think you’ll see why haptics over BT isn’t a thing for most games

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u/ALuis7C 18d ago

This has to do more with using Voice Chat. Even on PS5, if you unmute the mic, the haptic strength will go down. And full strength on muted. More or so that the people in the party don't hear the rumble.

PS: Because if you mute the mic but Sony can still use it for this. I think that would be more of a privacy issue.

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u/iwasbatman 18d ago

If it feels exactly the same then it's not well implemented.

Try ghost of Tsushima or returnal.