How to Fix Input & Controller Lag in DS4 Windows on PC 

Same problem occurring on my steam

Tekken is unplayable for me atm, with 100-300ms input delay with bluetooth ps4 controller. Nothing really seems to get the same speed as wired, but plugging in the wire also disconnects alot cos apparently ps4 controllers are so fragile that putting it down wrong will bend something in the usb port a bit and then it will start dc'ing more and more untill games become unplayable ...

This guide pretty much has everything I know about possible lag fixes in the program. After reading through issues and solutions that other people were having. Some other things that might help. 1) You could see if you can download an older version of the program and see if that fixes it. But the problem might have been something that windows changed in a recent update. 2) Submit a bug report to the developer with whatever information they prefer in order to see if they can fix it in a future update. This might already be happening.

@@ChupacabraTutorials yeah okay that's a good idea ! I will go for that ! I'm also getting mad fps loss from like 220 stable to like 140 for like 2-3 seconds then back up, I got rtx 3090 and only recently had my ryzen 9 5950x installed with a water cooler that is causing me problems haha

There's a setting in the settings profile to turn the Bluetooth talk time down to 1ms. You can try that. Or try that and running DS4 as admin. If the problem continues you may just need to run one of your controllers plugged in.

download the new one in the description of this video, I was using the old one too, it was ball sucky

oh i thought it was my problem only, my motherboard has wifi 6 and bluetooth and when i download smth with wifi, bluetooth gets lags and latency so it's normal?

Im not really sure why its not just swapping connections for some users when you go from bluetooth to plugged in. Sorry.

Pretty much everything I know about lag issues is in this video already. That said. If this JUST started to happen. Id consider if anything has changed on your computer recently. Did you install anything? Do you have an update for your graphics driver pending? When was the last time you closed all your programs and restarted your computer? I know I leave stuff open for weeks at a time and that eventually starts to bog down games.

@@ChupacabraTutorials i honestly cant remember, in the log files for ds4 windows it shows that the latency keeps jumping above 30ms just randomaly happens not sure if its just the controller

I'm convinced its the new updates, I started having these issues recently too.

@@YoursTruly78887 Best I can guess. Since I hadnt had a single complaint about latency or lag until a couple months ago. And Ive had these tutorials up going on 6 years for the earliest one I made.

I’ve had the same issues. One day it’s working fine the next Controls just go everywhere on its own. It’s driving me crazy

shorter cord, better cord, better usb port

OC the usb header. You can get 1ms or less with the ds4 controllers and pretty much all xbox 1s

unless you overclock the controller, stick with bluetooth

Plugging in is always going to be the best way to reduce lag

@@ChupacabraTutorials it still uses bluetooth connection even if i plug it in

@@tigerandroid7458 my ps4 controller absolutely doesn't use Bluetooth if I'm on USB. I know because I disable Bluetooth.

Do u still have this as i bought a controllee and i thought i had drift stick suddenly when i use yy macro on cod sometimes it like moved on its own like a drift stick so i went to biy a bran new controller and it still does it but i have no drift stick

@@esterabandyova The PS controllers on the PC are likely going to remain a problem. If your playing on the PC you could opt for an Xbox compatible controller instead. Personally, my old gamepad and PS2 controller seems to work just fine in Windows 10 but didn't in Windows 7 so I'm using that again instead. It's like 20 years old, this controller, and it still doesn't have stick drift. I've had my last 5 controllers get it.

No

It indicates your controller is lagging while you play.

same problem, i don't know if it is the controller or the pc.... i play well for like 1 month with no latency bug, but now every 40 minutues it's freezing me

@@xCluBBeRx- im the exact same itll be fine for 5 minutes then the next minute itll be spinning me in circles, wired controller to pc

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Its odd that the touchpad works but the rest doesnt. You could try hard resetting the controller. It might be trying to talk to your phone at the same time and thats making it act funny. The light bar you can manually control in the profiles area. Which are profiles that save your custom settings for keybindings and the like. From there you can change it to whatever color you want, have it slowly change in a rainbow pattern. Whatever you want really. Even shut it off.

@@ChupacabraTutorials how to hard reset

@@ChupacabraTutorials please do a tutorial on how to fix please, I don’t want to waste my dad money on the controller and not use it. Thanks. Please do a tutorial.

If you're controller is just doing stuff without you touching it you may need to use some of the dead zone settings in the settings profile.

@@ChupacabraTutorials I will try that

@@ChupacabraTutorials does constantly changing the PS4 controller from ps4 to PC and then back causing the issue ?, As the controller use to work on the games like "the messenger" and "skul the hero slayer" but now in "the messenger" it doesn't recognize the controller and in "skul the hero" touch pad on controller for mouse is working but the other buttons aren't along with the ghost trigger just pressing without any physical means Hope it's not too confusing and I made sense of what I'm facing 😅

Your cord will probably always be better. Even if you make adjustments to decrease the latency between your controller and your PC

Following this guide can help, playing with a cable rather than bluetooth can also help. You can also disable DS4 Windows getting info from the controller like battery level in the profile settings on the last tab. Which will also decrease the lag from using it.

@@ChupacabraTutorials i switched from cable to bluetooth and now its smooth thanks for the vid

Unpair the controller and then it can't

Hmmm. Did you do a hard reset before you tried setting it up? You might not think you need to. But it often helps fix a number of problems. There's a hole on the back that you can press a paperclip or a pin into, Next to the Text that says "SONY" above the sound slit. Press it in there for like. A Count of 10-12 seconds. Other things you could try. 1) Toggle Start/Stop in the lower right corner of the DS4 Window. 2) Run DS4 as Admin. 3) Extract a fresh copy of DS4, and move it somewhere else on your computer.

its probably a driver error it happens to me ALL the time. Go to settings > devices > Wireless controller (or whater your ps4 controller is called)..... remove device, replug it in, it will reinstall new driver by itself and it should work again. hope this helps

me too, when i use wired controller. but when i use bluetooth no problem. anyone has the solution?

@@bagusekosw1573 hide ds4 controller

@@bagusekosw1573at 58 seconds click that box that says hide ds4 controller

Are you using the old version made by jays? Cus that hasn't been updated in years. It's been taken over by ryochan7

Play music only in one particular voice channel.

Ill see what I can do

@@ChupacabraTutorials ok thanks 👍👍😊

@@ChupacabraTutorials and also taken command only in a particular text channel. Thanks 👍

Which part do you need help with?

@@ChupacabraTutorials I don't know how to explain it but can you add me on discord so i can explain

ok I got it working now how do i put ds4 on my desktop so i can easily access it

Just walk me through the steps you've taken on here. As best you can. The process is pretty straight forward. But if you're not very technical it can be a little confusing. The process goes like this: 1) You need to download DS4 Windows from the site I linked. 2) You MIGHT also need the .net Framework. This is a background software that people design software on top of. Like building a house on top of a big slab of concrete. Its the building blocks that makes it easier to develop things. Its available here: dotnet.microsoft.com/download You want version 5.0. You can download the x64 version on the left side of the screen. you want the "Runtime" version. 3) Once you have .NET installed. And DS4 Windows downloaded. It comes in a .ZIP file. Which is like stuffing all your luggage in a suitcase to travel with. You need to unpack it before you can use it. Just unzip it into a folder of the same name when you right click on it. If you dont have a program that can open it, you can find and download 7zip. Its free. 4) With the software unzipped, you can now open the folder, and inside you will find the program itself. Double click it to run it. 5) With the software open. It should prompt you to install any remaining software in a little pop up box. Do so. You should only need to install the first step software. The rest is optional. 6) With everything installed, plug in your controller. It should show up in the software. If it doesnt. Make sure in the lower right hand corner the button doesnt say "Start". If it does. CLick it. That says that DS4 is currently running and not paused. 7) If your controller shows up, you should be good to go. You can customize the keybindings as shown in another guide, or just leave it as default and start playing your games.

Just drag the folder onto your desktop. or right click it and either pin it to your taskbar, or create shortcut. Then place that shortcut on your desktop.