I am looking for advice on bluetooth gamepads. I have 4 cheaper PS4 controllers that I picked up on Aliexpress. I can get them all to connect and use DS4Windows. But I have issues when trying to map keys in BigBox and various emulators. Basically some keys won't work and map even though they work in Kodi and show up in DS4Windows. And when the pc wakes up they don't want to reconnect.
After messing about with these for quite some time, I gave up and bought an Xbox One controller. I figured not having to use 3rd party software may be the best way to go. SO it connected just fine. All buttons mapped in BigBox and the Sega emulator I tried. However, my kids watched a movie on Kodi and left the PC on. It did not sleep but the controller shut off. When I tried to turn the controller on, the X blinked like it was trying to connect but never did. I ended up exiting out of Kodi, unpairing the controller, then repairing.
This idea is starting to piss me off. I don't want to use wires, I would like at least 1 or 2 wireless controllers to work on this machine. All 4 if possible. I do have a wireless mouse/keyboard combination that seems to working fine but that has it's own usb dongle.
Where am I going wrong?
Can anyone offer a suggestion on how I can get 1 or 2 controllers to pair with PC, wake it up form sleep and remain paired, and map to all the keys I need without needing a USB dongle for each controller?
After messing about with these for quite some time, I gave up and bought an Xbox One controller. I figured not having to use 3rd party software may be the best way to go. SO it connected just fine. All buttons mapped in BigBox and the Sega emulator I tried. However, my kids watched a movie on Kodi and left the PC on. It did not sleep but the controller shut off. When I tried to turn the controller on, the X blinked like it was trying to connect but never did. I ended up exiting out of Kodi, unpairing the controller, then repairing.
This idea is starting to piss me off. I don't want to use wires, I would like at least 1 or 2 wireless controllers to work on this machine. All 4 if possible. I do have a wireless mouse/keyboard combination that seems to working fine but that has it's own usb dongle.
Where am I going wrong?
Can anyone offer a suggestion on how I can get 1 or 2 controllers to pair with PC, wake it up form sleep and remain paired, and map to all the keys I need without needing a USB dongle for each controller?