ds4Vita, use your DualShock 4 controller with your Vita
While I was working on the article for ViiMote, I noticed a lot of people were asking for the same tool for DualShock4 controllers. Developer Xerpi has decided to heed the demands of the people and has created DS4Vita, a plugin that allows you to pair your PS Vita with your DualShock 4 controller.
If you read the article on/tested ViiMote, the process to get DS4Vita to work is nearly the same. Xerpi adds that the touchpad works in some games and not in others but otherwise everything should be working fine.
What is DS4Vita?
DS4Vita is a plugin for taiHEN/taiHENkaku created by developer Xerpi. This plugin allows you to use a DualShock 4 controller on your Vita. Touchpad support works on some games but not others.
Instructions
- Enable ds4vita.skprx in taiHEN’s config.txt
- Go to Setting -> Devices -> Bluetooth Devices
- Press SHARE+PS on the DS4 for about 3 seconds, until the lightbar blinks
- The DS4 will then connect (don’t press over it when it appears)
Note: If somehow you can’t establish a connection, try to delete the pairing by pressing over it (on Settings menu) and then selecting Delete and try again.
Download DS4Vita
To download DS4Vita you can do one of two things: either head to the release thread over at the wololo forums or head to Xerpi‘s GitHub release page to download the plugin. If you have suggestion or bugs reports, I’d advise you to do so on the release thread.
Enjoy the release!
Fust!!!!
nice i’m going to give this a try thanks
PS Button, L and R don’t work at all
Wow, great job!!! Now if this thing works out with the games and homebrew available smoothly then it is golden. Thank you for your efforts Xerpi & of course the team behind Henkaku, none of this would have been possible without their continuous efforts to achieve the impossible. Thank you guys 🙂
amazing!
sweet just got a ds4 for christmas for use w/ my vita tv. Cannot wait to give this a shot!
I think the PSTV natively supports both the DS3 and the DS4 🙂
Yeah but the touch gestures trough L3 and R3 are a real pain in the ***. And the real question here is, can we now use the acelerometers of the control to emulate the one of the Vita? It would be great to play Uncharted Golden Abyss completely on the PS TV
Uncharted still wouldn’t work without a patch, as there is a part of the game that requires using the camera.
Yes, it does!
As someone who hasn’t really gotten into Vita programming yet, I’m curious as to why this is difficult to get right. Can the method used on the PSTV not be adapted to the Vita?
It probably could, but would require reverse engineering of how the PSTV does it, which would take a lot of effort, and would only allow for the use of the DS3/DS4. The reverse engineering of the Bluetooth module on the other hand theoretically allows us to connect any Bluetooth device.
Perhaps, but then we’d at least have the option for full compatibility with the DS4 and its touchpad.
It could lead to add a second controller? Because if the emulators could be upgraded to recognize the imputs we could play with a friend usign the vita as a screen.
Psx mode I belive is harder but still a sweet dream.
Such a good news.
I hope we get a DS3 support one day (as I own two, and it would be nice to assign one to my PSVita)
Nice job with the ds4vita plug in it is very good… but it conflict with games with mai-moe folder, they don’t start anymore and when I remove the plugin they restart again.
Great! Is Dual Shock 2 also working? If not, can it be added in the future, please? 🙂
*Dual Shock 3 of course!
dualshock 3 support
ive been having trouble with this, the ds4 isnt connecting to the vita can anyone help me
ive been having trouble with this, the ds4 isnt connecting to the vita can anyone help me please any help will be appreciated
i couldn’t get this working personally what happens for me is i hit share and ps and the light bar blinks. It shows wireless controller but i can’t pair to it
Dual Shock 3 support would be great! There are certain arcade sticks that would be functional.
I dont understand the config.txt part. Please help
Analog ticks does not work in remote play:(
Ive got a ds4 controller for wow…now i need to get a DS4 clip mount for my vita ….oooooo
I have got my ps4 controller connected to vita. Problem what i am facing at the moment is that left analog movements in 4way (up-down-left-right) works good, but in diagonal directions the characters in game only walk (not run) meaning joystick calibration doesnt look proper. Have not test with the right analog stick
Regarding my last post, I observed that the diagonal movements of left analog works proper is ds4vita beta 2.2 in contrast to ds4vita 1.0 which technically is the first non-official beta release. The problem with beta 2.2 is that if i try to pair up both dualshock 4 and bluetooth speakers things start to mess up. Neverthless i thought it was worth mentioning my results.
Does ds3 or ds4 vibrate when playing psvita games on henkaku even our psvita has no vibrate function itself?
Does ds3 or ds4 vibrate when playing psvita games on henkaku even our psvita has no vibrate function itself? Also do the speakers in ds4 function when connected to vita? I will buy ds4 conttoller if these will work on psvita..ü
Quick question, can i connect a wired DS3 or DS4 controller to the USB port of the PSVita TV?
the latest ds4vita has bug on the right stick. Steering in right is much slower compared to steering at left
Can you play 2 player with this?
For PS1 games for example.