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DS4 Windows interrupted by certain foreground programs #304

Open Anax7 opened 7 years ago

Anax7 commented 7 years ago

I use the controller touch pad to move the cursor in windows 10, when certain programs get in the foreground the input from my controller is canceled. It happens all the time with the Task Manager for example. When it gets minimized the cursor control via the touch pad continues to work. This also happened when I tried a game yesterday (Cold Waters) where I want mouse emulation through DS4 Windows. When the game is in foreground the cursor (or any other input) stop responding. I've seen it happening on other System dialogues e.g. OS dialogue to allow UAC. Is there any way to overcome this?

Thanks for reading.

nexusdude365 commented 6 years ago

I know this is late, but, I've also had this exact issue before. The solution is to run DS4 Windows as an administrator. Right-click on DS4Windows.exe and go to properties>compatibility>run this program as an administrator, then click on apply>ok. There is a drawback to doing this, however, it seems that DS4 will fail to launch on startup. This means you have to manually start DS4 Windows via a hotkey. In my case, I have DS4 set on the third spot in my taskbar and simply click on the Windows Key + 3 to launch it. Hope this helps!

nexusdude365 commented 6 years ago

Also, I forgot to mention, restart your device after setting it as an administrator for it to take effect.

Anax7 commented 6 years ago

Brilliant! I had this problem with other games as well, that fixed it! Much appreciated!

nexusdude365 commented 6 years ago

Glad it worked for you, happy to help!

shad00m commented 6 years ago

you can move the mouse WHILE the UAC prompt appears?

nexusdude365 commented 6 years ago

Yes, this should be the case as what you're doing is giving DS4 administrator privileges. Privileges that should allow it to work during UAC prompts.

Ryochan7 commented 6 years ago

The mouse will not move while a UAC prompt appears even if DS4Windows is run as the administrator. There are only a few ways around the problem that I know of but none are implemented. List from most feasible to least.

  1. Replace SendInput with vmulti
  2. Pay around $200 to Microsoft to have DS4Windows as an officially signed application so it can have the ui access flag enabled and enforced
  3. Perform a miracle and port DS4Windows to TempleOS
shad00m commented 6 years ago

Is creating a service that runs with localsystem privileges also an option? I think that's how JoyXoff does it

hwamil commented 4 years ago

So, this is never going to be solved? That sucks. Why does Steam Controller have the ability to fallback to "lizard" mode but ds4windows does not?

Ryochan7 commented 4 years ago

So, this is never going to be solved? That sucks.

If you really want the problem fixed, give me around $200 so I can properly create signed Windows drivers. I am serious and don't call me Shirley.

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Why does Steam Controller have the ability to fallback to "lizard" mode but ds4windows does not?

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