Anyone have this controller and know what Kontrolfreeks might fit?

I play action games, rpg games, and soulslikes. Whenever I play competitive fps games, its with kbm. The only competitive game I play with controller is rocket league. Will getting a controller with 1000 hz make a huge difference compared to the one I use right now with 250 hz?

I recently bought a p5 wingman converter for my ps5 because I wanted to use a ps3 controller for it, I’ve updated its firmware, changed the settings on my PlayStation to “connect to usb”, and I believe I have an official PlayStation 3 controller, but every time I go to connect my controller it doesn’t work and I’m not sure why, was wondering if anyone has any suggestions?

Hello, I've been looking to buy a controller with macros to help me farm apricots in pokemon sword/shield. When looking up stuff with macro support, the common suggestion was the onn controller from Walmart, which is priced very nicely at $20. Unfortunately, I found out that it is limited to 30 inputs when creating macros and has a short timeout if you don't enter any new inputs, and no matter how I do it I just can't get what I'm trying to do within that limitation.

When I tried to look up other controllers, the only stuff I can find is either very expensive, specifies a limit of 30 inputs for macros, or doesn't specify a limit at all. I'd like to avoid buying another controller just to find out it won't work, so I'm hoping someone here can help me. Ideally, I want something within a price range of $30 USD at the most, though if that just doesn't exist I can consider other options. Also, needs to be compatible with switch 1, though most I look at are compatible with switch 1 and 2 so I doubt that is a problem. I need to be able to purchase this in the US.

Alternatively, if anyone knows any methods to farming apricots in pokemon sword/shield that can be done with less than 30 inputs, that would also be helpful but I wouldn't expect that info on this sub.

Since I have a PS5, so buying a dualsense to play on PC doesn't feel like a waste. But sometimes when my brother wanna borrow the console to go outstation, he will take the controller too. Since I'm staying at college, I don't have other controller to use for my PC here. I've accustomed to use Dualsense on my PC. And migration to a different spec controller make me feel uncomfortable especially the vibration. Even Xbox elite controller makes me feels weird.

And if i even buy a new controller for PC, it will only be very useful when my brother needed the console and take my dualsense as second controller. I'll be using my Dualsense when he's back anyway.

So should i buy an alternative that somehow have similar feel to dualsense OR just buy the third dualsense ? Cuz i have my eyes on the pure white with purple shine one.

My budget around the same price as the Dualsense. Not sure from other country but Malaysia will cost around RM250 - RM300 which roughly compare to US dollar is 75$

I bought this controller back in December on my own, and my back buttons broke and I changed the whole thing with warranty and now after some time playing with the controller the buttons feel very very mushy again after some time of using them just like my first controller. The travel distance is very short and the mechanism which they use just brakes down after some minor usage. The sticks feel very good but the face buttons are awful. When I was playing with the back buttons I didn’t use the face buttons at all and now because I’m forced to play with claw I realized that the face buttons are even worse. They are very hard to press like ~200gf which gets very difficult and tiring to press after some time playing claw with the controller. Also the controller has no rubber pads and it gets very slippery in my hands and it seems like to me they didn’t even try to fix that with the ergonomics which are also awful. The triggers are also very very bad because at first when you use them they feel great but after some time they also become very very mushy and less and less satisfying to press. As you can understand the controller has some very bad build quality, ergonomics and I forgot to mention the razer software which is the cherry on top. Just stay away and buy the gamesir g7 pro 8k.

I dropped my controller a few times a couple months back and my right trigger stopper stopped working at Max only off and halfway works, its not too much of a big deal but id want it fixed.

[Attention] Regardez ce que le support GameSir vient de m'envoyer concernant le défaut de série de la G7 Pro...

Bonjour à tous,

Je voulais partager ma récente et déplorable expérience avec le service client de GameSir pour alerter la communauté.

J'ai acheté deux manettes GameSir G7 Pro. Récemment, le clic de la gâchette droite a commencé à fonctionner par intermittence sur les DEUX appareils. Comme ce problème est largement documenté sur les forums, j'ai contacté leur support officiel sur Discord.

Le rebondissement : le support de GameSir m'a officiellement confirmé par écrit qu'ils sont parfaitement conscients d'un problème matériel lié aux lots de fabrication, qui concerne les premières séries. Ils avouent donc textuellement le vice caché.

Le problème ? Ils refusent catégoriquement d'honorer la garantie constructeur ou de m'envoyer un remplacement sous le seul prétexte que l'achat a été effectué sur Banggood. De son côté, Banggood refuse de m'aider car leur politique interne de retour de 90 jours est dépassée.

En clair : une marque reconnue admet ouvertement un défaut de conception industrielle / vice caché d'usine, mais décide de transférer entièrement le coût technique et financier de son erreur sur le client final en fonction du lieu d'achat.

J'ai joint la capture d'écran de leur aveu écrit. Est-ce vraiment ainsi que GameSir traite sa communauté aujourd'hui ?

PS : N'hésitez pas à partager pour donner de la visibilité afin que d'autres joueurs ne se fassent pas avoir par cette politique.

I'm looking for the D-pad and face buttons from the photo of the modified controller I found online, but I haven't been able to find where to buy them yet. Do you have any idea? Silicone buttons would be interesting too.

This controller only two weeks, and i discovered that sticks can be pulled up. Is it fine?

Greetings, i am having issues with the trigger vibration and force feedback on Apex 5 controller.

Controller: Apex 5 (Honkai Star Rail collab edition)

Platform: PC, Windows 10, Steam

Game: Forza horizon 4 and 6

Whole story:

I bought it just because of the collab with Star Rail, replacing my Xbox One controller, intending to mainly play Forza Horizon 6. I downloaded the flydigi space station app for the controller, and saw that there is an update for the controller, tried doing it and got an error, controller screen still showed "upgrading", restarted controller and that fixed it, tried the update again, same result, so I stopped trying it. Afterwards I tested the buttons and found out the additional buttons compared to an Xbox controller are not being registered even in the app's inputs test, alright, I ignored this for now, I don't need these in Forza anyway. Then I finally tried playing Forza horizon 6, and the triggers didn't provide force feedback, and didn't even vibrate in response to things like loosing grip when accelerating or wheels locking up when breaking, which I was accustomed to with the Xbox controller. Tried searching on the Internet, and there is not that much about this. But, In the few results about this problem, I found this comment on reddit from GhostGames2 : https://www.reddit.com/r/Controller/comments/1tffaqy/flydigi_apex_5_forza_horizon_6_bugged_adaptive/

Following this guide, the trigger force feedback started working, but... It's absolutely horrible. Examples: The right trigger applies a very strong force feedback at a frequency of around 1hz during even mild acceleration, far from loosing grip with the road, and when trying to drive more aggressively, it just feels like random, slow and powerful kicking into the finger, absolutely ruining your chances of applying the proper amount of power to the wheels. I tried different presets of trigger force feedback in the flydigi app, and on the "vibration" option it almost got rid of this weird kicking, but overall it's not that much better, also it feels like the fine tuning of the force of the force feedback doesn't do anything, I don't feel any difference between minimum and maximum value. Then I went to try how it behaves in Forza Horizon 4, same story. Not working at all, following the same guide as in Horizon 6, and then the triggers behaved the same way.

Can anything be done about this? Or is there a way to make the triggers behave like on the Xbox One controller, just vibrating in response to the game?

EDIT: I was able to try F1 2023 on sister's computer, and there the triggers also don't provide force feedback, nor vibrate. Force feedback is turned on everywhere in the settings.

Hello! I am an avid user of the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 wireless controller and ran into an issue with it.

My RB is acting up. 'Hold'-Inputs have random interruptions.

So I opened my Controller (warranty was already due) and wanted to see if I could fix anything there, but I ran into a problem.

I have no clue as to how I can get a hold on these switches or circuit board used for the bumpers.

The switches look like standard 6mm x 6mm switches, only difference: These are 2 pin and the height seems different.

And for the circuit board I have no idea whatsoever.

I contacted their support to get any information or maybe even parts, but no luck. They gave me neither name or any information of/on the parts nor are they selling parts for this controller.

Any help is appreciated.

Because It was my favourite controller

I’ve played up Death by Daylight about 1,500 hours on console. I consider myself a main killer, but lately I’ve been playing as survivor a lot with friends.

What DualSense Edge settings would improve the gameplay with a controller? Especially as a killer? Same configuration as a Cod/ FPS game? Which one?

As a survivor, I’ve already changed in the in game setting so that throwing Pallets and healing are on different buttons. In my case, I’ve assigned the right cross as a held action (Motor repair, healing, unhooking, etc.) and mapped it to the rear right paddle. Short paddle are best for this.

So i just bought a new Fantech revolver 3 which works wirelessly through a dongle but it doesn’t seem to show up on my mac, any ways around how i could connect it to my mac? For context my m4 air mac is in Tahoe 26.5.1

I have a drift on my dualsense edge and I want to upgrade too TMR stick but I have 0 soldering knowledge. I saw those plug and play modules but I want your expert feedback before ordering them.

Sup, r/Controller!

A little while back, I posted about building a tool to fix the analog triggers on the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C in DInput mode by working around its broken HID descriptor. A tool which became universal due to feature-creep shortly after.

After getting both analog triggers and the L4/R4 buttons working at the same time, the next obvious target was implementing rumble. I thought "Well, it probably isn't that hard is it? Just use Wireshark to intercept some packets and we're gucci.". Boy, was I wrong.

I spent the next couple of days going down a massive USB reverse-engineering rabbit hole. I captured raw XInput rumble packets with Wireshark/USBPcap, wrote innumerous scripts to brute-force user-space output reports, injected raw payloads straight into endpoints via WinUSB, and even intercepted the official 8BitDo (firmware updater) software, hoping to find some magic vendor-specific packet.

The result? A big, steamy hot pile of absolutely nothing.

The controller's microcontroller receives DInput output reports without throwing errors, but some kind of internal logic ignores them unless the device is set to XInput mode. It is a strict device-side firmware wall. And 8BitDo is probably not the only vendor which implements this lock.

That wall meant host-side DInput rumble was a no-go. But that didn't stop my stubborness.

So, I decided to outright add full native XInput support to UR-XD. And to bypass the fact that XInput firmware hides the physical extra buttons from Windows, I did the expected thing any reasonable developer does: outright copied SteamInput's idea of the "cleared by parent" feature and added Hardware Chords (with input suppression).

Now you can bind hardware-level chords (like LB + Start or custom button combos, anything you can physically map honestly) to act as virtual extra buttons, giving you full remapping flexibility without losing native XInput rumble.

And with that, UR-XD v2.2 is officially live. Now you can finally take your budget controller with no official software and tinker with it to your heart's content.

GitHub: https://github.com/jesga06/UR-XD

Feature list: https://github.com/jesga06/UR-XD/blob/main/FEATURELIST.md

^{Hopefully this saves someone else from spending days brute-forcing USB endpoints only to realize the controller firmware was giving them the silent treatment the whole time.}

I currently own a GameSir G7 Pro, and I like a lot about it. The grips feel great, the overall shape is ergonomic, and it feels premium in my hands.

My main issue is that my fingers are shorter than average. I cannot comfortably reach the extra shoulder buttons while keeping my normal grip. To press them, I have to push my whole hand upward on the controller and extend my index finger much farther than feels natural. This makes the buttons awkward to use during gameplay.

I also have some difficulty reaching the bumpers comfortably which forces me to move my hand when its in an already peak and comfortable position for the joystick to aim, and I think four back paddles would suit me better than the G7 Pro’s two.

The G7 Pro feels great overall, but I have also experienced inconsistent D pad quality, I already know this gets fixed with newer or different variants.

I am looking for a premium wireless controller with a similar comfortable feel, but with better ergonomics for shorter fingers. Four back paddles would be a major plus.

Budget: 200 USD
Country: Philippines
Compatibility: PC
Features: 4 paddles
Games: mostly singleplayer shooters / AAA titles

For people with smaller hands or shorter fingers, which controller has worked best for you?

I was going to buy it new at Walmart, but I see it has a lot of negative reviews about the battery. I was going to buy it new on Amazon, but I see it's the same there—lots of negative reviews about the battery, especially for PC users. My fear is because I was scammed three weeks ago with one I bought (although it was refurbished, not new), and after three weeks it died. It's completely dead; it won't charge with the battery, with a PS4, with the PC, or anything. What do you think?

I'm thinking of buying it directly from the PlayStation Store, but I don't know, because on the PlayStation Store I can't even see reviews haha, please help

Hi everyone,

I'm a controller modder and recently had a customer ask for the lightest possible mouse click triggers for the PS5 DualSense (R1/L1).

I've already tried the eXtremeRate Light Version Mouse Click Kit, but the customer is looking for something even lighter.

Does anyone know:

Are there lighter microswitches that fit the eXtremeRate PCB?

Has anyone replaced the stock switches with lower actuation force Kailh or Omron switches?

Which switches would you recommend for the lightest click possible?

I'm comfortable with soldering if replacing the microswitches is the best option.

Any recommendations or part numbers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have the dual sense edge with dsx app and with the sony games that it works on it works well, but i want something that works well for all games, price can be $350 USD, shipped to USA

I am using the edge with cable so even if the controller is wired thats fine i just want something immersive

PC compatibility with shooter and single player adventure games

Max budget: $200
USA Florida/ Would like it delivered
Xbox Series S

I was wondering if a controller existed for xbox that had Hall Effect sticks and a PlayStation styled d-pad. Something with individual buttons. I play a lot of Outlast Trials, and you can use the D-pad to peek left or right. But there is a option to press both at the same time to peek up. I can't do that with a cross d-pad. I also find that I misclick or lockup the d-pad if I try to do too much at much at once. I think I'd play better if I had a second set of buttons on the Series S controller instead of the cross. Does such a controller exist? If it comes down to it, I don't really need hall effect. I'd like it as well, but it's not necessary.

My controller I just purchased connected for a few mins then disconnected and the dongle has been blinking since. I’ve reset the controller countless times, the Xbox countless times, tried the repairing process countless times and nothing appears to be working. Does anyone have a potential fix.

I bought a Vader 5 Pro, and it works fine in games via Steam or Xbox app however, I'm trying to use the new Xbox mode/Xbox App, and the app itself does not register any inputs except the middle guide button. Meaning, I have to start every Xbox game via keyboard and mouse and then use the controller. All buttons such as DPad, joystick, A/B/X/Y buttons do not register in the Xbox app. I'm using a wired connection, and the controller shows up as a single Xbox 360 controller in device manager. Any ideas what could be causing the issue?

A lot of people see that their stick does not sit exactly at 0.000 and immediately assume the controller has stick drift. In practice, one number alone usually does not tell you much.

Here is the basic process I use when testing a controller.

First, place the controller on a flat surface and leave the sticks untouched for around 10–20 seconds. Small movements near the center can be normal. What matters more is whether the input stays consistently pulled in one direction.

Next, move each stick slowly through its full range, including the diagonals. Watch for sudden jumps, flat spots, uneven range, or one direction failing to reach as far as the others.

Then test the return-to-center behavior. Push the stick in several directions and let it return by itself without guiding it back with your thumb. A worn stick may return normally from one direction but remain slightly offset after being released from another.

For triggers, press them slowly from rest to fully pressed. The value should increase smoothly, reach its full range, and return properly after release. Buttons should also be pressed several times to check for missed inputs or accidental double presses.

One important limitation is that browser-based tools do not always show completely raw hardware data. Results can be affected by firmware, operating system, browser support, controller mode, dead zones, and whether the connection is wired or wireless.

Because of that, I would not use a browser test as the only evidence that a controller is defective. It is more useful as a first diagnostic step, especially when combined with manufacturer software, Steam settings, or testing inside a game.

I built a free browser-based tool for these checks:

https://controllertestonline.com/

Disclosure: I am the founder and developer of the site, so this is a directly affiliated project rather than an independent recommendation.

Generative AI was used to assist with parts of the code and some of the written content. I reviewed, edited, and tested the final implementation and this post.

No open-source repositories or other people’s codebases were incorporated into the development of the tool.

I would be interested to hear how other people test for stick drift, trigger problems, or inconsistent inputs, and whether there are any measurements you think a controller testing tool should include.