Submitted 18 hours ago by kayky@thelemmy.club to games@lemmy.world
I’m looking for an Android controller and I want one with a D-pad similar to Playstation controllers. Most of them look like they have pretty terrible D-pads, though.
Does anyone know of a good Android controller with a split D-pad?
Why? Split d-pads are shit.
In what way is the D-pad on a PlayStation controller “split”?
I think the Switch would be the better example, where up, down, left, and right are four distinct buttons, to be used like ABXY when playing in single Joycon multiplayer mode.
That’s curious, because on the PlayStation 4 controller, the D-pad direction buttons are all part of a single piece of plastic.
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You can see this when pressing one direction button, as the other three tilt along with it. The sensors behind this plastic piece are separate, but as far as I know, that’s true in all D-pads.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
Is there a reason you can’t use a Playstation controller?
kayky@thelemmy.club 17 hours ago
How can I get them to pair with Android?
I don’t know much about it, but it looks like something specific is required ti pair controllers with an Android phone. I can pair them just fine with my PC.
I’m mostly asking out of curiosity; a regular Playstation controller isn’t able to hold the phone.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
You need to hold the PS button and select (I’ll never stop calling it that) until the LED starts flashing, then it’ll be in pairing mode.
You can buy phone mounts for PlayStation controllers. It’d definitely be cheaper than a whole new controller.
glimse@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Hold Home and Screenshot until it turns on and starts flashing then pair it on your phone
scott@lemmy.org 17 hours ago
It’s been like more than a decade but there was some script I used to mod a PS3 controller (via USB) to connect to generic Bluetooth devices. They use Bluetooth, it’s just something specific value that needed tweaked.