Are there any Android controllers with split D-pads?
from kayky@thelemmy.club to games@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 09:39
https://thelemmy.club/post/29915414

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?

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pimento64@sopuli.xyz on 29 Jun 10:28 next collapse

Is there a reason you can’t use a Playstation controller?

kayky@thelemmy.club on 29 Jun 10:36 collapse

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.

scott@lemmy.org on 29 Jun 10:53 next collapse

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.

glimse@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 10:56 next collapse

Hold Home and Screenshot until it turns on and starts flashing then pair it on your phone

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 12:29 collapse

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.

kayky@thelemmy.club on 29 Jun 14:00 collapse

Thanks a ton for explaining this for me. I tried it out and it worked like a charm.

Now I will look for phone mounts.

NotAGamer@lemmy.org on 29 Jun 13:26 next collapse

Why? Split d-pads are shit.

who@feddit.org on 29 Jun 16:44 collapse

In what way is the D-pad on a PlayStation controller “split”?

mercano@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 17:54 collapse

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.

who@feddit.org on 29 Jun 18:02 collapse

That’s curious, because on the PlayStation 4 & 5 controllers, the D-pad 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 switches behind this plastic piece are separate, but as far as I know, that’s true in all D-pads.

The Switch Joy-Con is indeed an example of four distinct buttons.