Using your PlayStation 4 controller with your PC Like with the wired connection, hitting the PS button with Steam running will launch Big Picture mode. If you'd rather use your DS4 in a number of other scenarios, including those usually reserved for an Xbox controller, I suggest trying out DS4Windows.
#HOLLOW KNIGHT PC BUILT IN PS4 CONTROLLER SUPPORT ZIP FILE#Ĭlick the ZIP file of the latest release.Īt this point I had to restart DS4Windows in order for my controller to appear in the list of connected devices.Navigate to the DS4Windows GitHub page.Before downloading and installing DS4Windows, I paired my DS4 controller with my PC using Bluetooth, although any pairing method will work. Once recognized, you'll likely see a notification pop up letting you know that an Xbox controller is being set up. This is good news, as it means that your PC has been successfully tricked. You can now use your DS4 in any place where you'd normally use an Xbox controller, though the on-screen buttons will remain relevant to the Xbox hardware.The recommended patch to run is Patch 1.2.2.1. It is the fastest primarily because of the Lever Skip, which allows us to skip a portion of the spire before Watcher Knights. To downpatch with Steam, use this guide made by Verulean.
Practice for this category should always be done with a separate installation of the game using the Debug Menu Mod with savestates. #HOLLOW KNIGHT PC BUILT IN PS4 CONTROLLER SUPPORT MOD# If you are using Steam, please follow this short guide to create separate installations of the game.
Once finished and you have a functioning folder of the game on 1.2.2.1, copy and paste the entire folder, then install the following mods into one of those folders: (1) Modding API (2) Debug Menu Mod. Linux: /Library/Application Support/unity.Team Cherry.Hollow Knight Windows: AppData\LocalLow\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight Save files can be found in the following locations: #HOLLOW KNIGHT PC BUILT IN PS4 CONTROLLER SUPPORT INSTALL#įollow the instructions in the readme to install the Modding API, then extract the Debug Menu Mod. This game runs like absolute crap at low FPS. If you want to run the game, even just to complete a single run, you'll want to maximize your FPS as much as possible. In the options menu, turn particle effects to low, and turn off Vsync as well, as it causes massive input lag and among other issues. If you experience bad tearing with Vsync off, try enabling Vsync using external software, for example with Nvidia's Control Panel. Consider dropping your resolution if you are suffering from a large amount of dropped inputs, micro-stutters, etc and see if it boosts your FPS and performance.įor Hollow Knight, both controller and keyboard are perfectly viable.
Keyboard has more comfortable mashing, but controller has a trick to make fireball skips easier.