Use Xbox One Controller On Ps4 Remote Play



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Using Game Controllers over a Remote Desktop session

3 October, 2018 at 10:22am | Work


Well, it’s been over six years since I last wrote on this blog! The theme could do with updating, it’s screaming “2010” at me.

So, I work from home a fair bit. Be it evenings, weekends, or sometimes during regular work hours. The setup I have for that is much like any other game company: We have a secure VPN into our work network, and we’d use Remote Desktop to control our work PC. My home PC isn’t as beefy as my work PC, so it’s nice to have the power of my work PC when compiling code, or building game data. A PC build of our game runs fine over Remote Desktop, if you size the window down it is pretty decently playable.

We make our game for “the consoles” too, so we’re able to run on those via Remote Desktop, and the platform holders also provide viewing apps to see what’s going on, on said consoles. These work pretty great, and work over a Remote Desktop session. When I’m working at home, I generally don’t find anything lacking about my dev environment (and having no office interruptions is great!). Up until now though, I did have one gripe… Controllers. We can control the PC version of the game with a mouse, but with the console builds over Remote Desktop, you’re stuck with keyboard controls, or other facsimiles of a controller. Being able to use a controller over a Remote Desktop session would be great! I was surprised to find out that it’s possible, but Microsoft for some reason disallow it by default.

Here’s how to get it working…

To be clear, I don’t claim to have come up with this myself. See the “references” section at the bottom of this page for where I found the steps. I’m just largely reproducing that information here in a more palatable form. Things didn’t work first time for me, so here I’m going over the steps in more detail to ensure that you don’t hit the same hurdles that I did.

Assumptions and Caveats

  • I’ve only tested this over two Windows 10 computers. It might work with Windows 7, or Windows 8. I’m not sure.
  • I’m told this requires at least Windows 10 Pro on each PC for the RemoteFX system to function and redirect the USB device. There are no known current workarounds for this. If it’s for work, ask your company to expense the Win10 Pro license purchase. The upgrade is a simple license key change, no long install required.
  • I’ve only tested this with controllers connected via USB cables. I don’t think bluetooth-connected controllers will work, but let me know otherwise.
    • The Xbox 360 controller, with the USB wireless dongle does work.
    • Xbox One controllers BSOD my remote PC, I do not know of any workaround for this. For game development an Xbox 360 controller seems to work with Microsoft’s “Xbox One Manager”, and functions as an Xbox One controller.
  • You have reasonable “local” administrative privileges to both computers.
    • If your work/remote computer is locked down by your I.T. department, you might still be ok. You do however need Administrative local privileges for each computer, at least to perform the required setup.

Terminology

  • The scenario that I use this setup myself, is to connect from my home computer, to the computer at my office.
  • So, the “local” computer where the gamepad is connected I’ll refer to as the “local home”.
  • The “remote” computer where I want the gamepad input relayed to, I’ll refer to as “remote work”.

Step One – GPEdit – Local Home

  • Go to the Start menu, and type “gpedit” – Run the “Edit Group Policy” app.
  • Navigate to this section:
    • Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Connection Client -> RemoteFX USB Device Redirection -> Allow RDP redirection of other supported RemoteFX USB devices from this computer
  • Right-click on the entry, choose “Edit”.
    • Select the “Enabled” radio button.
    • Change the Access Rights drop down to “Administrators and Users”.
    • It should look like this:

    • Click “OK” to apply the settings.
  • Go to the Start menu, find the Command Prompt app – right-click it and “Run As Administrator”
  • At the command line, run:
    • gpupdate /force
  • You should see this output:
  • Now, reboot your local home computer.

Step Two – GPEdit – Remote Work

NOTE: You can do these steps over a Remote Desktop session, if you wish.

  • Go to the Start menu, and type “gpedit” – Run the “Edit Group Policy” app.
  • Navigate to this section:
    • Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Remote Session Environment -> RemoteFX for Windows Server 2008 R2 -> Configure RemoteFX
  • Right-click on the entry, “Edit”. Choose “Enabled”, then click OK.
  • Back up three levels to “Remote Desktop Session Host”.
  • Navigate to this section:
    • Connections -> Allow users to connect remotely by using Remote Desktop Services
  • Right-click on the entry, “Edit”. Choose “Enabled”, then click OK.
  • Back up two levels to “Remote Desktop Session Host” again.
  • Navigate to this section:
    • Device and Resource Redirection -> Do not allow supported Plug and Play device redirection
  • Right-click on the entry, “Edit”. Choose “Disabled” (yes, DISABLED this time), then click OK.
  • Go to the Start menu, find the Command Prompt app – right-click it and “Run As Administrator”
  • At the command line, run:
    • gpupdate /force
  • You should see this output:
  • Now, reboot your remote work computer.
    • If you’re using Remote Desktop to do this, you can restart by typing this at the command line:
    • shutdown /r

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Step Three – Connect from Local Home

  • Ensure your gamepad controller is connected via USB to your local home computer.
    • Open up “Control Panel -> Devices and Printers”

    • Ensure the gamepad is listed here. If it isn’t, reconnect it. If it still doesn’t work… It’s beyond the scope of this post – go try Googling!
    • You can right-click on the controller, and choose “Game Controller Settings”. Then click “Properties”, to test that your controller is functional.
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  • Find “Remote Desktop Connection” in your Start Menu. Run it.
    • Click “Show Options” at the bottom.
    • Go to the “Local Resources” tab.
    • Click “More…” at the bottom. The dialog looks like this:
  • If you did everything correctly in the “Step One – GPEdit – Local Home” steps for your Home PC, you’ll see a “Other Supported RemoteFX USB Devices” section. Good stuff!
    • If you do not see “Other Supported RemoteFX USB Devices”, then you likely made a mistake on the “Step One – GPEdit – Local Home” section. Go back and try again.
  • My Dualshock 4 controller is listed as “USB Input Device (HID-compliant game controller)”, so I have selected that. Select whatever gamepad(s) you are using.
  • Connect to your remote work PC.

Step Four – Profit?

  • Upon connection to your Remote Work PC, navigate to “Control Panel -> Devices and Printers”:
  • If all went well, you should see your gamepad listed here!
    • If it isn’t listed here, you likely made a mistake on the “Step Two – GPEdit – Remote Work” section. Go back and try again.
  • Your gamepad should be fully usable over your Remote Desktop session.
  • Enjoy!


Let me know in the comments section below, if there’s anything useful I have missed in this HOWTO post. I can’t provide any technical support if these steps don’t work for you. But it’s good to know if I can make any improvements to this post – to help out other folks that might run into problems that I didn’t have myself.

Cheers.

NOTE: (March 2020) Just to reiterate, I can’t provide any technical support.

References


Comment from Jeremy
Time: May 5, 2019, 10:36 am

Worked like a charm for me using SteamLink. Thanks!

Comment from radu
Time: June 5, 2019, 3:00 am

just a small correction: administrator privileges are not necessarily required to connect to the server, provided you also select, in step one, Administrators and Users, besides Enabled:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d71a1dfe-63cf-466a-abe0-1c352280221b/printers-and-remotefx-usb-redirection?forum=os_windowsprotocols
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See also KB 2653326 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2653326/some-usb-devices-are-not-available-through-remotefx-usb-redirection , in case you need to manually enable a device class for redirection.

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Comment from Faraj
Time: January 16, 2020, 10:06 am

I tried this and for some reason my remote PC gets BSOD when trying to connect with my Xbox ONE controller connected to my local PC and I have the option checked to enable the controller.

Comment from Eric Milota
Time: March 13, 2020, 1:57 pm

Thanks for the info Gavin! I’ve shared this with my work mates.

Comment from Gavin
Time: March 20, 2020, 3:10 pm

@Faraj – Yeah, also getting the same now with a XBox One controller. This was working for me sometime in 2019, perhaps it broke with some recent Win10 upgrade?

FWIW, (if you’re a gamedev), an Xbox 360 Controller seems to work ok with “Xbox One Manager”.

Comment from Andy Pennell
Time: March 27, 2020, 3:52 pm

I can confirm that Windows can blue-screen if you try this with an Xbox One controller, but 360 controllers are just fine. The crash is under active investigation by the driver team. This post was super-helpful in unblocking games developers trying to work from home, thank you Gavin.

Comment from Ahmad
Time: April 20, 2020, 6:53 am

Great,
thanks for your Sharing MAN

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 · by · in DIY Projects, Gaming, Tech

Once you have found all the required files it’s very easy to use your Xbox One controller for PS4 Remote Play. This short guide will share with you how to do this for free without buying any software or hardware adapters. I have used both the official Xbox One controller and the Amazon Basics wired Xbox One controller with Remote Play using these settings. It’s a pain to have both Xbox One and PS4 controllers for game streaming at my desk. I bought a cheap Amazon Basics Xbox One Controller so I wouldn’t have to go get my controllers from my game room every time I want to stream a game to my office computer or bedroom laptop.

I take no credit for developing this software but because of the confusing amount of outdated information and the frustration from all the dead links I encountered I have chosen to upload and mirror the files for ease. Please be sure to check the “official links” for any updates.

You will require these two programs:

ViGEm (Virtual Gamepad Emulation Framework): This is a Windows driver that can imitate gamepad devices

VDX: This is an app that translates Xbox One controller inputs into PS4 controller inputs

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Step 1 Connect your controller:

Just connect your controller as you would normally.

Step 2 Install ViGEm:

Download ViGEm from https://github.com/ViGEm/ViGEmBus/releases

You only really need one file so scroll down to the assets section of the latest release and download just the file labeled “ViGEmBus_Setup_1.16.115.exe” or whatever the newest release is.

After you’ve downloaded it just install it normally. After installation you’re done with this.

Step 3 Get VDX:

Download VDX from https://downloads.vigem.org/other/paraly/

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look for the file “VDX_v1.14.3.0_x64_x86_GPDWinEdition.zip” or whatever the newest release is.

Basically just unzip the file using 7zip or whatever you like. There is nothing to install like the other program. Just open the file labeled “VDX_x64.exe” or the other one if you’re only on a 32 bit system. I would also suggest pinning this to the start menu or creating a shortcut on your desktop next to your PS4 Remote Play app.

Step 4 Set the Emulation Type to DualShock 4 Controller:

Just select DualShock 4 Controller from the Emulation type drop down menu.

And then click connect. After you click connect the the button should then change to a disconnect button. You are now connected.

Step 5 (Optional) Disable Xbox Game Bar via Controller:

If you have the Xbox game bar installed it will open the Xbox Game Bar when you press the Xbox button on the Xbox controller. This can be kind of nice as it gives you all the capture options and access to basically everything else that the Xbox Game Bar has to offer. A lot of capture options are inaccessible during Remote Play so this can be a workaround for that. However it does mean that you will need to use the mouse to click the PS button on the remote play window. If you want to press the Xbox button on the controller and have it work as the PS button you will need to disable this shortcut.

Open game bar by pressing the Xbox button or pressing Win+G

Click on the “Settings gear”

Click on shortcuts and un-check the box next to “Open Xbox Game Bar using Xbox Button on a controller.

You can always get back to Xbox Game Bar with Win+G.

Step 6 (Optional) Disable Y-Axis inversion to enable?!?:

If you are awesome like me you probably prefer to play with Y-Axis inverted. If you like to invert your Y-Axis you probably have your Y-Axis inverted in all your game settings. The PS4 Remote Play app will leave your Y-Axis Inverted and if you Game Stream with Xbox or Xcloud you probably have the Y-Axis inverted there as well.

DOUBLE INVERTED! So basically, if you’re inverted in both apps you’re Y-Axis is just normal. So you’ll need to disable one of them. I think it’s best to disable Y-Axis inversion in the Xbox accessories app because it’s easy to find and do this on a computer and it doesn’t disrupt the settings on either console.

Open the Xbox Accessories app. Find your controller and click configure.

Click on the profile you want to use and click on Edit. (Also you can make another profile here to make setting up easier).

Un-check Invert right stick Y axis.

Once you have done this you will only have your Y-Axis inverted from the PlayStation.

If you found this guide helpful and you happen to be looking for a decent and affordable Xbox One Controller for your PC to use PS4 Remote Play and Xbox Game Streaming please consider clicking this affiliate link for the AmazonBasics Xbox One Wired Controller. It works really well and is only about $25. Its actually beneficial to use a corded controller for this sort of thing because a wireless controller can possibly create interference with your WiFi and mess up your streaming.

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