Not maintained anymore

I'm sure someone would find a more elegant way of doing this than simply wrapping xboxdrv, latest Proton + Steam Input work perfectly for me, add non-steam shortcut if it doesn't work (Steam Deck work seems to have improved controller support).

Emulate Dualsense as a 360 controller on Linux

Initially wanted to implement Sony's PlayStation 5 controller support to sc-controller for broader config options but couldn't be bothered with all the python debugging right now.

Useful for games not recognizing the Dualsense for some reason, like RDR 2 or Dragon Quest XI or other non-steam games in my testing, emulating the controller as a 360 fixes the compatibility gap entirely so a Dualsense can be used as the ultimate controller.

The program is mainly based on xboxdrv's excellent ability to emulate a 360 controller.

Pre-requirements

• Have a recent kernel (5.12+) that includes the latest official drivers (hid-playstation)
• Install xboxdrv (https://xboxdrv.gitlab.io)
• Basic dev tools like g++ or make

How to compile

git clone https://github.com/yoyossef/ds360.git
cd ds360
make

Usage

Starting the process in terminal, press CTRL+C to stop

./ds360

Starting ds360.service manually, controller must be connected

systemctl start --user ds360.service

Automatically start ds360.service via udev rule when controller connects

./add-udev-rule.sh

How to install

git clone https://github.com/yoyossef/ds360.git
cd ds360
make install

How to uninstall

make uninstall

Troubleshooting

The script should work fine if the Dualsense controller is connected through USB or via Bluetooth, but if you still get the "VID not found" error, please check your /proc/bus/input/devices file and see if your controller is there.

If it's not recheck if your kernel includes the hid-playstation driver and try to use xboxdrv manually with dualsense.xboxdrv config (edit the commented evdev=... line).

Hint: you can find the value to use for evdev with this command (thanks to /u/QushAes)

    for sysdevpath in $(find /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb*/ -name dev); do
    (
        syspath="${sysdevpath%/dev}"
        devname="$(udevadm info -q name -p $syspath)"
        [[ "$devname" == "bus/"* ]] && exit
        eval "$(udevadm info -q property --export -p $syspath)"
        [[ -z "$ID_SERIAL" ]] && exit
        echo "/dev/$devname - $ID_SERIAL"
    )
    done