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But let's continue with the visual aspects for now. Now for the bad ones… I don't even know where to start here. And because they are wired, there is no need to worry about a battery running out during your game sessions.īut unfortunately, that is about all there is to the good aspects. Moreover, since they are wired (thus lacking a battery) and also don't have Shock motors/vibrators, they are quite light-weight. In terms of ergonomics, these controllers felt comfortable in my hands during testing. Here are two pictures of the top and bottom: The buttons have a smooth finish while the palm grips and analog joysticks have a matte, rubber-like coating. Starting with visuals, the see-through plastic used for the top part of these controllers makes them look attractive. Thus, now that I've used them a bit (I played the entire game, The Last of Us with these), I think writing a review on these – even a non-professional one like mine - may be helpful to someone that is wondering if they should buy one of these or not. At the time of buying, however, I couldn't find a coherent review anywhere on the Internet, much less an in-depth one. Now that it's installed, you'll see ScpToolkit as an icon in your system tray.Last year, I bought two of these AfterGlow Pro controllers (blue and green). Look in your Start Menu for ScpToolkit Settings Manager. Here you can change some settings like disabling rumble, adjusting analog stick deadzones, and more.
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Most of these settings you should be able to leave alone.
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To disable them, click the Sound settings tab and uncheck "Enable notification sounds." ScpToolkit starts up with Windows by default, and also plays some sound effects that you might find obnoxious. PCSX2 emulator note: The PCSX2 settings tab allows you to patch the emulator's LilyPad controller plugin to support the pressure sensitive buttons. If you plan to use your PS3 controller with the emulator, click Browse to navigate to your PCSX2 installation folder, then click Enable to install the patch. Voila! Using it Using your Playstation 3 controller on PC GAMESTOP AFTERGLOW CONTROLLER INSTALL Now that it's installed, the Dualshock 3 should behave like an Xbox 360 controller. Any game with native XInput support-pretty much any modern PC game that supports gamepads-should recognize it without a hitch. Unfortunately, this means that it won't register as a PlayStation controller to the few games that have native DualShock 4 support, so you won't get the correct Square/Cross/Triangle/Circle button icons by default. Some games let you manually choose your button icons, though. If you're not about that wired business, and followed all the Bluetooth installation steps above, you should be able to simply unplug the controller, and after a couple seconds it will sync via Bluetooth. You'll get a notification in the system tray when it does. If you allow ScpToolkit to start with Windows, you should simply be able to plug in your PS3 controller again and it'll instantly be recognized. Once the LED is on, unplug the controller, and it'll once again be synced via Bluetooth. If you have issues with Bluetooth, it could be that your dongle isn't supported.