Overview
Quick notes, on setting up PlayStation DualShock3 controllers, and playing Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round on Linux.
Setup PS3 Controller on Linux + DOA5LR
So far, it seems like DOA5LR runs great on Linux. The controller support is simple but poorly implemented. You can play with a keyboard quite well but it can’t interpret simultaneous input so some moves are hard to pull off while fewer moves are physically impossible. Strangely enough, when I map the keyboard onto a controller it still suffers from the simultaneous input problem.
Might update this later with Steam Controller details.
I have no idea why the PS3 controller is so unsupported by the community. I wish I could program better. An App is just waiting to be created to mainstream setup and integration. The Steam Controller interface and SC-Controller almost solves all problems. Also jstest-gtk and AntiMicro have been quite helpful programs in the process.
When the Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round application runs in fullscreen, sometimes the screen freezes up, especially when you Alt-Tab. I have found Ctrl+Alt+D (which hides all windows) invokes some kind of refocus and gets the application to render normally again.
So much trial and error *cries* but I finally got it to work … almost completely. Registers as a Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller and works perfectly over Bluetooth. This method supports multiple controllers. Only Right Stick Click button and the Guide button do not work. Can’t seem to figure that out. And for the record, I have not done any calibration, and it seems good to go.
I not only had to convert the PS3 buttons to Xbox, but there is some glitch in the game or wine or the drivers that I have used. And it switches some of the buttons around. So I am just gunna leave this map here, cuz it took me year-days to finally figure it out, and I’m still confused, and it might be useful to someone else out there:
LT is back
RT is start
Back is guide
Start is tl
TR is tr
TL is rt
Guide is lt
PlayStation(R) 3 Controller Sixaxis DualShock3 + Bluetooth 2.1
I’m rollin on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 64bit, with a Nvidia GTX graphics card
xboxdrv 0.8.5
PlayOnLinux 4.2.10
wine 1.7.53-steam_crossoverhack
Steam for Windows
Find your event number using evtest, and here’s the one big command:
xboxdrv -s –evdev /dev/input/event# –evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_#48=x2,ABS_#49=y2,ABS_Z=lt,ABS_RZ=rt –axismap -y1=y1,-y2=y2 –evdev-keymap KEY_#302=a,KEY_#301=b,BTN_DEAD=x,KEY_#300=y,BTN_BASE5=lb,BTN_BASE6=rb,BTN_THUMB2=lt,BTN_TRIGGER_HAPPY1=rt,BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE4=start,BTN_TOP=tl,BTN_THUMB=tr,BTN_TOP2=du,BTN_PINKIE=dr,BTN_BASE=dd,BTN_BASE2=dl,BTN_TRIGGER=guide –mimic-xpad