I have got to say; your videos are so informative and professionally done. Hats off to you sir. You have extensive knowledge and the way you structure your videos is excellent. I learned a lot from this and will definitely be doing this with all my future controllers. You earned yourself a follow well deserved. Keep up the great work!
Just as a heads-up for using DS4 Windows. @12:03 You said you'd wished you could see a visual representation of your thumbstick/trigger changes and there isnt one. Thats untrue and you can, Brother! If you kindly look on the Left side of the program where an outline of the controller is shown, there is three TABS, You were on Controller but if you clock on the |CONTROLLER READINGS| Tab, you will get to see everything in detail with the joysticks and triggers which is great. I use this a lot to change my Trigger Curve since Linear is terrible for my use cases, and the have a more aggressively progressive curve. Especially for playing racing Titles. It allows alot more control for Brake and throttle inputs which are essential to get the most out of controlling your cars behavior. I.E
I will say reWASD was a massive help, so thanks for mentioning that. I did have an issue installing it though until running it as administrator, so off chance anyone else comes here to ask about that try an admin run
I had an issue but didn't know what it was called but this video actually helped me figure it out. I have a circularity issue. My Left Stick is having issues with forward/right, so my characters can't run/jog in that direction, they always walk.
I had a problem with stick drift. I found this video. I saw the amount of controllers on the back wall and thought, "This guy.... just might know what he's talking about". And indeed I did learn some things I never knew. Like that there was a built in calibration tool right in windows. It seems to have done the trick at least for now. But like what was said in the video wear and tear are going to be a thing over time so, I imagine this issue will raise its' ugly head again on the same controller in time.
What would REALLY help is if Steam didn't assume that the only controllers connected to PCs were console controllers. I wanted to address a slight drift on my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke by adding a bit of dead zone and even though Steam recognized my controller, the first thing it did was throw up a graphic of an Xbox controller and told me to press my A, B, X, and Y buttons in sequence. 😡
video was done well, sadly my left stick, on 9mo old dualsense, will pull hard left (30-100%) if its a hairs thickness to the right within the 8% deadzone shown in the ds4windows section. Even holding straight up, deviate to the right by a hair and bam it adds a hard left signal. if you go further than the typical deadzone area it isn't a problem, clicking in the stick while manipulating the stick won't trigger it either. I had an original dualshock for over 15years, cable gave up before the sticks, sure the deadzone got wider over time and I was prepared for that on a new controller purchase.. not like this .
A simple explanation of how to remedy it would be nice. Not an 18-minute video of padding was needed! Nevertheless, adjusting the dead zone bar has done the trick! for Resident Evil 2 Remake.
At 14:10 you mention that you can calibrate your controller through settings for accessories. Does this apply to ps5 because I cant find anything about controller stick calibration
What sucks now is that you don't have automatic calibration anymore on steam.... Calibration is still there in big picture mode, but it has to be done manually now.
Hey Gamer Heaven, I just bought a third party controller which has stick drift when i connect it to the pc and no stick drift when i connect it to my switch. do you know how can i solve this ??
Thanks for the video, very helpful, very informative :D Do you have a particular controller that you consider to be the best option for PC that will also minimize the stick drift problem? Most of the time in my experience third party controllers tend to not work out too well for me but there might be good ones out there that I don't know about
I have a problem that if I move my left stick forward, stick retuns to the center but input reads it like it is slowly getting torwards a center. Same for going down. So i move forrward in game, stick goes to center, but character in game continues to go forward unless i move my stick to left or right.
i have an issue, it's not stick drift, my stick can't reach all the way NorthWest, so when i play a game my character bugs switching from running to walking cuz the stick max range is between the 2 zones, i've no idea how to fix this besides physically increasing the distance the stick can move by scraping the stick slot a little
I dont know what my controller has bc its not doing usual stickdrift things but if i pull my stick all the way to the left it doesnt affect anything but any other directon also im using the thrustmaster eswap pro
How would one fix a controllers joystick if it has BEYOND throw. Like say the controller gets to 1.0000 at just 75% of the stick throw and the rest of 25% of joystick movement is just dead air. How to adjust the endbound point to reduce the throw down so when you throw the stick up it'll do 1.0000 when you hit the controllers wall. Vs still having lots of room still.
So the issue is the game and not my controller. Cause based on all the test I did thanks to you both analogs are completely DEAD CENTER but a couple of games drag my characters thanks
So does this stay to the controller itself or nah ?? So if I fix the deadzones and then go to my ps5 will it stay adjusted to my settings or only on PC 🤷🏻♂️
@HM HØMS Is there literally any way to mess with the deadzones on the PS5 controller or nah ?? I just like my deadzone super super sensitive for aim but I guess only the Xbox elite controller does it 😒😭
PS5 controller has a much smaller intrinsic deadzone than all Xbox controllers. Including the elite. You're probably used to that lil deadzone you're forced to have on the elite
Hi, I have a question, I have a normal Xbox controller. It is impossible to change sensitivity settings and turn off dead zones on the console. Is it possible to connect the controllers to the computer and do this and use the same settings on the console?
I ended up with a problem I was trying to fix my stick drift but now my controller is on player 2 so now I can play my games with the controller cause of how do I get it back to player 1 plz😢🖐️help
About circularity, could you try to mess with the ReWASD settings from 9:51 to see if they can perhaps fix or at least reduce circularity on a controller, maybe in your "11:09" ? If this can, then I might buy this software... might. thx 12:11 If you click "controller readings" on the top left, wouldn't that display what you were looking for ? Also Gamepad-tester would see this as an xbox controller so theoretically you could get readings from there in real time right ?
You would want to increase the circularity that is the term for describing the relation between the physical movement of the stick around its outer extreme rotation and how the 2 analog post sticking into the potentiometers sensor wheel move during that rotation. The only way to get a more accurate circularity is replacing the analog stick with one with extremely tight feel and tolerances between the plastic connecting joints of the x and y axis. A software mod would require adding/increasing resistance value between multiple specific values between both x and y axis to have a general reference of what angle the stick is currently at and to program a perfect circularity between all 360 degrees could require well over 100 resistance value sets.
I've tried the 1st two methods but neither one even registered that a controller was connected. All four of the lights on the controller just kept blinking. So wtf? These were PS3 and connected using USB cable.
@Gamer Heaven I've seen some controller modding companies offer magnetic faceplates instead of ones that clip on and have to be pried off. How difficult would it be to take some random Extremerate faceplate, clip the tabs, and glue some magnets onto it? Seems simple, right? Is there any reason I shouldn't do this?
Ok well with math you can actually see how much it would cost lest say Sony sell 1 controller for 20$ (ik cheap just for making it simple) now lest say the magnetic faceplate cost 5$ now lest say they sell 1,000 of does controller in total it cost around 5,000$ for just does alone now imagine them selling 20mill copy of console and the first half was stander and the second half was the magnetic faceplate....... Jesus Christ
I have one question. I play Cod and i use tactical so i press on the right stick to crouch/slide. Would that contribute to stick drift and damage it or stick drift is strictly about moving the stick itself?
I replaced my right analog but the deadzone is still big when i check in game settings like Fortnite and Call of duty, could the new joystick be faulty idk no one has answered this
in the game pad tester , my left joystick does not touch the upper y axis. it is just a little bit down from touch the y axis circle . what do i do with that ? also in the wireless controller properties my x and y rotation is 0 % when i am calibrating it .
Tell me something. I playing with new ps4 controller on PC. His sticks works good in COD, SpiderMan, The Last of Us and etc. Except Division 2. In this game right stick without touching moving up towards the sky. Why? There was some drift issues that prevent to play Any game. After cleaning up controller started to work normaly in all games, except Division 2. Any deadzone plays are not worked for somehow
If i EVER get a custom controller, I'll most definitely not get one with potentiometer based sticks... any if i can't find any with Hal effect sensor sticks, i'll bloody mod them myself if need be. potentiometer sticks/axis are terrible imo.
is there anyway to fix right joystick flickering? for some reason when i started playing today my right joystick started flickering around when i moved and im not sure why this is happening, the controller isnt old, i have thrown it or smashed it.
I have a controller that even with an increased deadzone, it will randomly (very slowly) read that it is getting pushed more and more and more Up. Like -perfectly- up. The analog itself still feels snappy, and the controller is fairly new. If I touch it, it resets and is fine for a while until it starts to once again slowly creep up the UP reading until it's full blown reading UP. It eventually exceeds the dead zone, no matter how big it is. Any clue on how to fix this?
I need help. In any fps game, my xbox one controller cannot aim properly in diagonal directions. Its like doing a 360 motion with the right abolog stick is choppy as hell and if only move up left down or right, camers movement is smooth as butter. I tested this is on crysis 2, battlefield 3-5, cod vangaurd, warzone, cold war, sniper ghost warrior 3, 7 days to die, GTA 5..... So literally every game I play and have. On 360 wired controller this issue is nowhere to be found in any of the ganes mentioned. PLEASE at least tell me im not alone?
I know im late but in fh5 pc my xbox360 wire controller randomly steers left after i steer right, is it stick drift or something else? Im controller noob but can't play forza without one
Hello any help with a xbox controller 3rd party but the Bluetooth adapter broke :/ any software u know of that can download? O do I have to buy another dongle?????? Asking for my kid ty
i have a slight issue so this tutorial is great n stuff but i have a problem with the sticck driftt is so bad it goes 100% up so does that mean that i have to clean the whole controller and take it apart? Please let me know
cant believe this actually helped. steam calibration solved my problem with a brand new controller. thx
I have got to say; your videos are so informative and professionally done. Hats off to you sir. You have extensive knowledge and the way you structure your videos is excellent. I learned a lot from this and will definitely be doing this with all my future controllers. You earned yourself a follow well deserved. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much!
That's stupid Microsoft must build reliable controllers not just some junky ones because joystick drifts mostly happens with Xbox controllers
Just as a heads-up for using DS4 Windows. @12:03 You said you'd wished you could see a visual representation of your thumbstick/trigger changes and there isnt one. Thats untrue and you can, Brother! If you kindly look on the Left side of the program where an outline of the controller is shown, there is three TABS, You were on Controller but if you clock on the |CONTROLLER READINGS| Tab, you will get to see everything in detail with the joysticks and triggers which is great. I use this a lot to change my Trigger Curve since Linear is terrible for my use cases, and the have a more aggressively progressive curve. Especially for playing racing Titles. It allows alot more control for Brake and throttle inputs which are essential to get the most out of controlling your cars behavior. I.E
The dude is so underrated why he isn’t bigger than he is is beyond me 🤯
this is the best video about stickdrift and hotfixes that i've come across..you've earned yourself a new sub
Your channel should be so much bigger. The detail and effort put into your videos is top notch. Thank you for the content and keep up the good work
This guy is the reason I cant get a controller for several weeks on amazon lol. Everything is out of stock.
lol 😂
I will say reWASD was a massive help, so thanks for mentioning that. I did have an issue installing it though until running it as administrator, so off chance anyone else comes here to ask about that try an admin run
I had an issue but didn't know what it was called but this video actually helped me figure it out. I have a circularity issue. My Left Stick is having issues with forward/right, so my characters can't run/jog in that direction, they always walk.
I had a problem with stick drift. I found this video. I saw the amount of controllers on the back wall and thought, "This guy.... just might know what he's talking about". And indeed I did learn some things I never knew. Like that there was a built in calibration tool right in windows. It seems to have done the trick at least for now. But like what was said in the video wear and tear are going to be a thing over time so, I imagine this issue will raise its' ugly head again on the same controller in time.
Yo, i ordered kontrol freeks and stick drift is history. U mentioned as I write this 😀
What about the new steam layout ? I don’t see this calibrate option why did they have to change it
Same
that is a lot of controllers on the wall. I like it
What would REALLY help is if Steam didn't assume that the only controllers connected to PCs were console controllers. I wanted to address a slight drift on my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke by adding a bit of dead zone and even though Steam recognized my controller, the first thing it did was throw up a graphic of an Xbox controller and told me to press my A, B, X, and Y buttons in sequence. 😡
I use it and it Changed all my keybinds and settings on all my games
Amazing dude i fixed it and what i did i deadzone of 85% and my drift is gone i fixed it so easy, and now i’m a pro gamer lets gooooooo
Wow thanks dude 🙌 ive never seen anywhere else showing any of these methods.
video was done well, sadly my left stick, on 9mo old dualsense, will pull hard left (30-100%) if its a hairs thickness to the right within the 8% deadzone shown in the ds4windows section. Even holding straight up, deviate to the right by a hair and bam it adds a hard left signal. if you go further than the typical deadzone area it isn't a problem, clicking in the stick while manipulating the stick won't trigger it either.
I had an original dualshock for over 15years, cable gave up before the sticks, sure the deadzone got wider over time and I was prepared for that on a new controller purchase.. not like this .
A simple explanation of how to remedy it would be nice. Not an 18-minute video of padding was needed! Nevertheless, adjusting the dead zone bar has done the trick! for Resident Evil 2 Remake.
My drift is so bad the maximum deadspace on steam won’t stop it
just get a new controller atp 😭
Lifesaver! windows calibration fixed it :) cheers!
thanks for this, you just saved me a solder job, subscribed and liked
I guess steam updated the UI because I can't get to that calibration page
La opcion de steam me salvo. Muchas gracias compañero!
Any chance you could elaborate on which controllers uses magnets instead of potentiometers?
Really interested!
Same
Gamesir g7 se fir windows and xbox have hall effect sticks average error of 0.5 at most cheap too
At 14:10 you mention that you can calibrate your controller through settings for accessories. Does this apply to ps5 because I cant find anything about controller stick calibration
What sucks now is that you don't have automatic calibration anymore on steam.... Calibration is still there in big picture mode, but it has to be done manually now.
Thanks!
My pleasure. Thank you
Analog Stick Drift Fix. They sell this online. very easy to solder is to the board and it fixes it forever.
I just blow into the gap and rotate the sticks and its working great now XD
THANKS MAN!!!
You’re welcome
Thanks for the video. Nice to see another flydigi user. Just a quick question, did you manage to make that apex 2 works with xbox series?
Hey Gamer Heaven,
I just bought a third party controller which has stick drift when i connect it to the pc and no stick drift when i connect it to my switch.
do you know how can i solve this ??
Thanks for the video, very helpful, very informative :D
Do you have a particular controller that you consider to be the best option for PC that will also minimize the stick drift problem? Most of the time in my experience third party controllers tend to not work out too well for me but there might be good ones out there that I don't know about
I have a problem that if I move my left stick forward, stick retuns to the center but input reads it like it is slowly getting torwards a center. Same for going down. So i move forrward in game, stick goes to center, but character in game continues to go forward unless i move my stick to left or right.
i have an issue, it's not stick drift, my stick can't reach all the way NorthWest, so when i play a game my character bugs switching from running to walking cuz the stick max range is between the 2 zones, i've no idea how to fix this besides physically increasing the distance the stick can move by scraping the stick slot a little
Thank you very much sir 💯
Very helpful, thank you!
what do i do if my stick drift is so bad that when i try the slider thing i literally max it out and it doesnt do anything
Thanks you sabe my latinoamerican budget controller
Thank you so much for this brother
You’re very welcome
Xbox have recently built this controller drift fix into the xbox its insane
My left anolog stick is moving by itself? Any idea how to fix that? Ps4??
I dont know what my controller has bc its not doing usual stickdrift things but if i pull my stick all the way to the left it doesnt affect anything but any other directon also im using the thrustmaster eswap pro
So how can you calibrate your PS5 controller for the PS5 console?
steam has like a new interface for steam
How would one fix a controllers joystick if it has BEYOND throw. Like say the controller gets to 1.0000 at just 75% of the stick throw and the rest of 25% of joystick movement is just dead air. How to adjust the endbound point to reduce the throw down so when you throw the stick up it'll do 1.0000 when you hit the controllers wall. Vs still having lots of room still.
So the issue is the game and not my controller.
Cause based on all the test I did thanks to you both analogs are completely DEAD CENTER but a couple of games drag my characters
thanks
So does this stay to the controller itself or nah ?? So if I fix the deadzones and then go to my ps5 will it stay adjusted to my settings or only on PC 🤷🏻♂️
@HM HØMS Is there literally any way to mess with the deadzones on the PS5 controller or nah ?? I just like my deadzone super super sensitive for aim but I guess only the Xbox elite controller does it 😒😭
PS5 controller has a much smaller intrinsic deadzone than all Xbox controllers. Including the elite. You're probably used to that lil deadzone you're forced to have on the elite
Hi, I have a question, I have a normal Xbox controller. It is impossible to change sensitivity settings and turn off dead zones on the console. Is it possible to connect the controllers to the computer and do this and use the same settings on the console?
can anyone help me my Y axis is not fully go down but when i hold the LS button it will go down fully but when i release it go back to the problem
So when I bring up the box to press the left analog stick, the x isn't centered.
thanks bro nice video👍
DS4 windows has Controller readings tab has visuals
i just bought a controller and my issue is not enough response when i move the stick i want it to register as soon as i move it
thanks a loot !
How can I set circularity of cotroller. Without pc
i still haven’t found an app or way to test it on console. change your title.
This messed me Al up I go press left trigger the letter changes when I press the right one
I ended up with a problem I was trying to fix my stick drift but now my controller is on player 2 so now I can play my games with the controller cause of how do I get it back to player 1 plz😢🖐️help
I have a Xbox day one and my next door neighbor fix the drift stick but the turn stick fell very sluggish but work great but it slipped a little bit
Can you use a dualshock 3 controller on gamepad tester? Mine doesnt seem to register
Why all the obsession on the right stick? The left one is always the onet hat goes in a few months on every single controller I have ever owned
Ok, so steam updated and I can't calibrate analogs anymore? I can only see deadzone and gyroscopio or whatever
my controller is like, loose, its the joystick itself, it works, but its super loose on the inner bit
I plugged in other controllers and none of the L2\LT work! WHAT DO I DO ??? the calibration settings did this ! And now I can't reset !
I tried the console option and there are no things that will let me calibrate.
Nice video! I only play Warzone
Is Windows DS4 needed ?
About circularity, could you try to mess with the ReWASD settings from 9:51 to see if they can perhaps fix or at least reduce circularity on a controller, maybe in your "11:09" ? If this can, then I might buy this software... might. thx
12:11 If you click "controller readings" on the top left, wouldn't that display what you were looking for ? Also Gamepad-tester would see this as an xbox controller so theoretically you could get readings from there in real time right ?
Thanks for the recommendations, I will implement them in future videos.
Were you able to fix the circularity issue? I wonder what would be used in reWASD to fix it. Maybe the "Rotation" option?
You would want to increase the circularity that is the term for describing the relation between the physical movement of the stick around its outer extreme rotation and how the 2 analog post sticking into the potentiometers sensor wheel move during that rotation. The only way to get a more accurate circularity is replacing the analog stick with one with extremely tight feel and tolerances between the plastic connecting joints of the x and y axis. A software mod would require adding/increasing resistance value between multiple specific values between both x and y axis to have a general reference of what angle the stick is currently at and to program a perfect circularity between all 360 degrees could require well over 100 resistance value sets.
my normal xbox controller does not drift to left and right but everytime i do move up or down it stays almost high as i pushed it idk what to do
Why cant i test circularoty in gamepad tester
people dont put links of the websites they are using not into the description anymore?
I've tried the 1st two methods but neither one even registered that a controller was connected. All four of the lights on the controller just kept blinking. So wtf? These were PS3 and connected using USB cable.
"sony app store" to serch what program?? how to use it??
@Gamer Heaven I've seen some controller modding companies offer magnetic faceplates instead of ones that clip on and have to be pried off. How difficult would it be to take some random Extremerate faceplate, clip the tabs, and glue some magnets onto it? Seems simple, right? Is there any reason I shouldn't do this?
Ok well with math you can actually see how much it would cost lest say Sony sell 1 controller for 20$ (ik cheap just for making it simple) now lest say the magnetic faceplate cost 5$ now lest say they sell 1,000 of does controller in total it cost around 5,000$ for just does alone now imagine them selling 20mill copy of console and the first half was stander and the second half was the magnetic faceplate....... Jesus Christ
Stick centering and Stick drift are both cused by the same thing but cans also be in extreme cases completly differnt
I just installed my victrix pro bfg controller hall effect joysticks module and it still has stick drift so in theory these aren't stick drift proof
I have one question. I play Cod and i use tactical so i press on the right stick to crouch/slide. Would that contribute to stick drift and damage it or stick drift is strictly about moving the stick itself?
One of the diest one is that
I replaced my right analog but the deadzone is still big when i check in game settings like Fortnite and Call of duty, could the new joystick be faulty idk no one has answered this
in the game pad tester , my left joystick does not touch the upper y axis. it is just a little bit down from touch the y axis circle . what do i do with that ? also in the wireless controller properties my x and y rotation is 0 % when i am calibrating it .
What works for ps5 games??ps5 console ps5 controllere??
i dont have a usb controller configuration app on my windows 11?
Tell me something. I playing with new ps4 controller on PC. His sticks works good in COD, SpiderMan, The Last of Us and etc. Except Division 2. In this game right stick without touching moving up towards the sky. Why? There was some drift issues that prevent to play Any game. After cleaning up controller started to work normaly in all games, except Division 2. Any deadzone plays are not worked for somehow
Can I get a link or the title of the review video? i'm invested in buying the magnetic sticks
If i EVER get a custom controller, I'll most definitely not get one with potentiometer based sticks... any if i can't find any with Hal effect sensor sticks, i'll bloody mod them myself if need be. potentiometer sticks/axis are terrible imo.
i waited 13 weeks to get a battlebeaver that has left stick drift cant even play
thank you for sharing...i would be livid !
is there anyway to fix right joystick flickering? for some reason when i started playing today my right joystick started flickering around when i moved and im not sure why this is happening, the controller isnt old, i have thrown it or smashed it.
i love your wall wtf
How do I change the sensitivity on my controller, I did it once, but can’t find it again
I have a controller that even with an increased deadzone, it will randomly (very slowly) read that it is getting pushed more and more and more Up. Like -perfectly- up. The analog itself still feels snappy, and the controller is fairly new. If I touch it, it resets and is fine for a while until it starts to once again slowly creep up the UP reading until it's full blown reading UP.
It eventually exceeds the dead zone, no matter how big it is.
Any clue on how to fix this?
I need help. In any fps game, my xbox one controller cannot aim properly in diagonal directions. Its like doing a 360 motion with the right abolog stick is choppy as hell and if only move up left down or right, camers movement is smooth as butter. I tested this is on crysis 2, battlefield 3-5, cod vangaurd, warzone, cold war, sniper ghost warrior 3, 7 days to die, GTA 5..... So literally every game I play and have. On 360 wired controller this issue is nowhere to be found in any of the ganes mentioned. PLEASE at least tell me im not alone?
I know im late but in fh5 pc my xbox360 wire controller randomly steers left after i steer right, is it stick drift or something else? Im controller noob but can't play forza without one
when I lay my thumb on my left stick it glitches out and does random inputs do you know why?
Hello any help with a xbox controller 3rd party but the Bluetooth adapter broke :/ any software u know of that can download? O do I have to buy another dongle?????? Asking for my kid ty
Planned obsolescence is getting out of control....
i have a slight issue so this tutorial is great n stuff but i have a problem with the sticck driftt is so bad it goes 100% up so does that mean that i have to clean the whole controller and take it apart? Please let me know
How do you get to the old calibration setup in Steam now with the new layout?
If you find soldering a pain in the backside you're doing it wrong.
Hello please my controller moves in a square motion can you help please
In a square? That controller needs an exorcism