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Morby posted:I'm definitely seeing a slightly lower overall battery life with DS4 vs DS3. The DS3 lasts me for 2-3 days. DS4 I have to charge at least every other day. Not a big deal since I have 2 controllers, but certainly noticeable. I'm sure some things could be patched in, like toggling the LED on/off. I still love overarching design, though. Controller feels fantastic! I wish they'd make it fully compatible with PS3. I've always liked DS3 just fine, but there is definitely a difference and I prefer DS4 now a whole lot more. DS4 is like they took the best aspects if the Vita controller and just made it better. I swore I read online somewhere about people putting the ds3 battery in the ds4. But then the other poster mentioned the new controller having 1000 mah so who knows
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Aphrodite posted:I guess that single hasn't made it to Canada yet. It came to Canada, but now it is sold out. Why does everybody want one so badly? As far as the DS4 battery life, I don't think the LED has much of an effect on it. I've heard the DS4 has less latency than the DS3 did so that is a more likely culprit for the significant difference in life.
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Jan 20, 2014 07:16
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Shoota_McG posted:As far as the DS4 battery life, I don't think the LED has much of an effect on it. I've heard the DS4 has less latency than the DS3 did so that is a more likely culprit for the significant difference in life. How about the touch pad?
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Jan 20, 2014 07:28
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SolitarySolidarity posted:How about the touch pad?
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Jan 20, 2014 07:30
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Samurai Sanders posted:What games even use that though? I was just thinking today about what a waste of space it is right now. Um, everything? It's far from a waste - in games like Killzone it's basically 4 extra buttons. In AC4 it's the map button and let's you move around on the map and use zoom functions. Infamous will let you use it to put your finger on when Delsin uses a fingerprint scanner. I look forward to games using it as 4 or 5 additional inputs.
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Jan 20, 2014 07:40
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Warframe uses the touchpad well too. Your powers are mapped to swiping in different directions. The controls would be a lot more awkward without it.
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Christoff posted:I swore I read online somewhere about people putting the ds3 battery in the ds4. But then the other poster mentioned the new controller having 1000 mah so who knows You can get an 1800mAh battery that will connect to a DS4. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.
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Jan 20, 2014 07:44
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The touchpad will probably be left to gimmicks/extra buttons for the most part, but that you can use it as a mouse on a computer for games that don't have proper gamepad support is utterly glorious.
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Jan 20, 2014 08:08
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I dunno why more games haven't made good use of it; the DS4-to-XInput drivers on the PC have shown that the touchpad's fidelity is pretty drat good. At the very least, any game with a map should incorporate it for navigating the map. AC4's implementation feels really janky and slow, though, for some reason.
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Jan 20, 2014 08:18
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Wasn't there an article where someone literally cut the trace to the led and the battery life went up to like 10 hours or was I dreaming? Also, Eurotruck Simulator 2 on the PC with the DS4 is amazing.
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Jan 20, 2014 08:23
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Puddin posted:Wasn't there an article where someone literally cut the trace to the led and the battery life went up to like 10 hours or was I dreaming? I haven't bothered to set up my DS4 for use on the PC yet, but this may push me over the edge.
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404notfound posted:I dunno why more games haven't made good use of it; the DS4-to-XInput drivers on the PC have shown that the touchpad's fidelity is pretty drat good. At the very least, any game with a map should incorporate it for navigating the map. AC4's implementation feels really janky and slow, though, for some reason. Using it as a mouse in War Thunder's menu is so good that I have no idea why it isn't used like that in the PS4's browser. Puddin posted:Wasn't there an article where someone literally cut the trace to the led and the battery life went up to like 10 hours or was I dreaming? I think I read the same thing. The DS4 uses insanely powerful LEDs, but has to diffuse them a lot. Hopefully Sony will convince the Euro Truck Simulator 2 guys to release a PS4 port. It's such a relaxing game.
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Jan 20, 2014 08:40
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 I recommend this for people with DS4 battery issues. The pack is great for carrying around and charging your phone as well.
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Jan 20, 2014 09:04
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Chamber 9 posted:
Aren't you going to be far better off and spend a ton less money by just buying a big rear end micro usb cable and/or a USB wall plug?
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StarkRavingMad posted:I haven't bothered to set up my DS4 for use on the PC yet, but this may push me over the edge. Its crazy easy, go here http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-DS4-To-XInput-Wrapper, install the program plug in your controller, you're done.
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Stux posted:Aren't you going to be far better off and spend a ton less money by just buying a big rear end micro usb cable and/or a USB wall plug? I bought it for my Note 2 a year ago. It comes in handy often. I have a power strip my DS4, phone, and ipad are plugged into. Obviously you can buy a big rear end micro USB cable much cheaper. I'm just saying it's an option for people who would like a high capacity multi-purpose battery pack at a reasonable price.
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That loving Sned posted:Hopefully Sony will convince the Euro Truck Simulator 2 guys to release a PS4 port. It's such a relaxing game. Is there anything to this besides wishful thinking?
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Stux posted:The touchpad will probably be left to gimmicks/extra buttons for the most part, but that you can use it as a mouse on a computer for games that don't have proper gamepad support is utterly glorious. The nice thing about it is that the touchpad allows the option of having gimmicky poo poo or extra buttons without forcing people to develop around it. DS4 is just a core controller that happens to have a thing in the middle that developers could get imaginative with, without sacrificing anything. It seems pretty useless now but in the end I think it will be nice that it's there. Even if no one ever did anything cool with it, it's not in the way at all and can just function as an extra button. I have no idea why you can't use it as a mouse on the PS4's browser though wtf. Puddin posted:Wasn't there an article where someone literally cut the trace to the led and the battery life went up to like 10 hours or was I dreaming? I don't know for sure,but this has to be right. People keep saying that the led has nothing to do with it because leds are efficient or whatever, but how much battery drain would an led cause after 6 hours? There is no way that fog light on the front of the controller isn't crapping all over the battery life. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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The touchpad seems like a cool idea and using it as a cursor control especially (it worked all right in AC4) but I'm not sure how well swipe gestures as commands on it will pan out. In Killzone I would often switch to the wrong OWL mode, and in the Injustice minigames I had to turn off the touchpad because it just wouldn't register my swipes a lot of the time. Or maybe I'm just "stupid controller user .gif" material because I'd also end up activating the touchpad button command accidentally.
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I'm fine with it pretty much just acting as a couple of extra buttons to the controller. Then again I think console controllers could just use a few more buttons anyways. But I played a Holy Priest in WoW 
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Soul Glo posted:There's $40 Rayman Legends next month. Anyone who hasn't played Rayman Legends yet needs to give it at least a look. I'm not even very interested in platformers, but the new Rayman games (both Origins and Legends) are insanely good and silly and genuinely fun. Even more so in co-op.
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Fellatio del Toro posted:I'm fine with it pretty much just acting as a couple of extra buttons to the controller. Then again I think console controllers could just use a few more buttons anyways. But I played a Holy Priest in WoW This is what the touchpad will lead to - simultaneous PC/PS4 release of WoW 2.
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Picked up FIFA and found out I'm still not very good at football.  There's also ten pages of advanced controls, and I have no idea what half of the stuff on there does, let alone remember which button or button combination does what.Mostly I'm just having the same problem I used to have when playing Pro Evolution Soccer on the PS2, which is the fact that my defense falls apart and my players flail around like headless chickens as soon as the opposing team gets even one guy anywhere near my box. I should probably just try to memorize the buttons for the "stop your defenders from being poo poo" command, I guess.
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Pretty sure I'm gonna have the same issue. I suck a fair bit at the demo. I'm tempted to change it to the 2-button setup, but that feels like a copout.
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Samurai Sanders posted:What games even use that though? I was just thinking today about what a waste of space it is right now. Trine 2 uses the touchpad a good deal for your character-specific abilities.
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Puddin posted:Wasn't there an article where someone literally cut the trace to the led and the battery life went up to like 10 hours or was I dreaming? Somebody did this, but they only tested battery life while the controller was just sitting there unused so it tells you almost nothing about how much extra battery life you would get during normal usage. It would certainly be nowhere near the 10 hours gained while doing nothing.
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evilalien posted:Somebody did this, but they only tested battery life while the controller was just sitting there unused so it tells you almost nothing about how much extra battery life you would get during normal usage. It would certainly be nowhere near the 10 hours gained while doing nothing. This is totally backwards and is the most accurate test to determine if disabling the LED improved battery life because it eliminates the randomness of the inputs and the controller-console communications.
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Obsurveyor posted:This is totally backwards and is the most accurate test to determine if disabling the LED improved battery life because it eliminates the randomness of the inputs and the controller-console communications. It does absolutely nothing to tell you how much improvement you would see while playing a game because idle power usage without the lights is of course dwarfed by the power usage with the LED lights, but you have no basis to compare led light power usage to the other power drainers which most likely use more power which means you would not see anywhere near 10 hours of battery life improvement. If all the test can show is that disabling the LEDs improves battery, then it was pretty pointless as that much was obvious. The amount of improvement is what matters. A better test would be to actually measure the power draw of the lights while powered and using math to determine what percentage of the battery it uses up during the 8-12 hours a controller lasts on a single charge while gaming. evilalien fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Is it really necessary to have a 3 page discussion about the controller every time someone bitches about the battery life? It makes the thread horrible to follow for anyone who wants relevant news and discussion. I let it slide the first 10 times, but drat. Make a DS4 battery life thread or something.
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Math You posted:Is it really necessary to have a 3 page discussion about the controller every time someone bitches about the battery life? It makes the thread horrible to follow for anyone who wants relevant news and discussion. There really isn't much in the way of news and discussion of the controller's battery life (or lack thereof) is basically the definition of relevant to a PS4 General Discussion thread. Maybe you can learn to just skim posts and not get mad about people talking about things? Edit: I just want to mention how much of a pain in the rear end it is to accept friend requests. It takes at least three button presses, and sometimes decides to spend 10-20 seconds waiting after you accept it. Granted, there probably will never be a time I'm accepting 60 friend requests in one go, but drat, it could be streamlined a bit. EC fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Math You posted:Is it really necessary to have a 3 page discussion about the controller every time someone bitches about the battery life? It makes the thread horrible to follow for anyone who wants relevant news and discussion. You'll be begging for some battery chat when all people will post is "Where are the GAMES?!?" in a couple of months. Begging.
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Raffles posted:You'll be begging for some battery chat when all people will post is "Where are the GAMES?!?" in a couple of months. Are you telling me you aren't excited for Thi4f? 
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Raffles posted:You'll be begging for some battery chat when all people will post is "Where are the GAMES?!?" in a couple of months. In a couple of months is when the games start coming out.  MGS: GZ, MLB The Show and Infamous. March is gonna be pretty rad. e: Assuming The Show launches when usual. Soul Glo fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Shoota_McG posted:It came to Canada, but now it is sold out. Why does everybody want one so badly? That was a joke because he said One Direction. I've seen the cameras around in Walmart and stuff, they're not as sold out here.
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Man, I hope we get some good indie games soon, because it looks like in terms of releases, we get Tomb Raider remake any day now, then nothing until end of Feb.
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Aphrodite posted:That was a joke because he said One Direction. My bad. I haven't seen any in Edmonton in a while, but before I got my PS4 the Best Buy had piles of them. I still don't see why people are clamouring over it (or Kinect for that matter, even if it is a more advanced thing).
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Let's see: Resogun DLC coming at some point... Housemarque working on a new PS4 game. And has anyone else had intermittent recent issues where they launch a game and it launches and you get sound but your screen is black? A reboot usually fixes it. It's only JUST started happening, but happened about 3 times recently. (2 different games. Trine 2 and NFS:Rivals) (One Digital, one Disc)
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I already bought Don't Starve on steam and never really got into it, but for some reason I am loving the PS4 version of the game I just can't put it down. And for it to be free for all PS+ subscribers is well worth the subscription. Managed to survive 24 days Winter is HARSE however I think that my next run will be a hell of alot better because I feel I can actually prepare for it
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VoLaTiLe posted:I already bought Don't Starve on steam and never really got into it, but for some reason I am loving the PS4 version of the game I just can't put it down. Yeah you can't really over prepare for winter. It lasts 15 days. If you are still playing as the default character, don't shave. It is like wearing a hat.
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