DS5/DSX Windows Drivers

For DualSenseX DS5 Windows to properly function on your Windows 10/11 PC you are required to install necessary first and third party drivers. Some of which, of course, are optional but will improve DualSenseX’s capabilities. Here we will list and give a description of every driver needed to allow your DualSense controller to work with DSX.

DSX/DS5 DualSense Drivers for PC

1. ViGEmBus Driver - Virtual Gamepad Emulation Bus

The ViGEmBus driver is the most important driver used by DualSenseX. It can create virtual/fake/emulated controllers, which DSX uses to spawn virtual Xbox and DS4 controllers.

2. HidHide

The HidHide driver allows the user to “hide” gamepads from the system and make them detectable to only chosen programs in order to prevent the infamous double input issue.

3. Windows Libraries & Frameworks

Latest Microsoft .Net framework.
Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable. x64 or x86 depending on your system architecture (95% of the time its x64)
Operating System: Windows 10 or 11

4. DualSenseX

After downloading and installing the above required software you should restart your computer. Now download and launch DualSenseX!