It works very easily by allowing you to bind key strokes to any of the buttons or joysticks in the controller - not a single problem. Mavericks is fully supported in the latest release. I set this up very quickly without any problems to play Borderlands 2 (Steam edition) using a great shareware application called USB Overdrive.
I could not find a single article on how to get this to work with OSX so wanted to post this to help out anyone else in the same position. Now, press and hold the Home button (power button) on the controller until the LED on the USB dongle and the 4 indicator LED's on the controller are solid Why doesn't my controller sync to my PS3 Make sure that the USB dongle is plugged into the PS3. It also has a pseudo XBox 360 controller layout for the left joystick / joypad which have been swapped over.Īnyhow, if anyone does purchase one of these to use for gaming on OSX, rest assured you have not wasted your money. However, this is a very nice controller and great value at £18 delivered from Amazon. Missing Trigger Button Trigger buttons must be replaced entirely for the proper functioning of the controller. Malfunctioning Trigger Button Trigger buttons are unresponsive or missing.
Then, connect your PS3 controller to your PC via the mini-USB cable to install the initial set of PS3 controller drivers.I naively bought this 3rd party controller thinking it would be Bluetooth like an offical Sony PS3 controller only to learn that due to licencing restrictions, only Sony is allowed to make Bluetooth controllers for Playstation. This troubleshooting page will help you diagnose problems with the PS3 Wireless Afterglow Controller. Before anything else, make sure your PS3 is disconnected because if you press the PS button, it will connect with and turn on the PS3, thus not letting you connect it to your PC.
You will receive a warning about the driver potentially being incompatible, because Microsoft can't verify that it will work for your device. Find the option 'Microsoft Common Controller for Windows class' As your Afterglow controller is wired, select the 'Xbox 360 Controller for Windows' option. Uploaded on, downloaded 337 times, receiving a 97/100 rating by 108 users. Afterglow Ps3 Controller Driver for Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10, 8, XP. After you click the option to update, Windows will give you two options.
Right click on the Afterglow controller and select Update Driver Software. Afterglow Ps3 Controller Driver for Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10, 8, XP. Problem is, the buttons are all a mess and not what they are meant to be. So I used the SCP toolkit to hook up my old PS3 controller to my PC so I could use it when playing the old Final Fantasy games on steam. Here if your controller isn’t detected with your PC, the Xbox 360 afterglow controller would be visible in the Other Devices category. Remapping buttons on PS3 controller connected to a PC.
I know the controller does actually have analog triggers because they work in the PS3(as an analog input) ex. The generic driver that windows forcefully installs Doesn't see the triggers as analog inputs and i cannot find a compatible driver that does.
And yes i have already tried installing the DS3 motionjoy drivers but it came up with an incompatable driver message. My problem is that DS3 tools wont see the controller and xpadder doesnt see the analog triggers. I have gotten other PS3 controllers to work and emulate XBOX 360 controllers but this one isn't actually recognized as a 'PLAYSTATION(R) 3 controller' instead its recognized as 'wierless controller for ps3'
I was excited when i plugged in the usb dongle into the PC and the controller actually worked after a generic driver install! but after a quick attempt to emulate a xbox 360 controller i realized that the analog triggers were only recognized as a digital button I have a wireless afterglow ps3 controller that i wanted to use as a PC controller.