How To Easily Take A Screenshot On Your PS4 8. If you want to learn more about some of the features of the share button, why not check out this article I wrote: Pressing the Share button will bring up the sharing dialog menu where you can do a lot like capture a screenshot. The Dualshock 4 controller is the first PlayStation controller to incorporate social sharing features right onto the controllers. It’s used pretty often in Doom to interact with objects in the game. These controls are used more commonly in games than you might think. You’ll know you’ve done this correctly as you’ll hear a click sound. These “buttons” are selected by pressing down on the left or right analog sticks. I definitely didn’t until a game required I press R3 and I had to Google what the heck to do! 元, R3 – Press The Analog SticksĪs a new PlayStation gamer, you may not even know that these buttons exist. Though this does vary depending on the game, you’ll find that this is a very prevalent control scheme across shooters. The common convention for these games is to press L2, aim with the right analog stick, and press R2 to fire. The majority of modern games that require aiming and firing a weapon will use these buttons to do so. These buttons are referred to as the trigger buttons. In other games, these buttons can also be used in addition to the face buttons (x, square, triangle, circle) to interact with objects in the game. In some shooter type games, these can be used to fire weapons (though this is more commonly done with the Trigger buttons – L2, R2). These buttons are often referred to as the shoulder buttons. Luckily most modern games do an excellent job of walking you through the control scheme during the tutorial section. This is why I highly recommend reading through the controls menu in any game to get familiar with how things work. The conventions for what these buttons do in each game are different. These are the main buttons that you will use on the controller to interact with the game you are playing.īased on the type of game and who made it, you can use these buttons to interact with characters and other objects, jump with your character, fire weapons, or even interact with a menu. For instance, side-scrolling type games, like Shovel Knight, do not allow for camera control so you do not need to use the right analog stick at all. This is not the case with all types of games though. The right analog stick is used to manipulate or rotate the camera direction which allows you to improve how much you can see in a game.The left analog stick is used to control the character (forward, backward, left, and right).
The most common convention in games for using these controls is: These controls are referred to as the left and right analog sticks.Īs mentioned above, these controls have replaced the use of the D-pad and have greatly improved a gamer’s ability to control characters and even to manipulate the camera in a game. The d-pad acts as a way of displaying menu options without opening up a big massive menu that takes you out of the gameplay experience. Pressing the D-pad Down – Display Chat Window.Pressing the D-pad Up – Display Quest Info.However, these buttons in some cases still function as directional controls and can be interchanged with the analog sticks, though it’s quite rare.Ī more common use for these buttons in games today is a way to navigate through menus such as inventory management systems in games.įor example, in Dragon Ball Xenoverse, the directional buttons are used in the following ways: This is much less common in more modern games as you’ll quickly find. So essentially these were used to carry out the majority of movement and navigation tasks required in games. In the days before the analog sticks (mentioned below) these were used in video games to control the movement of your character, navigate through menus, and control the direction of actions just for example. These buttons are often collectively referred to as the D-Pad. Directional Buttons (Up, Down, Left, Right) Take some time to examine this diagram and below that, you will find a more detailed explanation of each of the buttons. Once you get used to the PlayStation 4 controller buttons and how each part of the controller functions you will be able to easily interact with your PS4 console and play any game with ease.īelow you will find a diagram that lays out all of the buttons and controls of the PlayStation 4 controller. PlayStation 4 Controller Buttons ExplainedĪt first glance, the PlayStation 4 controller can seem quite daunting to use, especially to a new gamer.
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