Is that possible, I'd like to bind it to the Stamp key, so that I can take in-game screenshots with FRAPS in any DirectX games.
Topic on Controller talk:DualShock 3
Oh, oops, AntiMicro had this already, I didnd't see it. http://i.imgur.com/s8nqT4U.png
Oh and to disable the guide button on Windows 10.
1. Push the PlayStation button on your controller. 2. Select the This is a game checkbox (whatever it was written as) 3. Click on the cog icon, and there should be an option which should say "disable game bar on Xbox controller" or something. 4. Uncheck the this is a game box in that same menu.
I really should've written this down but, meh.
Now the stupid Big Picture mode pops up on Steam.
There's this thing but, it honestly sucks, I'm worried about being banned or something, I suppose I'll remove it manually if I need to play anything else on Steam. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093352/http://forums.steampowered.com:80/forums/showthread.php?t=2936083&page=2#post35696019
Works fine on Windows 10.
Because with XInput standard, that button was only designed to be used with in-game overlays (On Xbox 360, GFWL and now Xbox and other UWA applications) and Valve simply took advantage and now use it on same purpose (and after Big Picture opening they also hook up e.g. Dualshock 4 "playstation"-button as well). That's why it won't show up in controller settings in Windows either, as it wasn't designed to be used for anything else. So in my eyes, Valves just smart for taking the advantage of pretty closed design of XInput standard that was already implemented by microsoft and thus has nothing to do with Dualshock 3 anymore. Also it's somewhat brilliant because if I accidently open up game without DirectInput/Dualshock 4 support, I can still close the game with the controller from steam overlay.
If your goal is to just take uncompressed PNG screenshots in games, use Steams Big Picture then. Just enable "save uncompressed copy" option and tell Steam folder to save those copies, then you can take screenshots in game by Xbox Guide/Playstation/Home-button + RT/R2/ZR. It doesn't seem to capture post process injectors e.g. SMAA or SweetFX, but other than that does the job - with same quality as it's lossless format.
If needing external program, then I would personally use button that's rarely used by the game (R3 for example, sometimes I hook up other keys like R1 if playing controller games online with Teamspeak, TS3 actually supports XInput and DirectInput buttons directly). This is because if using controller, Big Picture and Big Pictures overlay in games is really helpful for certain actions so no need to get up and go to computer just for mouse or keyboard. However if playing with controller on computer chair, it doesn't matter that much, eh?
But I already figured this out, and the Guide button is never used for anything important anyway. I hate the Big Picture mode, and the games I'm playing aren't even on Steam.
The link I posted has a DLL which disables the Big Picture mode from opening when I push the guide button. I already knew everything you said in the post, but it's kinda unrelated. I didn't want to use Steam at all, I can't be bothered to explain, not much point.