Remote Play Ps4 With Xbox Controller

Using Game Controllers over a Remote Desktop session

Ps4 Remote Play Keyboard Controls
Ps4 Remote Play With Xbox Controller Android

3 October, 2018 at 10:22am | Work

Go to your Steam settings - Controller - General Controller settings and turn on PS4 configuration support and Xbox configuration support. Plug in the first controller you want to use for the first player. ReWASD 5.1 makes it possible to use PS4 Remote Play with Xbox controller or any other gamepad we support and you have. Just download and install reWASD, create a new config, choose Virtual DS4 for this config and map any DS4 button to the correspondent physical control. Then just launch PS4 Remote Play — Xbox controller, PS3 gamepad, Nintendo Switch Pro or Joy-Con couple will be detected as an.

Well, it’s been over six years since I last wrote on this blog! The theme could do with updating, it’s screaming “2010” at me.

So, I work from home a fair bit. Be it evenings, weekends, or sometimes during regular work hours. The setup I have for that is much like any other game company: We have a secure VPN into our work network, and we’d use Remote Desktop to control our work PC. My home PC isn’t as beefy as my work PC, so it’s nice to have the power of my work PC when compiling code, or building game data. A PC build of our game runs fine over Remote Desktop, if you size the window down it is pretty decently playable.

We make our game for “the consoles” too, so we’re able to run on those via Remote Desktop, and the platform holders also provide viewing apps to see what’s going on, on said consoles. These work pretty great, and work over a Remote Desktop session. When I’m working at home, I generally don’t find anything lacking about my dev environment (and having no office interruptions is great!). Up until now though, I did have one gripe… Controllers. We can control the PC version of the game with a mouse, but with the console builds over Remote Desktop, you’re stuck with keyboard controls, or other facsimiles of a controller. Being able to use a controller over a Remote Desktop session would be great! I was surprised to find out that it’s possible, but Microsoft for some reason disallow it by default.

Here’s how to get it working…

Play games installed on your Xbox console, including Xbox Game Pass titles, to any compatible Android or iOS device. Currently excludes backward-compatible titles from Xbox 360 or Original Xbox. Xbox Wireless Controllers accompanying the Xbox Series X and Xbox One X, Xbox Elite Wireless Controller.
Thank you u/p0j0j0 and u/RainyJ! Apparently it works just fine! I tried it and I'm very happy. I had it in my head that the PS4 Remote Play app wouldn't work with any controller other than the DS4, and I was asking for tricks on how make it behave.
Our new rap song -THAT THIS IS NOT HOW TO “USE” THE CONTROL.

To be clear, I don’t claim to have come up with this myself. See the “references” section at the bottom of this page for where I found the steps. I’m just largely reproducing that information here in a more palatable form. Things didn’t work first time for me, so here I’m going over the steps in more detail to ensure that you don’t hit the same hurdles that I did.

Assumptions and Caveats

I’ve only tested this over two Windows 10 computers. It might work with Windows 7, or Windows 8. I’m not sure.
I’m told this requires at least Windows 10 Pro on each PC for the RemoteFX system to function and redirect the USB device. There are no known current workarounds for this. If it’s for work, ask your company to expense the Win10 Pro license purchase. The upgrade is a simple license key change, no long install required.
I’ve only tested this with controllers connected via USB cables. I don’t think bluetooth-connected controllers will work, but let me know otherwise.
- The Xbox 360 controller, with the USB wireless dongle does work.
- Xbox One controllers BSOD my remote PC, I do not know of any workaround for this. For game development an Xbox 360 controller seems to work with Microsoft’s “Xbox One Manager”, and functions as an Xbox One controller.
You have reasonable “local” administrative privileges to both computers.
- If your work/remote computer is locked down by your I.T. department, you might still be ok. You do however need Administrative local privileges for each computer, at least to perform the required setup.

Terminology

The scenario that I use this setup myself, is to connect from my home computer, to the computer at my office.
So, the “local” computer where the gamepad is connected I’ll refer to as the “local home”.
The “remote” computer where I want the gamepad input relayed to, I’ll refer to as “remote work”.

Step One – GPEdit – Local Home

Go to the Start menu, and type “gpedit” – Run the “Edit Group Policy” app.
Navigate to this section:
- Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Connection Client -> RemoteFX USB Device Redirection -> Allow RDP redirection of other supported RemoteFX USB devices from this computer
Right-click on the entry, choose “Edit”.

Select the “Enabled” radio button.
Change the Access Rights drop down to “Administrators and Users”.
It should look like this:
Click “OK” to apply the settings.

Go to the Start menu, find the Command Prompt app – right-click it and “Run As Administrator”
At the command line, run:
- gpupdate /force
You should see this output:

Now, reboot your local home computer.

Step Two – GPEdit – Remote Work

NOTE: You can do these steps over a Remote Desktop session, if you wish.

Go to the Start menu, and type “gpedit” – Run the “Edit Group Policy” app.
Navigate to this section:
- Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Remote Session Environment -> RemoteFX for Windows Server 2008 R2 -> Configure RemoteFX
Right-click on the entry, “Edit”. Choose “Enabled”, then click OK.
Back up three levels to “Remote Desktop Session Host”.
Navigate to this section:
- Connections -> Allow users to connect remotely by using Remote Desktop Services
Right-click on the entry, “Edit”. Choose “Enabled”, then click OK.
Back up two levels to “Remote Desktop Session Host” again.
Navigate to this section:
- Device and Resource Redirection -> Do not allow supported Plug and Play device redirection
Right-click on the entry, “Edit”. Choose “Disabled” (yes, DISABLED this time), then click OK.

Go to the Start menu, find the Command Prompt app – right-click it and “Run As Administrator”
At the command line, run:
- gpupdate /force
You should see this output:

Now, reboot your remote work computer.
- If you’re using Remote Desktop to do this, you can restart by typing this at the command line:
- shutdown /r

Step Three – Connect from Local Home

Ensure your gamepad controller is connected via USB to your local home computer.
- Open up “Control Panel -> Devices and Printers”
- Ensure the gamepad is listed here. If it isn’t, reconnect it. If it still doesn’t work… It’s beyond the scope of this post – go try Googling!
- You can right-click on the controller, and choose “Game Controller Settings”. Then click “Properties”, to test that your controller is functional.

Find “Remote Desktop Connection” in your Start Menu. Run it.

Click “Show Options” at the bottom.
Go to the “Local Resources” tab.
Click “More…” at the bottom. The dialog looks like this:

If you did everything correctly in the “Step One – GPEdit – Local Home” steps for your Home PC, you’ll see a “Other Supported RemoteFX USB Devices” section. Good stuff!
- If you do not see “Other Supported RemoteFX USB Devices”, then you likely made a mistake on the “Step One – GPEdit – Local Home” section. Go back and try again.
My Dualshock 4 controller is listed as “USB Input Device (HID-compliant game controller)”, so I have selected that. Select whatever gamepad(s) you are using.
Connect to your remote work PC.

Step Four – Profit?

Upon connection to your Remote Work PC, navigate to “Control Panel -> Devices and Printers”:

If all went well, you should see your gamepad listed here!
- If it isn’t listed here, you likely made a mistake on the “Step Two – GPEdit – Remote Work” section. Go back and try again.
Your gamepad should be fully usable over your Remote Desktop session.
Enjoy!

Let me know in the comments section below, if there’s anything useful I have missed in this HOWTO post. I can’t provide any technical support if these steps don’t work for you. But it’s good to know if I can make any improvements to this post – to help out other folks that might run into problems that I didn’t have myself.

Cheers.

NOTE: (March 2020) Just to reiterate, I can’t provide any technical support.

References

Comment from Jeremy
Time: May 5, 2019, 10:36 am

Worked like a charm for me using SteamLink. Thanks!

Comment from radu
Time: June 5, 2019, 3:00 am

just a small correction: administrator privileges are not necessarily required to connect to the server, provided you also select, in step one, Administrators and Users, besides Enabled:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d71a1dfe-63cf-466a-abe0-1c352280221b/printers-and-remotefx-usb-redirection?forum=os_windowsprotocols
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See also KB 2653326 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2653326/some-usb-devices-are-not-available-through-remotefx-usb-redirection , in case you need to manually enable a device class for redirection.

Comment from Faraj
Time: January 16, 2020, 10:06 am

I tried this and for some reason my remote PC gets BSOD when trying to connect with my Xbox ONE controller connected to my local PC and I have the option checked to enable the controller.

Comment from Eric Milota
Time: March 13, 2020, 1:57 pm

Thanks for the info Gavin! I’ve shared this with my work mates.

Comment from Gavin
Time: March 20, 2020, 3:10 pm

@Faraj – Yeah, also getting the same now with a XBox One controller. This was working for me sometime in 2019, perhaps it broke with some recent Win10 upgrade?

FWIW, (if you’re a gamedev), an Xbox 360 Controller seems to work ok with “Xbox One Manager”.

Comment from Andy Pennell
Time: March 27, 2020, 3:52 pm

I can confirm that Windows can blue-screen if you try this with an Xbox One controller, but 360 controllers are just fine. The crash is under active investigation by the driver team. This post was super-helpful in unblocking games developers trying to work from home, thank you Gavin.

Comment from Ahmad
Time: April 20, 2020, 6:53 am

Great,
thanks for your Sharing MAN

Did you hear about the new Xbox iOS update? Yes! Microsoft is updating its app right before the launch of Xbox Series X. This update will let you stream and play Xbox games on your iPhone and iPad. Trust me on this; the remote play function is way better than mere casting games from your Xbox One to your iPhone. Also, you can arrange your games on your way back home and start playing as soon as you are home! Let me show you how.

System Requirements: iOS 13 or later, Bluetooth 4.0 or above

How to play Xbox games on your iOS devices

To enable playing your Xbox games on your iOS devices, you need to set up a remote play on your console and your Apple devices and then pair the devices together. The following steps explain both the procedures in detail. Before you begin, do not forget to install the Xbox app on your iPhone.

First, pair your controller to your iPhone or iPad

Go to Settings → Bluetooth. Make sure your Bluetooth is turned ON.
Press the Xbox button to turn on your Xbox Wireless Controller.
If your controller is paired to your Xbox already, turn OFF your console, wait for a few minutes and then press and hold the Pair button.
Select Xbox Wireless Controller from your pair of available devices.

That’s it. Your iPhone or iPad is now paired to your Xbox controller. If you are having trouble connecting your controller to your iPhone, then you can read our extensive guide on how to connect Xbox One or PS5/PS4 controller to iPhone.

Next, set up remote play

On your console:

Press the Xboxbutton on your controller.
Open Profile & System → Settings → Devices & Connections → Remote Features.
Enable Remote Features by clicking the box.
Select Instant-on under Power Mode.

Do not forget to turn your console power mode on. As remote play won’t work unless it is turned on.

On your iOS device:

Ps4 Remote Play Keyboard Controls

Open the Xbox app.
Look for the My Library icon and select Consoles.
Under Consoles, connect with the console you wish to use.
Tap Remote play on this device.

That’s it. You can now enjoy playing Xbox games using your iPhone.

Things to keep in mind while playing Xbox games on iPhone

When the man Tom Warren himself tweets about the iPhone app for Xbox, you have to test it thoroughly and see if the functionality works for real.

Ps4 Remote Play With Xbox Controller Android

Microsoft’s new Xbox app for iPhone lets you stream Xbox games to an iPhone 😎 It’s coming soon, and here’s how it works. More information here: https://t.co/zsQ7S2cEispic.twitter.com/env64JlaAt

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) September 25, 2020

However, you need to be a little cautious before setting your gameplay. You don’t want to lose all your history now, do you? Here is a checklist; make sure you have them in command while connecting your iPhone to Xbox.

Make sure your device is compatible.
Your performance may vary depending on your iOS, so make sure you are updated to the latest iOS for smoother functioning.
Always save your progress while playing remotely. You can lose all your game progress if you get disconnected in the middle of the game.
Despite the number of connections, only one person can play remotely or locally.
You cannot purchase from the store during remote play. In-game is also disabled during remote play.
You cannot access back-compat games via remote play.
While using remote play, all your external applications on your console are blocked.

Enjoying Xbox games on your iPhone and iPad

Remote play for iOS is a big step because Apple is known for notoriously banning Microsoft in the past. Thus, Microsoft is planning to bring xCloud to iOS and iPadOS via a web-based app rather than waiting for the App Store approval to kick in. Maybe, Apple kicking Epic Games off its platform is Apple’s way of putting a ding in the universe.

With the all-new Xbox app, you can now manage your console using your iPhone. Thus, you can delete and download games to the console so that they are all prepared for you when you get home. Not just that, this is an excellent upgrade for gamers or game streamers, as it will let you take a screenshot and share it across your social media.

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