PCSX2 is an excellent PS2 game emulator program running on Windows and Linux PCs. Many people like to connect a controller to PC and play classic PS2 games using PCX2. However, some people may encounter PCSX2 controller not working issue. In this post, MiniTool Partition Wizard offers you 3 ways to fix this issue. You can try them.

PCSX2 Controller Not Working

PCSX2 is an emulator that can run PlayStation 2 (PS2) games and self-made programs under Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. It can currently run most PS2 games. In general, you can download PS2 game ISO files and then boot the game using PCSX2. Of course, if you have a game disc and your PC can drive it, PCSX2 allows you to boot the game from the game disc.

To run PCSX2 software on Windows PC, your PC needs to meet the following requirements:

MinimumRecommended
OSWindows 7 (32 or 64 bit)Windows 10 (64 bit)
CPU
  • Supports AVX2
  • PassMark Single Thread Performance rating near or greater than 2100
  • Four physical cores, with or without hyperthreading
GPU
  • Direct3D10 support
  • OpenGL 3.x support
  • PassMark G3D Mark rating around 3000 (GeForce GTX 750)
  • 2 GB Video Memory
  • Direct3D11 support
  • OpenGL 4.5 support
  • PassMark G3D Mark rating around 6000 (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti)
  • 4 GB Video Memory
RAM4GB8GB

PCSX2 allows users to use mouse, keyboards, or controllers to play games. Many people may like to use controllers to play games on the PCSX2 emulator. However, some people may find the controller doesn’t work. To solve the problem, you can try the following methods.

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Fix 1. Uninstall the Controller Driver

Some people report that they have fixed the PCSX2 controller not working issue by uninstalling the controller driver. You can also try this method. Just need to open Device Manager, uninstall the controller driver, unplug the controller and plug it again. Windows will reinstall the controller driver. Then, you can check whether the problem is solved.

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Fix 2. Change Game Device APIs

To fix PCSX2 controller not working issue, you can try changing the game device API mode. Please go to Config > Controllers > Plugin Settings > General > Game Device APIs, uncheck XInput and see if you can configure your gamepad with DirectInput mode.

But if your controller is an Xbox controller, you should use the XInput mode instead of the DInput mode. Then, you can begin to bind buttons.

Fix 3. Try Another Controller Plugin

PCSX2 has many plugins for controller, such as LilyPad, Xpad, MegaPad, etc. If all the above methods can’t help you solve the PCSX2 controller not working issue, you can try using other versions of the plugin (older or newer) or changing the controller plugin directly.

To do that, you should download a new plugin, unzip it and plop it into the plugins folder, where all the other plugins are. Then, boot up PCSX2 and go to Config > Plugins/BIOS Selecter, and click on the SPU box. The new plugin should be there.

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Linda
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Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 5 years. She is always curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily. Her articles are simple and easy to understand. Even people who do not understand computer can gain something. By the way, her special focuses are disk management, data recovery and PDF editing.