Unity 5 does not see my PS4 controller

Question

I have seen people use the XBOX, PS3, and PS4 controllers for a short while, but so far they haven’t had any reason to talk to them. Today I bought a PS4 Dual Shock 4 wireless controller. I run Unity 5 on a MacBook Pro with the latest version of OS X. OS X and several other applications that I installed can “see” and use the controller, but Unity does not register its existence.

I tried to turn on the controller before starting unity and after starting unity. I tried to create my test project as a standalone application. I tried various free input managers from the asset store, but I still have no joy. I also did the above things with the controller via bluetooth and via a USB cable. In all cases, OS X and other applications saw the controller, but there was no unity.

Am I missing something? I was expecting questions from the XBOX controller, but it seems like everything I read about has no problems with the PS3 and PS4 controllers. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions?

Update . I confirmed that this has something to do with Unity 5. I had a Mac Mini with Unity 4.6, and everything worked fine. Then I installed Unity 5 and the controller no longer saw it.

Update : Unity-enabled Dan W responded to another thread. I redirect it in order to force everyone in one place.

And for additional information only, the same is true for xbox controllers.

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/952048/how-to-get-unity-to-see-my-ps4-controller.html

Answer 1

I know that the Unity team has confirmed that this is a problem, but if you are looking for work around, then Rewired worked for me in the meantime. I would like to say that the team will be fixed in the near future, but we all know that they have a lot on the plate, so using a third-party asset is apparently the fastest solution right now.

As a note, I am not affiliated with Rewired and do not receive anything that would recommend them. The author simply contacted me using the Unity Forums and suggested trying his demo. I did and it works. Do other input managers work? Probably. However, I am pleased with what I have seen so far with Rewired, and I know that this worked in my case, so I suggest this.