Hey, you. Yes, YOU. Ever wanted to play Dark Souls 3 on PC with a Switch Pro Controller? Of course you have and now here's your handy-dandy guide. It's a bit of a doozy though but it'll be all worth it. Maybe. I don't know.

Skip if you already have your controller connected.


Unfortunately you can't just stick the usb cable into your PC and get it to sync that way. So, you'll just have to do it the hard way. Turn on your switch, go to System Settings -> Controllers and Sensors (towards the bottom) -> Disconnect Controllers. This will de-sync all your controllers so your Switch forgets your controller ever existed.


On your computer, go to Settings -> Bluetooth and other devices or just type Bluetooth into the search bar. It'll come up. Click "Add Bluetooth or other device" and select Bluetooth. Then, hit the sync button your Switch Pro controller. It's a small button the top of the controller.
The controller should show up on your computer as "Pro Controller." Now you're all ready for the actual painful parts.

Upon booting up Dark Souls, you'll quickly realize it has no idea what you just did. Even with games that are Switch Pro Controller compatible like Dragon's Dogma, it will have major sensitivity issues so you need to calibrate it.


With the controller paired, go to Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Devices and Printer -> Pro Controller. Right click on the the controller and go to Game Controller Settings -> Properties -> Settings -> Calibrate. This should take you to a setup wizard. Follow its instructions and you'll be golden. Since this is in the actual system settings, this should also fix a lot of controller problems for other games as well.


One of Valve's greatest ideas was to allow you to use the gyro in your controller so you could use your controller like a mouse. This is absolutely horrible for playing the actual game. You'll want to turn this off ASAP. First, you'll have to unfortunately launch Big Picture Mode. It's right next to your name in the top right corner actually it's the box with the two arrows. From Big Picture Mode go to Library -> Dark Souls 3 -> Manage Game -> Controller Settings. This will bring you to a controller menu. Click on the gyro or use your controller and change it from Mouse to None. Trust me. None is the correct answer. Finally, go your right joystick should turn from "Joystick Mouse" to "Joystick Move" make sure to set RS as well. You must do this for both the Game configuration and the Menu configuration!

Most of the other buttons are okay if you can get used to them but I suggest swapping the X and Y buttons at least so your muscle memory for chugging estus and switching to two handed isn't messed up. I personally left the A and B alone but that depends on what you're used to in general. Click on the buttons and simple swap them around so X = Y and vice versa. Change the Menu controls as well so that the triggers are Right Trigger instead of Left Mouse and the same for the Left Trigger. You must do this for both the Game and Menu configurations!
Here is my current setup. I got used to the A and B buttons but the X and Y are swapped. Here's a link to it if you're lazy. steam://controllerconfig/374320/2097888459

I don't know what questions you'll have in particular but I can make some reasonable guesses based on what problems I had. I'm repeating some things I have already said because I have 0 int and I assume you do too.


Simple. Your joystick is set to "Joystick Mouse" and not "Joystick Move." Make sure to also set the click action to RS.


You forgot to change the menu controls as well. Just make them the same as your game controls.


Me neither. You don't need to launch it from Big Picture Mode. Just make sure Steam notifies you that it picked up on your controller. Don't disable the pop-up either since it's useful.


No.


Yes. Go for it but just know what to look for to make sure it has everything.


Fantastic question.


That about does it. If you have any more questions, leave them down below or just on my profile. I don't care which. Hell, spam them both. I like attention. Hope this guide helped in some way.Int is just blue Dex.