Control4Free changelog

• Arabic and Brazilian Portuguese for the web interface and PS4 app.
• Move, resize and hide face buttons individually, or keep them grouped.
• Reset individual controls in the layout editor.
• Updated Xbox-button troubleshooting for Chrome and Edge on Windows.

WebRTC connections, controller testing on the PS4, and new experimental controller features.

• Rebuilt controller connections around WebRTC. The old WebSocket connection delivered everything in order, so recovering a lost packet could hold up newer input. Input now uses an unordered channel without retransmissions, while controller selection and status use a separate reliable channel. This reduces delayed and bunched-up inputs during packet loss. After a brief disconnection, the page reconnects and restores its controller selection.
• Controller tester in the PS4 app: see buttons, sticks, analog triggers, touchpad, motion and connection latency; test rumble, choose light-bar colours with RGB sliders and reset orientation. Supports controllers and HDMI-CEC remotes. See Testing controllers.
• DualShock 4 and DualSense touchpads now work when linked: both finger positions and the click. Experimental Sony controller support also adds direct rumble and PS4 light-bar colours.
• Experimental motion controls use a phone's sensors or a linked DualShock 4 / DualSense.
• Experimental trigger rumble adds vibration to the trigger you're pulling on supported Xbox controllers and a linked DualSense. It follows the game's rumble; when both triggers are held, the last one pulled vibrates. See Experimental features for setup and how it works.
• Corrected the large and small rumble motors being swapped on connected gamepads.

Experimental features are off by default. Sony linking and motion need the
Chrome / Edge setup.

Controller tester

Controller tester showing buttons, sticks, triggers, touchpad, motion and connection latency

Test tools

Controller tester tools for rumble, light-bar colour and motion orientation

Updating: update the PS4 service, then reload the controller page. Replace any saved copy with a
fresh one from the updated service.

HDMI-CEC navigation for the PS4 app.

• Use your TV remote to control the PS4 app through HDMI-CEC. Press OK to open Actions, use the arrows to choose, and press OK again. Back returns; Stop has a separate confirmation. The diagnostic app also supports remote navigation and retains the last received remote key. See HDMI-CEC navigation.
• If the app cannot reach PayLoader, it tells you to enable **GoldHEN → Server Settings → Enable PayLoader Server** and retry Start. The setup message now fits on screen, and the installation guide explains when the server is needed.

Thanks to NotDev-Kike
for testing and confirming OK, arrows, Back and service startup with a Samsung TV remote on firmware 11.02.

Gamepad mapping.

DS4 Mapping with an example gamepad

• Map a gamepad on a DualShock 4: each control shows what drives it and lights up when pressed. Click a control, then press the gamepad button for it. Map browser-exposed inputs from gamepads, wheels, guitars, pedals and arcade sticks to DualShock 4 buttons, sticks and triggers. Wheel and guitar model compatibility remains unverified, and native accessory identity is not provided. Sticks and triggers show their position with a dead zone and a curve. Gamepad Controls shows every button and axis live, and sets an axis's range a step at a time. See Gamepad mapping.
• Keyboard keys are chosen on the same screen.
• Mappings are saved as named profiles in the browser. Save updates every connected gamepad using that profile; Save as new gives the selected gamepad a separate profile. Profiles can be exported to a file and imported on another device for review before saving.
• Several gamepads can play as the same controller, for example a wheel and its pedals.
• A phone that drops off the network no longer keeps a connection to the PS4 open for ever. Before, enough of those could stop new phones and computers from opening the page.
• When two people pick controllers at the same moment, one is asked to try again, instead of one taking the other's controller.
• A controller the console refused input for recovers once it accepts input again.
• Signing out of a PS4 user disconnects their virtual controllers and clears their names and browser selections. Other signed-in players stay connected.
• The mapping header aligns its controls, and gamepad rows group the device name, controller choice and Mapping button. The PS button uses the PlayStation mark and shows press feedback.
• Documented a Windows GameInput workaround for Xbox buttons crossing gamepads in affected Chrome/Edge builds. A two-controller Chrome/Windows 11 test confirmed it; it is not a general requirement. See Gamepad troubleshooting.
• A touch on the touchpad that the browser cancels no longer clicks it.
• Keys with Ctrl, Alt or the Windows key can't be chosen any more: they never worked in play.
• The app on the PS4 says when the Control4Free running is a different version from the app, and how to switch. It tells a missing auto-start copy apart from auto-start being off.
• Active service logs are bounded to two 1 MiB files. The last segment of the previous run is kept separately.
• The diagnostic app says whether it managed to save its report.

Fixes.

• Control4Free starts on firmware 13.52. Before, it stopped before doing anything on that firmware: GoldHEN said the payload launched, but the app said it never answered. The payload's start-up code now comes from a newer ps4-payload-sdk that knows 13.52's kernel.
• When a start fails, press Cross to try again. The app no longer asks you to restart the PS4: a second copy of Control4Free quits on its own, so two can't end up running.
• Each release now includes a diagnostic package, Control4Free-<version>-diag.pkg. Its app shows what the PS4 reports (firmware, GoldHEN, the logs, each connection from a phone or PC) on pages you can screenshot for a bug report. See Reporting a problem.

Rumble, the light bar, player names, and an easy way to invite friends.

What's new

• Rumble. When a game rumbles a controller, the device driving it feels it: an Android phone buzzes, and a gamepad playing as that controller rumbles too, though not every controller supports vibration in the browser. A gamepad that can't be rumbled says so on its row.
• Light bar. The page glows in the controller's real light-bar colour: the player colour the PS4 gives each user, or whatever the game sets.
• See who's playing. Each controller shows the name of the PS4 user signed in on it.
• Invite friends. A button next to the settings shows the page's address as a QR code: friends scan it and they're in.
• The page says "Choose user on PS4" rather than "on TV".

Update

1. Download Control4Free-1.1.0.pkg below and install it over the old one with GoldHEN's Package Installer (delete the old app first if the installer refuses).
2. Open Control4Free and press Triangle to update the auto-start copy.
3. Stop the old version (Square, then Cross) and start the new one with Cross, or restart the PS4.

New here? See the installation guide.

Files

| File | What it is |
|---|---|
| Control4Free-1.1.0.pkg | The app for the PS4, with the service inside. Most people want this. |
| control4free.elf | The service on its own, for GoldHEN's Payloader LaunchPad or a payload sender. |
| SHA256SUMS | Checksums for both. |

Tested on firmware 10.01 with GoldHEN v2.4b18.10. Full details in the
changelog.

Use your phone or PC as a PS4 controller everywhere: in the menus, and in every game.

The controller on a phone

Control4Free is a GoldHEN payload that adds up to four virtual DualShock 4 controllers through the PS4's own
virtual controller service, the one Remote Play uses. The console sees a real controller, so it works in the
menus and at sign-in, and each one is assigned to a user through the PS4's own "Who's using this controller?"
screen.

Highlights

• Works on the home screen, at sign-in and in every game, with no per-game setup
• Up to 4 controllers, from any mix of phones, tablets and PCs
• Touch, a keyboard, or your Xbox, DualSense or Switch Pro pad through the phone or PC
• An app on the PS4 with the address, a QR code and the controller count, plus auto-start through GoldHEN's AutoRun
• Input sent the moment it arrives, at a DualShock 4's own 4 ms rate

Install

1. Download Control4Free-1.0.0.pkg below and install it with GoldHEN's Package Installer.
2. Open Control4Free from Library → Applications and press Cross.
3. Scan the QR code, pick a controller, and choose your user on the TV.

Guides: Installation ·
Playing ·
Troubleshooting

Files

| File | What it is |
|---|---|
| Control4Free-1.0.0.pkg | The app for the PS4, with the service inside. Most people want this. |
| control4free.elf | The service on its own, for GoldHEN's Payloader LaunchPad or a payload sender. |
| SHA256SUMS | Checksums for both. |

Tested on firmware 10.01 with GoldHEN v2.4b18.10. Not included: rumble, light bar and motion.

Coming from RemotePad NG? The two aren't compatible: remove RemotePad NG from plugins.ini before you switch.