Quick start

This example gives R2 a resistance that gives way with a click (the Weapon effect) and turns the lightbar orange as soon as the game starts. It works in any Blueprint: the Level Blueprint, your Character or your Player Controller.

The Blueprint

This is how it looks in the Blueprint editor, here in an Actor Component that you can add to your character or Player Controller:

The same graph, ready to copy:

Step by step

Press Play and squeeze R2: the trigger resists from about halfway, then gives way with a click near the end.

The same in C++

#include "UDualSenseSubsystem.h"

void AMyCharacter::BeginPlay()
{
    Super::BeginPlay();

    if (UDualSenseSubsystem* Pad = GetGameInstance()->GetSubsystem<UDualSenseSubsystem>())
    {
        Pad->SetLightbarColor(0, FLinearColor(1.f, 0.35f, 0.f));
        Pad->SetTriggerEffect(0, EDSTriggerHand::Right, FDS5TriggerEffect::MakeWeapon(4, 7, 8));
        Pad->UpdateOutput(0);
    }
}

Add AdaptivePad to the dependencies in your .Build.cs:

PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Core", "CoreUObject", "Engine", "AdaptivePad" });

Turning it off

To free the trigger again, call DS Stop Trigger (or DS Set Trigger Effect with an Off effect) and then DS Update Output. DS Reset Controller State clears everything at once: lightbar, LEDs, rumble and both triggers.

Where to go next

• Adaptive triggers: all 12 effects and their parameters.
• Input: reading buttons and sticks with Enhanced Input.
• Blueprint nodes: every DS node.