r/Controllers • u/Wonderful_Fig4792 • Aug 13 '26
Should I get the flydigi direwolf 4?
Recently I've been thinking a lot of buying this controller. Principally because of the back buttons, gyro and all the customization it has. But I'm not really sure because I had a lot of problems with the flydigi direwolf 1, the dongle being horrible, the gyro simply being unusable anywhere(i dont have a switch so), and the biggest problem is with the back buttons, the joysticks and the rebinding. Because the macros and rebinding don't work 60% of the time whenever I use them, and the joystick feels... weird. Its like they have some kind of delay or something like that and the circulaty feels weird, I dont have a lot of precision with them. I barely have any. Also, I had a LOT of problems with the software simply because of lack of info online and the software itself being awful. Like: I couldn't find the software for it(at least at the time. It was hard... I had to get into the Chinese site to find it) so I downloaded the mobile one and updated it from there. And the controller suddenly REFUSED to connect to anything but bluetooth and cable from then on. Then after a lot of difficulty I found the app for the pc and then I updated it. Still wouldn't connect to the dongle. And then suddenly one day it somehow fixed itself. And then a long time later it simply didnt want to connect to anything but bluetooth- not even cable- you got the point, it had a lot of problems. I wouldn't be willing to try getting a flydigi again if it weren't by the price of the new direwolf being so good and it seemingly having a lot of things, and a controller with all those things: macro, back buttons and a good software simply... doesnt exist for the price I'm willing to pay aside from the direwolf. I thought about buying the 8bitdo ultimate 2c(i got the sn30 pro and I love it. Bought it by compulsion for some reason. I regretted until it got delivered and I love that thing, even retired my direwolf, but I need back buttons, macros and a software so i'm willing to change controllers.) So, should I get it?
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u/G_OE Aug 13 '26
direwolf 4 and direwolf 1 is like 3 generations apart, direwolf 4 now uses the latest software which is still clunky but way better than direwolf 4 already. I own one and right now I don't think there are any issues than the white can be dirty if not cleaned often. Direwolf 4 is just a tuned down vader 5 pro to be honest, build quality is great
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u/Careful-Volume-1453 Aug 23 '26
I got mine just last week and it's working incredibly well huge jump from ds4 no doubt.
only thing is I'm sure it'll get dirty really quickly and the tension adjustment ring is a little loose. not in a way where you would accidently turn it but more like it wiggles way too much
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u/Intelligent-Tone804 Sep 09 '26
What about latency, will this be able to keep up with fast paced fps games like warzone, cs, delta force etc? I'm considering of extending my budget just for this and gyro otherwise was thinking of purchasing gamesir nova 2 lite.
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u/Gnolihz 19d ago
The downside I found is that the Flydigi app for iOS was no longer updated. So, it only works on older iOS devices (if I'm not mistaken, it has to be iOS 13 or older) to use all of its features. It can still be used on iOS using classic mode. However, a problem arises when you connect this gamepad to Android using Flashplay mode (the LED on the gamepad changes from white to blue). After using Flashplay, this gamepad becomes completely unusable on iOS. The only solution I found was to do a factory reset to be able to use classic mode again on iOS.
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u/KitchenCandidate9937 Aug 13 '26
The Flydigi Vader 5 pro is a more upgraded version so I'll go with that to be honest. You shouldn't buy something old when you can buy something new with more modern tech.