L2 on PS4 Controller Making Character Walk, Causing casting interruptions

Either tapping or holding the L2 results in walking, thereby interrupting casting on actions tied to the left crossbar. I am not confusing this with L1, the walk/run toggle. Also, setting configuration to hold, mixed, or toggle does not fix the issue. No keys are bound to L2. Resetting the controllers does not fix the issue. This happens on both an old and a brand new controller. Since I play casters almost exclusively, this has broken the game for me. Is anyone else experiencing this or know a solution?

Yup... this happened to me about 3 months ago, and unfortunately for me it was my controller was "dying". I have no clue why controllers now days are so cheap (yet you spend out the butt for them...) and hardly last. Yet my Gamecube controller I had from when I first got my Gamecube back when they first came out is and still works in pristine condition. /sigh

Anywhoozles, rant aside for me and 99% most likely for you it's time to get a new controller, the minute I had a new controller all problems like that stopped and hasn't came back since.

I have this problem on my xbox one controller and I just turned auto walk off and fixed it.

I bought a new controller today hoping it would fix the issue, yet it persists on the new one as well. How do you turn auto-walk off?

On my PS4 controller the L2 only highlight the left side of the cross-bar. No auto-walk, that is on L1.

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Originally Posted by Cklawson1980

I bought a new controller today hoping it would fix the issue, yet it persists on the new one as well. How do you turn auto-walk off?

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I think system configuration -> controller -> 2nd option

System Config -> gamepad settings -> uncheck 'enable L1/L2 (whatever it shows) + L stick auto run', assuming you're on PC based on your wording choice.

If you're playing on a PS4, there should be a similar worded option somewhere in the settings. Toggle it off and see if your problem continues to persist.

Uh never happend to me. L2 is my leftside on my cross hotbar. And i been playing on PS4 since launch

Been playing with the Dualshock 4 I bought when they were released oddly a week before the system. I've had to do a couple repairs on it, but have yet to have L2 do anything besides select the left half of my hotbar. I would try recalibrating; I know you said you tried resetting the controller, but if you're on PC, did you reset on FFXIVs client, Windows, or both?

Playstation 4 controllers aren't very well made. I've had more than one go bad and they sure aren't cheap to replace. I had one replaced on warranty but that's since expired.

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Playstation 4 controllers aren't very well made. I've had more than one go bad and they sure aren't cheap to replace. I had one replaced on warranty but that's since expired.

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I was going to say they aren't that bad; but then realized that repairing the X button and replacing the worn sticks might suggest otherwise ($5 was cheaper for getting the $0.20 sticks shipped to me than buying a new one though!). To be fair, those issues only cropped up this year and I've had it since the week they were put on store shelves. Might just be a real world RNG thing and I lucked out, though.

Auto-walk is disabled, and the problem persists. On both old and new controllers. I appreciate everyone's feedback and have seen a few other posts about this issue elsewhere, and no one seems to be able to solve it. I guess I'll exchange this brand new controller and see if I just got unlucky with two bad controllers back-to-back.

And I'm an on PS4.

My only work around so far has been to switch the functions of L1 and L2, where L1 becomes my access to my left side hot bar. The L2 still makes the character walk, but by switching the functions, I would never use L2. However, switching to L1for the hotbar access when you've been playing for years using L2 makes for very awkward gameplay.

Sucks to hear that didn't work out. Only remaining thing I can suggest is are you using your controllers wireless or wired with a usb cable?

If wired, the cable might be a culprit and might be the one responsible, since it seems to be occurring on all your controllers, new or old. If you're using it wireless, I have no ideas beyond the grim possibility your PS4's bluetooth function is acting up. Does using L2 in other games cause any other weird problems or just FF14? You could also try re-pairing the controllers with the PS4 and see if that works.

This is really strange, have you checked the bug report forum? I've never had this happen. At the most sometimes I start walking when I'm dodging and I figure its because my controller is loosing some sensitivity.

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Originally Posted by Cklawson1980

Either tapping or holding the L2 results in walking, thereby interrupting casting on actions tied to the left crossbar. I am not confusing this with L1, the walk/run toggle. Also, setting configuration to hold, mixed, or toggle does not fix the issue. No keys are bound to L2. Resetting the controllers does not fix the issue. This happens on both an old and a brand new controller. Since I play casters almost exclusively, this has broken the game for me. Is anyone else experiencing this or know a solution?

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I thought that I was the only one.

What you are experiencing, I do with R2.
The only thing that works for me is blowing hard into the controller. It seems that over time, dirt and residue goes into the controller causing issues.

Have a link for you here. Hope it helps you.

https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/DualShoc..._and_Residue_1

That doesn't sound like a problem with the hardware in particular, but rather the drivers and how the game interprets them. Playing with an XBox One controller on PC, sometimes the analog sticks will lock movement and my camera will spin whilst the character runs, all without input. Besides FFXIV, that only happened to me one or two times in Dragon's Dogma and never in any other game, and I do use my controller a lot. The only other problem I have is that this thing is a bitch to connect.

A friend of mine has the same exact issue, she plays SMN on PS4 and L2 makes her character walk to the left. She usually plays with the cable plugged in, I suggested her to try and play wireless and we'll see if that can solve the problem.

Your controller is fine, just turn the sensitivity down. It happened to me, normally it's set very low

this just recently started happening to my bard aswell a few days ago, 5-6 times a day he will start walking to the right out of nowhere and interupt my bow magic.....thats a whole other topic *sigh yoshi* but ya, its not just you

I have noticed this but didn't start happening until after SB released so I thought it was something glitched in the expansion but looks like it been going on longer for other people.

Hi I have had this same issue for the last few days and I found a way to fix it. The vertical axis sensor was malfunctioning on my left analog stick causing forward ghosting with the L2 button and interrupting all of my casts. I replaced it with a sensor from an old xbox 360 controller and it works fine again. It can be a process if you're not used to repairing your own controllers.

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AkDIzKqmYY
and this guide: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Disasse...Assembly/22679

helped me get through the repair in less than an hour. Good luck to anyone else experiencing this.

Oh man the fix is actually fixing the controller lol Oh man. I do not feel comfortable doing that. I'm experiencing this and I bought a new controller and it seems to have stopped still testing it out for the rest of the week but that seems to be it. Odd that the only game that really experiences this is just ffxiv *shrug*

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I was going to say they aren't that bad; but then realized that repairing the X button and replacing the worn sticks might suggest otherwise ($5 was cheaper for getting the $0.20 sticks shipped to me than buying a new one though!). To be fair, those issues only cropped up this year and I've had it since the week they were put on store shelves. Might just be a real world RNG thing and I lucked out, though.

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Everyone says theyre bad but I still have my original one thats now 3 years old... not one problem...but I tend to be gentle with controllers. My husband however goes through them like candy.....He's far rougher on them. But even his PS4 one has outlasted 2 Xbox ones....... *shrugs*

It used to happen to me as well and since i main caster.. damn was a pita
I turned off autorun and other stuff and seems better now

As for the controllers, my first PS4 the touchpad itself was wonky and i guess the controller itself was faulty?. Thankfully with my Pro the controller has been fine so far.