I have quite a lot of information regarding Dualsense controller shenanigans, when paired over Bluetooth (Android 13, S20 Ultra):
- Most times, software cursor doesnt display, only the red item hilight. Touchpad sends mouse input but no finger or arrow, just hardware cursor. No idea if the right stick even controls it, or will trigger the following:
- Any controller input while in the menu tabs for Relationships, Crafting, Map, Shipping, Options, Geodes, Farm buildings, Bundles, and the Wizard's basement, typically results in the game crashing, but using a workbench is generally ok.
- Using items in menus with (M2/□) when not buying/selling works for Bundles iirc, but most other things crash.
- Pressing Confirm/Activate (M1/×) calls the last received tap input. This is useful for spam calling Gus, or accidentally throwing away tools (due to having closed the menu via ○ immediately after trashing an item via tap or drag). I have not found a way to intentionally throw away items on controller (×○× works on PC
- The slingshot... just no.
- R3 short press is chat box, long is emote wheel on all platforms I've tried. Kind of a non issue for mobile since no reason to use either in singleplayer, but I might as well mention it while I'm here.
The freezing issue seems to be from animation cancelling via tool switching. I've had it happen due to surprise autoattack moments (rock crabs, duggies), but it can be done whenever you want with L2/R2 (but not L1/R1: although they both switch hotbar slots, the triggers seem to behave the same as PC for the most part while L1/R1 allow you to select empty slots and scroll the hotbar).
Swing your scythe or a weapon to unfreeze the game, since using any other tool seems to actually pause time globally for the duration of the animation in a similar manner to chair hopping.
Regarding fishing, the reeling sound persists until you close the app out entirely. Hooking another fish won't fix it. Also, the effect can stack, lol.
I have experienced none of these issues on Windows or Linux via steaminput. I'm fairly certain they occur regardless of controller settings. I basically move with the controller and menu by tap to work around it, unless I'm suuuuper interested in hearing about Pepper Poppers until midnight, which I often am. Don't judge me. I bought 300 iridium sprinklers and magic rock candy off Krobus, and you can't prove otherwise.
I haven't tried native DirectInput on PC because nothing supports it anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯