# FLICKERING game when i start with my PS4 controller plugged

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/flickering-game-when-i-start-with-my-ps4-controller-plugged/58332>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [October 5, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/flickering-game-when-i-start-with-my-ps4-controller-plugged/58332 "2019-10-05T07:54:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![redanilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@redanilap](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/redanilap)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/flickering-game-when-i-start-with-my-ps4-controller-plugged/58332/1 "2019-10-05T07:54:17Z")

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Steam, win 10

Every time i start the game with my PS4 controller plugged in, the game starts flickering and i can´t click buttons.

I see icons on the screen like the game knows there´s a controller and shows me what buttons to press, etc.

I have to close the window from the taskbar to close it, unplug the bluetooth dongle and restart GoW

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**Author:** ![Kafka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kafka/32/33529_2.png) [@Kafka](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kafka)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/flickering-game-when-i-start-with-my-ps4-controller-plugged/58332/2 "2019-10-08T21:56:03Z")

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Hey, it might be easier to help you with this if you write to us directly:  
[https://gemsofwar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket\_form\_id=360000013356](https://gemsofwar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000013356)

This is a technical issue rather than a bug, it’s the sort of issue I’d expect to see if you have some other device which is being picked up as a controller at the same time.