Battlefield 6 Open Beta Won't Let You Disable Adaptive Triggers, But There's A Workaround

I’m generally a big fan of the DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers, but I usually disable them while playing online shooters like Battlefield 6. The technology is great, providing resistance to a button press so that in-game actions have a tactical feel. I love it when games put them to good use, especially when cleverly implemented, like having two different firing modes on a single trigger in Returnal.

But I find them distracting in multiplayer games. Going up against other players, every millisecond counts, and having that slight resistance tends to bother me when I’m trying to be competitive. Luckily, most games let you easily disable adaptive triggers, but that’s not the case in the Battlefield 6 open beta.

You Can’t Turn Adaptive Triggers Off In The Battlefield 6 Open Beta

The Setting Doesn’t Exist

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Scouring the settings menu in the Battlefield 6 open beta, there’s no option to adjust the adaptive triggers – they cannot be turned off. This is the case for both PlayStation 5 users and those playing with a DualSense on PC. Even worse, I’ve seen reports from players claiming the triggers randomly grow in resistance, meaning they require more force to pull. This is likely a bug, but having no setting in-game to disable them is an unfortunate oversight.

There’s otherwise nothing necessarily wrong with the adaptive trigger implementation in BF6; they work much like they do in other games. It simply grows tiresome using them with how frequently the triggers are pulled in a single Battlefield match, let alone an extended playing session. It’s an unnecessary burden that will hopefully be fixed by Battlefield 6‘s launch.

PlayStation 5 Has A Workaround, But PC Is Out Of Luck

System Settings To The Rescue

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If you’re like me and get tired of the adaptive triggers after a while, there is a workaround – at least if you’re on PS5. You can disable the adaptive triggers from your system settings, which will turn them off across all your games, including the Battlefield 6 open beta. This can be done by pressing the PlayStation button and navigating to the controller icon, or if you hold the PlayStation button, you can go into the full system settings menu in the top right of the console’s home screen.

There doesn’t seem to be as clear of a workaround on PC. You may be able to trick the game into thinking you have a different controller by switching to Xbox button icons, or by doing similar with controller settings on whichever platform you’ve launched BF6 from (Steam, Epic Games Store, or the EA app), but there doesn’t seem to be as consistent a solution as the PS5 workaround.

It’s ultimately a minor complaint, and one that seems likely to be resolved before BF6‘s release date in October, but it does put a slight damper on what many are hoping will be two full weekends of Battlefield. While getting to play the game early is nice, betas are ultimately not for my benefit – Battlefield Studios is collecting all sorts of gameplay and server data to prepare for launch. For now, I’ll just have to play Battlefield 6 with an ice pack on standby for my poor index fingers.