Hardware [Tutorial] Combine both Joycons into a Single controller on your PC

[EmceeKerser]

I've posted this to reddit, so I'll post it here too. I use this for Dolphin, but it can be used for anything really.
What you'll need:

• A computer capable of bluetooth connections
• A pair of joycons
• vJoy
• UCR

1. Install vjoy and its drivers and restart
2. Sync your joycons to your computer
3. Start vJoy config and configure 2 devices like this
4. Start UCR and load in my custom template (just replace the UCR.ini in your UCR folder with this one
5. Select Dolphin Joycon from the panel on the right
6. Press buttons and move your joycon sticks to check that each is registered under the correct "Stick" number. If some controls dont work, try changing the "Stick" number under input but keep the axis or button number the same.
7. Copy this Dolphin controller profile to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Dolphin Emulator\Config\Profiles\GCPad Joycon Profile
8. Open Dolphin and load the profile

Hopefully everything should work. Ive only tested it with kirby air ride but it seems to work well. Since the triggers are digital, one state is set to the triggers and another to the bumpers. Z is set to minus. The sticks also register as dpads for some reason, so ive mapped the dpad input of the stick to the vxbox joystick to get around this.

Please let me know if this works for you, and any other changes that could be made. It works well for Dolphin, but I seem to have issues with none emulated titles simply because UCR doesnt allow for mapping for both shoulder buttons, so i mapped the triggers to the stick clicks.

Hopefully this will be enough until someone writes a driver that combines both controllers.

 

[Nintendo4DSXL]

How do i configure the Sticks?

 

[EmceeKerser]

The sticks should work with my template.
The sticks register as Dpads, so you need to map the dpads to joysticks

 

[Nintendo4DSXL]

I mean pressing the sticks for example in Wind Waker is it First Person View

 

[swabbo]

I mean pressing the sticks for example in Wind Waker is it First Person View

Gamecube analog sticks don't click in :S

 

[EmceeKerser]

I mean pressing the sticks for example in Wind Waker is it First Person View

Well it sounds like you mapped the stick click with something. I mapped it like this

Joycon Left bumper > virtual xbox Stick Click > Dolphin virtual gamecube Trigger

 

[Deleted User]

This isn't working for me. Been at it over an hour, almost 2 now. Every button works perfectly fine, but both analog sticks refuse to respond to any control setup. The only time they seem to be working is when I go to check them in Game Controller Settings in Device Manager.

 

[slingblade1170]

May do this and play some emulators later.

 

[EmceeKerser]

This isn't working for me. Been at it over an hour, almost 2 now. Every button works perfectly fine, but both analog sticks refuse to respond to any control setup. The only time they seem to be working is when I go to check them in Game Controller Settings in Device Manager.

As I said in a previous post, the sticks register as Dpad inputs. The template I provide should correctly map everything anyway

 

[swabbo]

As I said in a previous post, the sticks register as Dpad inputs. The template I provide should correctly map everything anyway

For dolphin you can natively combine both Joycons as one

 

[EmceeKerser]

For dolphin you can natively combine both Joycons as one

How? I couldnt figure it out

I actually made this to use for steam games, but figured Dolphin and other emulation was a good use too

 

[swabbo]

How? I couldnt figure it out

I actually made this to use for steam games, but figured Dolphin and other emulation was a good use too

http://gbatemp.net/threads/both-joy...troller-on-dolphin-no-vjoy-etc-needed.465420/

 

[Deleted User]

Do the joycons take a long time to connect to bluetooth for anyone else or just myself? Seems like they take an eternity to connect and always want to reinstall the drivers for themselves.

 

[EmceeKerser]

http://gbatemp.net/threads/both-joy...troller-on-dolphin-no-vjoy-etc-needed.465420/

No way! That's brilliant! Thanks for linking me

Well this method, (while clunky) can be essentially used for anything else

Do the joycons take a long time to connect to bluetooth for anyone else or just myself? Seems like they take an eternity to connect and always want to reinstall the drivers for themselves.

Its fairly quick for me, almost instant

 

[swabbo]

No way! That's brilliant! Thanks for linking me

Well this method, (while clunky) can be essentially used for anything else
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No worries, I can't use vjoy or anything as I recently installed Ubuntu (removing any trace of Windows regrettably) So i managed to discover this method

 

[EmceeKerser]

No worries, I can't use vjoy or anything as I recently installed Ubuntu (removing any trace of Windows regrettably) So i managed to discover this method

Its honestly a much easier method. Hopefully we get native driver support soon

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Awesome. I might try this.

Joy-Cons are one of the best and most comfortable spliced up controllers I've ever played with.

 

[MetroidOtherS]

for some reason i can only connect one joycon at a time
the second one i connect disconnects

 

[hyuma2]

how do you load the template you posted on UCR?

 

[EmceeKerser]

how do you load the template you posted on UCR?

Sorry forgot to include this in the OP. Take my UCR.ini and simply replace it with the one in your UCR folder