Hardware How do I connect an official wired Xbox 360 controller to the Wii??

[DeadlyRevengexX]

I plugged the official Xbox 360 wired remote into the Wii above the usb port where my HDD is plugged into, to attempt to play in Nintendont and all it does is flash its green light. I heard there may be something like a driver that's in a .ini extension that I have to drag and drop in my harddrive but I looked through a list that I found online and nowhere did I find one that said "Xbox 360 wired controller"

I'm pretty confused, because I KNOW that you can plug in a PS3 controller... so... what is the trick to get this working??

(I would like to use it with my GBA and N64 emulator aswell, but Nintendont is prioprity numero uno... Gracias. lol)

 

[cvskid]

I plugged the official Xbox 360 wired remote into the Wii above the usb port where my HDD is plugged into, to attempt to play in Nintendont and all it does is flash its green light. I heard there may be something like a driver that's in a .ini extension that I have to drag and drop in my harddrive but I looked through a list that I found online and nowhere did I find one that said "Xbox 360 wired controller"

I'm pretty confused, because I KNOW that you can plug in a PS3 controller... so... what is the trick to get this working??

(I would like to use it with my GBA and N64 emulator aswell, but Nintendont is prioprity numero uno... Gracias. lol)

Nintendont never added that feature and i don't think it will get added so unfortunately you have to buy an adapter/converter in order for xbox 360 controllers to work. If you don't mind using Devolution it works with wired xbox 360 controllers fine without the need for anything extra but devolution requires owning the original gamecube games to use it. Don't know reguarding the emulators.

 

[GreyWolf]

Xbox controllers use XInput rather than standard USB HID messages so they don't work the same. :/ Devolution is the only thing that supports them as cvskid said.

 

[migles]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendont.349258/#Controllers

Not all USB controllers are USB-HID compatible
The following gamepads are NOT WORKING:

• Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One controllers connected directly to the Wii. (Xbox360 can work with an adapter, see above).

 

[Deleted User]

use the may

I plugged the official Xbox 360 wired remote into the Wii above the usb port where my HDD is plugged into, to attempt to play in Nintendont and all it does is flash its green light. I heard there may be something like a driver that's in a .ini extension that I have to drag and drop in my harddrive but I looked through a list that I found online and nowhere did I find one that said "Xbox 360 wired controller"

I'm pretty confused, because I KNOW that you can plug in a PS3 controller... so... what is the trick to get this working??

(I would like to use it with my GBA and N64 emulator aswell, but Nintendont is prioprity numero uno... Gracias. lol)

use the mayflash magic ns. it changes the xinput to dinput which will result in a ps3 controller

 

[revvv]

The wait is over : I forked Nintendont to support my XBOX360 controller:

https://github.com/revvv/Nintendont-XBOX360

@niuus Maybe this is something for you.

 

[Shadicluigi]

The wait is over : I forked Nintendont to support my XBOX360 controller:

https://github.com/revvv/Nintendont-XBOX360

@niuus Maybe this is something for you.

Could this extend to a XBOX ONE controller as well?

 

[revvv]

Could this extend to a XBOX ONE controller as well?

I'd love to say "yeah, no problem", but with this kind of devices you really have to analyze lsusb and test with a real device.
The precondition is: hidtest.exe (from HID_Test-configwizard) or similar should show some bytes while using your controller.

 

[cvskid]

The wait is over : I forked Nintendont to support my XBOX360 controller:

https://github.com/revvv/Nintendont-XBOX360

@niuus Maybe this is something for you.

Finally the 1 feature that devolution has that was missing in nintendont is now a thing. Hope this becomes apart of the official nintendont releases that FIX94 has. Thank you for this release. Want to see if loading up this version through usbloader gx will work.

 

[niuus]

The wait is over : I forked Nintendont to support my XBOX360 controller:

https://github.com/revvv/Nintendont-XBOX360

@niuus Maybe this is something for you.

Hell to the mother f yeah. Nice.

 

[revvv]

Finally the 1 feature that devolution has that was missing in nintendont is now a thing. Hope this becomes apart of the official nintendont releases that FIX94 has.

Just had a look at the devolution sources. I can't see XBOX360 support.
Didn't test the binary, though. On the other hand it can be easily added, because it allows to use the USB API. (nintendont uses ioctls, which was much harder to implement for me.)

 

[niuus]

Just had a look at the devolution sources. I can't see XBOX360 support.
Didn't test the binary, though. On the other hand it can be easily added, because it allows to use the USB API. (nintendont uses ioctls, which was much harder to implement for me.)

Hey @revvv! Just saw a new update to Nintendont to fix USB controllers crash when using injections on Wii U.

BTW, are you aiming to give the 360 analog triggers the same functionality as the Gamecube pad? Just tested your build some minutes ago with Sunshine, works great, the only thing i think it is missing is the button rotation feature in the Back button, and maybe remap GC-Z to RB by default in your release, besides the already mentioned analog triggers.

 

[revvv]

Just saw a new update to Nintendont to fix USB controllers crash when using injections on Wii U.

Ha, thanks!

BTW, are you aiming to give the 360 analog triggers the same functionality as the Gamecube pad?

I never had a GC or a GC controller. So I guess you mean the conditions half-triggered and full-triggered?
I also have no other USB controllers with analog triggers like DS3, so I don't know if they work the way you need.
My assumption was: As I just added the XBOX controller it should work the same way as the DS3.

Just tested your build some minutes ago with Sunshine, works great, the only thing i think it is missing is the button rotation feature in the Back button, and maybe remap GC-Z to RB by default in your release, besides the already mentioned analog triggers.

Is "button rotation feature" == "looking around"? It's possible, but I don't know the button at the moment...
Remapping controls is possible by modifying the controller ini file.
BTW: I used the Nunchuck+WiiMote "2-" layout as reference. Everything that is possible in SMS is possible with the XBOX controller.

UPDATE: Yeah, I'll map Z to R. For SMS it felt more natural to map it to Back button.

 

[niuus]

I never had a GC or a GC controller. So I guess you mean the conditions half-triggered and full-triggered?

Yeah, pretty much. In Sunshine for example, when you half-press the R trigger, you can shoot water and run at the same time, but if you do the full-press, Mario stops and shoots. Killer7 also uses this to some extent.

For those USB controllers without analog triggers, the option was made so that when you press and maintain LB, it acts as a modifier between Full-Press to Half-Press, for the LT / RT buttons.

So, using the DualShock 3/4 as an example for USB controller, it is normally mapped like this:
L2 = Gamecube L Full-Press / R2 = Gamecube R Full-Press
L1 = Modifier function / R1 = Gamecube Z button

Is "button rotation feature" == "looking around"? It's possible, but I don't know the button at the moment...

Nope, in this case, what i mean with "button rotation" is the native Nintendont function in which you press Select in-game and the face buttons rotate 90° on the fly, making B+A Gamecube buttons to be placed in the Y+B buttons position, since the Gamecube pad uses a pretty unique layout that can be a little weird when using it on standard controllers with diamond-shaped face buttons. This happens with any gamepad connected through USB, and of course the wireless Wii U Gamepad and Wii U Pro Controller also behave like that.

If you're interested, you could even improve the button rotation function by using LB+Back (L1+Select), which would minimize the possibility for users to press it accidentally, and also allow the Select button to be used for playing when remapping, as you already can do with your implementation, something that Nintendont lacks. The Home/Xbox button could also be improved by adding a 1 second delay, also to prevent accidental exit.

Remapping controls is possible by modifying the controller ini file.

The only buttons i couldn't remap for now using the values provided in the ini, were the 360 LT and RT.

Wanted to add: thanks for your cool work with the 360 additions. More controller options are always great.

 

[revvv]

Thanks for your comments, it seems I have a lot of homework now

Just one question:
Does Nintendont support the analog triggers for DS3?
I think it doesn't. There are only two states: Pressed or not pressed. Therefore a modifier button is necessary for full- or half-pressed state.

But you want that I support full-/half-pressed states for XBOX controller without the need of a modifier button?

 

[niuus]

Thanks for your comments, it seems I have a lot of homework now

Just one question:
Does Nintendont support the analog triggers for DS3?
I think it doesn't. There are only two states: Pressed or not pressed. Therefore a modifier button is necessary for full- or half-pressed state.

Nor the DS3 or the DS4 have it.

But you want that I support full-/half-pressed states for XBOX controller without the need of a modifier button?

Oh no. It is not that i want it per se, i just wondered if you were aiming to fully implement it, as i previously stated . While yes, it would be very cool to have it, i understand there is work involved, and since your 360 pad compatibility for Nintendont is already a first and previously unseen feature, i didn't knew if you had that goal in mind, which would kind of surpass the original USB implementation, and make it a more effective controller to replace a Gamecube pad.

If you're interested, you could even improve the button rotation function by using LB+Back (L1+Select), which would minimize the possibility for users to press it accidentally, and also allow the Select button to be used for playing when remapping, as you already can do with your implementation, something that Nintendont lacks. The Home/Xbox button could also be improved by adding a 1 second delay, also to prevent accidental exit.

Even with this suggestions only it could be a nice QoL improvement for regular Nintendont.

 

[revvv]

New version: Nintendont-XBOX360-1.2.zip

• Support half-/full-triggered states
• Remap GC-Z to RB by default
• L+Back = turn buttons quarter clockwise

Hope I haven't messed things up...

NOTE: Haven't merged the sources from original Nintendont project. Sry...
UPDATE: I merged the "Fix for wiivc crash with hid"

 

[niuus]

New version: Nintendont-XBOX360-1.2.zip

• Support half-/full-triggered states
• Remap GC-Z to RB by default
• L+Back = turn buttons quarter clockwise

Hope I haven't messed things up...

NOTE: Haven't merged the sources from original Nintendont project. Sry...
UPDATE: I merged the "Fix for wiivc crash with hid"

Man! You're on fire! Off to test this, this should be my main Nintendont version from now on.

 

[JorgeV]

Bro, great job, yesterday i was trying to make a controller.ini for Genius MaxFire 2, at least i did, and works all inclusive the rumble, i think i know what is suppused to be the parameters of the controllers ini, and i see your work (inclusive your HID Tester) and i feel hope for the scene of the wii, greetings from venezuela

 

[Felix12332]

The wait is over : I forked Nintendont to support my XBOX360 controller:

https://github.com/revvv/Nintendont-XBOX360

@niuus Maybe this is something for you.

how would i install this i don't fully understand