Connect the DualShock 4 with an USB cable to the PS4 and press the PS button.
I tried this and it doesnt work. Also tried pressing the reset button on the controller and holding the home.and share buttons
Connect the DualShock 4 with an USB cable to the PS4 and press the PS button.
That's what I figured. The more important would it be to have a companion homebrew app to create new controller profiles.The other possible issue I see is that since I don't get access to the HID descriptors, unless there is a standard format that keyboards follow, I may have to manually map the controls for each individual device like I have to do with controllers. That would be super annoying, especially since people are inevitably going to want the customise the key bindings.
Yeah it might work with syscon, I don't know if it needs to have it's hardware ID registered or anything first though.I have a 8bitdo sega genesis controller, but it's 2.4ghz. I know it wont connect to this directly (because it isnt bluetooth), but would it work if I connected a genesis USB adapter to the Switch with the 2.4ghz dongle that comes with the controller if I used this?
edit: ah, nevermind, its bluetooth-only right now.. I wonder if sys-con would work then..
Honestly speaking I think the DS3 will be supported via USB well before any possibility of Bluetooth support. It's literally my lowest priority right now due to the large amount of work involved to even see whether it might be possible without breaking anything else.I’m still hope for ps3 controller support
Honestly speaking I think the DS3 will be supported via USB well before any possibility of Bluetooth support. It's literally my lowest priority right now due to the large amount of work involved to even see whether it might be possible without breaking anything else.
I can probably mitm the usb service in a similar fashion to what I'm doing with bluetooth, I haven't looked into it much however. It's not super high priority for me at the moment because it's non-trivial and there are plenty of other things to be done, and people can use sys-con for wired controllers. This method would allow rumble and motion controls to be supported though, which is not possible with sys-con.
I consider the project readme on github to be the primary source of up to date information/documentation for the project. I've recently updated it to expand upon the planned features and rough priorities here.Could you add something like a "priority list" to your planned feature list in your opening post?
So people know where to look, for answers and won't question the same things over and over again like myself. xD
Yes, see this github issue. The reason support hasn't been added already is that it's using Bluetooth LE, which I currently haven't figured out. I'm in the process of looking into it.Are you planning to add xbox series controller support?
Since then I've had several users ask for support of knockoff WiiU controllers, and so far none have been able to even be discovered by the console. I think they're probably all using some incompatible Bluetooth chipset. I wouldn't be surprised if yours is the same. Are you able to connect it to a PC or phone?@ndeadly
First of all, thank you for the effort. It's great and I use it with PS4 controllers. Works like a charm!
I commented back on your first release, that I had a knockoff WiiU Pro controller, that I wanted to use, but it wouldn't sync.
It still doesn't. It works flawlessly on WiiU of course, so it isn't broken.
You told me back then to get some more info on the controller, ID and so on. Could you elaborate on how to obtain this information and I'll get it.
Thanks!!
This is essentially what I do already for users asking for controller support on github, I just haven't got around to packaging it all up into a nice app that I distribute with MissionControl yet.The Wii U equivalent to MissionControl is https://gbatemp.net/threads/hid-to-vpad.424127/ and there we had a companion homebrew app, where we could connect any controller, press each button and it would give us a value (I think it was a bit code or something like that). With that information we were able to create a "controller_xy.ini" on our PC, assign all noted values to the actual buttons, place the .ini on the SD card in a directory and the controller was recognized by HID to VPAD.
Could you think of something like that @ndeadly or is that not possible since Bluetooth controllers won't even be recognized by the Switch at all before you implement their unique hardware ID(?) or something like that?
I hope to be able to support the Xbox series X/S controller in the future, but currently it won't work due to lack of Bluetooth LE support in MissionControl. It's something I'm working on but can't give any ETA on when it might be done. A regular Xbox One controller will work though (maybe this is what you intended since you mentioned Xbox One, the controllers look very similar).Hi, I'm not too up to speed with controllers and specs and was wondering if you could help. I want to get this for my son so he can use it on my One and the Switch. Should it work using this homebrew? Thanks.
Xbox Wireless Controller - Robot White
https://www.ebgames.co.nz/product/xbox-one/267807-xbox-wireless-controller-robot-white
I hope to be able to support the Xbox series X/S controller in the future, but currently it won't work due to lack of Bluetooth LE support in MissionControl. It's something I'm working on but can't give any ETA on when it might be done. A regular Xbox One controller will work though (maybe this is what you intended since you mentioned Xbox One, the controllers look very similar).
I hope to be able to support the Xbox series X/S controller in the future, but currently it won't work due to lack of Bluetooth LE support in MissionControl. It's something I'm working on but can't give any ETA on when it might be done. A regular Xbox One controller will work though (maybe this is what you intended since you mentioned Xbox One, the controllers look very similar).
Yeah, it's a bit strange to me that they made the two controllers otherwise compatible with either console but switched to Bluetooth LE for everything else. I guess they've prioritised battery life over performance.Ok, no worries. Cheers mate, thanks for the confirmation. Yeah I have a One controller and that works awesome. Thing is they're all out of stock in NZ and this new one is a direct replacement as it works on both of the Xbox's apparently.
No problems. Yep, that one should be fine. Just keep in mind you may need to update the controller firmware before the buttons will map correctly on the Switch.Hey man, sorry to hassle you, but would this one be ok? Cheers.
https://www.ebgames.co.nz/product/xbox-one/225592-xbox-one-s-controller-grey-green
Yeah, it's a bit strange to me that they made the two controllers otherwise compatible with either console but switched to Bluetooth LE for everything else. I guess they've prioritised battery life over performance.
No problems. Yep, that one should be fine. Just keep in mind you may need to update the controller firmware before the buttons will map correctly on the Switch.