Homebrew 3DS Controller

[superspence]

Like seemingly everyone else, changing the port worked! Thanks a lot Yoshi!

 

[CTurt]

So glad to hear that it is connecting for everyone now! Since port 8888 was giving many people trouble, I'll probably change the default port in the next version.

The next features I will be working on is:

- Support for using the touch screen as a keyboard,
- Support for mapping buttons to actual joystick buttons rather than keyboard buttons,

 

[Ryft]

So glad to hear that it is connecting for everyone now! Since port 8888 was giving many people trouble, I'll probably change the default port in the next version.

The next features I will be working on is:

- Support for using the touch screen as a keyboard,
- Support for mapping buttons to actual joystick buttons rather than keyboard buttons,

I use port 5000... same one FTPony/FTBrony uses and it worked perfectly for me.

 

[cvskid]

So glad to hear that it is connecting for everyone now! Since port 8888 was giving many people trouble, I'll probably change the default port in the next version.

The next features I will be working on is:

- Support for using the touch screen as a keyboard,
- Support for mapping buttons to actual joystick buttons rather than keyboard buttons,

port 8889 worked for me.

 

[jamieyello]

This works with surprising little lag for me, one thing though is the program eats away at the CPU like crazy. When running dolphin my speed jumps from 70% to 50% when opening the program. I noticed my fans revved up too, in task manager it's usage is 25% of my CPU. Changing affinity or priority in task manager doesn't seem to help. It seems unthrottled almost. Another thing is I don't think clicking or right clicking is mappable, and the "tap" input would probably be more practical if it registered short taps like a mouse pad does instead of immediately on receiving touch screen input.

For an alpha build still without any user interface it still works stably though, which is nice.

I really like the no menus to dig through style it's got going on too, just open it and it works.

 

[logon]

So glad to hear that it is connecting for everyone now! Since port 8888 was giving many people trouble, I'll probably change the default port in the next version.

The next features I will be working on is:

- Support for using the touch screen as a keyboard,
- Support for mapping buttons to actual joystick buttons rather than keyboard buttons,

Cant wait for joystick buttons

 

[BlackTearsX]

Works like a charm!
Thank you for this awesome piece of Homebrew!

I would love to use my 3DS as a drawing tablet for photoshop (so i don't have to buy one),
is it possible to adjust the mouse speed and maybe change the button when you tap on the touchscreen?

 

[CTurt]

This works with surprising little lag for me, one thing though is the program eats away at the CPU like crazy. When running dolphin my speed jumps from 70% to 50% when opening the program. I noticed my fans revved up too, in task manager it's usage is 25% of my CPU. Changing affinity or priority in task manager doesn't seem to help. It seems unthrottled almost. Another thing is I don't think clicking or right clicking is mappable, and the "tap" input would probably be more practical if it registered short taps like a mouse pad does instead of immediately on receiving touch screen input.

For an alpha build still without any user interface it still works stably though, which is nice.

I really like the no menus to dig through style it's got going on too, just open it and it works.

Thank you for your suggestions!

Yes, there is no throttling. The 3DS sends the held down keys, position of the circle pad, and position of touch screen every frame, and the PC deals with every packet that comes through. This means it works pretty well, but it eats up a lot of CPU, which I realise isn't very practical, I will add the option to limit the amount of data sent per second.

I didn't actually test the clicking and right clicking, so there could well be a problem, I will check it out later.

You're definitely right with the tap input, I did it this way because it was easiest, but I will try to improve it with future updates.

is it possible to adjust the mouse speed and maybe change the button when you tap on the touchscreen?

At the moment there is no way to adjust the mouse speed, I will try and add this in the next update. Changing the button that is triggered when you tap is simple, just go to the PC's 3DSController.ini file and change the line that says "Tap: SPACE" to whatever you want.

I also realised that there is no way to select NONE for a button configuration, I will add this in the next update as well.

 

[Assasin1990]

YoshiInAVoid , thx for your hard work , it's awesome !
can you make this to connect with Android device ? if you have that in your plans
I want to donate for your hard work.

 

[CTurt]

YoshiInAVoid , thx for your hard work , it's awesome !
can you make this to connect with Android device ? if you have that in your plans
I want to donate for your hard work.

Android support is not currently planned, but maybe I will think about support for other systems in the future, mainly Android, and Linux.

I have decided for the first time ever to start accepting donations (with PayPal). For anyone who wants to, just give me a PM. If you donate any amount, I will send you new versions of 3DS Controller before they are released publicly.

Today I've made great progress. Mainly, I added throttling which decreases average CPU usage of the application on my computer from ~30% to ~2% with negligible effects on speed. There are 7 other changes as well, which I have described in detail to my donators, along with a beta version.

 

[Abcdfv]

If you donate any amount, I will send you new versions of 3DS Controller before they are released publicly.

1 peso sent. When can I expect my 3ds to transform into a giant mech?

But no I'll send you a few bucks come payday

 

[yodamerlin]

I have added a keypad and detection. Just need to be able to make an IP properly.

 

[CTurt]

I've just released 0.3. It's main advantage is throttling support. Using the default setting of 20 greatly reduces the CPU usage of the application. Hopefully this has made it more suitable for emulation. Please give feedback!

 

[Aerione]

Wow, this is quite cool and I guess it's great for people who want an alternative to the DS4.
How much harder would it be though, to reverse this procedure and have the PC as the controller for the 3DS?
That way, we can connect all kinds of controllers to the 3DS for increased ergonomy..

 

[CTurt]

Wow, this is quite cool and I guess it's great for people who want an alternative to the DS4.
How much harder would it be though, to reverse this procedure and have the PC as the controller for the 3DS?
That way, we can connect all kinds of controllers to the 3DS for increased ergonomy..

This would definitely require kernel access (so CFW only, no GW or Ninjhax). And even with kernel access, would be very difficult. I don't think that I would be able to do this, sorry.

 

[jamieyello]

That's awesome o_o, I'll probably keep this open on my PC at all times. The last little bit of feedback (although I feel like I'm being picky) would be to be able to set two bindings to one input, so a second joystick and mouse could be used with the touchscreen at once. The tap input although not like a mouse could be made useful too, so it'd be nice to have that along with a laptop touchpad mouse click input as well.

Amazing though. I probably would have have realized what a useful homebrew something like this could be, I probably would have never thought doing it over WiFi would work so well either.

 

[RocketRobz]

Using the latest version, controls won't work.
The screens are black on my 3DS, The correct local IP is set, port is set to 8889.

 

[CTurt]

Using the latest version, controls won't work.
The screens are black on my 3DS, The correct local IP is set, port is set to 8889.

The format of the 3DS's 3DSController.ini changed. Check in the 3DS folder for an example. Also, try changing the port back to 8888 if the last version worked for you.

 

[RocketRobz]

3DSController.ini is up to date.
Having 3DSController.ini in the 3DS folder gives me "Bad ini! Start and Select to exit." message.
Having it in the SD root works, and 3DS gives me black screen as if the controls do work, but are not working.

Never mind, I forgot to turn on wireless on my 3DS. It works now.

 

[blunt420force]

New version works great thanks, one small issue, when the mouse speed is set to 4 it tends to keep moving after I stop , or if I lightly move the circlepad it just keeps moving in that direction. When I set the mouse speed to 2 I have no problems.