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So, I made a huge mistake, something that's royally pissing me off in terms of controllers and classic games via emulation. I have an 8bitdo SN30 controller, which is great, feels amazing and makes SNES games feel more authentic. Using RetroArch + Snes9x along with this controller on my new 27" LED screen, and I also got the official 8bitdo adapter two days ago from Amazon. When I first paired the controller and tested in RetroArch, it worked flawless, no added lag, the emulator detected it without issue, and I was playing for a couple of hours. Well, some time passed by, and when I opened RetroArch again, it simply froze with a white screen and I was forced to kill the process in task manager, I was baffled, as it literally worked fine earlier. After some testing, I narrowed it down to something with Dinput/Xinput getting corrupted in some fashion, to make it worse, Windows 10 was stuck in an infinite reboot loop, which further pissed me off. To narrow down the cause, I also tested Bsnes standalone to see if it was an RA issue, it wasn't, because when I loaded it up, one of the drivers crashed and I had to reset them in the emulator. But when I chose the input as "Dinput" Bsnes would crash as well.
To sum up:
- 8bitdo receiver corrupted drivers relating to input
- Ran DISM and SFC /scannow in CMD prompt, Windows fixed all affected files and seems to run good again
- Also to note, Ghub kept crashing and I had to reinstall that, which further complicated things
- RetroArch and Bsnes as well as Dolphin all crashed when loading with Dinput or Xinput
The fact that these are all working fine when using a wired 8bitdo and not Bluetooth leads me to believe the adapter is garbage and should be avoided.
Now, yes, the website does have firmware for this receiver, but what version do I use? How do I know if I try again, I won't experience the same nightmare?
Should I use it on my Wii U or Switch instead of PC? Maybe I got a dud, a unit that only works half of the time, or it doesn't like Windows 10?
Any suggestions on how to proceed? Now, yes, I can use it via USB cable instead, and like I said, works without issue, my only annoyance is the flashing LED on the controller,
it blinks blue of and on, surely that LED would die out fast?
I wanted to use this, I wanted a more authentic experience without the hassle of cables, but either I'm doing something really wrong or my adapter is defective. It was 20 bucks, but I don't see the point in returning it.
To sum up:
- 8bitdo receiver corrupted drivers relating to input
- Ran DISM and SFC /scannow in CMD prompt, Windows fixed all affected files and seems to run good again
- Also to note, Ghub kept crashing and I had to reinstall that, which further complicated things
- RetroArch and Bsnes as well as Dolphin all crashed when loading with Dinput or Xinput
The fact that these are all working fine when using a wired 8bitdo and not Bluetooth leads me to believe the adapter is garbage and should be avoided.
Now, yes, the website does have firmware for this receiver, but what version do I use? How do I know if I try again, I won't experience the same nightmare?
Should I use it on my Wii U or Switch instead of PC? Maybe I got a dud, a unit that only works half of the time, or it doesn't like Windows 10?
Any suggestions on how to proceed? Now, yes, I can use it via USB cable instead, and like I said, works without issue, my only annoyance is the flashing LED on the controller,
it blinks blue of and on, surely that LED would die out fast?
I wanted to use this, I wanted a more authentic experience without the hassle of cables, but either I'm doing something really wrong or my adapter is defective. It was 20 bucks, but I don't see the point in returning it.
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