RELEASE MissionControl: Use controllers from other consoles natively via Bluetooth

By ndeadly, Aug 27, 2020 87,654 589 134

Page 26 of 30
  1. Cohokiller673

    Cohokiller673 Newbie
    Newcomer
    Level 1

    Joined:
    Nov 21, 2020
    Messages:
    4
    Country:
    United States
    I tried this and it doesnt work. Also tried pressing the reset button on the controller and holding the home.and share buttons
     
  2. 1basti1

    1basti1 GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2019
    Messages:
    196
    Country:
    Germany
    Then I don't know. This works for me everytime.
     
  3. lordelan

    lordelan GBAtemp Psycho!
    Member
    Level 14

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2015
    Messages:
    4,803
    Country:
    Germany
    That's what I figured. The more important would it be to have a companion homebrew app to create new controller profiles.
    To launch and use the app we use a controller already recognized (or just the Joy-Cons).
    The app itself just goes through all the buttons and let us map them with a 5 second time window each resulting in a key to be unassigned if we don't press it within the 5 seconds (this way we could use SNES gamepads for example that don't have analog sticks and ZL+ZR).
     
  4. komabear

    komabear Advanced Member
    Newcomer
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Mar 4, 2017
    Messages:
    75
    Country:
    Bulgaria
    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..
     
  5. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    Yeah it might work with syscon, I don't know if it needs to have it's hardware ID registered or anything first though.
    Eventually I'll look into intercepting USB comms with MissionControl after I've implemented all the other features I intend for Bluetooth.
     
    komabear likes this.
  6. Fadi5555

    Fadi5555 GBAtemp Fan
    Member
    Level 7

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2018
    Messages:
    330
    Country:
    United States
    I’m still hope for ps3 controller support
     
  7. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    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.
     
    lordelan likes this.
  8. B-alpha

    B-alpha Member
    Newcomer
    Level 2

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2020
    Messages:
    32
    Country:
    Germany
    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

    Are you planning to add xbox series controller support?

    also thanks for all your effort and replies, it's really appreciated
     
    Last edited by B-alpha, Dec 1, 2020
  9. banjojohn

    banjojohn GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 6

    Joined:
    Feb 17, 2007
    Messages:
    110
    Country:
    @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!!
     
  10. lordelan

    lordelan GBAtemp Psycho!
    Member
    Level 14

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2015
    Messages:
    4,803
    Country:
    Germany
    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?
     
  11. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    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.

    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.

    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?

    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.
    I have considered the .ini file approach in the past, but it adds additional layers of complexity that I'm not sure I want to deal with. Such a format allows you to describe a straight report layout, but some controllers require additional logic to be applied, especially with outgoing reports. I can map a new controller fast enough that I'm not sure that it's worth the overhead. I've said before that doing it in code allows me to maximise speed and keep memory usage low. If someone doesn't like my hardcoded mappings they can use the button remapping on 10.0.0+
     
    Last edited by ndeadly, Dec 1, 2020
    lordelan likes this.
  12. owdeuk

    owdeuk Member
    Newcomer
    Level 3

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2020
    Messages:
    49
    Country:
    United States
  13. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    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).
     
    lordelan, peteruk and owdeuk like this.
  14. owdeuk

    owdeuk Member
    Newcomer
    Level 3

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2020
    Messages:
    49
    Country:
    United States
    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.
     
    Last edited by owdeuk, Dec 4, 2020
  15. owdeuk

    owdeuk Member
    Newcomer
    Level 3

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2020
    Messages:
    49
    Country:
    United States
    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
     
  16. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    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.
     
    owdeuk likes this.
  17. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    hippy dave, Mata84, Ninn and 6 others like this.
  18. owdeuk

    owdeuk Member
    Newcomer
    Level 3

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2020
    Messages:
    49
    Country:
    United States
    Cheers buddy
     
  19. ndeadly

    OP ndeadly GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 5

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2018
    Messages:
    174
    Country:
    Australia
    Just a heads up to anyone who might have already downloaded 0.4.0. There was a copy/paste error that broke handling of dualshock4 analog sticks. I made a shadow release since I didn't think it warranted a new version. If you're affected by this bug simply redownload the 0.4.0 release from github and all should be good.
     
    hippy dave, lordelan and peteruk like this.
  20. CaptainHIT

    CaptainHIT GBAtemp Fan
    Member
    Level 6

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2011
    Messages:
    310
    Country:
    Germany
    YAY! Madcatz C.T.R.L. support!
     
    lordelan likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 26 of 30
Draft saved Draft deleted
Loading...

Hide similar threads Similar threads with keywords - MissionControl, controllers, Bluetooth

  1. FAST6191

    MissionControl - PS4, Xbone, Wii, Wii U and other bluetooth controllers on Switch

    FAST6191, Aug 27, 2020, in forum: GBAtemp & Scene News
    Replies:
    0
    Views:
    8,110
    FAST6191
    Aug 27, 2020
  2. Cohokiller673

    Question MissionControl and dualshock 4 controllers

    Cohokiller673, Nov 21, 2020, in forum: Switch - Emulation, Homebrew & Software Projects
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    1,022
    Dantenerosas
    Nov 21, 2020
  3. RedstoneGuy

    Is there a homebrew app that can connect bluetooth controllers, speakers, etc?

    RedstoneGuy, Jun 28, 2020, in forum: 3DS - Hacks, Translations and Utilities
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    886
    Shadow#1
    Jun 28, 2020
  4. Missingphy

    Best Bluetooth dongle for controllers?

    Missingphy, Mar 10, 2019, in forum: Computer Hardware, Devices and Accessories
    Replies:
    27
    Views:
    3,052
    rustinrj
    May 3, 2019
  5. KurodaMasahiro

    Question Homebrew allowing support for other bluetooth controllers ?

    KurodaMasahiro, Aug 5, 2018, in forum: Switch - Emulation, Homebrew & Software Projects
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    8,062
    The Real Jdbye
    Aug 5, 2018