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8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility (sopuli.xyz)
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These controllers were all working on SteamOS before as far as I know, so I'm interested to see what this changes. My understanding is that previously their controllers just show up as generic xbox controllers, and now they will be properly recognized. We'll see if this has any other benefits like custom bindings for back buttons and things like that.

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According to @[email protected]

got the 8bitdo Ultimate 2 wireless controller with the latest firmware update, and can confirm dinput mode lets me map the back buttons and extra bumpers to different inputs through Steam Input. Analog triggers and gyro work too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I can get this to work on my steam deck. Back buttons and gyro.

But on my PC, it doesn't work. Does anyone know what the requirements for this to work are? Do I need a specific Bluetooth version?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Months back, I submitted a support ticket asking if they had any plans to support a d-input mode with both analog triggers and gyroscope inputs enabled, like the steam-licensed controller that just came out at the time did. They said they had no plans, but they'd forward the question. I wonder if this is a result of that. Would be cool if they also started reporting the back paddles as separate inputs as well, but I didn't include that in the ticket.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like back paddles will be treated as separate inputs, I found where some people got to try out beta firmware for some of the 8bitdo controllers some months back, and that was specifically mentioned as some of the new functionality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got the 8bitdo Ultimate 2 wireless controller with the latest firmware update, and can confirm dinput mode lets me map the back buttons and extra bumpers to different inputs through Steam Input. Analog triggers and gyro work too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

That's fantastic, thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How do I update my controller on my steam deck when the update software is only on windows?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can update via Android or iOS I believe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately not the SN30 Pro, only Pro 2 and newer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So it's just bullshit marketing. Got it thank you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Probably have to use Windows to update it. Once the proper firmware is applied then going into dinput mode on the 8bitdo Ultimate 2 wireless controller allowed me to map the back buttons and extra bumper buttons through Steam Input. Was also able to set up gyro too.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (3 children)

So how do you update firmware with just a Steamdeck? 8bitdo does not seem to supply Linux software support anymore, so it feels a bit hilarious that they support SteamOS without any official way of updating controllers there.

I found the fwupd tool on github, but it seems a hacky way that cannot update everything. Can the 8bitdo tool be run via proton/wine?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Tried it, not it cannot

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

We call this marketing bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't fwupd already included in SteamOS? Or is there a specific 8bitdo fwupd tool?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

maybe it is (don't have my deck with me to check) but even so, it is not an officially supported tool and I can see from issues on Github that people cannot find their controllers on there. not sure if that's very old or very new ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/

In the devices list of lvfs/fwupd there's a bunch of controllers supported. But it seems like it's mostly their retro controllers. XBox-style controllers like their Ultimate C etc. are not supported.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has anyone gotten this to work? I have both the SN30 Pro and the Pro 2, both display the latest firmware update as 2.06 which just lists Switch 2 compatibility. Steam doesnt seem to recognize the back buttons on the Pro 2 either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Instead of pressing the L+R buttons press the button with the 8bitdo logo while in the change grip/order menu.

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