I don't know if this is the right place to ask for help but I'd be glad if anyone helped me
#Pro controller not connecting to PC via USB
final tangle
proven geyser
I don't know if this is the right place to ask for help but I'd be glad if anyon...
Are you using any wrapper software? Check below
pale zealotBOT
Requested by BladeSpringSun#4133
final tangle
Hi
I was using steam input (activated the Nintendo switch thingy there) but still nothing
@proven geyser
proven geyser
Hi
I was using steam input (activated the Nintendo switch thingy there) but stil...
Hmm can you show me a pic of your Pro con?
proven geyser
I'll send a pic as soon as I can
No worry I'm just checking if it's an actual Pro con
Did Steam recognize it?
or at least, did Windows recognize it?
I have been seeing people reporting driver issue with the controller
proven geyser
It didn't recognize
Which? Steam or Windows?
final tangle
Both didn't recognize it
proven geyser
Both didn't recognize it
Then you have some USB issue. Do you happen to have a USB hub? Plug the controller through it.
final tangle
It's probably just the fact that I'm sleepy but i forgot what is an USB hub
winged vector
It's probably just the fact that I'm sleepy but i forgot what is an USB hub
A usb hub is a thing that takes a single port and split it into multiple. its usually powered, some are unpowered though. the ports on your computer are not a hub. plug it into a port on your computer tower/case/motherboard/laptop
proven geyser
I don't have an USB hub
You can also try to get a bluetooth adapter to use with it.
But let's wait till you have access to the controller and computer again. I cannot help you when you are not even close to them.
There are steps to take
winged vector
yes
final tangle
Ok
proven geyser
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Press and hold the pairing button on the back of your Pro con until you see the green lights at the bottom of the controller flash back and forth. That's "Pairing" mode.
Connect your controller to the PC (If one USB port doesn't work, try a different one)
And then press L+R on your controller several times.
final tangle
tried
no result
Will try activating and deactivating switch pro controller setting on steam and restarting pc
Does the official charger USB work?
@proven geyser
proven geyser
Will try activating and deactivating switch pro controller setting on steam and ...
Don't use Steam anymore, try BetterJoy links below
pale zealotBOT
Requested by BladeSpringSun#4133
final tangle
ok! will try
proven geyser
I still suggest getting a bluetooth adapter, it'll work better than wire
final tangle
Won't it have delay though?
proven geyser
Have you been using this controller on your Switch?
final tangle
yeah
proven geyser
Wirelessly?
final tangle
no
proven geyser
Try using it wirelessly and tell me how you feel about the delay
proven geyser
Just use it, haha, what else?
For wireless, delays are often extremely minimal
it's only important if you play games that requires instantaneous response such as fighting games. And even so, I know tons of Smash players who play with wireless Pro con and they are fine with it.
So unless you can feel the delay and don't like it, there's no reason not to
final tangle
controller connected now
but whenever i connect it the mouse keeps going to the top right part of the screen
proven geyser
Did you close Steam yet?
final tangle
closed
seems it fixed
proven geyser
it's because you are using them both at the same time
BetterJoy will emulate the Pro con into a Xbox controller
which Steam can intercept and then you can config it from there
final tangle
steam does seem to identify it as an xbox 360 controller but it's default name is "switch pro controller"
which is weird
but i'll try it out now!
proven geyser
It's just a device name, you can even change it
final tangle
apparently even the icon changes
proven geyser
It's not ideal though
After you test it out, try to see if Steam can work with it without BetterJoy opening
Since BetterJoy also install a driver to help the computer recognizing it
final tangle
okay!
proven geyser
It's better not to use 2 different wrappers together like that
final tangle
trying it in jsab
for some reason it counts as 2 controllers
which is cool i guess but that shouldn't be happening
proven geyser
jsab?
final tangle
(just shapes and beats)
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ok!
final tangle
...how would I know what that is lol
yeah ik my bad
closing betterjoy seems to make it work just like there's a single controller now
thank you!
proven geyser
Now let me explain a bit how and what
Windows doesn't really have a good driver for Pro con and Joycon since they are not natively supported.
Normally, when you plug it in like this, Windows would give it a generic controller driver, which Steam can identify and work with it.
final tangle
also sorry for interrupting but how to turn off controller once taking the usb off from the pc?
proven geyser
also sorry for interrupting but how to turn off controller once taking the usb o...
Press the tiny pairing button on top of the controller
(To continue) But it didn't install any drivers this time, so we have to go through Betterjoy to force the driver install.
Betterjoy's best feature is to use 2 joycon as a single controllers, emulate a Xbox controller.
But we don't need that here, we just need to use the driver.
You can keep it around if you want to use Pro con/ Joycon outside of Steam's games.
proven geyser
That's all, have fun then.
final tangle
You can keep it around if you want to use Pro con/ Joycon outside of Steam's gam...
(although as long as you keep steam open you can use it's drivers on non steam games)
have a nice day! (or night!)
proven geyser
You can, by adding games/apps to Steam
Although it's up to you, for some people, using it through Steam is quite a hassle
final tangle
You can, by adding games/apps to Steam
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like just leaving steam in the background works for me
to use it's drivers for other controllers
proven geyser
I actually haven't tried that but that's great then
