Ive used the controller with the game before as Xinput which works fine but I do miss the gyro aiming specially in Fortnite (since I used to play the game on Switch).Īll the solutions I've found involve putting the controller in Switch mode, which already presents a problem: As far as I've been able to figure out, you can't connect via Bluetooh when not in Xinput mode, at least not with the Pro2. But I am just happy, that it works now (and hope it stays that way xD).I've been trying and failing for a while trying to get my 8Bit Do Pro 2 controller to work with Gyro Aiming on Fortnite. I hope, 8BitDo can make their drivers more robust in the future. And then I only bound the Pro 2 in Switch mode via Bluetooth. What I also did in the last testing: I removed ALL my 8BitDo devices from the classic Windows Control Panel (Devices and Printers section). But maybe it's something entirely different. Maybe just rebooting the PC after it will help. Maybe there are some issues after first binding. Long-press 'Start' to wake up the Pro 2 (switch at the back on S for 'Switch mode'). So I did that, turned on/off the controller, put it on the USB-cable, did something in the Ultimate Software. But I can only guess: When I tried it before I obviously had to bind it to my PC first. I can't believe it! It suddenly works (with the Pro 2, didn't test the SN30 Pro again yet)! But everything was also much more rudimentary. There were no intermediate layers, everything was simple.

It had mechanical switches connected to wires, and those wires were connected directly to the I/O chip on the console. The Atari 2600 controller was the complete opposite. Sidenote: So, yeah, there are too many layers: firmware on the gamepad itself, Bluetooth hardware on both devices, Bluetooth software stack on the operating system, gamepad input drivers on the operating system, Steam controller detection/emulation/remapping… There are many pieces that must work together, and it's hard to know where is the problem when something doesn't work. (Updating to the latest firmware may help to some extent, your mileage may vary.) I say that because it worked fine when connected via USB, and afterwards it sometimes worked via Bluetooth, and sometimes didn't. I have a theory: in Bluetooth mode, the gamepad may end up disabling the gyro circuit in order to save battery. I have an 8BitDo SN30+, and the gyro sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

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