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ndeadly / MissionControl

Use controllers from other consoles natively on your Nintendo Switch via Bluetooth. No dongles or other external hardware neccessary.
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DS4 connection problems #157

Closed MistaMelon closed 3 years ago

MistaMelon commented 3 years ago

My DS4 controller (v2) does not want to connect to the switch. I have the latest version of mission control and atmosphere. I have tried with just the normal way (share and ps button). And also tried with L1 and R1 pressed in while connecting but sadly nothing.

ndeadly commented 3 years ago

Don't worry about the L + R thing, it's mostly so the system can know which mode you're using the Joycons in. The controller will show up by itself when it connects. Are you on the Change Grip/Order screen when you're trying this? Check that lightbar is blinking in a heartbeat pattern too. If not, then you're not entering sync mode successfully.

If you're doing all the above, then you might just need to keep trying. Some DS4 controllers can be troublesome and take a few cycles before they finally complete the pairing process. This is usually the case with the v1 controller, but some people have said their v2 does it too. I think it's due to variations in the internal hardware. I've only heard of one DS4 that refused to connect at all, and the user suspected it may have been a convincing fake.

MistaMelon commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the quick response! But sadly no luck yet, been trying for the last 30min. I can confirm that I am in the change grip order screen (with the 1, 2, 3, 4 boxes). I can also confirm that I am indeed going into sync mode with the controller and that its a real one since it came with an actual ps4. Tried resetting the controller but that didn't do much sadly. Switched between docked and undocked but also no luck.

ndeadly commented 3 years ago

Have you rebooted the console since installing MissionControl? Do you have any other non-nintendo controllers to confirm it's actually running?

MistaMelon commented 3 years ago

I have just rebooted the console and after 3 tries it got connected, terribly sorry to waste your time like this, but thank you very much for the quick responses and for the amazing app!

ndeadly commented 3 years ago

All good. You just need to be aware that most sysmodules are only loaded at boot time so you need to reboot whenever you install/upgrade. Glad it was a simple fix.