xxploit comments on 8BitDo announce 'Ultimate Software Online' to update controllers in your browser to help Linux gamers

PC Gaming

15,659 readers

5,033 active

891 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

Be Respectful.
No Spam or Porn.
No Advertising.
No Memes.
No Tech Support.
No questions about buying/building computers.
No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 3 years ago

moderators

[–] xxploit@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

You could already run the firmware updater with Proton/Wine though? At least I didn't have an issue with that, but its obviously not helpful to everyone considering the many flavours of linux. Nice that they recognize and are at least trying to address the issue though

permalink

fedilink

source

hideshow 3 child comments

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I got it working on Wine eventually but I do recall having to hunt down instructions for the terminal so it would properly read my USB port. It was definitely confusing, and I'm glad I won't have to remember all the steps again.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] xxploit@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yep that's the downside, I know fuckall about Linux relatively speaking, so I was lucky CachyOS just ran it and my wired controller got recognized.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 point 1 month ago

Their firmware updater is so trash that it doesn't work on Windows. I never got it to recognize my controller. Hopefully this one is better.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent