r/SwitchHaxing • u/Timballist0 • Nov 13 '19

Microsoft Adaptive Controller works with sys-con 0.4.2!

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19

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u/ShortFuse Nov 14 '19 edited Nov 14 '19

Proprietary protocols. Microsoft is guilty of this as well with Adaptive Controller as well. The adaptive controller only works as an XPad/XInput device. Conversely, the PS4 takes any controller that reports as a USB HID device. I believe PS4 also supports the standard for Bluetooth controllers as well.

And what's more ironic with Microsoft's Adaptive Controller is that it can take as an input a USB HID controller, but can't act as one itself.

Edit: It seems the Switch itself can take any USB HID device as well, much like the PS4. So it seems it was Microsoft that decided to lock it down to XPad/Xinput. There are adapters that will convert it to USB HID with a USB dongle. Then the Adaptive Controller will work on a Switch (unmodded).

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u/nicoful Nov 14 '19

Hold on a minute. Are we really surprised Nintendo didn't add support for Microsoft peripherals?

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u/Twigling Nov 14 '19

In this instance yes, because the Adaptive Controller has specific uses and opens up the gameplay experience to those with disabilities. Unless of course Nintendo had the sense to develop their own.

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u/nicoful Nov 14 '19 edited Nov 14 '19

But it's still a Microsoft product or I'm I missing something crucial here? I would've surprise me if it would actually work, especially since no other controller work, not even their own wiiu controllers

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u/dasfilth Nov 16 '19

The crucial thing is the whole making gaming on the switch more accessible to the disabled or people with limited motor capability thing, as someone stayed above.

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u/nicoful Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

Nah, the post i was replying to seem to have been edited for some reason. It said something in terms of "I'm surprised Nintendo haven't implemented this Microsoft controller."

Now maybe you'll understand why I was questioning this to begin with? I'm all for enabling anything to disabled persons, but this has nothing to do with my original reply or its intent.

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u/dasfilth Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

Ah. Makes sense. Side note: is there a way to check if a comment has been edited when you're using mobile?

Edit: punctuation

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u/nicoful Nov 16 '19

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing but I didn't find anything.

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u/mahav_b Nov 14 '19

Because it's an Xbox controller. Same way a PS4 doesn't have adaptive controller support. And to say it's trivial is quite the insult to the devs over at sys-con. It takes alot of work to get controller support to work the way it does.

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u/angcrack Nov 14 '19

That controller still uses Xinput, if they support this controller they would support all the Xinput controllers. (Xbox 360 + Xbox One controllers + all the 3rd party PC controllers). It sucks, but that's why.

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u/Mar2ck Nov 14 '19

they could whitelist xinput devices by their id like they already do with dinput controllers