Giters

ndeadly / MissionControl

Use controllers from other consoles natively on your Nintendo Switch via Bluetooth. No dongles or other external hardware neccessary.

Geek Repo:Geek Repo

Github PK Tool:Github PK Tool

[Bug Report]: Double checked everything but PS4/PS5 controllers still won't connect

jebediah2 opened this issue · comments

commented

Switch Firmware Version

17.0.0 (Latest)

Atmosphère Version

Other (please specify in issue description)

Mission Control Version

0.10.0 (Latest)

Boot Method

Hekate

Issue Description

Everything is the latest version, including Atmosphère 1.6.2. I installed, re-installed, and re-re-installed MissionControl, have reset my official PS4 and PS5 controllers several times, but none of them work. I know my PS4 controller used to work some versions ago, and that's the first time I try to connect it with latest stuff.

I found some traces of sys-con, the old sysmodule that made some popular USB controllers work, and deleted everything.

Every time I edit the SD card content, I do an actual reboot using the 'Reboot' option in Hekate. I follow all instructions to the letter, but my PS4/PS5 controllers never get recognised in the 'Change Grip/Order' menu.

On Reddit I've seen people report that PS4 controllers often take a long time or several attempts before they eventually connect, but I've been patient doing that too.

I'm writing here looking for ideas and/or to see whether anyone else is having trouble on the latest versions of MC, Atmo and NX.

Error Report

No response

Additional Context

No response

commented

Apparently MissionControl doesn't even load. I checked by pressing DPAD_UP + MINUS and no screenshot is being taken. Unless that trick is outdated, this would indicate something is preventing MissionControl from loading in the first place.

I am transferring files from a Mac using Hekate's SD Card mounting feature, which has always worked for me. I have also done the same again by using an SD card adapter on the Mac, just in case. I have also cleared all possible archive bits using Hekate's dedicated feature, as well as running the following in Terminal:
sudo chflags -R arch /Volumes/SDCARDNAME

I am again running out of ideas what else I could do.

commented

It isn't mentioned in the FAQ but the shortcut DPAD_UP + MINUS is only supposed to work with detached joycons, not the opposite. So this troubleshooting step was never relevant to me after all.

While I was continuing my effort to clean up and re-re-install stuff on the SD card, I started having a sigpatches issue and did even more tinkering to solve it. At the point it was gone, I had apparently also solved the MissionControl problem because it started working without any issues. Therefore I cannot offer much details about how I actually did solve the issue, but here is a list of things I've done in the whole process:

  • Delete all remnants of sys-con
  • Delete all MissionControl components, including backup folders I had kept, and put a fresh copy from a Windows computer.
  • Re-install Atmosphère 1.6.2 and desired hacking components
  • Boot with Atmosphère's latest fusee.bin
  • Boot with latest Hekate (and from there the latest fusee.bin as a payload)
  • Edit Hekate's hekate_ipl.ini to add payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee.bin in the SysNand CFW section
  • After all this was done, I cleaned up the SD card with BlueHarvest (I always do this step as a precaution)
  • Finally, I ran Hekate's archive bit fixer again

Like I said, there is no way to tell which among these steps did the trick, especially considering I had done most of them at least once already, but that's all I had to do to fix the problem and finally have my PS4/PS5 controllers work.

Thanks again @ndeadly for your support.