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Be warned it only seems to work in Bluetooth mode for some reason, via the dongle I don't get the back paddles to show up. That being said I want to echo the fact that I also have an 8BitDo and has had great quality. Also they work out of the box in Linux, so no worries there.
Update the firmware on a windows VM and then turn it on while holding b to go I to dimput, if you want it to go back to x input turn it of and then on while holding a.
On dimput you can use the extra shoulders, the paddles, the gyro and the accelerometer
Have they released another update? I've already updated it when they announced the steam compatibility. I was able to get it to dinput and work once, but it reverted and wasn't able to get it to work with he dongle and recognize the back paddles again.
That sounds wonderful! Does the software work too? Interesting, apparently 2.4ghz should also work according to Gamepedia https://gamepadla.com/8bitdo-ultimate-2-wireless-controller.html
I meant the remapping of the back paddles only seems to work in Bluetooth for me, the controller itself works on both modes, but that is not surprising to me as most controllers just work out of the box on Linux.