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Greetings everyone,

I know many folks have wanted to use 8Bitdo controllers on linux, and that includes the Ultimate Software.

I use the 8Bitdo Ultimate 2 controller on my Arch install. And I had been wanting to check for firmware updates, and was doing some searching and couldn't find anything that could help me.

I found out that I can run that software through Lutris with minimal configuration.

  1. Open Add game dialogue box
  2. select "Add locally installed game"
  3. Filled out Name under Game info, and selected Runner (Wine)
  4. Game options tab I selected the executable, selected Working directory, and set Wine prefix path
  5. Runner options I used GE-Proton (latest)
  6. Launched

I want to note; unsure if you would have to, but I have udev rules added:

ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6103", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 2dc8 6103 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="310b", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 2dc8 310b > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"

Hope this helps someone.

Edit:

I want to add I am also using xpadneo-dkms from the AUR.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I end up installing Windows 10 on a virtual machine with QEMU/KVM, and updated the firmware there by passthrough the USB device. I didn't even try WINE and thought it might be more trouble than worth the efforts. Looks like I was wrong.

BTW there is also GE-Wine if I'm not mistaken. For non Steam games, it is recommended to use GE-Wine instead GE-Proton, but maybe that advice is as old as I am. I don't even know why that was the case.

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 3 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

Looking at the github for Wine-GE https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/wine-ge-custom it appears to be archived; and I can't recall where I read it, but Proton-GE replaces that functionality (Someone please correct me if I am wrong)

I have also tested using my system Wine version (11.9) as well, and same results; can use Ultimate Software V2.

I have been toying with getting V1 working, but to no avail.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

Why do you try to get Software V1 working, if V2 works?

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 minutes ago

The older Ultimate Controller 1 does not work in V2 unfortunately

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I was trying with Ultimate Software V1, and did not have the same luck.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You're a hero! Thanks for documenting and sharing!!

Is there a sensible page in the Archwiki where this could be made findable?

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

I will have a look at the Arch Wiki to see if I can contribute!