TUTORIAL: Natural Locomotion + 2 Joycons (feet trackers) + Smartphone (body tracker)

[pix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igRfDE11B6k

I created a video tutorial to pair and use 2 Nintentendo Switch Joycons as feet trackers and an Android smartphone as a body tracker (optional and recommended) in Natural Locomotion for walk in place in VR games.

[pasha]

Hello. I have a problem with Joy con. Win10 sees both Joy cons, but they don't appear in NATURAL LOCOMOTION. What might be the problem?

[WarlordGHE]

Same problem as above comment. Please help!

[Edu Wonka]

here the same, or sometimes appear online one of them

[HeisenBabyy]

Originally posted by pasha:

Hello. I have a problem with Joy con. Win10 sees both Joy cons, but they don't appear in NATURAL LOCOMOTION. What might be the problem?

do you still have this problem

[pix]

I bought 3 different models of non official joycons and none of them are working properly. We will try to give them support anyway. Meanwhile I recommend to use the official ones.

[WarlordGHE]

@pix, Are you saying that our joycons are fake? I bought them, from the store that sell Official switch, for 70$. They look and work 100% like normal Joycons (for switch console). Even my Titan Two recognize them as Joycons and they work perfectly. They have HD rumble, gyro/accelerometer and everything.

How do you know they are fake?

Edit: I would bet on the different model of the Joycon or the bluetooth to be the true culprit here.

[BYSTY]

The problem for me, i try with fake and they were not recognized, then i bought official ones from nintendo, and they appear when i couple with bluetooth first time and after diseapear, everytime i must to disable the joy con and enable again. the first time was ok, i can use in game but other times impossible to move in game.

[Fdruid]

Originally posted by pix:

I bought 3 different models of non official joycons and none of them are working properly. We will try to give them support anyway. Meanwhile I recommend to use the official ones.

Oh, ok. Did you find the ones I have too? this is unfortunate. Why don't they work? All fail for the same reason or they are all made with different specs from the original ones?

I'm glad you're gonna try to give them support anyway. Joycons are really expensive to buy for this use alone. So cheap knockoffs are a really good alternative. If they can be made to work! I believe in you :)

[Nostrodamus]

I have the official joycons, but only the left one will connect to my pc. I haven't tried them with NALO yet. Has anyone else experienced problems where only one joycon works with pc? Can I do locomotion with just one joycon?

They work fine with the switch btw.

[Fdruid]

Originally posted by Negrodamu5:

I have the official joycons, but only the left one will connect to my pc. I haven't tried them with NALO yet. Has anyone else experienced problems where only one joycon works with pc? Can I do locomotion with just one joycon?

They work fine with the switch btw.

What I can tell you is that if you have problems connecting either, you can try resetting their connection by pairing them with another device. Then pair them again with your PC.

[Nostrodamus]

Originally posted by Fdruid:

Originally posted by Negrodamu5:

I have the official joycons, but only the left one will connect to my pc. I haven't tried them with NALO yet. Has anyone else experienced problems where only one joycon works with pc? Can I do locomotion with just one joycon?

They work fine with the switch btw.

What I can tell you is that if you have problems connecting either, you can try resetting their connection by pairing them with another device. Then pair them again with your PC.

I eventually got it! I tried your suggestion with my phone, but only the left joycon would pair. The thing that did work was attaching them to the switch and then going into settings and choosing "disconnect controllers" at the end of the controller settings section. Thanks for your help!

[Fdruid]

Originally posted by Negrodamu5:

Originally posted by Fdruid:

What I can tell you is that if you have problems connecting either, you can try resetting their connection by pairing them with another device. Then pair them again with your PC.

I eventually got it! I tried your suggestion with my phone, but only the left joycon would pair. The thing that did work was attaching them to the switch and then going into settings and choosing "disconnect controllers" at the end of the controller settings section. Thanks for your help!

I'm glad you made it work :)

[Nostrodamus]

So I tried it out and it kinda worked for a while. I used the joycons on my ankles and my phone in my pocket. I could walk forward alright, but when I turned with the controller, it would still walk in the previous direction. Even when I physically turned, it would still go in that direction. Eventually it would adjust and I could resume playing. My adventure didn't last very long though because my right joycon would not stay connected. My guess is that it's defective. sucks because the left one works great.

Also, for the phone, does orientation matter? For pocket strafe, I had to have it face my leg upside down. I started this one the same way, but the phone started receiving inputs from my thigh. I couldn't turn the screen off because then the app would stop tracking, so I flipped it so that it faced away from my leg. Wondering if this makes a difference.

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Do I need a strap for the phone or can I just put it in my pocket?

Is a strap more accurate? Is it negligible?

[Nostrodamus]

Well, if the phone is in foot mode, then you need a way to keep it on your foot. If you already have stuff for your feet, then you can just put it in your pocket.