Switch Pro Controller detected as xbox 360 controller via bluetooth on win7

[Burkengrumm3r]

So i recently got a bluetooth dongle to use for my switch pro controller but it is registered as an xbox 360 controller which is understandable but there is not a good solution as far as i know to make the controller be detected properly.

I'm using the 8Bitdo bluetooth dongle (to be exact the one that basically looks like the brown brick block from the original super mario bros) and windows 7 (yes i know its old and its probably the problem but i dont wanna upgrade my pc to windows 10 simply because i dont really like it).

also when i use my switch pro controller steam is rregistering it as usual its only when i use the bluetooth dongle that i got this problem. Mapping it in the settings doesnt work properly either.

Thanks in advance for the help

[ReBoot]

If it gets detected as an XBox one, it should work without any mapping. Have you tried?

[Burkengrumm3r]

it works but it sets the button mapping as if it is a xbox controller meaning A and B and X and Y are switched but i want to use it with a switch pro controller button mapping. its a small thing but it still distracts and confuses me

[Zukabazuka]

Not all games have mapping for other controllers like switch pro, PS4 or some other gamepad. Majority will just have basic and Xboxone type.

[Rigó Jancsi]

Its not that easy.

[Ogami]

Първоначално публикувано от Zukabazuka:

Not all games have mapping for other controllers like switch pro, PS4 or some other gamepad. Majority will just have basic and Xboxone type.

This. 95% of all games use the default Xbox Input layout, no matter what pad ( PS 4, Switch) you use.
Also the Switch Pro controller just gets recognized as a generic third party Xbox controller under Windows 7. Which makes sense, the Switch was not out when Win 7 got its last feature updates.
You will have to switch to Windows 10 if you want the Switch controller be recognized for what is it.

But like written above, in nearly every game it wont change that it will be used as a Xbox controller.

[Burkengrumm3r]

okay thank you but ill still wait a bit for some more solutions but there wont be any other to fix this i'll upgrade it. (win 10 will probably benefit my pc anyway cause its faster)

[Mano Broas]

sorry for answering years later.

But i also bought an unofficial pro controller yesterday when i first connect on my pc (on win10) by usb it connected as "pro controller", but suddenly it changed to "xbox 360 controller for windows" and i don't know why (this also happens when I use a wireless connection with a dongle).

I started a game and the layout was like an xbox controller and Steam it also detects it as an xbox controller.

I managed to change the layout in Steam, but in the game it's still being recognized as an xbox controller, but now I have the switch pro controller layout, for example, the game recognizes the X and Y on the X and Y buttons on the Pro controller, but it has some differences like ZL and ZR buttons are called LT and RT