Fun lab Switch Pro Controller support

[Aardwulf]

I recently bought the controller listed above and was hoping after seeing it was plug and play with my PC I could remap the buttons to fit with the switch layout (A and B switched and Y and X switched)
I have went into the steam controller settings and told it to use Switch layout but it doesn't and at the bottom where the controller is detected Steam thinks it is a Xbox controller.
How do I solve this problem. I am tired of trying to learn new ways to play between PC and switch and I greatly prefer select (A) beig to my right and cancel (B) being on bottom as the controller physically is made.
please help

[ChuckNorris#RBRUST]

Big picture mode ----> controller settings -----> joycon turn on-----> restart pc------> problem solved :)

[Aardwulf]

No actually problem not solved. As I mentioned I did exactly that and it fixes nothing B is still A, Y is still X and Steam still calls it an Xbox Controller

[tintingaroo]

The option Use Nintendo Button Layout only applies to controllers seen by Steam as Nintendo type controllers.


Some 3rd party Switch controllers operate as XInput devices (Xbox) when plugged in to PC's. Some controllers have a mode switch function and you can choose what device type they operate as. Sometimes the mode switch is only available via BT, via USB the firmware auto-switches it to Xinput mode.
If the controller came with any documentation, check if it mentions anything regarding mode selection.


If it's only Xinput, here's how to change the device type Steam will consider it as:

1. Quit Steam.

2. Open with Notepad: [STEAM INSTALLATION] \ config \ config.vdf

3. Wired, the controllers generally (maybe always???) use Xbox 360 ID's so do a search for the GUID: 030000005e0400008e02000000007801

It'll take you within the mapping string area and you'll see: 030000005e0400008e02000000007801,XInput Controller

4. Insert dev:switch: before XInput Controller
so you'd have:
030000005e0400008e02000000007801,dev:switch:XInput Controller

5. Save and close the file.

If you don't see that GUID or something doesn't work, post the whole mapping string area.


If you run into an issue in the future where Steam doesn't detect the controller, first check if there is the Unhide Devices button at the bottom of the Controller Settings screen. If the button is not there, quit Steam, open config.vdf, remove dev:switch:, save and close the file, then check if Steam detects the controller.