8Bitdo 2C Ultimate R4/L4 not being recognised in Steam

[EheroDC]

Aplogies if this has been answered elsewhere, but I've been searching for over an hour and can't find the answer.

When the 2C is being recognised in Steam, it shows as an Xbox controller. When I go to remap the buttons, R4/L4 do not show up as options for remapping. I was hoping to use these buttons to cycle some presets for a game but with them not showing up in the controller menu, this isn't possible.

Is there a way to change the way Steam recognises the controller? For example to have it recognise it as an Xbox Elite therefore R4/L4 would show up as options? I've tried installing 8Bitdo's own software but the remapping isn't there yet for the 2C.

[Lulu Rainsong]

R4/L4 are not valid PlayStation / Xbox buttons.

[EheroDC]

OK. What about being able to change the designation of a 3rd party controller from Xbox to something else? Like an Xbox Elite? Can I set it up so Steam thinks the controller is an Xbox Elite controller?

[bernikr]

Im not sure if the buttons can be used on their own. If you read the manual there is a way to map them to any other button on the gamepad.

[austinp_valve]

For most devices with extra buttons remap them in the FW of the device and don't report them over USB to the PC because the protocol they are spoofing doesn't support it. We're only able to support extra buttons when they send it to the PC.

[Lellodee]

The Ultimate 2C's L4/R4 buttons are designed to be constricted directly to the unit, and don't report back to any software. That's so it can be used on any compatible device without consequence. This also means they cannot be uniquely rebound, and must be done instead by holding down the respective buttons and inputting the one you want it to mimic e.g. using L4/R4 to replace pushing the sticks in for L3/R3.

A quick and easy example I can give would be to use R4 to mimic R3 in FPS games to melee instead.
A great example I think I'll use is in Final Fantasy XVI; Rebinding L4 and R4 to the D-Pad means you can easily use Torgal's attacks between combos for easier juggling.

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Is there a way to rebind L4 and R4 to L3 and R3??

[Beige]

Originally posted by Lellodee:

The Ultimate 2C's L4/R4 buttons are designed to be constricted directly to the unit, and don't report back to any software. That's so it can be used on any compatible device without consequence. This also means they cannot be uniquely rebound, and must be done instead by holding down the respective buttons and inputting the one you want it to mimic e.g. using L4/R4 to replace pushing the sticks in for L3/R3.

A quick and easy example I can give would be to use R4 to mimic R3 in FPS games to melee instead.
A great example I think I'll use is in Final Fantasy XVI; Rebinding L4 and R4 to the D-Pad means you can easily use Torgal's attacks between combos for easier juggling.

They can be rebound tho, the controller has to be in Direct Input mode(B + Power) instead of X-Input (X + power), As long as L4/R4 aren't mapped on the controller, software can see the extra buttons, the bigger issue is if you want to manage the buttons with Steam's controller input, you really can't since it doesn't support extra buttons on 3rd party controllers.
You can bind one of L4/R4 to share button tho, useful if you want an extra action instead of a rebind.

[takumo]

Originally posted by austinp_valve:

For most devices with extra buttons remap them in the FW of the device and don't report them over USB to the PC because the protocol they are spoofing doesn't support it. We're only able to support extra buttons when they send it to the PC.

thank you for your response! What about Flydigi Vader pro controller? It is detected by Steam, but works only as Xbox controller, even though it sends back buttons and additional face buttons separately, because reWASD recently added support for this controller with all buttons available. Thank youi!

[Beige]

Steam added support (looks like recently) for the extra buttons but only through Bluetooth, even if you're in direct input with the dongle it won't work. you can see here [imgur.com]. I think it's cause the device id (or whatever) and name is slightly different you can see it in the pic.

[Yuuyatails]

As far as I know, only the back buttons on the Xbox Elite Series 1, Xbox Elite Series 2 and the DualSense Edge can be mapped in Steam Input configurator.

For anything else, you might have to use either the device on-the-fly remapping, or the controller's software.

[Beige]

Originally posted by Yuuyatails:

As far as I know, only the back buttons on the Xbox Elite Series 1, Xbox Elite Series 2 and the DualSense Edge can be mapped in Steam Input configurator.

For anything else, you might have to use either the device on-the-fly remapping, or the controller's software.

read my post above yours they added support. it's kind of incomplete tho tbh.
have to use BT instead of the dongle and the buttons aren't labeled [imgur.com] properly but work

[Kibaka]

Originally posted by Beige:

Originally posted by Yuuyatails:

As far as I know, only the back buttons on the Xbox Elite Series 1, Xbox Elite Series 2 and the DualSense Edge can be mapped in Steam Input configurator.

For anything else, you might have to use either the device on-the-fly remapping, or the controller's software.

read my post above yours they added support. it's kind of incomplete tho tbh.
have to use BT instead of the dongle and the buttons aren't labeled [imgur.com] properly but work

I was able to get it to work over the dongle as well by changing it to d-input mode (Home + B) and editing config.vdf to copy the sdl mapping of Bluetooth to Dongle, but this didn't keep after a system restart. So I'm hoping this can be fixed since it appears to be simple.

[EheroDC]

Originally posted by Kibaka:

Originally posted by Beige:

read my post above yours they added support. it's kind of incomplete tho tbh.
have to use BT instead of the dongle and the buttons aren't labeled [imgur.com] properly but work

I was able to get it to work over the dongle as well by changing it to d-input mode (Home + B) and editing config.vdf to copy the sdl mapping of Bluetooth to Dongle, but this didn't keep after a system restart. So I'm hoping this can be fixed since it appears to be simple.

So we still don't have a permanent solution to get Steam to recognise L4 and R4?

[Kibaka]

Not when using the dongle. Bluetooth works fine.

[Beige]

I managed to get it to work with the dongle. Your device has to be in direct input still.
open

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config\config.vdf

Find the line with your controller (I just search the word 8bitdo)

I changed mine to

03000000c82d00001c30000000000000,8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller,crc:6fed,platform:Windows,a:b0,b:b1,x:b3,y:b4,dpleft:h0.8,dpright:h0.2,dpup:h0.1,dpdown:h0.4,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,paddle1:b5,paddle2:b2,leftstick:b13,rightx:a3,righty:a4,rightstick:b14,leftshoulder:b6,lefttrigger:b8,rightshoulder:b7,righttrigger:b9,back:b10,start:b11,guide:b12,steam:2,

I just added

paddle1:b5,paddle2:b2,

to mine, This will most likely work with other controllers if you identify the extra buttons. also commas are important don't forget them.