macOS High Sierra = Wiimote Issues

[littlejoe]

Hello,

I was running Dolphin 5.0 (stable) on my MacBook Pro (2015 Retina, 2.9GHz i5, 16GB Ram, macOS Sierra) with no real issues. Since I upgraded to macOS High Sierra I've been unable to get my wiimotes to work with Dolphin. They still connect to the Mac effortlessly via bluetooth, and then work instantly and without issues in OpenEmu, so the problem appears to be with Dolphin.

Using the 5.0 stable build and a number of revisions past that I encounter the following: Remotes are connected to the Mac via bluetooth, open Dolphin Controller settings with remotes blinking in discoverable mode, click Refresh, and I get the spinning rainbow of death. The app freezes and I have to force quit it, the wiimote never rumbles or stops blinking to connect. With newer dev versions the the following occurs: Remotes are connected to the Mac via bluetooth, open Controller settings in Dolphin with wii remotes in discoverable mode, click refresh, and absolutely nothing happens. Click, click, click away and nothing occurs.

I've attempted this using many different builds of the program. I've tried changing the in order in which I connect the devices/start bluetooth, open apps, etc. But nothing changes other than what I described above. It randomly connected and worked just once out of the hundreds of times Ive tried, and the circumstances of that instance was a normal connection process: Open a fresh install of 5.0, turn bluetooth on in system bluetooth panel, hit red button on controller, connect to bluetooth in os bluetooth panel, hit refresh in dolphin settings, and wham, the remote stopped blinked, rumbled, and connected led 1 lit. I was able to use it just fine across multiple games. Shut the computer down for the night, came back, and attempted the same process with no luck since.

An additional note: The wii remote shows up in the drop down of devices for the hybrid/emulated remote settings and the game cube settings, but you cannot map any of the buttons.

I'm not a dev, just a normal dude with moderate technical skills, but if there's anything I can do on my end to help figure this out though I'm willing to try. I know most folks working on this program probably are not on Macs.

[KHg8m3r]

Are you using an official Nintendo Wiimote, or a third party remote?

Have you tired the latest dev build with Bluetooth pass-through?

You mentioned turning on and off the Bluetooth radio in your system panel, does that mean you're going into System Preferences > Bluetooth, and turning it on/off from there?

[ExtremeDude2]

(10-09-2017, 04:15 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Have you tired the latest dev build with Bluetooth pass-through?

I don't believe passthrough works on Mac

[KHg8m3r]

You are correct, macOS doesn't allow Bluetooth passthrough, only Windows and Linux

[as286]

I have had the same problem after upgrading to High Sierra. Turning the bluetooth off from system settings (not from the menu bar) solved the problem but this has to be done every time the emulator is run (disable bluetooth - run emulator - enable bluetooth - activate wiimote - press refresh - wait 20-30 seconds).

[bowerjack]

(10-10-2017, 07:54 PM)as286 Wrote: I have had the same problem after upgrading to High Sierra.

I tried following your steps, but OSX pops up and asks for a passcode to sync the bluetooth device.   

did you see this?   I've tried '0000' and the ascii representation of the UUID backward.  (as mentioned on another forum) 

[as286]

(10-28-2017, 05:15 AM)bowerjack Wrote: I tried following your steps, but OSX pops up and asks for a passcode to sync the bluetooth device.   

did you see this?   I've tried '0000' and the ascii representation of the UUID backward.  (as mentioned on another forum) 

I have had the same message more often than not. The thing mostly does not work and it is the randomness of it all that bothers me. It works, on average, evevery 5th attempt. I have moved everything to PC, it does not seem like this problem will be solved.

[lonerfanatic]

(10-08-2017, 04:47 AM)littlejoe Wrote: Hello,  

I was running Dolphin 5.0 (stable) on my MacBook Pro (2015 Retina, 2.9GHz i5, 16GB Ram, macOS Sierra) with no real issues.  Since I upgraded to macOS High Sierra I've been unable to get my wiimotes to work with Dolphin.  They still connect to the Mac effortlessly via bluetooth, and then work instantly and without issues in OpenEmu, so the problem appears to be with Dolphin.  

Using the 5.0 stable build and a number of revisions past that I encounter the following: Remotes are connected to the Mac via bluetooth, open Dolphin Controller settings with remotes blinking in discoverable mode, click Refresh, and I get the spinning rainbow of death. The app freezes and I have to force quit it, the wiimote never rumbles or stops blinking to connect.  With newer dev versions the the following occurs: Remotes are connected to the Mac via bluetooth, open Controller settings in Dolphin with wii remotes in discoverable mode, click refresh, and absolutely nothing happens.  Click, click, click away and nothing occurs.

I've attempted this using many different builds of the program. I've tried changing the in order in which I connect the devices/start bluetooth, open apps, etc. But nothing changes other than what I described above. It randomly connected and worked just once out of the hundreds of times Ive tried, and the circumstances of that instance was a normal connection process: Open a fresh install of 5.0, turn bluetooth on in system bluetooth panel, hit red button on controller, connect to bluetooth in os bluetooth panel, hit refresh in dolphin settings, and wham, the remote stopped blinked, rumbled, and connected led 1 lit.  I was able to use it just fine across multiple games.  Shut the computer down for the night, came back, and attempted the same process with no luck since.  

An additional note: The wii remote shows up in the drop down of devices for the hybrid/emulated remote settings and the game cube settings, but you cannot map any of the buttons.  

I'm not a dev, just a normal dude with moderate technical skills, but if there's anything I can do on my end to help figure this out though I'm willing to try.  I know most folks working on this program probably are not on Macs.

I'm having this exact issue also. I went on a streak for a while where it worked eventually as long as I didn't click on continuous scanning, but then one of my kids did and it won't let me de-select it. So that's an additional issue.

[JosJuice]

Please update to the latest development version of Dolphin. There has been a fix a month ago that makes real Wii Remotes work on High Sierra.

[lonerfanatic]

(01-11-2018, 07:22 PM)JosJuice Wrote: Please update to the latest development version of Dolphin. There has been a fix a month ago that makes real Wii Remotes work on High Sierra.

That did it! Thanks!