Hi everyone,
I have posted a few times before and am appreciative of all help, but I am at the end of my rope getting 4 Wii motes to work. If anyone could help I would love any suggestions. Here is what I have done so far:
Got 4 off-brand Wii motes, Bluetooth adapter (USB dongle) - result: could do passthrough and get 1 to 2 remotes to sync, only could get more to sink by turning the first one off. overall patchy connection, but worked if I only used one wiimote.
I am able to reset the sink, and get 3 connected at the same time, but they will cut off randomly. If I open a game, sometimes they will connect when I hit a button, sometimes just blink, sometimes one will connect and the second one will just blink. Once, it connected 1 remote to both player 1 and 2 and up would move one cursor up and one cursor right on Smash Bros. This happened when turning the controllers back on after they disconnected. I at one time got 3 to work at the same time, but had 1 extra player that was registered but was not moving or controlled by any player. I moved the Bluetooth adapter to several different usb ports, and even ran an extension to have it further up the wall for better connectivity. Same issues, even if I am 1 foot away from the adapter.
I have used the diag program to set the driver manually, and forced the usb adapter through the dolphin.ini file, and am able to get the 1st remote to work every time, so I know that it is functional. I'm not sure what I am missing here. I even deleted all unused drivers on the computer and started from scratch. I even tried the emulated controllers but had similar issues. I would like to use the passthrough so that the machine remembers the Wii motes, as this is for a BIGBOX setup with about 15 TB of games, and I would like to avoid having a keyboard and mouse set up, as that's the point of the frontend. The only thing I can think of is that there is some sort of interference in my house around that Ghz, or that Dolphin just has an issue with more than 2 controllers.
Has anyone had luck with more that 2 controllers through passthrough? Anyone know what I might be missing? Is more that 2 controllers easier with emulation? (also haven't been able to run more than 2 through emulation)
Thanks!
I have posted a few times before and am appreciative of all help, but I am at the end of my rope getting 4 Wii motes to work. If anyone could help I would love any suggestions. Here is what I have done so far:
Got 4 off-brand Wii motes, Bluetooth adapter (USB dongle) - result: could do passthrough and get 1 to 2 remotes to sync, only could get more to sink by turning the first one off. overall patchy connection, but worked if I only used one wiimote.
- Bought another USB dongle on approved list - same issues, no more than 2 remotes to sync.
Bought a 3rd USB dongle on list - same issues,
Bought an original Wii bluetooth card and made my own usb dongle with the instructions I found online. Same issues, works well for 1 maybe 2 but cuts out.
Gave up and came back to the project about 6 months later to try one last time. I bought 4 official Wii motes, and after trying with the USB dongle and home-made Wii dongle, much the same issues.
I am able to reset the sink, and get 3 connected at the same time, but they will cut off randomly. If I open a game, sometimes they will connect when I hit a button, sometimes just blink, sometimes one will connect and the second one will just blink. Once, it connected 1 remote to both player 1 and 2 and up would move one cursor up and one cursor right on Smash Bros. This happened when turning the controllers back on after they disconnected. I at one time got 3 to work at the same time, but had 1 extra player that was registered but was not moving or controlled by any player. I moved the Bluetooth adapter to several different usb ports, and even ran an extension to have it further up the wall for better connectivity. Same issues, even if I am 1 foot away from the adapter.
I have used the diag program to set the driver manually, and forced the usb adapter through the dolphin.ini file, and am able to get the 1st remote to work every time, so I know that it is functional. I'm not sure what I am missing here. I even deleted all unused drivers on the computer and started from scratch. I even tried the emulated controllers but had similar issues. I would like to use the passthrough so that the machine remembers the Wii motes, as this is for a BIGBOX setup with about 15 TB of games, and I would like to avoid having a keyboard and mouse set up, as that's the point of the frontend. The only thing I can think of is that there is some sort of interference in my house around that Ghz, or that Dolphin just has an issue with more than 2 controllers.
Has anyone had luck with more that 2 controllers through passthrough? Anyone know what I might be missing? Is more that 2 controllers easier with emulation? (also haven't been able to run more than 2 through emulation)
Thanks!