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GamingBot ( GamingBot@lemmy.zip ) MB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months ago

8BitDo announce 'Ultimate Software Online' to update controllers in your browser to help Linux gamers

www.gamingonlinux.com

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8BitDo announce 'Ultimate Software Online' to update controllers in your browser to help Linux gamers

www.gamingonlinux.com

GamingBot ( GamingBot@lemmy.zip ) MB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months ago
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8BitDo say Ultimate Software Online is their attempt to make things easier for Linux gamers, no need to download a standalone firmware updater app now.
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  • PrimeErective ( PrimeErective@startrek.website ) 
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    :(

    :(

    • superglue ( superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Just use Brave just for that one single purpose. I do it for my keychron keyboards.

      • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        Ungoogled Chromium works fine too

    • artyom ( artyom@piefed.social ) 
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      Just change your useragent to Chrome and it will work

      • TheAgeOfSuperboredom ( TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca ) 
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        I’d be very surprised if that actually works. To talk to hardware they would have to use Web Bluetooth or Web USB, neither if which Firefox supports.

        Unless there is some other API I’m unaware of.

      • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        No, you need a browser that supports WebUSB

  • anewfox ( anewfox@lemmy.zip ) 
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    i really hate these things, because they always require chrome. i can’t update or customize the firmware in my keyboard because it’s only done with fucking via and that barely even works in chrome as it is. my previous keyboard was just QMK and i wrote the firmware myself, updating was just a quick flash from my terminal.

    please just let us flash firmwares the so-called “hard way” too, these browser tools suck shit.

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    Finally. I had to go to a friends house to update my Ultimate 2

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      They used to support it, but they gave it up. So I no longer support them.

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        • redshift ( redshift@lemmy.zip ) 
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          I wasn’t able to find anything, but I may have missed it. Clearly it was technically possible, so I have to assume a business decision.

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    Good news. Haven’t looked into it in ages but is there anyway to map the extra buttons on Linux yet?

    Last time I looked it was still Windows only

    • Zarlin ( zarlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      I’ve had some success running their windows software via Wine. Haven’t tried firmware updates like that though, didn’t want to risk bricking it (:

  • RedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️🐧 ( RedSnt@feddit.dk ) 
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    I have a Pro 2, so unfortunately no support through that site yet. It’s perfectly possible, but annoying, to passthrough USB to a Windows virtual machine, which is what I’ve done in the past.

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    I really could’ve used this when updating my controller to support Switch 2, I had to grab someone’s Windows laptop for that lol. Really nice that it exists now.

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    One of my favorite company.

  • Barbecue Cowboy ( BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    For me, the commend 8bitdo recommends to set it up for the first time (creating a udev rule) was improperly formatted and didn’t work. When I created the file it was trying to create manually and then did the other steps, it still didn’t detect my 8bitdo receiver.

    So here at least, it didn’t even work on Chrome. I like you 8BitDo and this is an interesting workflow, but like whose idea was it to present this as a solution.

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    Heck yes!

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