Wireless controller not recognised

[flipflop97]

I'm trying to play using my 'Xbox One Wireless Controller', but it doesn't seem to be recognised at all. Creating a gamepad file in ~/.var/app/io.mrarm.mcpelauncher/data/mcpelauncher/gamecontrollerdb.txt also doesn't change anything. The game and my controller work fine otherwise.

EDIT: The controller is detected and working properly using a cable, but not when connected via Bluetooth. The controller works fine via Bluetooth in all other Flatpak apps.

Flatpak launcher version: v0.8.5
Minecraft version: 1.19.71.02

[ChristopherHX]

I also have a 'Xbox One Wireless Controller', I think you use the bluetooth connection otherwise the controller should work.

As far as I remember I have to use the usb cable in the flatpak build. I have no idea how make the bluetooth pass the flatpak sandbox.

The AppImage should detect your Controller by default, because it has no sandbox.

[flipflop97]

Just tested it with cable, and that works indeed! The problem is in the handling of wireless controllers then probably, or a Flatpak packaging one.

[ChristopherHX]

See this PR flathub/io.mrarm.mcpelauncher#107

This is an eglut build of the flatpak and should have the exact same features as the AppImage.

Based on my tests is my 'Xbox One Wireless Controller' working in that eglut build, after adding an env variable to switch to glfw this can land in the flatpak. Everyone who have issues with eglut can then switch back to glfw.

You can install the test build, if you also have the normal flatpak you might need to type flatpak run io.mrarm.mcpelauncher//test to start it.

[ChristopherHX]

Creating a gamepad file in ~/.var/app/io.mrarm.mcpelauncher/data/mcpelauncher/gamecontrollerdb.txt also doesn't change anything. The game and my controller work fine otherwise.

This works if you put the correct line into it. Maybe I can reenable the controller warning via a setting option.

[davidbitterlich]

I am affected by the same issue using Flatpak version and Xbox One Wireless controller and I can also confirm that using a wired connection for the controller causes it to be working again... This does not work via Bluetooth. The embedded Gamepad Tool of the mcpelauncher says "No gamepad found!" in wireless mode.

And I can also confirm that the Xbox One Wireless controller works when using the AppImage version. However the newest AppImage versions do not work with current Bedrock Edition releases anymore which is sad. I used this as a workaround.