victrid / libnxctrl

Python Library Emulating Nintendo Switch Controllers

Hi there 👋

I'm Victrid.

• 🎓 I'm currently a 1st year Ph.D. student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University after receiving B.Eng. (Hons) from the same school.
• 🔬 My research interests include optimizing data center networks, and network simulation/emulation.

libnxctrl's Issues

Splatplost USB backend does not appear to function

Using splatplost==0.2.0.dev4, connecting the Switch to a Ubuntu-like system, the device never shows up in the list. I am looking around in the source for clues but I don't see what extra steps would be needed. This is running as root still as well.

Rapid connection/disconnection cycle when attempting to pair with Switch

I have attempted to use libnxctrl (through the Splatplost application) on three different computers running linux (raspberry pi 4+, samsung galaxy book 360, and a dell inspiron 15 3000).

On all three machines, I get the same problem: when it comes time to pair the Switch to the computer via bluetooth, the initial connection is successful, but the Switch only remains paired for a fraction of a second, and then it disconnects. Then it attempts to reconnect, and after reconnecting successfully, it immediately disconnects. It continues to cycle through this loop of rapid connection/disconnection until the Switch is removed as a bluetooth device. No amount of reconfiguration within linux bluetooth settings or bluez itself seems to help.

I believe this to be a programming error because I also tested the program on different OSes: one raspbian, one Ubuntu, and one Arch Linux (the included splatplost USB image) and was met consistently with the same result. Unless there is something strange going on with my specific Switch (I doubt it, though), I have no reason to believe it could be a problem with anything other than libnxctrl.

If you know of any ways to circumvent the issue, please let me know.

The running command wasn't correct

The command should be
libnxctrld --host 0.0.0.0 --port 15973
instead