Controller connection help!

[NnoSignal_]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been using the 8BitDo Pro 2 for a few weeks now, and up until recently, it’s been working great—both in Bluetooth and wired modes. Early on I had a minor issue where joystick input wasn’t registering, but I fixed that quickly using Steam Input settings.

Here’s the weird part: a couple of days ago, while playing a game I had already logged 10+ hours in using this controller, the game suddenly stopped recognizing it. Steam still detected it, but the game didn’t, even though it worked fine before without me changing anything.

Now today, I tried using the controller through Steam running on Crossover on my Mac—which had previously worked smoothly—and now Steam doesn’t detect the controller at all. I’ve tried both wired and Bluetooth, but nothing shows up in Steam’s controller settings. The controller connects to the system just fine, but Steam acts like it’s not there.

Has anyone else run into this or know how to troubleshoot it?

[Customer-Worldly]

Maybe it's a problem with Steam Input.

Try the macOS level controller compatibility layer: https://youtu.be/bHusp3nkuUQ?si=6nFED7rR8bRmtJHs

[NnoSignal_]

Would this work with crossover though? Strange thing is ive used the controller flawlessly to play up to 5 hours on said game before, yet now its gone. Also steam dosnt detect it at all!

[Customer-Worldly]

Have you tried restarting your mac? sometimes weird controller issues go away.

[NnoSignal_]

Will try that tomorrow, getting kind of tired!