Emulator Issues #9679
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Notify Users How to Set Up Wii U Adapter With Dolphin When Selected
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Description
What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.
This isn't a bug but a suggestion I have. Dolphin's native Wii U adapter support doesn't work out of the box and generally requires some level of user configuration outside of Dolphin beforehand. For users who are not aware of this the setup can be confusing and Dolphin doesn't provide a meaningful way of notifying users what they are supposed to do.
My suggestion is that when a user selects "GameCube adapter for the Wii U" for the first time a dialogue box will come up with a message saying something like "Please read https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=How_to_use_the_Official_GameCube_Controller_Adapter_for_Wii_U_in_Dolphin for instructions on how to set up your Wii U adapter." And have the URL linked to so they can go directly to that page. It may also be nice to include this link in the GameCube adapter for Wii U configuration window saying something like "Setup Instructions".
Which versions of Dolphin did you test on? Does using an older version of Dolphin solve your issue? If yes, which versions of Dolphin used to work?
5.0-127
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Updated by PEmu over 8 years ago
If this change is accepted and is easy enough to implement it might be worth trying to have this done soon before the new netplay changes are all merged as Smash Bros. players are probably a large percentage of the users who run into GameCube controller setup problems.
Updated by JosJuice about 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to Accepted
- Issue type changed from Bug to Feature request
- Milestone set to Current
- Relates to usability changed from No to Yes
- Easy changed from No to Yes
I don't like having a pop-up for this, but the general idea is nice.
Updated by Lucario about 8 years ago
The line where "Adapter Not Detected" is at (Controller Settings > Port #: "GameCube Adapter for Wii U" > Configure) could be edited to include that link, like "Adapter Not Detected. [I have adapter]", or something simple.
Updated by PEmu about 8 years ago
I made a mockup of a potential modification to the adapter window: http://i.imgur.com/lnWxqdk.png
I think the current version of the window has a few other issues like spacing that are also worth addressing.
Updated by Lucario about 8 years ago
This mockup looks nice but I'm not quite fan of redundant sentencing and punctuation/styling. Something like your "Adapter Not Detected. [Setup Instructions]" is very good enough.
I like all the other changes you made in this mockup.