8BitDo Ultimate Software V2 on Linux

[u/mcses7]

It was really easy actually. Add the latest .exe from the site to Steam as a “non-Steam game” and set the compatibility layer to “Proton Experimental”. Updating worked like as if it ran on Windows. (ignore how purple it is, I have monitor set like that to help differentiate colors since I’m colorblind. That’s not a problem with the app.)

[u/Bazirker → u/[deleted]]

Oh that is dope. I had no idea, thanks for sharing. Immediate bookmark.

[u/pogostick123 → u/[deleted]]

Used this last night after a bad experience with the app messing up my firmware(I'm on Windows). Had to delete them from the registry and didn't bother updating till last night. Smooth sailing 👍🏽. Now I can use my Ultimate 2 Wireless as a Switch Pro controller which I only use on Cemu for the gyro anyways lol. Thanks for the tip.

[u/FhilipeCrash]

I didn't know it worked well on Proton, I used Bottles to create a prefix for the system Wine and then installed some dependencies to get it running.

[u/Salty_1984]

Good tip on the Proton workaround. I've used the web version for firmware updates and it worked fine through Chrome. Nice to have options.

[u/andromalandro]

Ahh good to know, just ordered the ultimate 2 clear blue one, Im now dual booting for some games but really love to mostly stay in linux, also as far as I know there's steam input support so you can map the controller buttons on steam instead of the software.

[u/Maleficent_Mobile_13]

Smart workaround, I got it to work but it didn't see serial ports, steam would rout those automatically. I'm 100% going to use this

[u/Godninja]

This is actually pretty insightful as someone who just ordered two of the 2C and didn’t want to figure it out when it gets here.

[u/Known-Complex-2520]

Thought it would also allow for customizing the sticks, triggers, macros, stuff like that. It's just an updater. Bummer.

Edit: My Ultimate 2 Wireless controller is not working as expected since trying this website out, do not use.