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- Wii U Pro Controller for Mac lies within System Tools, more precisely Device Assistants. This free Mac application is an intellectual property of TeHaxor69. Wii U Pro Controller allows the Wii U Pro Controller to work with Mac OSX through Bluetooth.
- Turn Your Wii Remote Into a Mac Gamepad With WJoy. The difference for me is the console controller, and while I could invest in a Mac gaming controller, there’s.
I have a WiiU and one of those sexy pro controllers that I would like to get working with games on my new Macbook Pro Retina via bluetooth. Does anyone know any way to get this reliably working?
After spending a long time searching, it seems the only true driver for Wii motes on Mac is called WJoy at https://code.google.com/p/wjoy/. It hasn't been updated in a while which is a shame. However, I can get it to work with my WiiU Pro Controller - the controller pairs with my Mac and using WJoy's test app at https://code.google.com/p/wjoy/downloads/detail?name=test.zip&can=2&q= I can see that the controller's inputs are being accepted.
Now, WJoy doesn't have key binding software in and of itself, so I turned to the paid app Joystick Mapper at http://joystickmapper.com. The creator there even states that WiiU Pro Controller functionality has some bugs, and for sure, some of the axis don't respond properly. This is a real shame! In addition to this problem, some games don't respond to the Gamepad at all, even when Joystick Mapper is active. So much for me playing games with my WiiU Pro Controller!
Just this morning I found the app OpenEmu at http://openemu.org, a fantastic open source multi-legacy-console emulator. This app not only supports Wiimotes, it allows pairing without the use of WJoy software! From my limited tests it appears that OpenEmu works flawlessly with the WiiU Pro Controller. This makes me think that for sure the controller can be paired and function well with Macs and that the right software hasn't been made for it, or I haven't found that software.
I realize this is a long shot, but does anyone here at the r/Apple forum have any experience with connecting the WiiU Pro Controller to Mac? Thanks for reading, and I look forward to hearing your answers.
Wii U Pro Controller Driver Mac Sierra Mac
While the Mac platform has not been noted for catering to hard-core gamers, there are still many popular gaming titles and gaming accessories available for the Mac OS. If you own a Mac and have a few games you would like to try, then you might also be interested in getting a gaming controller or two up and running with your system. While the Mac's keyboard and mouse ought to be enough for most purposes, having a dedicated gaming controller can give you the feel of playing with a gaming console.
Of the game controllers available for home computers, only a few are officially supported on the Mac, but you can often get others, like those for the PS3, Wii, or Xbox, working just fine. To use any of these controllers with your system, you will first need to connect it to your system physically, and then install a driver package to make use of the controller's inputs.
For factory-supported devices like the Logitech F310 Gamepad and the Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad, drivers are available from their manufacturers; however, for unsupported devices like Wii Remote, PS3, and Xbox controllers, you will have to use a third-party driver package.
The easiest of these unsupported remotes to configure is likely the Xbox controller, which can be (physically) connected directly via USB or with a relatively cheap receiver for wireless Xbox controllers. If you have a PS3 controller, you'll need to follow a quick procedure to establish a connection to your Mac. First, connect the controller to your Mac, and then open the Bluetooth system preferences and make sure Bluetooth is both on and discoverable. Next, hold the PS button on the controller for a few seconds, then unplug the USB cable, and the controller should appear in the Bluetooth system preferences and be available for use in a number of games and programs. A Wii Remote can also be connected via Bluetooth.
Once the gaming controller is connected, you can use one of several software driver packages to configure its inputs. The first is Joystick Mapper, with which you should be able to configure most gaming controllers. The second is the Tattiebogle driver for Xbox controllers, which should work for both wired and wireless (using the receiver noted above) controllers.
For Wii users, the program DarwiinRemote and the Wjoy driver should allow you to crudely connect and configure the motion-sensitive Wii Remote, but if you have trouble establishing a connection using these drivers in OS X 10.8, then you can try a test build of DarwiinRemote that should work in the latest version of OS X.
A final couple of driver options for these controllers are GamePad Companion, which is available in the Apple App Store, and USB Overdrive, which has been a long-standing option for configuring USB input devices on the Mac platform. These last tools are useful especially if you have a controller that only has driver support for Windows. When connected to the Mac, the button inputs will be registered, and universal drivers like USB Overdrive should be able to recognize them and allow you to assign global or application-specific settings to them.
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