How to connect your real or third party Wiimote to PC

[@FelipeNIN]

This video should be in the official guide of the emulator. Thank you very much from Chile.

[@couldbeaname6340]

Same

[@ichiasdf]

Que receptor bluetooth utilizaste?

[@FelipeNIN]

@@ichiasdf la marca es Baseus. PD: El punto principal para sincronizar es el mín 01:50. Saludos

[@pyrodogawesome]

Idk if you'll see this 4 years later but thank you this helped me

[@charliegemini]

Oh my god, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I thought I had to buy an official controller and thought I would go crazy with finding alternative ways to connect it, you are a life saver and I love you!

[@celebrategout1008]

anyone forget they set this up like 2 years ago, stop using it and think their bluetooth broke when trying to use it for something else but find this video again and suddenly remember that you have to rollback the driver to get it back to normal?

[@karl8876]

This works! perfectly works on my third party wiimote that was previously not working with direct connection to win10 now if only i could use it without changing my bluetooth usb driver....

[@DARK__KING]

does your third party wiimote not found when seaching on bluetooth before ?

[@karl8876]

@@DARK__KING i think that is common problem for third party wii mote. not showing up on bt discovery in windows pc

[@КротовАнтон-г3х]

@@karl8876 Yeah I have a third-party too and it doesn't show up in BT discovery

[@pookiebecause]

@@karl8876 i have a question

[@karl8876]

@@pookiebecause shoot

[@wearecity]

It's works great, thanks. To clarify for those who don't understand, If you have bluetooth built into your laptop/pc (like I do) and you alter the driver with Zadig, then bluetooth won't show up or work for anything else, unless you roll back the driver, as shown in the video. But it's quick and easy to roll it back. Also although it can take time, the first time you alter the driver, following swap backs using Zadig, are very quick, next time you want to play Dolphin. Finally, I have 2 USB bluetooth adapters, that while they will swap to the alternative driver, Dolphin just black screens and doesn't work, saying no valid pass through found (or similar message) so it may be the adapter that doesn't work and not the method, if you are trying it with adapters.

[@K2kGaming13]

is zadig safe my pc didnt want me to download it

[@tbapple.]

@@K2kGaming13 yes.

[@Marek-cu9fw]

@@K2kGaming13 Not from this link, found 3 Trojan horses

[@Lexibada]

​@@Marek-cu9fwtrojan horses🤨

[@DiabeticDebuff]

spent 2 hours troubleshooting my Wii Remote because it randomly decided to not work, or so I thought. Apparently I had my settings on Emulate Wii Bluetooth Adapter and not passthrough mode from the start. After that, I didn't realize that I had to make a hotkey for the sync button to pair my Wii Remote. Your video was a godsend. Thank you so so much!

[@ReavinBlue]

but when I enable bluetooth passthrough games dont load in dolphin, as if they weren't compatible with the emulator...

[@Tipper6842]

same have you found a solution

[@techMOSH]

I cancelled my DolphinBar order after I watched and follow this video. Thanks a lot! My Bluetooth USB adapter: TP-Link UB400

[@scooby2588]

can u now play with your 3rd party wiimote on dolphine?

[@techMOSH]

@@scooby2588 yes I can. I bought a cheap "3-in-1" MotionPlus Wiimote and it works. At times it will get disconnected mid game, but not often.

[@unclebob1478]

@@techMOSH can you turn it back into bluetooth is it like that forever

[@techMOSH]

@@unclebob1478 I'm afraid it's like that forever. Try using that zadig tool again to switch back to the previous Bluetooth driver

[@Arkid77777]

Thank you so much! I thought that only official Nintendo Wii controlers works but my Rock Candy Wii remote is working perfectly.

[@blury1708]

DUDE IT WORKED! YOU ARE A LIFESAVER THANK YOU SO MUCH. For anyone reading this, this worked for Rock Candy remotes, as I used it with mine, and it worked.

[@danm.7557]

were you able to you motion plus as well? if so, how?

[@MonkeyHDMI]

i spent a a good 3 days figuring this out and your video has saved me from going insane thank you

[@wudja]

LETS GOOOOO!!! IT WAS THE DRIVER THIS WHOLE TIME STOPPING THE WII FROM CONNECTING THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[@shinnoke8]

Thank you very much man, it works great. (the only tutorial that works perfectly) Im using - wiimote motion plus (3rd party) - wireless sensor bar (battery) - Bluetooth usb 4.0 Baseus (i only have this available) Tips: - u need usb bluetooth for smoother and doesn't interrupt your current intel Bluetooth card devices like speaker, keyboard and mouse - on Zadig.exe, after list all device I select "CSR8510 A10 (if you using same bluetooth usb like mine maybe the name will be the same but I'm not guaranty, or your usb bluetooth device)" after that select libusbK like this tutorial mention - After instalation successful, I'm just using latest Dolphin 5.0-14790. (for me this version better for play any compatibility, compare to 5.0 - 6152) - Activate you wireless sensor bar - For first time pairing, When the game is launching, make sure your mouse click on the game screen and don't forget to press "CTRL" on you keyboard to sync the wiimote. after that press sync on your wiimote. thats it! - Enjoy your game =)) I know this is unnecessary explanation, hope this will help others on the way sync their wiimote. if this tips doesnt work for you just try to watch again this video.

[@trext888]

I’m actually using the same dongle as you! Lol. But I couldn’t get it to work. After following all the steps here, i get black screen when i open up any wii games…

[@cartoonhanks1708]

@@trext888 I got a third party controller and it didn't work as well. A similar thing happened to me, also I now can't auto-connect blue tooth devices.

[@trext888]

@@cartoonhanks1708 i had used an extra dongle to install the libusbk thing, it didn't affect my main BT. Did u happen to use your main BT and thus now the BT messed up?

[@MangoDesnatado]

I had to buy a third party Wiimote and I spent like an hour trying to make it work, reading forums and everything. Your method absolutely worked for me first try, you're a live saver! Thank you so much :)

[@Loagz]

just got a third party one and it wont work so wish me luck

[@tezlol2255]

@@Loagz did it work? and which thrid party one did you get

[@Loagz]

@@tezlol2255 it didn’t work natively I could only use it on dolphin it wouldn’t read as Bluetooth on my pc

[@10vinicki]

@@Loagz How did you do work to you? I have buyed on shopee the 2 in 1 version wii remote plus, but it seems that this didn't come with bluetooth inside the controller :/

[@vertexwyvern]

@@10vinicki i got the same issue did you ever get yours fixed?

[@RetroArcade-e4j]

FRICK YOU, YOU DAMAGED MY PC

[@masterklaw4527]

IT WORKS!!!! If you have a Motion 2in1, it works!

[@ravine9083]

Thank you so much! You are awesome! I bought 2 mribo remotes to use for my PC only to find out they can't pair through Bluetooth to my PC, even with the Toshiba stack. Your video gave me the perfect workaround to fix this issue. I'll buy a USB Bluetooth dongle to be used with my Wii remotes only. I use Bluetooth all the time because this is an HTPC using Plex and playnite.

[@kenzocastillo1068]

What Bluetooth dongle did you buy?

[@kenzocastillo1068]

Is it 5.0 or other version?

[@ravine9083]

My current setup is a dolphin bar. It allows me to plug my steam deck into the TV and pair wii remotes to the dolphin bar and the dolphin bar sends the signals to dolphin emulator. That is the best way to pair wii remotes to a computer.

[@unclebob1478]

thanks for permanently messing up my bluetooth :)

[@djflakoelmonstruo9908]

Easy fix reinstall oem drivers it happened to me as well

[@berkaneminoglu]

It worked for me. I used third party 2 in 1 Wiimote Motion Plus but I have 2 USB Bluetooth Dongle and when I try 5.0 Ugreen USB Dongle dont work then I used unbranded 4.0 Bluetooth USB Dongle it worked. If you have 2 in 1 Wiimote and don't work, probably your Bluetooth USB Dongle dont support libusbK driver. I don't recommended current 5.0 Bluetooth USB Dongle.

[@Vitor3dx]

Thanks bro, you helped me a lot! I was almost crying think that my generic Wii Remote was bricked.

[@robman0865]

did you use the latest version of dolphin for this because his link is dead for the dolphin version he has posted, im trying to connect my generic wii remote as well

[@Vitor3dx]

@@robman0865 Yes, always using the latest version. Just go and download it, it will work!

[@sickofit1574]

HOLY SHIT. Thanks. This still works. Could not get my third party remote to work at all. I would have been so annoyed if they didn't work. Lifesaver tutorial.

[@shortyspike]

I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR 3 YEARS TO GET THIRD PARTY ONES TO WORK! 100% YOU GUYS!! NOW TIME TO PLAY SOME BIG BUCK HUNTEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!

[@givgonti7877]

how did you get it working with the newer versions of dolphin?

[@maximedeus2553]

It's work with my 3rd party controller! Thank you very much !!!!

[@Genoleso]

I just bought a"fake" clone controller wimote but its bluetooth is not rilevable from any device, pc or android..i do not mean paired..just completely invisible Seller says that it is because their controllers could only works on nintendo console and not on pc I tought it was just a defective unit because bluetooh should be visible as well(am I wrong?). Could this method help me and give a chance to use this controller on pc even if its bluetooth signal seems none? Maybe do I need any usb bluetooth adapter or is it fine just PC bluetooth reciver? Does this method work only on dolphin or also on othet emulator like yuzu? Regards!!

[@Jose_.016]

I have only tried it on dolphin, but this method works even with that problem, and it is not necessary to buy another receiver (Sorry if the message is not understood, English is not my main language)

[@Genoleso]

@@Jose_.016 I' m italian and my english is worst than yours. Unfortunately my controller does not work with your method, i bought also a 4.0 usb dungle but still does not work...:(

[@Jose_.016]

@@Genoleso I also have 4.0, but when you select the driver it has to be the bluethoot driver, although it doesn't always look like in the video, for example mine is called "csr8510 a10" but it's still a bluethoot driver, could you check if you didn't get confused when select it

[@Genoleso]

@@Jose_.016 yes, i renamed it as you suggest in the video but controller isn't recognize from dolphin at all.

[@Brunn0121]

YESSSSSS, now it works just like on the wii! Press any button on the wiimote and BAM, the pc gets it right away!

[@smozaf]

Yes this works, but beware that your original bluetooth drivers will be overridden and you won't be able to use the BT functionality of your PC as normal until you reinstall the original drivers, at least that's what happened to mine.

[@sigitdentha5448]

now my BT adapter is gone :( what should i do??

[@smozaf]

@@sigitdentha5448 try first finding the bt adapter u used to connect with in device manager, then update its drivers but not automatically, select "browse my computer for drivers" then "let me pick from a list of available.... my computer". You should be given a list of driver packages, if there are multiple try selecting the one from the manufacturer itself. Of course you could also try the automatic option first in case that works for you but from my experience it hasn't. Goodluck

[@ajguerras]

After trying for hours , this is the ONLY way I could make it work!!! you're so great. Please remember to disable the signed driver windows options.

[@azrizin2343]

Thanks bro. It's work. But the wiimote keep disconnected and i need to connect it again. Happen every 1-2 mins. Using the built in intel Bluetooth adapter. Any advise how to get stable connection?

[@gregorymatkosky1322]

Computer Antivirus gave me a Trojan warning from the Zadig download

[@opethian8512]

Anyone still struggling with this? I have been fucking with this for the last day and a half and finally got it. Do everything he says as normally but when you convert the BT to libusbk and it does not work try a different one. I tried all 4 of them and finally found that the libusb-win32 works for mine. Also get a BT dongle just in case you dont mess up your built in BT (if available) which is any easy fix but just kinda fucking stressful at first. Thanks Games n Softwares for the help! I just played Wii sports bowling and golf and no issues without the sensor bar (waiting on it to come in lol) but boxing did not work well. The bar should fix that but then again I only play bowling and golf so its not an issue for me lol. Also I didnt have to press the hot key to sync it just the red button on the Wii remote. Hope this helps!

[@jytvreal]

I fixed it

[@moxic4117]

@@jytvreal how

[@jytvreal]

@@moxic4117 Only works if you got a bluetooth, find the libusbk in device manager, roll back and if you can't uninstall it, restart, then plug it back in

[@jytvreal]

dongle*

[@franciscoarellano9503]

Wow thank you very much, thought I was stuck with the third party controlers forever

[@JuanCarlos-tw9sk]

Hi. Do I need a dolphin bar to use a original or 3rd party wii mote on nvidia shield tv?

[@loshol234]

is there a way to play pc games with the wii remote using passthrough mode?

[@kennybear0]

Did u find a solution?

[@GlairGullwing]

The game stops working when I activate 'Passthrough a Bluetooth Adapter' option.. and it's weird, because it was working for two days, but now I get a black screen.

[@rayanghaffar2443]

Whenever I open Zadig and the list of all my devices, the "Bluetooth USB Controller" doesn't show up, what do I do? I have a 3rd party controller

[@DARK__KING]

thanks it's working with both original and 3rd party

[@uptownsamcv]

the bluetooth adapter built into my WIFI card didn't work with this fix but I installed the driver to my USB bluetooth adapter and it worked...

[@ellsonmendesYT]

the only one which worked for me was from this video, thanks

[@supertommy1000ify]

It worked absolutely great! Thanks! I tried everything and your method is the only one that worked for connecting the wiimote to my pc! But, I found a little issue. If you try to use the pointer of the wiimote for any game (Like wii sports resorts) the pointer will not work. Anyway, thanks for helping me to connect the wiimote

[@mnopyzstrife188]

If your pointer won't work, it's because dolphinbar turns off its IR when no controllers are connected thru it (in this method, it's bluetooth passthru directly to the PC, bypassing the dolphinbar). Thus you instead will need any other USB wii sensor bar; you can find em easily on amazon for about 10$. If you wanna test that this indeed is the case, you can (if you have 2 wiimotes) connect one wiimote to with this method and the other thru the dolphinbar method > thus turning on its IR lights, thus enabling it as a sensor bar. Last tip: you can SEE the IR lights thru your phone camera! just point your camera at the edges of the bar and you'll see em with a somewhat dim light.

[@crazytaco7736]

awesome tutorial was about to curb stomp the wii mote i bought any tips for getting it to work on clone hero?

[@XenoWars]

I followed this method exactly, but my wiimote+ only stays on for a second then turns off immediately.

[@GalaxyofFey]

I need help i am on dolphin 5.0-910 i checked the boxes updated the driver and put the hotkey to Lctrl but i am getting is this black screen when i open mario kart wii

[@thedindo4370]

Dude, you're amazing! I was about to give up, tried many tutorial and none worked. i can finally play with my wii mote after following your tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@TheGamespy100]

wow Im so glad I found this video i was legit going to return my controller too thank you

[@evaluteXD]

I got an .exe file and not a .rar, can you share the link.

[@TheGamespy100]

@@evaluteXD rip I just saw this since I needed to do it on another pc and notifications for comments don’t work lol did you ever find it. If not this is their main website zadig.akeo.ie/

[@evaluteXD]

Got it😅

[@BOOTT]

Installing the zadig driver onto my bluetooth messed my computer up, stuck in blue screen and might have to refresh my pc.

[@larf3995]

f

[@rollininst_1286]

Its def some type of virus. Now i gotta go get my laptop fixed in a shop. It bricked my laptop keyboard and made my bluetooth not work

[@JoshQwerty]

i think the Zadig file doesn't work anymore, it doesnt show up as a winrar file for me

[@shannonwoods9444]

does the same thing, doesn't need to be winrar

[@mynamewest]

this worked and helped me so much. thanks

[@maysblaze]

Hi All, as many others shared below... I can get my wiimote to connect but can't get past motion+ screen. Will buying a wiimote with motion+ built in fix this issue?? This is for Zelda Skyward Sword

[@righteousdavis777]

I have a Wii motion plus add on and a wii bar and its works just fine for me..

[@Jh0nnY2k]

Same issue as loleo if i follow your tutorial it will disable Bluetooth completely, Any update on this? i think the drivers might not be compatible with the new version of windows

[@philiphill2]

Agreed!!! Help

[@trext888]

@@philiphill2 same problem faced

[@Person25152]

can you please help me I have a third party wii remote and when I downloaded zadig I dont see it popping up there either what do I do

[@Person25152]

Do I really need to buy a usb bluetooth adapter on top of it?

[@jytvreal]

@@Person25152 its recommended so you dont ruin ur bluetooth

[@nytr0s96]

doesn't seem to work for me. idk if its the bluetooth card or just my nu+ wii remote but it wont even sync.

[@DanTDMJace]

It doesn't work. I binded Sync to H, launched Wii System Menu, pressed H, pressed sync on my 3rd-party Wiimote, and nothing happened. To be fair, I don't have a passthrough bluetooth adapter, just the one my PC came with. Nor do I have a Dolphin bar. When I try and click "Passthrough a Bluetooth adapter," it says there's nothing.

[@stevensole1909]

So I got 2 Wiimotes One third party without motion plus One official Wii Motion Plus inside. Both I was able to connect to Dolphin via bluetooth passthrough. The motion sensor is at the bottom of the screen and configured as such in Dolphin. Here is where my problem lies. With the third party one, I can stand a little far from the screen, I can point at the screen, and I can move the cursor. With the official Wii Motion Plus one, it doesn't seem to work as well. I have to point to the sensor or I have to sit closer to the screen for the movement to be more natural. I am stumped....anyone have any ideas?

[@-7_7-]

OMG HILY SJHIT THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@kermtendo5592]

Alright so I got it to work but now how do I use it with the sensor?

[@notXxXayne]

two candles. dont ask why, just do it. trust me it works

[@cleitonmoura4907]

the best tutorial ever. Thanks a lot.

[@hussainx3Lv]

work absolutely work 100%

[@hussainx3Lv]

for second .. 😷😷

[@ChrisKadaver]

Should this work with third party wii motes that doesn't even gets recognized by windows the usual way? I also have a sensor bar with USB connection. Do I just have to plug that into the TV to get power for it to work?

[@xWukong]

I have the exact same issue...

[@xWukong]

Also I found out using the normal wii remote just works so worse case scenario you'll probably have to buy a wii motionplus accesory

[@mcfatty12345tb]

This worked great, thank you for the help!

[@skull35931]

does this not work if i have bluetooth built in? because it wont let me install the driver

[@georgelensgraf643]

This did not work for me. I bought a compatible adapter and followed these instructions and it said my adapter was not compatible on game screen. I'm running Windows 7 Professional SP1. My Dolphin version is 5.0-16380.

[@Veggum]

Is there any way to use the wii remote in other programs? Or only dolphin?

[@chariefsaram531]

Can you connect multiple wiimotes via bluetooth passthrough?

[@jamesfullen4939]

This is the only way i could get my generic wii remote to work with dolphin thanks

[@Mctoasty302]

I am getting odd errors when I am trying this method. It says I don’t have a Bluetooth device to pass through (ummm I actually do have one :p it is built into the pc)

[@dallicaniqq7302]

can u use in other progams or only dolphin?

[@l_suarez6894]

Do i need to buy anything like a bluetooth adapter to do this?

[@onlyhaniel_2430]

Could you do a tutorial to use zadig with the wiimote online from the dolphin emulator?

[@Jayk0b]

Doesnt work, also this BT library disables the bt on my pc completley. A remote couldnt even connect then.

[@DorisRivera0791]

Now I can’t connect another Bluetooth device Thanks man for screwing me over

[@elifilimon8964]

Thank you so much! It works like a charm!

[@carlosbarreto4695]

Thank you. It really works!

[@pompando]

Thx man!

[@elemetalelemental8594]

Can you please tell me what buletooth adapter i should buy?

[@Xanderarciaga454]

wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Passthrough#Windows go to adapter test results

[@Loagz]

can i use it to pair in my windows settings or is it just for dolphin

[@TheeCapN]

do i need a special kind of Wii bar? i did everything in this video but nothing works

[@shannonwoods9444]

wii bar is just lights that the controller reads. I got one off amazon for 10 bucks with a usb cord and just plug it in on tv or pc or anywhere it can get power to turn the lights on for controller to read.

[@cadetsparklez3300]

bluetooth usb host does not appear in zadig for me

[@トマト将軍]

is there any way to connect third-party Wii remote to emulated Wii remote? so that I can change the keys and use more than two devices at the same time.

[@Miaaa_]

nope

[@smozaf]

I don't think so. When I tried connecting both an orig Nintendo remote and a third-party one only the orig connected.

[@user-zv5ok3ux2o]

Its not connecting :/ i followed this 100% of the way through

[@gamesnsoftwares5964]

please don't forget to subscribe guys

[@musiczone8663]

you have given me a curse

[@fullmetalnerd97]

This doesn't work for me. All it does is make it so that none of my bluetooth devices connect when I change the drivers.

[@willix7687]

Hiiy wiimote is connected U thank U but can I connected my sensor bar with this method can u explain me? I have a USB sensor bar for dolphin but I can not use it because of pass-through

[@arian10er41]

I didnt find on hotkey settings "prees sync" pls i need help

[@tim5115-b4x]

Is it possible to connect more than 1 wii mote ????????

[@tim5115-b4x]

it work sometimes

[@tim5115-b4x]

but sometimes not work

[@Yalloriess]

Best 3rd party Wii remotes you would recommend for Dolphin now?

[@Loagz]

i need help it didnt roll back my bluetooth and now i dont have bluetooth anymore

[@DorisRivera0791]

Ok so my device list says nothing about a Bluetooth host thing It just says Bluetooth radio

[@nathanbulle5782]

Bro totally forgot to mention that he used some kind of USB Bluetooth adapter and didn't mention which one it was. This absolutely did not work for me because I was trying to use my laptop's built in qualicom Bluetooth and something (idk what) was incompatible. 😒😒

[@kaiserrino8774]

worked great thank you. too bad though it doesn't support dolphin bar

[@gymzatan7824]

Right so the cursor doesn't work

[@FroobTubeLIVE]

The Dolphinbar by Mayflash is all you need. The bar is a bluetooth passthrough itself, so there's no need for any additional adapters. Plus the bar also has the IR lights you need in order for the wiimote to function with games that use the IR sensitivity. This guide will only get you as far as connecting the controller, but you will not be able to play "IR games" afterwards unless you have a separate bar or you use the candle trick.

[@ZaicoXD]

please help whenever i enable passthrough bluetooth i get a black screen

[@LukaBat]

god video, but , other bluetooth devices dont work with driver libusbk

[@Mctoasty302]

Is this supposed to work with the TechKen wiimote?

[@rileymccarthy9899]

Did you ever get yours to work? I also ordered techken and am having trouble?

[@Mctoasty302]

@@rileymccarthy9899 you need lisbusb, the driver for wiimotes. Then you need to buy a second Bluetooth adapter because it is going to disable your computer’s Bluetooth adapter. Then you need to set a sync hotkey in Dolphin and use the Bluetooth pass through function and hit the sync button while in game.

[@rileymccarthy9899]

@@Mctoasty302 hmm yea I've done everything but I only have the one bluetooth dongle so now it says cannot detect for passthrough so I must need another dongle then.

[@rileymccarthy9899]

So I got my controller to connect to the mayflash dolphin bar and the light indicates I am player 1 but when I get to the main menu my inputs don't do anything. I have it set to mode 4. I'll have to do some more research

[@whyamionfire5524]

Is there a way for me to keep it connected after dolphin is closed?

[@lyncessv.3990]

Hi thanks I managed to connect my 3rd party wiimote at last!!! Anyway I am encountering the problem of wiimote disconnecting when I attach the nunchuk during skyward sword. Anybody experience this issue? I tested again on rune factory tides of destiny, no issue... anybody have the same experience with skyward sword???

[@lyncessv.3990]

Any advice how you play your skyward sword would b appreciated too! Im using a 3rd party wiimote w nunchuk btw.

[@pookiebecause]

@@lyncessv.3990 i have a question how do you do it i cant get it to work ill give you tips but how do you connect it

[@adamatkins4710]

worked the first time but now I am greeted with a black screen. The game works again once bluetooth passthrough is off, but I can't connect the wii remote with it off. Oh well

[@LerabraG]

Now my driver doesn't work anymore.. I've tried to uninstall, but didn't work

[@dglisha]

Is there a way to work with cemu like this?

[@Gavin-bk4vy]

My controller does not pop up on zadig

[@Cloud_335]

I followed all steps correctly but dolphin games just turns black, help!!