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As mainly a console gamer over the years, I've become quite used to playing with a controller that has vibration. I feel that this is one thing the Deck is missing out on.

So I'm wondering if it's possible to somehow connect up a small vibration motor (externally) that can be connected to the Deck, and have it recognised as a controller?

Possibly more effort than it's worth but would be interesting to see if anyone has any ideas.

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[–] peanuts4life@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. I'm in the work bathroom so I can't check, but I think you can crank the haptic settings up on the deck, maybe that might help hold you over.

  2. it might actually be easier to replace the vibration motors in the deck with those for another controller. They could be a standard size, and other motors might fit. It all depends on how the motors are controlled electrically, and whether sufficient power could be sent to the new motors, and if so whether the electrical system can handle it.

[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Deck doesn't use conventional motors for vibration like most controllers do, it uses a haptic feedback engine built into each touchpad that works more like a speaker than a traditional vibration motor (which is just a motor with a spinning weight attached). You can't really interchange these.

[–] MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do switch joy cons do that as well? I remember some indie games literally using vibrations as a speaker

[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They have something similar, yes.