Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

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@Giancarlothomaz check out the review of skyward sword HD
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/legend_o...

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@gcunit
Oh my gosh. I think he did it! He found root cause of joycon drift, and it's super easy to fix!

It makes perfect sense, it explains why some ppl experience it and others don't, it explains why compresses air works sometimes, it explains why it keeps coming back. It makes perfect sense!

Spread this video far and wide. First thing I'm doing if I encounter drift is adding a thin piece of cardboard under the analog housing. Not that I'll likely encounter it now that I use Binboks, but still. I use normal joycon at home for some games.

I have a PSVR and think it's really cool, but will admit it's enough of a hassle to set up that I don't use it as much as I'd like.

I'll get into a phase of really being into it, play through 2-3 games (since they tend to be short), then not touch it for months on end before going through the process again. It is an unbelievable experience with the right game though, like Tetris Effect.

I don't think it'll ever replace traditional gaming, but think with enough evolutions (less wires, higher resolutions, and a smaller/lighter form factor that's easier to take off & on at a whim) it'll grow to be a sizeable subset of the gaming landscape like dedicated portables are.

EDIT: the reason you really don't hear about it in the day to day zeitgeist anymore is that the mobile solutions (Google & Samsung had sets that let you slot your phones into them, LABO style) which were most in the public eye flopped hard for various reasons (drained battery, phones with different resolutions & sizes, which caused them to slide around/sit in the device at different angles, caused issues).

However, on the PC side of things, while super niche, VR has only grown year on year (I looked up an article as recently as last year that said VR spending/adoption was still increasing every year despite the "fad" passing by the mass market). This is where the innovations are made however, so once the tech advances enough there'll probably be another mainstream push.

@gcunit

I'd say lets give it 6 months and see if people still think this solution actually works.

I'm not inserting random stuff into a joycon unless it's a genuine permanent fix.

I will be trying the fix personally.

My brother had drifting exactly like that in the video. I watched it firsthand in his calibration settings. I gave him an extra new set I had, and just texted him an hour ago asking if I could have the drifting set to corroborate the fix. He said he'll try to find them sometime this week.

So ya, as soon as I get my hands on those joycon I'll give it a shot and see if it works.

Card isn't that rigid though really. If it was a piece of metal, or maybe hard plastic like a credit card, I might find it more convincing.

A piece of card sounds like it'll just wear out its resistance over time just like the base casing for the joystick apparently does?

Yea... it's interesting. The cardboard will be pressed down pretty tightly in there if you don't use a piece that's too thin, so I don't think it would really be moving around at all to facilitate quick deterioration or anything. It would probably work (if it does work) for quite some time if it is a pressure issue.

@Dezzy
Card stock can only compress so much, and the casing can only stress so much. So it doesn't need to be ultra rigid so much as it just needs to add thickness by acting as a shim underneath to apply pressure to compensate for the slight travel caused via wear over time. As long as the card stock doesn't disintegrate entirely I can't see how it wouldn't be a permanent fix.

I grabbed a caliper and measured some card stock at work and found some that's 0.5 mm and 1 mm. Taking home some of both just in case.

@JaxonH I'm gonna wait and see how you're holding out in a few months before trying this, but it's be nice if it's the case.

I tried the joycon fix thing. I didnt have card stock, so I taped together three layers of photo printer paper. I don't know if I went too thick or not, but it seems to have... Worked perfectly? The change was instant, my joycon joysticks went from having a mind of their own to being completely obedient.

I probably did go a bit too thick since the home button is now a bit less raised, but it doesn't really bother me. I wonder if it could be bad long term though?

@Eel
I'm sure it'll be fine. And given they weren't in a usable state with drift anyways, it seems like a no-lose situation.

That's awesome. Thanks for testing for us.

@link3710
I'd say go ahead and try it. Not like it's gonna hurt anything. I'd maybe err on the side of caution and go a bit thinner though. Maybe just cut out a piece of electrical tape and use that. Should be just enough thickness to do the job. And if not, add a 2nd layer.

Maybe go for 0.5 mm thickness, then 0.75 mm, then the full 1 mm thickness.

Typical photo paper is about 0.3 mm thick, so 3 layers of that is just under a mm. If the home button is a bit low, I'd say try cutting down to 0.5, or 0.6 mm if that's easier with 2 layers of 0.3

Cardboard does what Nintendon't, lol.

@JaxonH they had bad drift, and a weird thing with the gyro sensors, so I have been seriously considering buying another pair, but I think this will give more use out of them! The gyro sensor is still weird, but the main problem was the drift and that’s gone for now.

@Magician
Nintendo does cardboard too, remember? 😉

Apparently just not the right kind

I'm reading multiple reports on reddit and in the YT comments of others trying this and every single one is saying it works.

It's also relatively easy since you don't need to disconnect anything important, just open them, and unscrew the battery tray.

Well I'll try this cardboard fix later. Beats putting rubbing alcohol in-between my Joy Con sticks.

@gcunit see Nintendo, someone have found a solution for the dreadful Joy-Con Drift, now take this solution and silenty fix all Joy-Cons.