BetterJoy’s current stable release is v7.1 (22 November 2021) — the project has been quiet since, the repository is not archived, and v7.1 is still the version to run. If you are on v7.0, v6.x, or something truly ancient, this guide shows how to update cleanly: what actually changes, how to keep your configuration, and…
Not every Switch-style controller comes from Nintendo. Version 7 of BetterJoy added an Add Controllers feature aimed at third-party Pro-style pads and Joy-Con alternatives — with the official summary’s own honest caveat that the support “is not perfect.” This guide shows how to add a third-party controller, how to calibrate one whose sticks or gyro…
Next to BetterJoyForCemu.exe sits a plain-text settings file: BetterJoyForCemu.exe.config. Most day-to-day options are set inside the BetterJoy window, but several documented behaviours live only in this file — whether paired Joy-Cons rejoin automatically, calibration values for third-party controllers, the inactivity timeout, and legacy driver toggles that troubleshooting threads keep mentioning. This guide explains what the…
Switch controllers have buttons PC games were never designed around — Capture, SL, and SR — and a face-button layout (A/B, X/Y) that sits in the opposite positions from an Xbox pad. BetterJoy lets you put those quirks to work: the special buttons can be remapped to keyboard key bindings of your choice, the Nintendo…
BetterJoy can turn the gyro in your Switch controller into a mouse: tilt the controller, and the pointer — or your aim — moves with it. Gyro aiming has a real following in shooters because it combines stick movement with fine, wrist-level correction, and BetterJoy brings it to any PC game, including games with no…
One Joy-Con is a perfectly usable little controller: a stick, four face buttons, shoulder buttons on the rail, and a gyro. BetterJoy lets you use a single Joy-Con on PC in vertical mode — which also means one pair of Joy-Cons can become two independent controllers for two players. This guide covers pairing one Joy-Con,…
Most PC games expect one controller, not two halves. BetterJoy’s signature trick is joining a left and right Joy-Con into a single virtual gamepad — one XInput or DS4 controller with two sticks, a full button set, and real gyro — and splitting them apart again with a click. This guide shows how to join…
Joy-Cons connect to a PC a little differently from a Pro Controller: the left and right Joy-Con are two separate Bluetooth devices, each with its own Sync button, and each one pairs with Windows on its own. BetterJoy then brings them together — either as one combined gamepad or as two independent controllers. This guide…
The Switch Pro Controller is the easiest Nintendo controller to use on a PC: it has a standard layout, a proper USB-C port, and full gyro. BetterJoy turns it into a virtual Xbox 360 (XInput) or DualShock 4 controller and can stream its motion data to emulators. This guide covers both connection methods — Bluetooth…
BetterJoy (also known by its original name, BetterJoyForCemu) is a free, open-source Windows utility by Davidobot that lets you use a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joy-Cons, and the Switch SNES controller on your PC. It translates your controller into a virtual Xbox 360 (XInput) or DualShock 4 controller that games and emulators can read, and…
