Can't make 2 SteelSeries Stratus controllers work in local multiplayer
I own two SteelSeries Stratus controllers and I'm having trouble getting them both to simultaneously be usable within a game on my ipad.
My hope was to be able to play local multiplayer with two people on a single ipad using the two Stratus controllers. Unfortunately what ends up happening when I try this is that one of the controllers shows the left most red led lit up (meaning "player 1" I assume) and the other controller doesn't show any of the leds lit up at that point. If I turn off both controllers and then turn on only the one that didn't have the led for player 1 lit up, that one happily connects and the red led for player 1 does light up (which makes me think that controller is fine, say hardware wise). But if I then try to turn on the other controller (the one that had orignially had the first led lit up), that one won't engage and become player 2. So I can have either one of the controllers involved and working in a game fine, but I can't have them both simultaneously involved in a game. I've tried powering them both off, forcing the ipad to "forget them" as bluetooth devices, using the pairing button on each to pair them fresh with the ipad, rebooting the ipad - no matter what I try I still end up with only one of the pair of Stratus controllers able to be involved in a game at a time.
I do see them both simultaneously show up in the Settings section of the ipad under Bluetooth as "Connected". So they both seem to happily be able to connect to the ipad simulaneously. But when I fire up a game, only one of the pair seems to be usable.
Here's my setup:
Ipad Mini 2 Wi Fi 64 Gig running IOS 8.4.1
Two SteelSeries Stratus controllers (the regular Stratus type, not the XL)
I've updated the firmware on both controllers using stratus-firmware-update-57_us_windows-vista-7-8-81_3264-bit.exe
The games that I've tried playing include:
Badland
Crimsonland HD
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Hey, welcome to the site!
Unfortunately, you've encountered a known bug with SteelSeries controllers: you can only connect one of the same type at once. That means you can't use 2 Stratus or 2 Stratus XL controllers at once (though you can use one of each).
This is particularly frustrating for developers who are trying to test multiplayer games with the Stratus. Several developers I know have contacted SteelSeries about it, but with no help.
If you can still return one of the controllers, I strongly recommend doing so. ANY other controller will perfectly well with one Stratus.
Sorry for the bad news...
Thanks so much for this information. At least it explains what's going on! I bought the controllers back at Christmas and it's only now that I have been trying multiplayer with them. It would be hard to return one now, but its ok - I have a lot of ios devices in my household and I'm sure I'll find one player usage for one of the controllers. At least now I have a solution to the problem - get a new controller (that is not a SteelSeries Stratus!)
Thanks again - much appreciated.
Hey Blue,
They basically all use the same ID channel in the firmware, so your Apple device thinks it has only 1 controller connected no matter how many are connected.
Steelseries need to fix this in a firmware update, hopefully the new Nimbus doesn't suffer the same oversight,as AppleTV will be more popular for Multiplayer gaming over regular iOS Device gaming, this is something that will cause a lot of friction for Steelseries in the future, this is the 1st thing we will be reporting on when hardware becomes available, hopefully everything will be ok.
Will keep you posted when hear of any firmware updates from SteelSeries on their current models. 😉
Last edited by MFiGamer (Sep 13 11:37 PM)
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