From eeff9b74dae91938804152aa19d64f36121d2592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rex Xiong <bychance@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:13:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fallback to phone haptics engine if controller doesn't
 support it

---
 VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m b/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m
index b61124cc..6089dd4a 100644
--- a/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m
+++ b/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m
@@ -84,18 +84,32 @@
 }
 
 -(id) initWithGamepad:(GCController*)gamepad locality:(GCHapticsLocality)locality API_AVAILABLE(ios(14.0), tvos(14.0)) {
+    bool needFallBackToPhoneHaptics = false;
+    
     if (gamepad.haptics == nil) {
         Log(LOG_W, @"Controller %d does not support haptics", gamepad.playerIndex);
-        return nil;
+        needFallBackToPhoneHaptics = true;
+    }
+    else if (![[gamepad.haptics supportedLocalities] containsObject:locality]) {
+        Log(LOG_W, @"Controller %d does not support haptic locality: %@", gamepad.playerIndex, locality);
+        needFallBackToPhoneHaptics = true;
     }
     
-    if (![[gamepad.haptics supportedLocalities] containsObject:locality]) {
-        Log(LOG_W, @"Controller %d does not support haptic locality: %@", gamepad.playerIndex, locality);
-        return nil;
+    if (needFallBackToPhoneHaptics) {
+        if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
+            Log(LOG_W, @"Controller %d falls back to use iPhone Haptics for locality: %@", gamepad.playerIndex, locality);
+            NSError *error = nil;
+            _hapticEngine = [[CHHapticEngine alloc] initAndReturnError:&error];
+        }
+        else {
+            return nil;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        _hapticEngine = [gamepad.haptics createEngineWithLocality:locality];
     }
     
     _playerIndex = gamepad.playerIndex;
-    _hapticEngine = [gamepad.haptics createEngineWithLocality:locality];
     
     NSError* error;
     [_hapticEngine startAndReturnError:&error];

From 87d9590f3ba2075f9813ed2a238fdec0c8a07c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rex Xiong <bychance@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:35:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update HapticContext.m

---
 VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m b/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m
index 6089dd4a..07749fe9 100644
--- a/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m
+++ b/VoidLink/Input/HapticContext.m
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
             Log(LOG_W, @"Controller %d falls back to use iPhone Haptics for locality: %@", gamepad.playerIndex, locality);
             NSError *error = nil;
             _hapticEngine = [[CHHapticEngine alloc] initAndReturnError:&error];
+            if (error != nil) {
+                Log(LOG_W, @"Controller %d: iPhone Haptic engine failed to start: %@", gamepad.playerIndex, error);
+                return nil;
+            }
         }
         else {
             return nil;