ViGEmBus
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers. (by nefarius)
BetterJoy
Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput (by Davidobot)
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| 8 months ago | 4 months ago | |
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| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ViGEmBus
Posts with mentions or reviews of ViGEmBus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-19.
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Moonlight, Deck controls not working
You might need to install ViGEmBus on your host computer, that's how Sunshine sees and uses the controller.
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(PC) Joystick bug with Gamepad? Please help
download and run VIGEmBUS: https://github.com/nefarius/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/v1.22.0
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Touchpad Passthru not working after ViGEM Update
This problem on GitHub explains what I have also. Does anyone know how to fix this? I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the newest ViGEm update (1.22), and restarting my computer, but nothing is working for me. Does anyone else have this problem as well? Thanks!
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Moonlight stops recognizing my controller after a few seconds
Solution edit: Downgrading the ViGEmBus driver on the host machine to v1.21.442.0 solved it: https://github.com/nefarius/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/v1.21.442.0
- ViGEmBus 1.22.0 "It's dead, Jim" Release
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[Mini-guide] Moonlight / Sunshine setup for G Cloud and Windows 10
I installed ViGEmBus for gamepad support, just download the linked exe and run it.
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Trouble with steam deck tools
Do you have ViGEm installed? https://github.com/ViGEm/ViGEmBus/releases
- Ubisoft Stadia Controller
- Trying to use Sunshine to play Diablo 4 on my Sony OLED - help!
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controller on pluto pc
and install version 1.17 from the vigem drivers https://github.com/ViGEm/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/setup-v1.17.333.
BetterJoy
Posts with mentions or reviews of BetterJoy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-13.
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Having trouble mapping controls with Nintendo Switch Controller
[BUG] Wired Pro Controller inputs going crazy randomly · Issue #566 · Davidobot/BetterJoy (github.com)
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RCPS3 connecting joycons
Use BetterJoy. It will give you a XInput device that you can use in RPCS3
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Using Switch Pro controller with Epic Games + DLC
I use BetterJoy when playing non-Steam games that don't natively support the Switch Pro controller. Works on other EGS games like Kingdom Hearts 3 and Hitman 3, so it might work with Outer Wilds too.
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[FIX] Switch Pro Controller not detected by Windows, a fix that worked for me when most others didn't
you can also try betterjoy: https://github.com/Davidobot/BetterJoy
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How do controls work when emulating switch games like BOTW or TOTK?
to add to this, if you have a bluetooth adapter and have a switch pro controller, you can also use gyro by using a program called Betterjoy.
- How Do I use a Nintendo switch pro controller?
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Multiple controllers on switch emulators?
https://github.com/Davidobot/BetterJoy i think this might be it
- Switch pro "recognized" but not really by Windows 10
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TIL you can combo GlosSI and RemotePlayWhatever to use Steam's Remote Play Together with Xbox PC Game Pass games
Or... You can use https://github.com/Ryochan7/DS4Windows for Sony and https://github.com/Davidobot/BetterJoy for Nintendo and https://github.com/parsec-cloud to do the very same thing without piggybacking on Steam at all, provided that it's also same to convince your friends to use your apps or my apps.
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How to set up Joycons and BetterJoyForCemu (for Motion Controls) with Ryujinx
Download BetterJoyForCemu, Install Drivers(Reboot required)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ViGEmBus and BetterJoy you can also consider the following projects:
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
Ryujinx - Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
BetterJoyForCemu - Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput [Moved to: https://github.com/Davidobot/BetterJoy]
HidHide - Gaming Input Peripherals Device Firewall for Windows.
DualSenseX - Connect your DualSense Controller, use Adaptive Triggers, Emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through USB or Bluetooth on PC
JoyCon-Driver - A vJoy feeder for the Nintendo Switch JoyCons and Pro Controller
AHK-ViGEm-Bus - A wrapper for AHK that drives the ViGEm bus to create virtual console controllers
joycond - userspace daemon to combine joy-cons from the hid-nintendo kernel driver
Sunshine - Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.
cemu-no-gyro - Maps analog sticks to motion controls for Cemu.