ViGEmBus
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers. (by nefarius)
XOutput
DirectInput to XInput wrapper (by csutorasa)
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| ViGEmBus | XOutput | |
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| 126 | 77 | |
| 2,386 | 1,055 | |
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| 0.0 | 7.1 | |
| 8 months ago | about 2 months ago | |
| C++ | C# | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | MIT License |
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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.
XOutput
Posts with mentions or reviews of XOutput.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-27.
- Help remapping controller
- Update on Samsho rollback netcode
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How to make a generic controller into playstation controller
Xoutput - is maybe the simplest but x360 only.
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Input Lag With the ALP?
I've been playing with using XOutput + HidHide to cause Windows to see the the ALP controls as an Xbox controller instead of the generic device it normally appears as, and it seemed to significantly improve the input latency in FX. But there are other downsides and quirks that it causes, including problems actually launching the ball in some of the FX tables, so it might also end up being a non-starter.
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Playnite as a "system"
I’m using this as a hub for mainly a GameCube emulator and those controllers do not have Xinput so it wont work in Playnite. I used this to map the controller to XInput and then added an extra line in the Launch Playnite.bat file to also open XOutput on startup
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I need recommendations on a keyboard mapper!
Does your ipac have a dinput mode? If so, xoutput may work https://github.com/csutorasa/XOutput/issues/210
- Connect+ Anti Cheat PC Problem
- This is the event that made me hate this company of shit
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Using both HOTAS and motion controllers in NMS VR with XOutput
I know a fair number of people would like to be able to use their HOTAS with NMS (plenty pancake players, not just VR players who dislike the virtual HOTAS we get). A problem for PC VR players, though, is that any solution might leave you stuck with the HOTAS for all play and that wouldn't be so great. But I've seen a couple of people in other subs say that they use XOutput for this and that it lets them switch seamlessly between HOTAS and motion controllers, detecting when they put one device down and pick up the other.
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What are some alternatives?
When comparing ViGEmBus and XOutput you can also consider the following projects:
BetterJoy - Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput
x360ce - Primary repository for the x360ce library, front-end and tools.
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
AHK-ViGEm-Bus - A wrapper for AHK that drives the ViGEm bus to create virtual console controllers
UCR - Universal Control Remapper [Alpha]
Sunshine - Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.