ViGEmBus
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers. (by nefarius)
stadiacontroller
Command line application that emulates an Xbox 360 controller from a wired Stadia controller on Windows. (by 71)
| ViGEmBus | stadiacontroller | |
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| 126 | 50 | |
| 2,386 | 171 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 8 months ago | about 1 year ago | |
| C++ | Go | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | ISC 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.
stadiacontroller
Posts with mentions or reviews of stadiacontroller.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.
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Did I do something wrong?
https://github.com/71/stadiacontroller this will also work.
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Stadia Controller for Steam Games
Im quite sure ds4 wont work but yes there are other Tools to translate stadia Controller into a xbox controller. https://github.com/71/stadiacontroller
- bluetooth update - do it!
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Bluetooth or bluet-oof
Maybe this tool still works? I haven't tried it. Steam has a built-in tool that does this for games launched from Steam but I don't know if you can add Xbox Game Pass games to the Steam launcher.
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Stadia BT Controller on Steam Deck
Currently my Windows PC can connect to the controller, and with the help of stadiacontroller and ViGEmBus it works great with Steam games.
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Some game still won't detect the controller even in Bluetooth Mode
for those interested 1. download & install ViGEm 2. download, unzip and run StadiaController Has to be running everytime you want to use the controller. this will emulate everything perfectly
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Stadia controller connected via BT, but does not do a thing (Windows 11 Pro)
The controller doesn't work natively, you have to emulate it as an Xbox controller, ya can do this in the steam settings or alternatively use this software https://github.com/71/stadiacontroller a command prompt will pop up, leave it open and ya controller will work on all games.
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Help document device/platform support
Using this software to emulate it as an XboX controller: https://github.com/71/stadiacontroller. Works fine with USB and BT. Officially not maintained anymore, but don't see any reason why it shouldn't keep working.
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Gamers say goodbye to Google's Stadia - BBC News
I found this one on Github and it works great.
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Stadia Controller - How to Enable Bluetooth
Just go to this Gtihub repo and download the latest version available.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ViGEmBus and stadiacontroller you can also consider the following projects:
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
stadia-vigem - ViGEm adapter for Stadia Controller
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
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
GlosSI - Tool for using Steam-Input controller rebinding at a system level alongside a global overlay
AHK-ViGEm-Bus - A wrapper for AHK that drives the ViGEm bus to create virtual console controllers
XInputTest - Xbox 360 Controller (XInput) Polling Rate Checker
ViGEmBus vs XOutput
stadiacontroller vs stadia-vigem
ViGEmBus vs BetterJoy
stadiacontroller vs x360ce
ViGEmBus vs DS4Windows
stadiacontroller vs XOutput
ViGEmBus vs HidHide
stadiacontroller vs HidHide
ViGEmBus vs DualSenseX
stadiacontroller vs GlosSI
ViGEmBus vs AHK-ViGEm-Bus
stadiacontroller vs XInputTest