steam-deck-tools
(Windows) Steam Deck Tools - Fan, Overlay, Power Control and Steam Controller for Windows (by ayufan)
ViGEmBus
Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers. (by nefarius)
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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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.
steam-deck-tools
Posts with mentions or reviews of steam-deck-tools.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-27.
- Steamdecks biggest weakness is SteamOS
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Overcoming buyer's remorse?
I use Steam Deck tools for windows for all my deck buttons and shortcuts https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools
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On window 10, in game, x pulls up the keyboard and b pauses the game?
It's friendlier than it looks! First download the latest Steam Deck Tools release from GitHubsteam deck tools, then install RTSSrtss so the overlay and quick menus work, and optionally follow thisvrr guide to get VRR working. Make sure they're all set to run on startup and you should be good to go. The options all live in the task bar, and you can easily toggle between desktop/controller mode and different fan profiles, refresh rates, etc. It takes some fiddling around to get perfect but it has most, if not all, of the functionality of the native OS
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Do you still pay for Game Pass?
Are you sure you are actually using Windows on the deck? Because except for getting the controller working in 3rd party launchers (which needs this single tool: https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools) - there were absolutely NO errors / hurdles at all. Everything just works as expected.
- If you told 10yo me this would be a thing, I'm not sure I'd have believed you.
- Native controller support
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Installing windows
I prefer Steam Deck Tools for Windows https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools this is free, and adds pretty much full Stream Deck functionality to Windows. Steam Deck shortcuts for bringing up the windows keyboard, closing apps, alt tabbing, bringing up an overlay, using the overlay to choose frame rate and scaling options, etc, etc.
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Diablo 4 - detect controller?
Steam Deck Tools I launch Diablo hold start and swaps to controller mode.
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Just got a Steam Deck
Install https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools This gives you control of fans, power limits, controller/mouse mode, etc. Its an all in 1 tool
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Any tips for having windows on steam deck
And I use Steam Deck Tools for Windows for everything else and it works great https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools
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.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing steam-deck-tools and ViGEmBus you can also consider the following projects:
HandheldCompanion - ControllerService
XOutput - DirectInput to XInput wrapper
GlosSI - Tool for using Steam-Input controller rebinding at a system level alongside a global overlay
BetterJoy - Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput
SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot - Script to install Clover - a graphical boot manager for the Steam Deck.
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide - Customizations and instructions for Windows 10/11 setup for Steam Deck
HidHide - Gaming Input Peripherals Device Firewall for Windows.
old-RetroBat-obsolete - RetroBat is the best way to play your ROMs collection on Windows !
DualSenseX - Connect your DualSense Controller, use Adaptive Triggers, Emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through USB or Bluetooth on PC
keepassxc - KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”.
AHK-ViGEm-Bus - A wrapper for AHK that drives the ViGEm bus to create virtual console controllers
steam-deck-tools vs HandheldCompanion
ViGEmBus vs XOutput
steam-deck-tools vs GlosSI
ViGEmBus vs BetterJoy
steam-deck-tools vs SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot
ViGEmBus vs DS4Windows
steam-deck-tools vs Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide
ViGEmBus vs HidHide
steam-deck-tools vs old-RetroBat-obsolete
ViGEmBus vs DualSenseX
steam-deck-tools vs keepassxc
ViGEmBus vs AHK-ViGEm-Bus