Sunshine: replace ViGEmBus

[ReenigneArcher]

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Repositories

LizardByte/libvirtualhid, LizardByte/Sunshine

Languages/Skills/Technologies

C++, Windows

Description

Reviving ViGEmBus could lead to gamepad emulation enhancements for Sunshine and other projects.

First step is to get the build working again with updated build tools. I've attempted this work in https://github.com/LizardByte/Virtual-Gamepad-Emulation-Bus/pull/3 but hit some roadblocks. Any assistance would be welcome!

Estimated Effort

effort:Extra-Large

Priority

priority:High

Target Milestone

1-3 months

Dependencies

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[ReenigneArcher]

From Discord:

I did not think just getting the project to compile would be so difficult to be honest. Made some progress, but I'm confused on why the include directories had to be modified when they worked fine before (I assume).

Now, on GitHub CI it is unable to find tmh files (https://github.com/LizardByte/Virtual-Gamepad-Emulation-Bus/actions/runs/14293375403/job/40057484265?pr=3#step:5:929).

Probably a lot of this is due to my unfamiliarity with the sln/vcxproj project structure. If anyone has ideas, I'm all ears.

If we can get this working in an unsigned mode, I believe I'll incorporate LizardByte and take the steps to get the appropriate driver signing certificate. Then hopefully can update the project to support newer gamepads.