FestivalInstrumentMapper

Maps a variety of Guitar Hero and Rock Band instruments as Xbox One guitars, for usage in Fortnite Festival's new plastic/"pro" modes.

In theory, it supports Santroller, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii Rock Band, and Raphnet guitars and adapters.

Currently in beta, please expect bugs!

This is an unofficial third-party tool, provided with NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE. This utility is not associated with or endorsed by Epic Games, Inc.

Looking for downloads? See Releases

Instructions:

Currently, only the latest versions of Windows 10 (10.0.19045.0) and Windows 11 (10.0.22631.0) are supported.

Download FestivalInstrumentMapper
Extract the ZIP file somewhere memorable on your computer.
Enable Windows Developer Mode.
- On Windows 11: Settings -> System -> For developers -> Developer Mode
- On Windows 10: Settings -> Update & Security -> For developers -> Developer Mode
Launch FestivalInstrumentMapper.exe.
Select your guitar from the drop down selection.
Hit "Start Mapping", and Fortnite should now see a guitar controller and let you play Plastic Lead and Plastic Bass.

For Xbox 360 guitars, please see info in the "Set up Xbox 360 Controller Hiding" page of FestivalInstrumentMapper.

Known Issues:

Whammy and tilt, for overdrive activations, can be tempremental.
Sometimes the app won't fully close and will be stuck in the background.
Xbox 360 controllers can cause framerate issues.
Versions of Windows with random services removed ("debloated") won't work. This can not be fixed.

Please report any other issues you run into on the issue tracker. When reporting issues, please read the FAQ and check for any existing issues before submitting a new report.

Credits

TheNathannator for helping get this project off the ground and documenting every guitar under the sun.
sanjay900 for documentation help, testing and the amazing Santroller Guitar firmware.
Nefarius for the HidHide utility and DeviceManagement library.
xX760Xx, Acai, JasonParadise and aWiseMoose from Lore Hero for helping test a bunch of different guitars, and being cool.

Building

This is only for advanced users and developers who want to work on the tool! If you just want to use it, download the latest release from the releases page.

To compile this yourself, you need Visual Studio 2022 with the C++ and C# development tools installed, as well as the .NET 8 SDK.

Compiling the main mapper utility can be done by opening the .sln and building it normally.

For the compiled ou'll need to compile the following 2 DLLs and put them next to the resulting EXE file:

PlasticBandToGip - native components for translating controllers
GipSyntheticEx - extensions to the Xbox GIP Synthetic library.

License

FestivalInstrumentMapper is Free Software, licensed to you under version 2 of the GNU General Public License. Read the LICENSE.txt file for more information.

FestivalInstrumentMapper uses the following third-party libraries:

Nefarius.Drivers.HidHide, licensed under the MIT License.
Nefarius.Utilities.DeviceManagement, licensed under the MIT License.

Code is used from HedgeModManager for Heroic Games Launcher detection, licensed under the MIT License.