Remote-Gamepad

Remote session gamepad tool. Windows 10 Pro version supports RemoteFX (RDP feature) that can connect the gamepad with the remote machine, but unfortunately, the Windows Home version doesn't have it. In this case - you use this program :)

Build status

- Visual Studio 2019 x64 Debug

- Visual Studio 2019 x64 Release

How it is implemented

Local machine's gamepad input is being captured through XInput, then being serialized and sent to the remote machine through TCP, and then applied there through the ViGEmClient API.

Preconditions

client and server machines are both x64 and Windows 7/8/10.
if you want to open the solution you need to have Visual Studio 2019.
ViGEmBus driver has to be installed on server machine to make it work.

How to make it work

First of all, open the config file (config.json) and write there the port and IP you want to use. DNS address is allowed.
Then, place one copy of the application on the server machine and other on the client machine. Make sure they both have the same config file.
Run server program, see the output.
Run client program. You will see if the connection was succesful.
Enjoy your remote gameplay.

How to set up the solution

clone repository with all submodules
go to vcpkg, run "boostrap-vcpkg.bat" to install the Microsoft Package Manager.
now, using vcpkg, install "nlohmann-json:x64-windows", "boost-asio:x64-windows", "spdlog:x64-windows".
run "vcpkg integrate project" command and follow the instructions. Don't forget to install the package for all projects in solution (you will have to run this command 3 times).
compile and link.