vozuri/xinputg84he

XinputG84HE is a small open source Windows program built specifically for the EPOMAKER G84HE keyboard. It maps keyboard key presses and other keyboard sensor data into virtual Xbox controller inputs, so the keyboard can be used to play games that expect a game controller instead of a keyboard. The author frames this as filling a gap left by a competing keyboard, the Wooting 80HE, whose main advantage was native Xbox controller emulation. Since the EPOMAKER G84HE already uses Hall Effect switches similar to that competing keyboard, this software is meant to close that one remaining feature difference. Features include mapping keyboard keys onto a virtual Xbox 360 controller, a hotkey to stop the emulation at any time, preset configurations for different situations such as driving games where two keys act as triggers versus other setups where the same keys act as a thumbstick, an option to correct for ghost inputs where the keyboard fails to register a key release properly, an option to mute the physical keyboard sound for keys currently used in controller emulation, adjustable deadzone settings, a way to force analog behavior if the keyboard is not sending expected data, and a live display of key actuation status. Before installing, the ViGEmBus driver must already be installed, since this is the underlying framework that lets Windows recognize a virtual Xbox controller at all. After that, installation is a matter of downloading the installer from the repository's Releases page and running it. The project is fully open source, and anyone wanting to review, modify, or build it themselves can clone the repository, open it in Visual Studio with the appropriate .NET SDK and WPF components installed, and build the solution directly. The README notes that the majority of this project's code was generated with AI assistance from Claude.