Workaround for Xinput

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After messing around a bit I figured out that x360ce is a viable option for 
restoring Xinput. Overall this is a very roundabout way to add chatpad 
functionality and rumble still doesn't work, however at least the controller 
works the way it's supposed to and the chatpad is functional.

If you are still working on this project, best of luck to you-- chatpad support 
on PC is a very underserved niche and this is the only wireless solution that 
has worked at all for me.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by timstuf...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2014 at 5:55

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If this solution is really working, it would be great to get it added to the 
codebase.  Xinput compatibility will fix the issues with the Z Axis on my 
Xbox360 controller, which is something that is necessary to play many games.  I 
an live with out the rumble, if the XBox360 controller works as originally 
intended. 

timstuf..@gmail.com can you share the details of this solution with the owner 
of this project?

Original comment by bbet...@gmail.com on 3 Apr 2014 at 3:34

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It's pretty simple. Follow the wireless chatpad instructions (including the 
VJoy program / driver), and once the controller and chatpad are functioning, 
install x360ce and follow their instructions for emulating a 360 controller. 
x360ce needs to be in the folder for every game where you intend to use the 
controller, and I got an error message every time I loaded one but it still 
worked.

Original comment by timstuf...@gmail.com on 3 Apr 2014 at 4:30

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OK Thanks, I will try it out.  Do you think it will interfere with Xpadder?

Original comment by bbet...@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2014 at 9:34

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I did test it with Xpadder for a little while, and it seemed to be fully 
compatible.

Original comment by timstuf...@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2014 at 3:38

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Ive managed to get this working ages ago using x360ce but the main problem i 
have is that the chatpad cannot be used in this mode in most games on steam.... 
for example the chatpad works in bigpic mode then i luanch a game mapped 
overlay to shift+O but it does not work on chatpad... does work on keyboard 
though... ive checked the logs and the input is being recognized but for some 
reason it just wont work... not a big deal though... as soon as overlay is on 
chatpad functions normally....
what im wondering if it would be better to emulate xinput on one side while 
emulating HID keyboard separately? would take alot of time to get working but 
if the pc recognizes chatpad as normal keyboard, mostly all issues would be 
sorted out...

Original comment by hardu...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2014 at 8:14

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Over time, Probably quite later on, we are planning on experimenting with 
Xinput support. If we can get the driver set up in a certain way, it can run 
without interrupting native Xinput compatible drivers. We currently have other 
features we are planning on working with for now. We'd also like to add an 
automatic installer later on too.

Original comment by kytechne...@gmail.com on 8 May 2014 at 10:06

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Original comment by kytechne...@gmail.com on 8 May 2014 at 10:37

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Yes Yes I beg you, at least make it an addon driver to accentuate the factory 
driver.  Really would love that.  Thank you for the work so far!!!

Original comment by jeremiah...@gmail.com on 19 May 2014 at 3:00

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We have tried to use it as an addon driver, but we haven't had much luck with 
that since the Xbox controller is a device class of its own while we need to 
work with a USB class device. That is a project for later on since that will 
require some research.

Original comment by kytechne...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 3:12

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Hoe do you get x360ce to work?  Everytime I try it and try and hit "record" to 
change the button it just sets it to either Axis 6 or Axis 3 (depending on if I 
have POV set to 1 or 0  with vJoy).  Any hints?

Original comment by buck.jef...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2014 at 12:36

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if you get xinput to work please let me know.  Great WORK!!! AMAZING!!!  But I 
can't switch back between using this for surfing the web and playing a steam 
game and that is deal breaker for the time being.  

Will follow along however to see if you ever get it working.

Original comment by znew...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2015 at 1:31