CydandClaude Opus 4.8
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Author the custom virtual HID gamepad that replaces vJoy, and pin its wire format on both sides. Builds clean to RioGamepad.sys against the EWDK (KMDF 1.15 + VHF, x64, warnings-as-errors). driver/RioGamepad/: - ReportDescriptor.h: 6x16-bit axes (X,Y,Z,Rx,Ry,Rz), one 4-direction hat with null state, and 96 buttons — the legacy vJoy layout. 25-byte input report. - Device.c/Driver.c: KMDF root-enumerated device that creates the VHF virtual HID device (VhfCreate in DeviceAdd, VhfStart in D0Entry, VhfDelete on cleanup) and exposes a device interface + IOCTL_RIO_SUBMIT_REPORT that forwards the caller's report bytes to VhfReadReportSubmit. Thin relay: no report logic in the kernel. - Public.h: device-interface GUID, IOCTL, and the report byte layout shared with the C# client. RioGamepad.inf + build.cmd (EWDK build, catalog/sign disabled). src/RioJoy.Core/Hid/RioHidReport.cs: packs AxisOutputs + hat + 96 buttons into the exact 25-byte report (LE axes, hat nibble with 0x0F=centered, button bitmap). 13 new xUnit tests (136 total). Remaining (deploy-side): test-sign + pnputil install + verify in joy.cpl, and wire the real DeviceIoControl feeder sink (replacing NullJoystickSink). The EWDK's in-build catalog task (DrvCat) can't load Microsoft.Kits.Logger on this image, so the .cat is produced with inf2cat/signtool at install time instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
RIOJoy
Modern Windows 10/11 interface between the cockpit RIO (Remote Input/Output) board and Windows, as a virtual joystick / keyboard / mouse — the successor to the legacy vJoy-based app, with no vJoy dependency.
The RIO has 72 digital inputs and outputs (lighted buttons) and 5 analog axes (joystick X/Y, throttle, left pedal, right pedal), connected over RS-232 at 9600 8N1. RIOJoy exposes these to games that don't natively know about the cockpit hardware, with per-game profiles. (The native games — Firestorm, Red Planet — talk to the RIO directly and do not use this app.)
Repository layout
| Path | Contents |
|---|---|
src/RioJoy.Core |
Protocol, profile model, input mapper, HID feeder (class library) |
src/RioJoy.Tray |
Background tray application |
tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests |
xUnit tests for the protocol core |
driver/ |
RioGamepad virtual HID driver (KMDF + VHF) — replaces vJoy |
docs/PLAN.md |
Full modernization plan (7 phases) |
docs/PROTOCOL.md |
RIO wire format + iRIO input-map reference |
docs/reference/ |
Cockpit overlay art & the legacy labeling pipeline |
legacy/ |
Original C++/vJoy implementation, kept as reference |
Building
Requires the .NET 8 SDK and Windows. The driver builds separately with the
WDK (see driver/README.md).
dotnet build RioJoy.sln -c Release
dotnet test RioJoy.sln
Status
Phases 1–5 are implemented and tested (136 unit tests): the RioGamepad virtual
HID driver compiles to .sys against the EWDK (KMDF + VHF), and the C# side
covers the serial + RIO protocol core, input mapping + output routing, axis
calibration + plasma display, the tray app + profiles (JSON config, RIO.ini
importer, three-state auto-switch), and the HID report packer that matches the
driver's wire format. Remaining work is deploy-side: test-sign + install the
driver, wire the real DeviceIoControl feeder, and verify on a cabinet. See
docs/PLAN.md for the full roadmap.