Share information about connected controllers as variables for scripts

[ld892012]

Feature description

Hello.

It is possible to share connected controller's port and guid for a scripting use ? This can recognize the connected controller and make it usable with the game being played, for example, automatically enabling/disabling an Xbox emulation with the right profile if the game only supports the Xbox controller, or selecting the right input profile in an emulator without any manual intervention.

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[JosefNemec]

Wouldn't this make sense only if you actually switch between multiple controller types all the time? Is that actually the case?

[ld892012]

This is maybe useful in some cases :

• when a game is multiplayer and everybody had his controller, not everybody had/wants an xbox controller
• when a PC is used by some persons (and each person had his type of preferred controller)
• when an emulated game can use (or not) motion controls, specific controller is needed but not all games support natively non-xinput controllers
• when an emulated game can use his original controller, for example a Wii game can use a real Wiimote or a controller, this permit to use the good input profile in function of connected controller without have to manually change it