Can we create a separate DLL to load using GBE?

[item520]

Can we create a separate DLL to load using GBE? This way, we can specify the shortcut parameters for the EXE and the location of the game's EXE, making it easier to locate the stub position

[xan105]

I'm sorry I'm not sure to understand what you are asking. Could you please be more specific ?
Also are we talking about GBE "regular" or "steamclient" ?

[item520]

很抱歉，我不确定你在问什么。您能更具体一点吗？另外，我们谈论的是 GBE“常规”还是“蒸汽客户端”？

It's not GBE steamclient but a regular client that replaces DLLs, because it cannot load parameters and other variable codes for EXE

[xan105]

Mini-Launcher supports a ton of options, you can specify "shortcut parameters for the EXE and the location of the game's EXE"

{
  "bin": "/path/to/foo.exe",
  "cwd": "/path/to",
  "args": "-foo bar -dx12",
  "env": {
    "foo": "bar"
  }
}

What is missing for your use case ?

[item520]

-Launcher

But I don't like using launchers because they don't look neat. A more user-friendly launcher is SmartSteamEmu

[xan105]

Ah! You would like InputFusion.dll/XInput.dll to hook XInput without env flag.
This is rather invasive, I'm not too keen on enabling it by default.

Like I said in #10 (comment)

for now things are DIY due to the WIP status of this project

I already have a load of dlls 😅 and will add some more with GameInput.
This is confusing enough as it is for the average user.

Setting env var is trivial and allow me to not have to deal with config file for now,

@echo off
set GAMEPAD_API_XINPUT=HOOK
start game.exe

Also like I said in #10 (comment)

I do not wish to make a Steam Emulator on my own, that is too much work.

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if I can just hook the Steam Input API directly or if that would involve wrapping / proxying / reimplementing the whole Steam API.

If I can support Steam Input in this project that would be neat, but it is not a priority for me at the moment.

The current approach to use GBE to translate Steam Input to XInput, then use InputFusion to translate XInput to SDL,
works great but it's kind of a hack.

There is a WIP pull request to support Steam Input directly into the gbe_fork via SDL3 instead of XInput.

This would probably best suits your need.