Resources¶
GremlinEx includes all dependencies in the release. There are however some companion applications that are highly recommended for full functionality:
Required modules¶
VJOY¶
VJOY is an open source virtual joystick driver used by GremlinEx as output. VJOY can be installed from: https://github.com/jshafer817/vJoy/releases
Version recommended: 2.1.9.1 for Windows 10/11 x64
HIDHide¶
HIDHide is an open source tool to manage by process device visibility. In other words, HIDHide is used to "hide" inputs from games so that the game only sees VJOY as mapped through GremlinEx. The tool is essential to avoid confusion in the game's own mapper.
HIDHide and documentation is available here: https://github.com/nefarius/HidHide
Version recommended: 1.5.230.0 or later.
GremlinEX WASM (MSFS) module¶
This module is included in the GremlinEx release.
This C++ module is part of GremlinEx and is necessary for GremlinEx to be able to access internal simulator variables and run SimConnect "expressions" not otherwise exposed via the SimConnect SDK. This module is written in C++ and included with GremlinEx relases as a zip file.
The module is compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and may work with MSFS 2020 (untested).
The project source code can be found here:
https://github.com/muchimi/JoystickGremlinBridge
The release is also included in the GremlinEx repository:
https://github.com/muchimi/JoystickGremlinEx/releases/tag/msfs_wasm
GremlinEx DInput module¶
This module is a depency of GremlinEx and included in the GremlinEx releases.
This C++ module is part of GremlinEx and is the interface to the Microsoft DirectInput (part of DirectX) API to access HID input devices. Installation is not necessary as the required files are already included as a dependency in the GremlinEx releases.
The project source code is located here:
https://github.com/muchimi/dinput
Recommended Tools¶
These companion tools are recommended to work alongside GremlinEx.
Glass Surface control tools¶
These tools let you design an interface for touch-screens to send data to GremlinEx for mapping purposes. These applications run on separate computers and connect to GremlinEx via the network. The recommended protocol is OSC because it is much more flexible and easy to use. MIDI can work as well but it's more difficult to setup in a networked environment because it doesn't natively support this, and because the MIDI protocol was designed decades ago, it is not as flexible as OSC.
Open Stage Control¶
Open Stage Control is an open source glass surface programming tool that lets you place graphics and widgets on a screen that will send OSC messages to GremlinEx, for a "GameGlass" type experience.
https://openstagecontrol.ammd.net/
Touch/OSC¶
Touch/OSC is an OSC/MIDI glass surface controller application (payware). While Touch/OSC as of this writing does not support images, Touch/OSC supports sophisticated internal scripting for OSC and MIDI message handling which can be helpful in certain situations. Touch/OSC is similar to OSC/Pilot.
OSC/Pilot¶
OSC/Pilot is an OSC/MIDI glass surface controller application (payware). This application supports graphics and images but does not currently support internal scripting. OSC/Pilot is similar to Touch/OSC.