Gyromouse

A crossplatform mapper from gamepad inputs to keyboard and mouse actions, with special care for good gyro controls. Useful to play games and control a computer from the couch.

Main features

• Translation of gamepad buttons, sticks, 3D movement and more into keyboard and mouse actions
  • Control the mouse in 3D and 2D apps by physically moving the controller (The gyro is a mouse). Only on compatible hardware including PS4/5, Switch and Steam controllers.
  • Advanced input mapping including tap, hold, double click, layers and more
  • Multiple stick modes including Flick Stick, mouse ring, scroll wheel and more
• Crossplatform support of Windows, Linux and macOS.
• Planned: configuration in a GUI in addition of the text files
• Planned: 3D render of the controller with its orientation in a window

Quickstart

1. Download the latest release at https://github.com/Yamakaky/gyromouse/releases ;
2. Create a default.txt file in the same directory as gyromouse. Possible content is described below. You can start with one of the examples at https://github.com/Yamakaky/gyromouse/tree/master/mappings ;
3. Run gyromouse, either by double click (Windows) or in a terminal (Linux, macOS). This will run the input mapper using the configuration in default.txt.

Windows

No special setup are needed. When launching, you may need to allow the app in Defender Smartscreen or in your antivirus.

Linux

gyromouse needs access rights to the controller device in /dev to access every features, the gyroscope in particular. If you don't see Starting calibration, don't move the controller... in the console when pluging in the controller, try doing one of the following:

1. Install udev rules from steam, for example usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-steam-input.rules from the Steam package in Archlinux, if a similar file is not installed by your distro;
2. Put your user in the input group and reboot (usermod -a -G input <myuser>);
3. Give yourself access to the raw hid devices chmod 666 /dev/hidraw* (temporary, lasts until next reboot));
4. Run gyromouse as root using sudo (last resort, not recommended).

macOS

TODO

Configuration

gyromouse uses the same configuration format as JoyShockMapper. See here for every command parsed by gyromouse, and https://github.com/Yamakaky/gyromouse/issues for missing or partial features. Some of them are unimplemented and show a warning when used. Implemented features:

• Digital inputs
  • Most controller inputs
  • Most simple keys (letters, enter, space...)
  • Tap, hold, simultaneous, double and chorded press
  • Modifiers
• Advanced triggers
• Sticks
  • AIM, FLICK, FLICK_ONLY, ROTATE_ONLY, NO_MOUSE
  • MOUSE_RING, MOUSE_AREA, SCROLL_WHEEL
  • Ring only for NO_MOUSE
• Gyro
  • Most settings
  • Local, world and player space
  • Basic sensor fusion only
  • Calibration on connection only