But, why???

3 Reasons:

1. Removing a Mickey Mouse sticker bricked the device and voided the repair warranty

2. Steam has no gaemz

3. DRM / Malware concerns require "unofficial patches"

Benfits:

[+] Offers a pre-configurated, self-contained portable environment for each game.

[+] Granular options with precise and individuated controls to customize joystick mappings, monitor layouts, audio outputs and more.

[+] Leverages native Windows shortcuts and languages for backwards compatibility.

[+] Executable identification, release/build versions, group-naemz and other extranious title abberations are intelligently handled to derive titles set by the publisher and the steam-database enables further metadata aqiuisition key to portability between computers, drives, and gaming-frontends.

Use Case

Creates a specialized launcher and profile-folder (jacket) for each game which houses the game's shortcut/s and isolates settings such as keyboad-mapping and monitor layout. Tools which automate the process of creating and loading presets for devices, games and settings at a granular level are downloaded and installed from directly within the program.

Antimicro/X, Xpadder, JoyXoff, Joy2Key keymappers are supported.

Installation

• This Version: 0.99.92.58

• This Build: 2024-01-02 12:38 AM

Run the installer or extract the binary to a location of your choice, or download and build and run the source files and executables.

v0rt3X

			├──  bin
			│   ├──  aria2c.exe
			│   ├──  7za.exe
			│   ├──  lrDeploy.exe
			│   ├──  NewOSK.exe
			│   ├──  Setup.exe
			│   ├──  SkinHu.dll
			│   ├──  Source_Builder.exe
			│   ├──  Update.exe
			│   ├──  USkin.dll
			│   └──  v0rt3X.exe
			│
			├──  site
			│   ├──  AnkaCoder_b.otf
			│   ├──  index.html
			│   ├──  InterUI.html
			│   ├──  Hermit-Regular.otf
			│   ├──  key.ico
			│   ├──  ReadMe.md
			│   ├──  TruenoLt.otf
			│   ├──  version.txt
			│	└──  img
			│       ├──  Install.png
			│       ├──  key.png
			│       ├──  runas.png
			│       ├──  Setup.png
			│       ├──  Tip.png
			│       └──  Update.png
			│
			├──  src
			│   ├──  absol.set
			│   ├──  am_Blank.set
			│   ├──  am_GameTemplate.set
			│   ├──  am_KBM_Template.set
			│   ├──  am_DesktopTemplate.set
			│   ├──  am_Trigger.set
			│   ├──  ax_Blank.set
			│   ├──  ax_KBM_Template.set
			│   ├──  ax_GameTemplate.set
			│   ├──  ax_DesktopTemplate.set
			│   ├──  ax_Trigger.set
			│   ├──  build.ahk
			│   ├──  Buildtools.set
			│   ├──  cmdtemplate.set
			│   ├──  DarkMode.mssytles
			│   ├──  DarkMode.she
			│   ├──  Deploy.ico
			│   ├──  exclfnms.set
			│   ├──  exez.set
			│   ├──  Install.ico
			│   ├──  jk_GameTemplate.set
			│   ├──  jk_DestktopTemplate.set
			│   ├──  jk_Trigger.set
			│   ├──  ks_Blank.set
			│   ├──  ks_GameTemplate.set
			│   ├──  ks_DesktopTemplate.set
			│   ├──  ks_Trigger.set
			│   ├──  Joystick.ico
			│   ├──  jkvtx.ahk
			│   ├──  LightMode.msstyles
			│   ├──  LightMode.she
			│   ├──  lrDeploy.ahk
			│   ├──  lrDeploy.set
			│   ├──  newosk.ahk
			│   ├──  NewOSK.ico
			│   ├──  ox_DesktopTemplate.set
			│   ├──  ox_GameTemplate.set
			│   ├──  ox_Trigger.set
			│   ├──  rabsol.set
			│   ├──  readme.set
			│   ├──  repos.set
			│   ├──  RJDB.set
			│   ├──  rlsgrps.set
			│   ├──  Run.ico
			│   ├──  Setup.ico
			│   ├──  Setup.ahk
			│   ├──  Source_Builder.ico
			│   ├──  steam.json
			│   ├──  unlike.set
			│   ├──  unsel.set
			│   ├──  Update.ahk
			│   ├──  v0rt3X.ahk
			│   ├──  xp_GameTemplate.set
			│   ├──  xp_DesktopTemplate.set
			│   └──  xp_Trigger.set
			│
			└──  README.md

Documentation

Detailed Docs can be found here

Setup

Setup (bin\Setup.exe) configures v0rt3X. Initializing the tool will index your drives for common game-installation folders. A lookup-table will be indexed from the included steampowered-database only the first time.

Steam and other digital-delivery providers' libraries detected will be excluded from populating amonsgt new derived libraries unless specified in the "distributor-services" dropdown menu.

Use the "SRC" button to add a folder/s where games have been installed. EG: C:\Games, or C:\Program Files

Use the "OUT" button to set the location for launcher-shortcuts.

The "GPD" button will set the location where profile folders for each game will be kept.

Right-Click on the buttons in the setup tool to download supported executables.

Launching Games

It is not necessary, but recommended to enable the RunAsAdmin option. Ideally, v0rt3X can run entirely in userspace, however many games require administrator access where user-level hardware is unavailable or unreliable.

During gameplay you may modify and/or create additional joystick profiles and any found within the game's jacket will be saved and reloaded for player 2/3/4, prioritizing the default profile-name eg: game-name/_#.gamecontroller.amgp, and other "player#" monikers.)

W.I.P/To Do

Configuration, save and save-state locations are written to the Game.ini, however Cloud-Backup of Game-Saves and Game-Configuration files is a work in progress.

I will likely end up adopting an open sourced file-sync service application.

Building or compiling from source

The lrdeploy.exe file will compile and deploy v0rt3X project source files and website to github.

Included with the binary installer and portable versions are 7za.exe and aria2c.exe, both of which are required for v0rt3X to operate properly.