: Many legacy flight sims require a virtual driver to recognize modern USB hardware. Installation and Compatibility
As one of the most stable and widely used versions of the software, vJoy 2.18 serves as a "virtual" device driver that tricks your operating system into thinking a standard joystick is plugged in, even when it isn't. What is vJoy 2.18?
#include "vjoyinterface.h" int main() if (!vJoyEnabled()) return -1; uint32_t dev = 1; AcquireVJD(dev); SetAxis(16384, dev, HID_USAGE_X); // center position SetBtn(1, dev, 1); // press button 1 // ... wait or loop RelinquishVJD(dev);
You can create up to 16 vJoy devices by editing the configuration file manually. Navigate to: C:\Program Files\vJoy\config\
The vJoy 2.18 driver provides one virtual device (by default) with the following configurable capabilities: