PPJoyDLL virtual joystick
PPJoyDLL is a container application to load other DLLs that provide joystick data. This data is then fed
to Windows as joystick input via the PPJoy Virtual Joystick interface. Below is a screenshot of PPJoyDLL:
Selecting a Virtual Joystick
The drop-down list next to Joystick device selects the virtual joystick to use. The list
contains all possible virtual joystick names; it does not detect which virtual joysticks are
actually configured in PPJoy. You need to configure at least one virtual joystick in PPJoy.
The text to the right of the drop-down list displays the status of the selected virtual joystick.
DLL name
The name of the loaded DLL is shown greyed-out; the status of the DLL is shown to the right of
the DLL name. When you select a new DLL type the existing DLL (if any) is unloaded and the DLL
name will be blank.
Click on Load .DLL to load a new .DLL file.
Selecting a DLL type
The second drop-down list, DLL type determines which functions in the loaded DLL file
to call to obtain joystick data. Currently the following DLL types are supported:
Update frequency
The Update interval value determines how many microseconds (1/1000000s) PPJoyDLL will wait
between joystick updates. Since the .DLL has no way to indicate new data to PPJoyDLL, PPJoyDLL must
poll the .DLL for new data. Setting this value too low will cause performance issues. Setting it
too high my cause sluggish joystick movements. The default value of 100ms should be fine...
Click on Set to active any changes you make to the update interval. The application will automatically
change values less than 10ms back to 10ms.
Loading and saving the configuration
PPJoyDLL allows you to load and save the configuration to .INI files. You can also load an .ini
file on startup by specifying it on the command-line when starting PPJoyDLL. For example
PPJoyDLL.exe C:\Config\PPJoyDLL.ini will automatically attempt to load C:\Config\PPJoyDLL.ini
on startup.
Additional notes
- Each instance of PPJoyDLL feeds data for a single virtual joystick. You can run
multiple copies of PPJoyDLL if you need to use more than joystick device.