PDP Xbox Riffmaster Not Working on Clone Hero

[ComboHasASoggyWaffle]

I'm here because the well of previous resources has legitimately run dry.

My Riffmaster has been working perfectly fine since I got it in December. It still runs perfectly fine on my Xbox Series X on games like Fortnite Festival. It's inputs are also still picked up by my laptop in general, as it still takes a screenshot when I press the screenshot button. However, it refuses to work specifically on Clone Hero. It doesn't even pick up my input to select my account on the main menu.

I've tried everything. A YouTube tutorial from a few days ago said that a recent Windows 11 (which is what my computer runs on) update messed some things up and said to uninstall Microsoft GameInput, which I did, but it was already not working beforehand, and continues to not work after I uninstalled the program. I have tried using it as both a WinUSB and GameInput Backend device on RB4InstrumentMapper. I have tried updating my drivers and rolling back my drivers, both while the device was being picked up as a "Microsoft Gaming Device" and a "USB device" on Device Manager. I have played with WinUSB enabled and disabled on RB4InstrumentMapper while the device was under GameInput Backend. I have restarted my computer dozens of times and put the dongle in every different USB drive on my laptop. The dongle and Riffmaster both light up like normal, and like I said earlier, they work fine everywhere but Clone Hero. To be honest, I don't even know if I should be talking about this here, or with the folks at Clone Hero. I legitimately do not know what the problem is.

Do you have any clue what the issue may be? Maybe I'm just awful with computers and clueless here, but I'm truly lost.

[Mango-76]

Same

[Anndres47]

Tried this and got it working: #67

[ComboHasASoggyWaffle]

Okay yeah, I've gotten it working. There's no way (at least on my device) to permanently uninstall Microsoft GameInput; every time I do, it comes back after I turn off my laptop. Basically just make sure RB4InstrumentMapper is closed uninstall GameInupt, make sure your device is under GameInput Backend, then it should work. Just do that every time you want to play and it should work. :>

[pablo5425]

Okay yeah, I've gotten it working. There's no way (at least on my device) to permanently uninstall Microsoft GameInput; every time I do, it comes back after I turn off my laptop. Basically just make sure RB4InstrumentMapper is closed uninstall GameInupt, make sure your device is under GameInput Backend, then it should work. Just do that every time you want to play and it should work. :>

you can get rid of it by deleting gameinputredist.dll in your system32
windows wont be able to use it but it still think its installed meaning it wont try to install it again on reboots

[crazybananas25]

Okay yeah, I've gotten it working. There's no way (at least on my device) to permanently uninstall Microsoft GameInput; every time I do, it comes back after I turn off my laptop. Basically just make sure RB4InstrumentMapper is closed uninstall GameInupt, make sure your device is under GameInput Backend, then it should work. Just do that every time you want to play and it should work. :>

you can get rid of it by deleting gameinputredist.dll in your system32 windows wont be able to use it but it still think its installed meaning it wont try to install it again on reboots

This keeps reinstalling. In order to connect you need to close RB4InstrumentMapper. Go to services.msc and stop gameinput resdist service and then go to C: windows, system32 and search for gameinputredist.dll. Delete that file then turn on riffmaster and connect, then load rb4instrumentmapper then test by assigning controller in Clone hero. If you cannot delete the file or it still doesn't register button presses in clone hero then restart your computer and try it again. I have not found a different way to do this because a lot of different things use that file (xbox, xbox widgets, gameinput, gameinput redist service, etc etc). It is almost like a printer spool and sometimes it just needs to be rebooted in order for you to be able to clear it. Once it is clear you can delete the file and it works but you have to do this every single time you want to play. Anyone know if rb4instrumentmapper is being updated to avoid this process?

[pablo5425]

ok, ITS OFFICIAL. rb4instrumentmapper is 100% defaulting to this dll if present. it doesnt use gameinput.dll unless this one is missing

i think a workaround would be simply hardcode the program to always use the old gameinput.dll

[Chrysana]

ok, ITS OFFICIAL. rb4instrumentmapper is 100% defaulting to this dll if present. it doesnt use gameinput.dll unless this one is missing

i think a workaround would be simply hardcode the program to always use the old gameinput.dll

This works - removing the Redist.dll lets RB4Input grab the old one.