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Nintendo Wii Guitar Hero Guitars (WiitarThing)

Nintendo Wii
Controller
  1. After installing [WiitarThing] along with [ViGEmBus], open it up.

  2. Press the [SYNC] button at the top left.

WiitarThing with a cursor hovering over the red 'SYNC' button.
  1. Press either the red SYNC button on the back of your Wii Remotea or press both 1+2 at the same timeb. You may have to try this a few times.
  • A:A Wii Remote with the 1 and 2 buttons being highlighted.
  • B:A Wii Remote with the 'SYNC' button the back being highlighted.
  1. Once it’s synced, click [CONNECT].
WiitarThing with a cursor hovering over the 'CONNECT' button.
  1. Map your guitar.

How do I map my guitar? Click on the Pads icon at the top of RPCS3.

The Pads menu in RPCS3.

It’s suggested to create a new configuration by clicking Add Configuration at the top right of the Pads window.
This is so you can change configuration profiles in case you want to play other games.

The top right of RPCS3's Pads window. 'Add Configuration' is being clicked on by the mouse cursor

Follow the instructions and/or match the assignments below.

The instrument page being used as a as a mapping reference for RPCS3.
HandlersDevices
XInputXInput Pad
Device ClassDevice Subtype
GuitarGuitar Hero

By default, XInput has most things bound correctly. You only need to adjust the following:

UNMAP THE FOLLOWING or guitar solos will auto-strum!

  • Use Right Click to unmap a button.
RPCS3XInputGuitar
L2Left TriggerSolo Modifier

Change the following or blue and yellow frets will be inverted!

RPCS3XInputGuitar
SquareY ButtonYellow Fret
TriangleX ButtonBlue Fret

Guitar Hero controllers tend to misbehave and refuse to map sometimes. If you try mapping a button and always get U+ or something similar, click Filter Noise at the bottom left of the controller configuration window then try mapping.

[Download Profile]

How do I use profiles?

After downloading the profile,

  1. Extract the .7z file.
  2. Drag the input_configs folder into the configs folder where you have RPCS3 in.
Installing a configuration profile from the Instrument Repo
  1. After that, you can select the profile in the Pads menu.
RPCS3's Gamepad Settings, showing the cursor over a profile.

Most of the time, these controller profiles should work out of the box. If they don’t, try changing the controller listed in Devices, next to the Refresh button until it receives an input. You can edit this while the game is running.

Advanced Mapping
RPCS3Guitar
CrossGreen Fret
CircleRed Fret
SquareYellow Fret
TriangleBlue Fret
L1Orange Fret
D-Pad: UpStrumbar Up
D-Pad: DownStrumbar Down
D-Pad: LeftD-Pad: Left
D-Pad: RightD-Pad: Right
Right Stick:
Left/Right
Whammy Bar
StartPlus
SelectMinus
PS ButtonHome
Mapping

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Mapped by [gonakil1ya]