Xbox Riffmaster on Windows 11 detected, but no usable output in GHWTDE / joy.cpl

[juanmurillo04]

System:

Windows 11
Xbox Riffmaster
RB4InstrumentMapper v5.3.0
GHWT Definitive Edition

What works:

• The guitar connects to the PC and works in Fortnite.
• RB4InstrumentMapper detects the guitar through GameInput.
• In the mapper, live packet data changes when I press frets and strum.
• vJoy is detected and the mapper says it created GuitarvJoyMapper.
• The same vJoy mapper creation behavior repeats across restarts/tests.

What does not work:

• In ViGEmBus mode, input seemed to stop when RB4InstrumentMapper was not the focused window.
• In vJoy mode, joy.cpl shows no button activity at all.
• GHWT Definitive Edition sees the device but cannot bind/use any inputs.
• PacketLogs is not being created even with both Show packets and
• Log packets to file enabled.

What I tried:

• Rebooted the PC
• Re-paired/reconnected the guitar
• Tried both ViGEmBus and vJoy
• Ran RB4InstrumentMapper as administrator
• Verified vJoy was configured
• Tested in joy.cpl
• Confirmed the guitar itself works in Fortnite

Logs attached:

log_2026-04-04_16-38-37.txt