Getting Remote Play Together to work with PCSX2 (pcsx2-qtx64) on Windows via shim

Remote Play Together with PCSX2.md

Some testing notes that allows keeping PCSX2 installed where it is and a remote player to use a controller YMMV

Setup game and shim

1. Find a donor game; a game that supports Remote Play Together (RPT)
2. Open game path and note the .exe name
3. Delete all the files in the game path
4. Create a shim
   1. Ex: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\tools\shimgen.exe -o="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Chicken Invaders 4\CI4.exe" -p="C:\Emulators\PCSX2\pcsx2-qtx64.exe" --gui
5. Run donor game from Steam to start PCSX2 emulator

Notes

• Remote Play Together will show donor game name, but runs the emulator.
• Slightly more sound latency than with using RetroArch, but allows for disc swapping.
  • Maybe a setting can be adjusted in PCSX2 to remedy this?

Setup controller for player 2

Tested with XboxOne controller on host and steam controller on guest.

1. Have remote player with controller connect via Remote Play Together
2. Drag their controller to position 2 in controller bar in RPT overlay
3. in PCSX2:
   1. settings > controllers
   2. Controller Port 2 > switch from Not Connected to something like DualShock 2
   3. Click Automatic Mapping > XInput Controller 1 (or whatever correlates to their controller, not 0)
4. verify working