How to setup Xbox 360 Guitar Hero guitars on RPCS3.
Platform
Controller

NOTES

  • This instrument requires an Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows to connect to your computer.

Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows

    Click on the Pads icon at the top of RPCS3.

    A screenshot of RPCS3, showing the cursor over the Pads menu.

    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 games that don’t use instruments.
    A screenshot of 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.

    A picture showing how the instrument page and RPCS3 can be used as a mapping reference.

Pad Information

Handlers Devices
XInput XInput Pad
Device Class Device Subtype
Guitar Guitar Hero

Mapping

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.

RPCS3 XInput Guitar
L2 Left Trigger Solo Modifier

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

RPCS3 XInput Guitar
Square Y Button Yellow Fret
Triangle X Button Blue 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.

Mapping

Profile

[Download Profile]

This is not recommended if you're using multiple controllers at once.

After downloading the profile,

  1. Extract the .7z file.
  2. Drag the input configs folder into the configs folder where you have RPCS3 in.

A GIF of a user dragging the Wii Rock Band Guitar configuration into their RPCS3 folder.

After that, you can select the profile in the “Pads” menu.

A screenshot of 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.

Bindings

  • Tilt can be set up but it is very complicated and will take up the Select button. You will have have to mess with “Filter Noise” until it catches the tilt accelerometer. It’s suggested to not bother with this and not use tilt.
    • To bind multiple buttons to one RPCS3 button, hold Shift then click on the RPCS3 button you want to assign multiple buttons to.
RPCS3 Guitar
Cross Green Fret
Circle Red Fret
Square Yellow Fret
Triangle Blue Fret
L1 Orange Fret
D-Pad: Up Strumbar Up
D-Pad: Down Strumbar Down
D-Pad: Left D-Pad: Left
D-Pad: Right D-Pad: Right
Right Stick:
Left/Right
Whammy Bar
Select (Not recommended) Tilt
Start Start
Select Back
PS Button Home

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Mapped by [gonakil1ya]