PadForge Version 3.2.4

PadForge v3.2.4 is a Windows controller mapping utility that allows users to map various controllers to virtual formats via ViGEmBus, vJoy, and Windows MIDI. The latest update introduces a Toggle mode for the Gyro engage button, enabling it to toggle engagement on each press instead of only when held. A new SetGyroEngaged macro action allows for various engagement methods, enhancing flexible control. The framework maintains existing features, with new translation support in ten languages. This update streamlines gyro engagement for users without needing to set complex layers, providing simpler, more intuitive controls.

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PadForge v3.2.4 has been launched. It’s a modern utility for mapping controllers on Windows. This tool allows you to map any controller, keyboard, or mouse to virtual Xbox 360, DualShock 4, custom DirectInput, or MIDI controllers through ViGEmBus, vJoy, and Windows MIDI Services, which makes them appear as real hardware to games and applications.

PadForge changelog:
The latest release, PadForge 3.2.4, introduces a Toggle mode for the Gyro engage button field and adds a SetGyroEngaged macro action.
The engage button now features a Toggle mode
Previously, the Gyro tab’s engage button functioned only when held down. Pressing it engaged the gyro while releasing disengaged it—adequate for FPS aim when you want the engaged state to follow a trigger, but inconvenient for scenarios that require a simple global on/off switch.
A new dropdown next to the engage button lets you select from:
Hold (default behavior): gyro activates while the engage button is kept pressed.
Toggle: each press switches a sticky engaged state. Releasing the button does nothing; press again to disengage.
An empty engage button remains always-on in Hold mode (similar to before). In Toggle mode, the empty engage button leaves the state unchanged, allowing a macro to control it instead.
SetGyroEngaged macro action
A new addition in the macro editor. Available in three modes:
Toggle: flip the engaged state
On: set engaged
Off: clear engaged
Any input capable of triggering a macro can now control gyro engagement: be it a button release, an axis crossing a threshold, a multi-step sequence trigger, a multi-source combine row, or a shift-layer transition. The dedicated engage field manages simpler cases, while the macro action takes care of complex or timed actions.
Both sources are combined with OR
The dedicated engage field and macro action each maintain their own independent engaged state per slot. The gyro evaluator reads the result from either source. If one path engages, the other cannot disengage it. For exclusive control through one method, simply leave the other unassigned. Easy Aim still functions by AND-composing, unchanged.
What this does not replace
The shift-layer system already accommodates the broader requirements: cross-device activators, Toggle / Hold / Custom / Cycle / Sticky modes, chord activation, and named layers that govern your desired mapping rows. If you need a button to toggle the gyro alongside several other mappings concurrently, that task is still managed by a shift-layer. This update serves as a quick solution for users who want to configure engagement directly from the Gyro tab and prefer toggle functionality without the need to set up an entire layer.
Translations
Twelve new strings have been included across all ten PadForge languages (German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and English): the Engage Mode label, its tooltip, Hold and Toggle dropdown options, Reset tooltip, the macro action name along with its three mode values, and the macro action description.