I was quite interested in the patch -- am I right in thinking the DirectX library only exports a single function and _everything_ else is through DX interfaces?
I expected to see significantly more code, pass-through to the original DLL.
I expected to see significantly more code, pass-through to the original DLL.
Yup! That's why I didn't have to create a gazillion passthrough functions.
The original DLL in my modern Windows installation has these 8 exports:
DirectInputCreateA
DirectInputCreateEx
DirectInputCreateW
DllCanUnloadNow
DllGetClassObject
DllRegisterServer
DllUnregisterServer
Seems pretty straightforward. They hook DirectInputCreateA() and pass their own device enumeration wrapper with the offending flag removed.
The idea is, rather than handle up to 8 devices, otherwise UB and usually crash, handle up to 8 "joysticks" and disregard any beyond that.