From 8e79932db4f8509dd9208c9a2927f9de4bb8632c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arcitec <38923130+Arcitec@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:21:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove xinput.yml

It does not actually solve anything and only creates problems. In most (all?) cases, installing these DLLs on modern Wine actually *breaks* the controller support. Having it in the list confuses users and leads to a worse game compatibility experience.

All of the Xinput DLLs are already fully implemented by Wine since Wine 3.2 (February 2018), which uses native Linux SDL2 as a backend for excellent controller detection and support.

The old Microsoft DLLs from the DirectX 2010 runtime were a buggy workaround which was only necessary before Wine added its own, native controller support. Installing these old DLLs on a modern Wine version just reduces compatibility and breaks controller support.
---
 Essentials/xinput.yml | 37 -------------------------------------
 index.yml             |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 40 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Essentials/xinput.yml

diff --git a/Essentials/xinput.yml b/Essentials/xinput.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index efcc00a..0000000
--- a/Essentials/xinput.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-Name: xinput
-Description: Microsoft XInput (Xbox controller support)
-Provider: Microsoft
-License:
-License_url:
-Dependencies: []
-Steps:
-- action: download_archive
-  file_name: directx_Jun2010_redist.exe
-  url: https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/A/84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14/directx_Jun2010_redist.exe
-  file_checksum: 822e4c516600e81dc7fb16d9a77ec6d4
-
-- action: get_from_cab
-  source: directx_Jun2010_redist.exe
-  file_name: '*XINPUT*.cab'
-  dest: temp/XINPUT/
-
-- action: get_from_cab
-  source: XINPUT/*x86*.cab
-  file_name: '*.dll'
-  dest: win32/
-
-- action: get_from_cab
-  source: XINPUT/*x64*.cab
-  file_name: '*.dll'
-  dest: win64/
-
-- action: override_dll
-  bundle: 
-    - value: xinput1_1
-      data: native,builtin
-    - value: xinput1_2
-      data: native,builtin
-    - value: xinput1_3
-      data: native,builtin
-    - value: xinput9_1_0
-      data: native,builtin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.yml b/index.yml
index 0ac0836..c3db4da 100644
--- a/index.yml
+++ b/index.yml
@@ -202,9 +202,6 @@ xact_x64:
   Description: MS XACT Engine (64-bit only)
   Category: Essentials
   Arch: win64
-xinput:
-  Description: Microsoft XInput (Xbox controller support)
-  Category: Essentials
 ie8_kb2936068:
   Description: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8
   Category: Essentials