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Wireless Plug & Play (no DOF / DOFLinx required)
One of the main features of Wireless VirtuaTilt is that it works without DOF / DOFLinx configuration in many scenarios. You get feedback from solenoids, shaker motor, analog plunger, and accelerometer nudging out of the box. Just load a profile and play.
For PC gameplay this works through the STEAM-XInput BT profile (Xbox Wireless Controller identity over Bluetooth) — Steam recognizes it natively as a controller, and games like Pinball FX, FX3, Pinball M, Infected Mushroom Pinball, and many others speak XInput natively.
Quick start for PC plug-and-play:
- Load VTConfig-BT-STEAM-XInput_v1.X.json with GUIConfigTool (USB connection).
- Click "Program Pico" — wait for the cabinet to reboot.
- Forget any prior pairing on Windows, then pair the VirtuaTilt fresh as a Bluetooth device.
- Open Steam → Settings → Controller. Disable everything in "External Gamepad Settings" except "Game rumble".
- Launch your favourite VP game and play.
NOTE: The Xbox driver registration described in the "Xbox Drivers Installation" chapter is also required for full XInput compatibility on Windows. Do that one-time procedure once and you are set.
Plug & play gives you a SUBSET of the feedbacks, not the full VirtuaTilt potential feedbacks. Over Bluetooth (and any no-DOF profile) you get the flipper solenoids plus the shaker motor whenever the game sends an XInput rumble packet. The third solenoid — the bumpers/slingshots — and true per-event control of every output require a DOF / DOFLinx pipeline, which runs over USB only (Wired VirtuaTilt, or Wireless VirtuaTilt in USB mode). See the Feedback Devices by Profile chapter for the full breakdown.
The interactive VirtuaTilt wiki adds a 3D model, a theme gallery and a built-in AI assistant — open the wiki.
Last updated: 2026-08-26
VirtuaTilt is designed and manufactured by 3DPTronics — see the Wireless VirtuaTilt controller. Diagnose your own cabinet with the free VirtuaTilt extension for Claude.