; Controller emulation (force Xbox 360 controller mapping) FakeXInput=true
When GFWL servers were flaky, xlive.ini with UseLocalSave=true was magic. You could finally save your game without creating an offline profile. Fallout 3 modders worshiped this file. xlive.ini
To the uninitiated user, it appears as a mere text file, a handful of kilobytes sitting idly in a game’s root directory. To the systems architect, however, xlive.ini represents a critical bridge—a translation layer between the rigid DirectX APIs of the console world and the variable hardware landscape of the PC. It is the "black box" flight recorder of the Games for Windows environment, dictating how the xlive.dll (the core of the GFWL platform) interacts with the host operating system. ; Controller emulation (force Xbox 360 controller mapping)
; The path where saves go (defaults to game's root or My Documents) SavePath=.\saves\ To the uninitiated user, it appears as a
Today, most games have been patched to remove GFWL. Dark Souls got a remaster. GTA IV got a launcher update. However, for modded playthroughs of original releases, xlive.ini is still critical. For example, the GTA IV FusionFix mod relies on a modern xlive.ini to load ASI plugins without triggering Rockstar’s anti-cheat.