Question Is there any way to lock peripherals to a specific application instance?

[Crayons]

Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone knows any way to lock a peripheral like keyboard or gamepad to a specific instance of an application. Exactly what I would like to do is to lock my gamepad to one instance of Final Fantasy XI and also disable keyboard controls to this same instance, while running a second instance of Final Fantasy XI on another monitor and having the gamepad disabled on that one, thus enabling my girlfriend and I to both play together on the same computer using separate peripherals. Creating a second install directory for another instance would be possible if necessary. I was thinking this may be able to be achieved with an Auto-Hotkey script but I don't know. If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

The term you're looking for is multiseat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration

Multi-Seat gaming: HowTo

This objective of this thread is to summarize my personal experience with Multi-Seat gaming. It is not intended to promote any particular hardware or software. What is Multi-Seat Gaming? The point is very simple: let a number of users share the same computer at the same time. This can stop lots...

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In a gaming situation, a LOT depends on your hardware and the game requirements.
So what are you working with?

 

[Crayons]

Well, the system requirements on the game are low, I'm able to run multiple instances of it without any drop in framerate and alt-tabbing between windows to control each character individually. As far as my system right now I'm running Windows 10 home 64-bit, AMD Phenom II 955 x4, GTX 1050ti and 16gb ram. I will definitely look into Multiseat. Thanks for your reply!

 

[USAFRet]

Disregarding the hardware in this vid, look here for the concept:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuJYMCbIbPk

 

[Alabalcho]

You can install your games inside separate virtual machines, and bind the peripherals to a VM.

 

[Crayons]

I was able to locate a Multi-seat program called Aster. It does exactly what I was looking for so thank you guys for the replies!

 

[USAFRet]

I was able to locate a Multi-seat program called Aster. It does exactly what I was looking for so thank you guys for the replies!

Be sure to let us know how that works for you.