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Revival Kit Overview

Supported Controllers​

Click on the pictures to be taken to the respective guitar's build guide!

Xbox/PS Les Paul
Xbox/PS Sunburst
Xbox/PS GH5
Wii Les Paul
Wii Sunburst
Wii GH5
Xplorer
SG
MayFlash
Kramer

Supported Platforms and Games​

Setup​

Programming​

To change the preset of your Revival Kit, you must use the RCM Programming Tool. Click here to be taken to the download page.

  1. Open the RCM Programming Tool.

  2. Plug your guitar or Revival strumboard. You will see it appear with "Configure" and "Reset to factory" buttons.

  3. Click "Configure"

  4. You will be brought to this screen in the Programming Tool

    If you are attempting to change to a different preset, click the dropdown on the left side, then select that preset. After, click "Save Settings".

  5. Wait until the bar at the bottom reaches 100% and says Status: Done.

Calibration and Tuning​

  1. Open the RCM Programming Tool

  2. Plug your guitar into your computer.

  3. Click the Configure button in the RCM Programming Tool

  4. Click the Tilt dropdown menu

  5. Click Calibrate

  6. Posture the guitar in your normal playing position, then click Next. After that, posture the guitar in the height that you would like for tilt to activate and hold it in that position while clicking Next again. Your tilt should now be calibrated!

  7. If you feel like the tilt needs to be adjusted, just calibrate again!

  1. Open the RCM Programming Tool

  2. Plug your guitar into your computer

  3. Click the Configure button

  4. Click the Whammy dropdown menu

  5. Click Calibrate

  6. Without touching the whammy bar, click Next. Then, push the whammy bar further in (like furthest activated) without pushing too hard to damage it. Hold it in that position, then click Next.

  7. Now you're setting the Deadzone. The Deadzone is where the whammy begins activation. So you want to make it to where the whammy cannot actuate unless you intentionally press it inwards. Once you've set that, click Next.

  8. You're done! If you find that the deadzone isn't quite right, you can adjust it via the slider or by recalibrating.

Rock Band 4 Authentication for Xbox​

To play Rock Band 4 on your Xbox with a Revived Guitar, you will have to authenticate the guitar with a licensed Xbox One or Xbox Series controller.

  1. Turn on the Xbox One/Series, then using your Xbox controller, load into Rock Band 4.

  2. Disconnect the Xbox controller from your Xbox One/Series. (Pop out batteries)

  3. Connect the licensed Xbox controller into the authentication cable of your Revived Guitar.

    • Xbox One – models 1537, 1697, and 1698
    • Xbox One S – models 1708 and 1797
    • Xbox Series S/X – model 1914

  4. Plug the Revived Guitar into the console with the gamepad plugged into it.

  5. Wait a moment, then press start on the gamepad to verify the connection is made. On the "Join" screen, a guitar player should appear. If your controller is connected under the profile you want to use for the guitar, you’ll need to “drop out” the controller before assigning that profile to the guitar.

  6. Unplug the licensed Xbox controller from your guitar.

  7. Play the game!

If your controller is connected under the profile you want to use for the guitar, you'll need to "drop out" the controller before assigning that profile to the guitar.

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Fortnite Festival​

  1. Open Fortnite on your platform of choice.

  2. Load into the Festival Main Stage.

  3. Open the settings menu, then move over to the Game tab.

  4. Scroll down to the "Festival - Pro Parts" category.

  5. Enable the "Always Display Pro Parts" setting. Feel free to disable the "Show Button Labels (Pro Lead, Pro Bass)" setting since they will show keyboard inputs rather than the fret colors.

  6. Plug your guitar into your console/pc while holding GREEN.

  7. Your guitar should work immediately. You can test this by pressing START/OPTION on your controller twice or pressing ENTER on your keyboard. This will open the chat menu. Tap the frets. Numbers should appear. If they do not, repeat step 7.

  8. Navigate the game with your controller or mouse/keyboard. Once you pick your songs, ready up, and load in, it should just work!

  1. Open Fortnite on your Nintendo Switch.

  2. Load into Festival Main Stage.

  3. Open the Settings menu, then move over to the Game tab.

  4. Scroll down to the "Festival - Pro Parts" category.

  5. Enable "Enable Guitar Mode" and "Always Display Pro Parts."

  6. Plug your guitar into your Nintendo Switch or Switch Dock.

  7. Wait a few seconds, then test if the guitar is functioning by pressing the blue fret to open the music menu. You should be able to navigate the music menu using the strum bar and GREEN/RED frets.

  8. Once you've selected your songs, leave the music menu then press and hold YELLOW fret.

  9. It should just work!

Windows Games and Emulators​

Setup on Windows is usually easy as plug-and-play, but sometimes things have to be mapped manually.

  1. Open Clone Hero.

  2. Press the SPACE BAR on your keyboard to open the controls/binds menu.

  3. If you haven't already, plug in your guitar. It will appear here:

  4. Click the Calibrate button.

    You will be taken to this menu:

    Axis 0 tends to pertain to whammy while Axis 1 is usually for tilt. Click Calibrate and follow the directions. Once you've calibrate, click Done.

  5. On the right side of the main binds menu, there are blank spaces for each input. Click on the inputs that apply to your instrument and follow the setup instructions. Once you've bound all applicable inputs, click Done at the top left of the screen.

  6. Once binds are set, press start in the home screen to pick your profile, then jump into a song and test out your inputs!

  1. Plug your guitar into your computer

  2. Open the YARC Launcher, then open YARG

  3. Once the game is open, head to the Profiles section

  4. Create a new profile if you don't already have one, then click "Connect" on that newly made profile. It will ask you to pick a device.

  5. If you are using an instrument aside from a guitar, change the "Game Mode"

  6. Click the Edit Profile and Binds button, then click on the Binds button at the top of the screen.

  7. Go through each applicable input and create a new bind for each one, setting up the buttons as you go! Some instruments might not need this, so do as needed.

  8. Once you have the binds set up, you're ready to play!

Inputs should be bound automatically when using the GH Guitar preset (default).

If not, refer to the Definitive Edition Binding Controllers guide.

Inputs should be bound automatically when using the GH Guitar preset (default).

If not, try plugging the guitar in BEFORE you open the game.

If that does not work, update your BetterGH3 to the latest revision.

  1. Download this guitar preset file for an easy setup process:

    Click here to download the "RCM Guitar for Dolphin" preset

  2. Plug your guitar into your computer.

  3. Open Dolphin.

  4. Click Controllers in the menu bar.

  5. Click the Configure button next to Emulated Wii Remote (Wii Remote 1).

  6. A window will appear that shows a bunch of inputs. At the top right there is a box that says Profiles. Click the arrow on the right, then select Open Folder.

  7. A Windows File Explorer window will appear. Drag and drop the 'RCM Guitar for Dolphin.ini' file into that folder. It will look like this:

  8. Go back to Dolphin controller configuration menu, then in the Profiles box, click the dropdown and select RCM Guitar for Dolphin. You may need to close the configuration window and reopen it for this selection to appear.

  9. Click Load. The following settings will change in the Extension menu and Motion Simulation menu. You can double check for these:

  10. At the top left of the window, there is a box titled Device. If your device is not set to Xinput Guitar, switch it to that. You'll be able to see your inputs pop up with little red bars when you press them.

  11. Once you've confirmed that your inputs are working, close the window. You're ready to play!

You can use our premade PCSX2 Preset File for an easy setup.

Click here to download the RCM PCSX2 Controller Preset. (Top right of page is download button)

  1. Open PCSX2 and click Tools > Click "Open Data Directory"

    This will open a file explorer window of your PCSX2 Installation folder.

  2. Drag the PCSX2 Controller Preset file into into the "inputprofiles" folder.

  3. Once the preset file is in the 'inputprofiles' folder, close PCSX2 and reopen it. Navigate to Settings > Controllers. On the bottom left, click the dropdown menu next to "Editing Profile:" and change it to "RCM_PCSX2_Profile"

  4. Click on "Controller Port 1 – Guitar" in the left menu. This screen will appear. If it does not look like this, double check to make sure that the Editing Profile is set to "RCM_PCSX2_Profile".

  5. Close the window and test the inputs in a game!

    If it does not work, make sure no other controllers are plugged into your computer.

You can use our premade RPCS3 Controller Preset file for an easy setup.

Click here to download the RCM RPCS3 Controller Preset. (Top right of page is download button)

  1. You must first navigate to where RPCS3 is installed.

    This can be done easily by right clicking an installed game, hover "Open Folder", then click "Open Custom Config Folder". This will open up a window that contains your game configurations.

    Click the "config" folder.

    Open the "input_configs" folder. If this folder doesn't exist, create it.

    Open the "global" folder. If this folder doesn't exist, create it.

    Lastly, drag the "RCM RPCS3.yml" file into the global folder.

    You can now close out of the File Explorer window.

  2. Returning to RPCS3, click on the "Pads" button at the top. This will open the controller configuration menu.

  3. At the top right of the menu, click on the Configuration Files dropdown menu and switch it to "RCM RPCS3 Profile".

  4. At the top middle of the menu, your device should have changed to "XInput Pad #1". If it shows "(disconnected)" beside it, unplug and plug the guitar back in. Then, click the dropdown and see if there is a device without the disconnected tag. If you don't see XInput Pads at all, change the handler in the top left to XInput. If you need further support with this part, let us know.

  5. You can verify that everything is set correctly by comparing to this image.

    • Your XInput Pad #1 is selected
    • Your Configuration Preset is set to "RCM RPCS3 Profile"
    • Triangle is set to X
    • Square is set to Y
    • Device Class is set to Guitar

  6. Hit Save. This window will pop up. Hit Yes.

    The popup happens because we have to map tilt to select, as RPCS3 does not have guitar hero controller passthru YET.

  7. Boot your game and have fun!

Troubleshooting​

There are multiple potential reasons for this occurring.

  • Your Revival Kit might be going into a different mode during plug-in. Unplug the frets and start/select board, then try to reprogram.

  • Faulty USB cable or USB port. Using the same cable, try a different USB port, then switch the cable and try again.

  • Lastly, you may just need to hard reset the device. Holding the BOOT/RESET button (small gold button on the Revival Strumboard) while plugging the Revival Strumboard in will put it into recovery mode, which will make a drive named "RPI-RP2" appear on your computer.

    Drop this file into that folder. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FLASH NUKE FILE

    After you drop the file in, open the RCM Programming Tool and attempt to reprogram.

If you continue to run into issues, send us an email at support@retrocultmods.com

If you are experiencing the following pop-up, macOS is detecting the RCM Programming Tool as a false-positive for being malware.

To fix this, open your System Settings/System Preferences.

Then navigate to the Privacy and Security tab in the left side menu.

Once you've entered this tab, scroll down to the Security section, then you'll see that the programming tool was blocked. Click Open Anyway. It will ask you to either enter your password or input Touch ID.

Once you've completed this, the programmer will open. However it is only for this revision.

Say you had 10.7.11 instead of 10.7.10, you would need to do this process again.

If the RCM Programming Tool is not seeing your device, it is likely due to a permissions issue in Linux.

You will need the following file:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 68-RCM.rules

Navigate to /etc/udev/rules.d/, then drop 68-RCM.rules into the folder.

Once you've done that, open the RCM Programming Tool. Your device should appear now! If not, try unplugging and plugging back in.

Add this to your Steam Launch Options:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xinput1_3=n,b" %command%