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CoopAllTheThings/common/include/coop/protocol.hpp
BlackMark df4325d21b Phase 1a: focus spoofing + hook observability
Two problems surfaced in testing: (1) no way to tell whether the injected
hook was actually the input source, and (2) the final design needs the tool
window focused for Steam RPT capture, which would pause/silence games that
react to focus loss. Both are addressed here.

- Focus spoofing (hook/focus_spoof): find the game's main window, subclass it
  to rewrite/swallow WM_ACTIVATE/ACTIVATEAPP/NCACTIVATE/KILLFOCUS, and inline-
  hook GetForegroundWindow/GetActiveWindow/GetFocus to always report the game
  as active. The game keeps running and polling while unfocused.
- Status back-channel (protocol v2): the DLL reports attached/focus-spoof
  flags, game pid/hwnd, a heartbeat, and a cumulative XInputGetState counter.
  The host overlay turns the counter into a live poll rate, so "is the hook
  working" is directly observable.
- Synthetic test-input toggle in the host: forwards a known automated pattern
  (stick circle + periodic A) to prove forwarding independent of the physical
  pad.
- hook_selftest extended to assert the status channel; passes.

Documented the windowed/borderless requirement and the new observable test
flow in the README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-19 00:13:06 +02:00

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// IPC contract shared between the host (coop_host.exe) and the injected hook
// DLL (coop_hook.dll). Both sides compile this identical header, so the memory
// layout must stay POD and version-locked.
#pragma once
#include <atomic>
#include <cstdint>
namespace coop
{
// Bump whenever the layout of SharedBlock or CoopPadState changes. The hook
// refuses to attach to a host with a mismatched version.
inline constexpr std::uint32_t kProtocolVersion = 2;
// 'COOP' little-endian, used to sanity-check the mapping before trusting it.
inline constexpr std::uint32_t kProtocolMagic = 0x504F4F43u;
// XInput exposes four controller slots; we mirror that fixed count.
inline constexpr std::uint32_t kMaxPads = 4;
// The shared-memory section is named per host process id so multiple sessions
// can coexist. Format with the target game's pid: coop_ipc_<pid>.
inline constexpr wchar_t kSharedMemoryPrefix[] = L"Local\\coop_ipc_";
// One controller's state, laid out to map 1:1 onto XINPUT_GAMEPAD plus the
// metadata the hook needs. Field names/types match XINPUT_GAMEPAD so the hook
// can memcpy the trailing region straight into an XINPUT_STATE.
struct CoopPadState
{
std::uint8_t connected; // 1 if a guest/host pad is mapped to this slot
std::uint8_t reserved[3];
std::uint32_t packet; // bumps on change -> XINPUT_STATE::dwPacketNumber
std::uint16_t buttons; // XINPUT_GAMEPAD_* bitmask
std::uint8_t left_trigger;
std::uint8_t right_trigger;
std::int16_t thumb_lx;
std::int16_t thumb_ly;
std::int16_t thumb_rx;
std::int16_t thumb_ry;
};
static_assert(sizeof(CoopPadState) == 20, "CoopPadState layout must stay stable across both modules");
// Hook -> host back-channel. The injected DLL is the sole writer; the host reads
// it for the diagnostics overlay (is the hook attached? is the game actually
// polling it? did focus spoofing take?). Diagnostics only, so the few non-atomic
// fields tolerate benign cross-process races.
struct HookStatus
{
std::atomic<std::uint32_t> heartbeat; // DLL bumps this ~4x/sec while alive
std::atomic<std::uint64_t> xinput_queries; // cumulative XInputGetState/Ex calls served
std::uint32_t attached; // 1 once XInput hooks are installed
std::uint32_t focus_spoof; // 1 once focus spoofing is active
std::uint32_t game_pid; // the DLL's own pid (sanity check)
std::uint32_t last_user_index; // last slot the game queried
std::uint64_t game_hwnd; // window the DLL subclassed (0 if none yet)
};
// Top-level shared block. The host is the sole writer of pad state; the hook is
// the sole reader. A seqlock (even = stable, odd = write in progress) lets the
// reader grab a torn-free snapshot without a kernel lock on the hot path.
struct SharedBlock
{
std::uint32_t magic;
std::uint32_t version;
std::uint32_t pad_count; // number of populated slots, <= kMaxPads
std::atomic<std::uint32_t> sequence;
CoopPadState pads[kMaxPads];
// Hook -> host diagnostics back-channel.
HookStatus status;
// Phase 2 appends the shared-texture handle/dimensions control fields here;
// keep new members at the end so existing offsets never shift.
};
static_assert(std::atomic<std::uint32_t>::is_always_lock_free,
"seqlock requires a lock-free 32-bit atomic for cross-process use");
static_assert(std::atomic<std::uint64_t>::is_always_lock_free,
"status counters need a lock-free 64-bit atomic for cross-process use");
// --- Seqlock helpers -------------------------------------------------------
// Writer side: publish a fresh set of pad states. Called from the host.
inline void publish_pads(SharedBlock& block, const CoopPadState* pads, std::uint32_t count)
{
if (count > kMaxPads)
{
count = kMaxPads;
}
const std::uint32_t seq = block.sequence.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
block.sequence.store(seq + 1, std::memory_order_release); // -> odd: write begins
std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_release);
block.pad_count = count;
for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
{
block.pads[i] = pads[i];
}
for (std::uint32_t i = count; i < kMaxPads; ++i)
{
block.pads[i] = CoopPadState{};
}
block.sequence.store(seq + 2, std::memory_order_release); // -> even: write done
}
// Reader side: copy a consistent snapshot. Called from the hook. Spins briefly
// if a write is in flight; bounded so a crashed writer can't hang the game.
inline bool read_pads(const SharedBlock& block, CoopPadState (&out)[kMaxPads], std::uint32_t& out_count)
{
for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 64; ++attempt)
{
const std::uint32_t before = block.sequence.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
if (before & 1u)
{
continue; // writer mid-update, retry
}
std::uint32_t count = block.pad_count;
if (count > kMaxPads)
{
count = kMaxPads;
}
for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < kMaxPads; ++i)
{
out[i] = block.pads[i];
}
std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_acquire);
const std::uint32_t after = block.sequence.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
if (before == after)
{
out_count = count;
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
} // namespace coop