Gameport joystick support and host USB controller integration through SDL, plus UI mapper, and MCP tools

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Description of Changes

Core features

• Joystick mapping profiles (JSON, hand-editable, auto-loaded from --JoystickProfilesDirectory, embedded Xbox-360 default fallback).
• Avalonia mapper UI (Joystick > Mapper... menu) with save/load: toolbar (New / Load / Save / Save As / Add Profile / Remove Profile), profile list, per-profile fields (name, GUID, device name, type, deadzone, circular deadzone, swap stick B), DataGrids for axes and buttons, panels for hat / rumble / MIDI-on-gameport, file picking via IHostStorageProvider.OpenFilePickerAsync / SaveFilePickerAsync, persistence through JoystickMappingJsonStore.
• Hardware-free keyboard-as-joystick fallback (DOSBox-style: arrows = X/Y, Space = btn 0, Enter = btn 1).
• Scripted replay (JSON timeline of axis / button / hat / connect / disconnect steps, deterministic playback).
• MCP tools to drive axis / button / hat / connect / disconnect, toggle the keyboard fallback, and play a replay.

Emulation

• IBM PC gameport at I/O port 0x201 (DOSBox-Staging read_p201_timed / write_p201_timed parity): two virtual sticks, four buttons, RC-timed axis decay on read, write-strobe arms the timers.
• MIDI-on-gameport routing (Roland MPU-401-style data writes piggy-backed on port 0x201, default base 0x330).
• Rumble routing (clamped amplitude × scale, transition-only logging, safe Stop on disable).
• Hot-pluggable real hardware via SDL2 (Silk.NET.SDL NuGet, ships native lib for Linux/macOS/Windows).

Reverse engineering

• GUID-aware profile activation: per-controller profile resolved by SDL GUID first, then device-name substring, then default — same order as DOSBox-Staging's SDL2 resolver, so existing controller mappings carry over.
• All input surfaces (real SDL hardware, keyboard fallback, scripted replay, MCP) converge on the same InputEventHub, so any reverse-engineered game reads a single deterministic event stream regardless of how it was produced.
• Replay scripts give bit-for-bit reproducible input traces for regression-testing reverse-engineered overrides.

Joystick / protocol variants supported

• Standard 2-axis / 2-button PC analog stick (port 0x201, stick A).
• 4-axis / 4-button dual-stick (port 0x201, sticks A + B).
• D-pad / hat (8 directions, mapped to axis or button bindings per profile).
• SDL2 controllers (Xbox-360-class and any SDL-recognised pad) via SdlJoystickInput.
• Keyboard fallback (no hardware required).
• Scripted JSON replay (offline / CI / MCP-driven).
• MIDI-on-gameport (MPU-401 data writes on 0x201).
• Force-feedback / rumble on capable controllers.

Rationale behind Changes

The earlier mapping/routing work delivered the configuration layer but left the actual input surfaces unfilled. Centralising every input path on InputEventHub keeps the gameport, profile activator, MIDI-on-gameport router, rumble router and the new mapper UI aligned on one schema and one dispatch point — mirroring how DOSBox-Staging's SDL2 events feed the same mapper layer that its keyboard fallback uses. Reusing the Silk.NET.SDL NuGet the project already ships avoids a second SDL binding and keeps published artifact size unchanged. The mapper UI gives users a graphical alternative to hand-editing the JSON profile files while persisting through the exact same IJoystickMappingStore so on-disk format stays identical.

Suggested Testing Steps

• Plug a real USB controller, launch the UI, and confirm axis / button / hat motion drives the gameport read at port 0x201; unplug and confirm the activator falls back to the embedded default profile.
• Toggle the keyboard fallback on, press arrows / Space / Enter, confirm the matching axis / button events; toggle off mid-press and confirm the axis re-centres.
• Load a replay JSON via JoystickReplayJsonStore, drive it via JoystickReplayPlayer.AdvanceTo (or the real-time JoystickReplayHost), and confirm each event reaches the gameport.
• Wire EmulatorMcpServices with InputEventHub + KeyboardJoystickMapper + JoystickReplayPlayer, invoke each new MCP tool and confirm the corresponding event fires.
• Register one profile keyed by SDL GUID and one by DeviceName; raise a connection event and confirm GUID precedence then name-substring fallback.
• Open Joystick > Mapper..., click Add Profile, edit fields / axes / buttons / hat / rumble / MIDI-on-gameport, click Save As to write a JSON file, then click New + Load to reload and confirm the round-trip is faithful.

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@copilot proceed with next slice

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@copilot proceed with next slice

Slice 9 (scripted joystick input replay) shipped in 5773eba: JoystickReplayScript/Step/StepType POCOs + IJoystickReplayStore in Spice86.Shared, JoystickReplayJsonStore (mirrors the mapping store) and JoystickReplayPlayer (pull-based, AdvanceTo(elapsedMs)-driven, fans out to the four InputEventHub.PostJoystick*Event methods) in Spice86.Core, plus 21 new tests (10 round-trip / forwards-compat / schema-gate for the store, 11 timing / fan-out / edge cases for the player). Build clean, suite green at 1859 passed (+21).

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Slice 10 (hardware-free KeyboardJoystickMapper) shipped in 5d44b87 — DOSBox-Staging-style keyboard-as-joystick fallback in Spice86.Core, default arrows/Space/Enter bindings, tri-state axes with auto-recentre on disable, +16 tests, suite at 1875 passed.

I want to be transparent about the rest. Four large work items realistically need their own sessions because each pulls in dependencies outside of Spice86.Core:

1. SDL eager init — real SdlJoystickInput UI adapter + concrete IRumbleSink / IMpu401DataSink against the SDL3 native lib, extend JoystickConnectionEventArgs with GUID and feed it through JoystickProfileActivator, real-time host driving JoystickReplayPlayer off a Stopwatch.
2. Avalonia mapper UI — joystick menu, profile editor view + viewmodel, key-rebind dialog, persistence via JoystickMappingJsonStore.
3. MCP tools — simulate connection / axis / button / hat, play/stop rumble, run a replay. MCP on this branch is still the monolithic EmulatorMcpServices; the sub-service split lives on a different branch.
4. DOSBox-Staging log-format parity audit, README joystick section, end-to-end smoke against a real game.

Each of those would benefit from its own focused PR with the right reviewers and a real device / SDL build environment. I can pick whichever you want to tackle next.

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Three more slices delivered in 3f6015e (full suite 1883 passed):

• Slice 11 — GUID-aware connection: JoystickConnectionEventArgs.DeviceGuid is wired end-to-end and JoystickProfileActivator now matches GUID first then DeviceName then default, mirroring DOSBox-Staging's SDL2 joystick.cpp resolver order. JoystickReplayStep, JoystickReplayPlayer and HeadlessGui.SimulateJoystickConnection all carry the GUID through.
• Slice 12 — Real-time JoystickReplayHost: ITimeProvider-driven Start/Stop/Tick wrapper around JoystickReplayPlayer, auto-stops on completion. Pull-based + single-threaded so async stays out of Spice86.Core.
• Slice 13 — Joystick MCP tools: send_joystick_axis / send_joystick_button / send_joystick_hat / send_joystick_connect / send_joystick_disconnect, set_keyboard_joystick_enabled, play_joystick_replay, plus EmulatorMcpServices.KeyboardJoystickMapper / JoystickReplayPlayer opt-in properties.

Remaining DOSBox-Staging parity items (real SDL3 adapter, Avalonia mapper UI, end-to-end smoke against a real game) need a UI/native build environment and are best handled in a follow-up PR; everything that fits inside Spice86.Core and the headless test harness is now in.

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Slice 14 (SDL integration) shipped in f146261. SdlJoystickInput uses the same Silk.NET.SDL NuGet that SdlMouseCapture already pulls in on master — no extra native dep. Polls up to two physical sticks via SDL_JoystickUpdate / JoystickGetAxis / GetButton / GetHat, raises axis/button/hat/connection events on transitions only, exposes RescanDevices for hot-plug, and is wired into MainWindowViewModel behind a 60 Hz DispatcherTimer poll + 1 Hz rescan. Idempotent Dispose, graceful no-op when SDL is unavailable. +3 smoke tests, full suite green at 1886 passed.

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Simplified the PR description down to a checklist of the 6 slices.

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@copilot Add an UI for the mapper with save/load

Added a joystick mapper UI window in fd2dabd. New "Joystick > Mapper..." menu opens a window with toolbar (New / Load / Save / Save As / Add Profile / Remove Profile), profile list, per-profile fields (name, GUID, device name, type, deadzone, circular deadzone, swap stick B), DataGrids for axes and buttons, and panels for hat / rumble / MIDI-on-gameport. Save/load go through IJoystickMappingStore and a new IHostStorageProvider.OpenFilePickerAsync file picker. VM is constructed once in Spice86DependencyInjection and registered as Application.Current.Resources[nameof(JoystickMapperViewModel)]. +5 unit tests (initial state, add/remove profile, full disk round-trip, LoadAsync via mocked picker, SaveAsync to known path) — all green; full solution build is warning-free.

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Pull request overview

This PR introduces a new joystick/gameport input stack (IBM PC port 0x201) with supporting JSON profile persistence, replay tooling, keyboard fallback, MCP controls, and an Avalonia joystick-mapper UI, integrating joystick events into the existing InputEventHub pipeline and updating DI/wiring accordingly.

Changes:

• Added joystick event types/interfaces and extended InputEventHub to queue joystick connect/axis/button/hat events alongside keyboard/mouse.
• Implemented joystick profile persistence (mapping + replay JSON stores), routers (rumble + MIDI-on-gameport), replay player/host, and keyboard-as-joystick fallback with extensive new test coverage.
• Added Avalonia joystick mapper window + menu entry and wired SDL joystick polling into MainWindowViewModel, plus DI updates (gameport device + profile auto-loading/activation).

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tests/Spice86.Tests/ViewModels/JoystickMapperViewModelTests.cs	Adds tests for mapper VM state, add/remove profile, save/load via store + picker mocks.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Native/SdlJoystickInputTests.cs	Smoke tests that SDL adapter init/poll/rescan/dispose behave in CI without devices.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayJsonStoreTests.cs	Validates replay script JSON round-trip, schema handling, lenient parsing, and formatting.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayHostTests.cs	Tests real-time replay host ticking against a deterministic time provider.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/RumbleRouterTests.cs	Covers rumble routing defaults, scaling/clamping, disable semantics, and logging transitions.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/MidiOnGameportRouterTests.cs	Covers MIDI-on-gameport routing enable/disable, base-port handling, and transitions.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickProfileAutoLoaderTests.cs	Tests deterministic profile loading/merging + GUID/name/default/fallback resolution.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickProfileActivatorTests.cs	Tests connect/disconnect applying profile settings to routers and disposal behavior.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickMappingJsonStoreTests.cs	Validates mapping JSON store round-trips, schema rejection, enum string serialization.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Keyboard/KeyboardJoystickMapperTests.cs	End-to-end tests for keyboard fallback posting joystick events through the hub.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/JoystickTestDoubles.cs	Adds deterministic fake time provider + fake joystick GUI event source for tests.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/InputEventHubJoystickFlowTests.cs	Ensures joystick events queue on UI side and apply on emulator pump into gameport.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/GameportTimerTests.cs	Validates timer arming/expiry matches DOSBox-staging style formulas.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/GameportTests.cs	Covers port 0x201 read/write behavior, buttons, arming window, disconnect reset, etc.
tests/Spice86.Tests/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/GameportRouterWiringTests.cs	Verifies gameport write forwarding to MIDI router and exposure of optional routers.
src/Spice86/Views/MainWindow.axaml	Adds “Joystick → Mapper…” menu entry.
src/Spice86/Views/JoystickMapperWindow.axaml.cs	New code-behind for the joystick mapper window.
src/Spice86/Views/JoystickMapperWindow.axaml	New mapper UI layout: toolbar, profile list, bindings grids, hat/rumble/MIDI panels.
src/Spice86/Views/Behaviors/ShowAdditionnalWindowBehavior.cs	Adds behavior hook to open the joystick mapper window.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/ViewModelWithErrorDialog.cs	Adds ShowJoystickMapperCommand relay command.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/Services/HostStorageProvider.cs	Extends storage provider abstraction with open-file picker API.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/Services/HeadlessGui.cs	Implements IGuiJoystickEvents and adds joystick simulation helpers for headless mode.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs	Implements IGuiJoystickEvents; wires SDL joystick init + polling/rescan timers + event forwarding.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/JoystickProfileEditorViewModel.cs	New editor VM for a single profile including axes/buttons/hat/rumble/MIDI fields.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/JoystickMapperViewModel.cs	New mapper VM with New/Load/Save/SaveAs, profile add/remove, and mapping materialization.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/JoystickButtonMappingEditorViewModel.cs	New editor VM for a single button binding row.
src/Spice86/ViewModels/JoystickAxisMappingEditorViewModel.cs	New editor VM for a single axis binding row.
src/Spice86/Spice86DependencyInjection.cs	Wires gameport device + routers + profile auto-loader/activator; registers mapper VM in resources; updates InputEventHub ctor usage.
src/Spice86.Shared/Interfaces/IMpu401DataSink.cs	Adds narrow MPU-401 data sink abstraction for routing gameport writes.
src/Spice86.Shared/Interfaces/IGuiJoystickEvents.cs	Adds UI→core joystick event interface parallel to keyboard/mouse.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/VirtualStickState.cs	Adds immutable per-stick snapshot state (axes/buttons/hat/connected).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/VirtualJoystickState.cs	Adds immutable two-stick snapshot state.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/RumbleEffect.cs	Defines rumble effect data model + Stop sentinel.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayStepType.cs	Defines replay step kinds (Axis/Button/Hat/Connect/Disconnect).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayStep.cs	Defines replay step payload fields and delay semantics.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayScript.cs	Defines replay script document root and schema versioning.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Replay/IJoystickReplayStore.cs	Adds replay store interface for script persistence.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/VirtualButton.cs	Defines logical gameport button identifiers.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/VirtualAxis.cs	Defines logical gameport axis identifiers.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/RumbleMapping.cs	Adds per-profile rumble enable + amplitude scale settings.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/MidiOnGameportSettings.cs	Adds per-profile MIDI-on-gameport enable + base-port settings.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickProfile.cs	Adds mapping profile POCO (identity + bindings + hat/rumble/MIDI settings).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickMapping.cs	Adds mapping document root POCO (schema + default name + profiles).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/IJoystickMappingStore.cs	Adds persistence interface for joystick mapping documents.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/HatMapping.cs	Adds hat mapping POCO.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/ButtonMapping.cs	Adds button mapping POCO (raw index → virtual button + autofire flag).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/Mapping/AxisMapping.cs	Adds axis mapping POCO (raw index → virtual axis + invert/scale/deadzone).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickType.cs	Adds joystick “personality” enum aligned with DOSBox-staging types.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickHatEventArgs.cs	Adds hat event args type.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickHatDirection.cs	Adds hat direction enum aligned with SDL hat bitmask values.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickConnectionEventArgs.cs	Adds connect/disconnect event args with optional device GUID.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickButtonEventArgs.cs	Adds button event args type.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickAxisEventArgs.cs	Adds axis event args type.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/JoystickAxis.cs	Adds logical axis enum (X/Y/Z/R).
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/IRumbleSink.cs	Adds rumble sink abstraction for UI-layer haptics implementation.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/IGameportPortReader.cs	Adds read-only port 0x201 peek interface for UI/MCP diagnostics.
src/Spice86.Shared/Emulator/Input/Joystick/GameportConstants.cs	Adds gameport emulation constants and bit masks.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/VM/Machine.cs	Renames exposed joystick device from Joystick to Gameport.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/VM/InputEventQueue.cs	Extends InputEventHub to handle joystick events and expose PostJoystick* APIs.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Mcp/EmulatorMcpTools.cs	Adds MCP tools for joystick axis/button/hat/connect/disconnect, keyboard fallback enable, and replay advancement.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Mcp/EmulatorMcpServices.cs	Adds service slots for keyboard joystick mapper and replay player used by MCP tools.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayPlayer.cs	Adds deterministic pull-based replay player that posts events to InputEventHub.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayJsonStore.cs	Adds JSON store for replay scripts (string enums, comments/commas, schema gating).
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Replay/JoystickReplayHost.cs	Adds real-time host that drives replay player off an ITimeProvider.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/RumbleRouter.cs	Adds rumble routing with enable/scale, clamping, and transition-only logging.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/MidiOnGameportRouter.cs	Adds MIDI-on-gameport routing for port 0x201 writes to MPU-401 sink.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/LoadedProfiles.cs	Adds value type for merged profiles + default profile name result.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickProfileAutoLoader.cs	Adds directory scanner and resolver for joystick profiles with embedded fallback.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickProfileActivator.cs	Adds connect/disconnect listener to apply profile MIDI/rumble settings immediately.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Mapping/JoystickMappingJsonStore.cs	Adds JSON store for joystick mappings (string enums, schema gating, lenient parsing).
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Keyboard/KeyboardJoystickMapper.cs	Adds keyboard-as-joystick mapper (enabled toggle, bindings, axis recentre).
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Keyboard/KeyboardJoystickBindingKind.cs	Adds binding-kind enum for keyboard joystick mapper.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Keyboard/KeyboardJoystickBinding.cs	Adds binding model from physical key to axis-half or button.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/Joystick.cs	Removes old stub joystick I/O handler.
src/Spice86.Core/Emulator/Devices/Input/Joystick/GameportTimer.cs	Adds RC-decay timer used by gameport timed read/write path.
src/Spice86.Core/CLI/Configuration.cs	Adds --JoystickProfilesDirectory CLI option for profile scanning.