UDP server with Virtual Xbox 360 controller?

[slowmanual]

Just wondering why we can't enable the UDP server option with virtual controller type other than the Virtual DS4...

I'd really like my Switch Pro controller to be mapped to a Virtual Xbox 360 Controller (so that it's recognized in apps as a standard XInput device), while still having gyroscope data available via UDP to emulators.

[1ncorrect]

The main reason, which I believe will be the answer specifically to your use case, is that in reWASD, a virtual gyroscope can only be emulated with a virtual DS4.
If you emulated a virtual Xbox One or Xbox 360, then the gyroscope data could not only be sent, but also emulated. Since there is no gyroscope on Xbox controllers.

[DevX]

UDP functionality currently depends on virtual DS4 controller. Sending gyro to UDP just from physical controller is currently not implemented, but we'll try to introduce it in later versions.