[Enhancement] Append the original device's name to the virtual device about xidi HOT 5 CLOSED

Although there aren't enough characters for it, a "Xidi - [custom/preset mapping name] - [XInput Device Name]" pattern could be helpful as well.

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After thinking about this again, I see how this wouldn't always work.
If Controller 1 is disconnected and another controller of a different make and model is connected to replace it, the virtual controller's device name would no longer be correct...

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Right, and it is conceivable that a game could cache whatever controller names it sees on first enumeration. For example, unplugging an Xbox One controller and replacing it with an Xbox 360 controller could result in the game still saying "Xbox One Controller" when that is in fact wrong.

It used to be that controllers had lights on their faces to show what player number they are so it would be easy to tell. The newer controllers no longer feature these lights, and I am not sure what Microsoft had in mind as the right way of telling one player's controller from another. Modern Nintendo Switch controllers, for example, still have lights.

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Making this change would be functionally incorrect for the reasons earlier in this thread.

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