EmperorsTouch Bridge

Optional companion for the Emperor's Touch Darktide mod. The mod works out of the box with Lovense Remote on the same PC — you only need this bridge for:

• buttplug.io / Intiface Central — control any Buttplug-supported device (non-Lovense hardware).
• Lovense Connect on a phone — including its simulated toys. The phone app's responses are rejected by Darktide's HTTP client, so the bridge relays and fixes them.

What's in the release zip

Item	What it is
EmperorsTouchBridge\	The standalone app — no Python or other installs needed. Run EmperorsTouchBridge.exe inside this folder. The other files in the folder are its runtime; keep them together (move/extract the whole folder, not just the exe).
bridge.py	The full source code of that app. Read it if you want to verify what you're running, or run it directly instead of the exe (see below).
README.md	This file.

Launching

Standalone (recommended): extract the zip anywhere and double-click EmperorsTouchBridge\EmperorsTouchBridge.exe. No console window opens — the app's own log pane shows what's happening.

From source (if you prefer, or if your antivirus distrusts the exe):

pip install aiohttp buttplug-py
python bridge.py

(buttplug-py is only needed for buttplug mode.)

Both launch the identical app — the exe is just bridge.py compiled with Nuitka so users without Python can run it.

Usage

A small window opens. Pick a mode, fill in its address field, press Start:

• Intiface / buttplug.io — start Intiface Central first (server on ws://127.0.0.1:12345 by default, which is pre-filled) with your devices connected.
• Phone relay (Lovense Connect) — enter your phone's LAN IP (shown in the Lovense Connect app).

The log pane shows every command the game sends — the first place to look when something doesn't buzz.

In-game: Mod Options → Emperor's Touch → Toy Backend → Local Bridge. Press Get Toys in the toys view (F10). The bridge always listens on port 20010 (the mod expects exactly that).

How buttplug mode maps commands

• Toy ids are bp<device index>; device names come from Intiface.
• Lovense action strengths (Vibrate 0–20 etc.) map to Buttplug 0.0–1.0.
• Vibrate/Oscillate/Suction/Pump/Thrusting/Fingering/Depth go to the device's best-matching scalar actuator (falling back to the first one); Rotate uses rotary actuators; Stroke uses linear actuators (approximate).
• Buttplug has no timed commands, so the bridge emulates timeSec and loop on/off cycles itself. A new command for a device replaces its running one — the same semantics as real Lovense hardware.
• If Intiface isn't running the bridge reports "no toys" and reconnects automatically every 5 seconds.

Notes

• The bridge listens on 127.0.0.1 only — nothing on your network can reach it.
• Keep the bridge window open while playing; its log pane records every command the game sends, which is the first thing to check (and screenshot) when something doesn't buzz.