Game preset
Cities: Skylines II: controller layout for Mac
Cities: Skylines II does not need a controller-aware version of itself to be played from a controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the game sees a keyboard and a mouse, and you hold the controller. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Large-scale city builder.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Cities: Skylines II and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The preset can open the game for you when it activates: it launches steam://run/949230 on activate, and confines and hides the pointer while it runs, so a stray mouse never leaves the window.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Left stick left moves the camera west (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Left stick right moves the camera east (D) |
| Left stick up | W | Left stick up moves the camera forward (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Left stick down moves the camera back (S) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 14) | Right stick moves the pointer left |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 14) | Right stick moves the pointer right |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 14) | Right stick moves the pointer up |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 14) | Right stick moves the pointer down |
| A / Cross | Left click | A places or confirms (left click) |
| B / Circle | Right click | B rotates building or cancels (right click) |
| X / Square | B | X selects the Bulldoze tool (B) |
| Y / Triangle | Escape | Y backs out of the current menu (Esc) |
| LB / L1 | Q | LB rotates the camera left (Q) |
| RB / R1 | E | RB rotates the camera right (E) |
| Left trigger | F | Left trigger zooms the camera out (F) |
| Right trigger | R | Right trigger zooms the camera in (R) |
| L3 (left stick click) | G | L3 tilts the camera down (G) |
| R3 (right stick click) | T | R3 tilts the camera up (T) |
| D-pad left | 1 | D-pad left sets normal speed (1) |
| D-pad up | 2 | D-pad up sets fast speed (2) |
| D-pad right | 3 | D-pad right sets fastest speed (3) |
| D-pad down | F5 | D-pad down quicksaves (F5) |
| Back / Share / Select | F9 | Back quickloads (F9) |
| Start / Options | Space | Start plays or pauses the simulation (Space) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- Cities: Skylines II has no built-in gamepad support, so the right stick drives the cursor while the left stick and shoulders handle camera move, rotate and tilt.
- Right click rotates a building before you place it; tap the Bulldoze tool on X to clear what you no longer want.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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