Game preset
Grounded: controller layout for Mac
Grounded 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: Backyard survival adventure.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Grounded 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 full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick up | W | Move forward (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move backward (S) |
| Left stick left | A | Strafe left (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Strafe right (D) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 20) | Look right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 20) | Look left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 14) | Look down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 14) | Look up |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump (Space) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Sprint (Left Shift / left-stick click) |
| B / Circle | Ctrl (Left) | Crouch (Left Ctrl) |
| Right trigger | Left click | Attack / place building (left click) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Block (right click) |
| X / Square | E | Interact / use (E) |
| Y / Triangle | R | Throw equipped item (R) |
| RB / R1 | I | Open inventory (I) |
| LB / L1 | M | Open map (M) |
| D-pad down | Space | Consume / eat or drink item (Space) |
| D-pad right | Scroll down | Next item / hotbar (scroll) |
| D-pad left | Scroll up | Previous item / hotbar (scroll) |
| Back / Share / Select | Q | Rotate building piece (Q) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause / menu (Esc) |
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
- Right trigger swings your weapon or places a building piece; left trigger raises your block.
- R throws the equipped item; Q and E rotate a structure while you are building.
- Use BURG.L's map (M) often; the backyard is huge and full of bugs that want you dead.
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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