Game preset
Helldivers 2: controller layout for Mac
Helldivers 2 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: Co-op squad shooter, stratagems on the d-pad.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Helldivers 2 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 back (S) |
| Left stick left | A | Move left (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Move 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 |
| Right trigger | Left click | Fire (LMB) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Aim / ADS (RMB) |
| A / Cross | Alt / Option (Left) | Dive / dodge (Left Alt) |
| B / Circle | C | Crouch (C) |
| X / Square | R | Reload (R) |
| Y / Triangle | E | Interact / use (E) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Sprint (hold Left Shift) |
| R3 (right stick click) | F | Melee (F) |
| LB / L1 | G | Throw grenade (G) |
| RB / R1 | Ctrl (Left) | Open stratagem menu (hold Left Ctrl), then enter the code on the d-pad |
| Back / Share / Select | Tab | Map (Tab) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause / menu (Esc) |
| D-pad up | W | Stratagem code Up (W) |
| D-pad down | S | Stratagem code Down (S) |
| D-pad left | A | Stratagem code Left (A) |
| D-pad right | D | Stratagem code Right (D) |
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
- Stratagem codes use WASD by default, so the d-pad is mapped to those same WASD keys for entering codes.
- Hold RB to open the stratagem list (Left Ctrl), then tap the d-pad directions to punch in the code.
- Hold L3 to sprint while pushing the left stick; tap A to dive for cover.
- Reinforce, resupply and other calls are all stratagem codes entered with the d-pad.
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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