Game preset

Horizon Forbidden West: controller layout for Mac

Horizon Forbidden West 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: Action RPG: move, aim, hunt.

Get the preset in two clicks

  1. Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for Horizon Forbidden West and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
  3. 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

ControllerSendsWhat it does
Left stick leftAMove left (A)
Left stick rightDMove right (D)
Left stick upWMove forward (W)
Left stick downSMove back (S)
Right stick rightMouse motion right (speed 16)Camera right
Right stick leftMouse motion left (speed 16)Camera left
Right stick downMouse motion down (speed 16)Camera down
Right stick upMouse motion up (speed 16)Camera up
Left triggerRight clickAim bow (hold RMB)
Right triggerLeft clickFire arrow / light melee (LMB)
X / SquareFUse selected tool / trap (F)
A / CrossEInteract / quick save (E)
B / CircleCtrl (Left)Dodge roll (L-Ctrl)
Y / TriangleVToggle Focus scan (V)
L3 (left stick click)Shift (Left)Sprint (L-Shift)
R3 (right stick click)CSlide / toggle crouch (C)
LB / L1TabWeapon wheel (hold Tab)
D-pad up1Fast-equip weapon 1
D-pad down2Fast-equip weapon 2
D-pad left3Fast-equip weapon 3
D-pad right4Fast-equip weapon 4
RB / R1Shift (Left), Left clickHeavy melee (Shift+LMB)
Back / Share / SelectMMap (M)
Start / OptionsEscapePause (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

  • Hold left trigger to aim, right trigger fires.
  • Sprint and dodge sit on the stick click and face buttons.

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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