Game preset
Horizon Zero Dawn: controller layout for Mac
Horizon Zero Dawn 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: Complete Edition, bow action.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Horizon Zero Dawn 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/1151640 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 | Move left (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Move right (D) |
| Left stick up | W | Move forward (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move back (S) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Camera right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Camera left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Camera down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Camera up |
| Left trigger | Right click | Aim bow (hold RMB) |
| Right trigger | Left click | Fire arrow / light melee (LMB) |
| X / Square | F | Use selected tool / trap (F) |
| A / Cross | E | Interact / quick save (E) |
| B / Circle | Ctrl (Left) | Dodge roll (L-Ctrl) |
| Y / Triangle | V | Toggle Focus scan (V) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Sprint (L-Shift) |
| R3 (right stick click) | C | Slide / toggle crouch (C) |
| LB / L1 | Tab | Weapon wheel (hold Tab) |
| D-pad up | 1 | Fast-equip weapon 1 |
| D-pad down | 2 | Fast-equip weapon 2 |
| D-pad left | 3 | Fast-equip weapon 3 |
| D-pad right | 4 | Fast-equip weapon 4 |
| RB / R1 | Shift (Left), Left click | Heavy melee (Shift+LMB) |
| Back / Share / Select | M | Map (M) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause (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 LT to draw the bow, then pull RT to loose the arrow; hold Shift for Concentration slow-mo while aiming.
- Hold LB to fan out the weapon wheel, then flick the stick to swap ammo on the fly.
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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