Game preset
NieR: Automata: controller layout for Mac
NieR: Automata 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 combat with Pod fire and program abilities.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for NieR: Automata 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/524220 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 up | W | Move forward (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move backward (S) |
| Left stick left | A | Move left (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Move right (D) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Camera right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Camera left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | Camera down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | Camera up |
| X / Square | Left click | Light attack (Left click) |
| Y / Triangle | Right click | Heavy attack (Right click) |
| Right trigger | Shift (Left) | Pod fire (Shift) |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump (Space) |
| B / Circle | Z | Evade / air slide (Z) |
| Left trigger | Q | Lock-on (Q) |
| LB / L1 | 1 | Pod program ability (1) |
| RB / R1 | Tab | Toggle pod fire (Tab) |
| Start / Options | E | Interact / use (E) |
| D-pad left | X | Cycle weapons (X) |
| D-pad right | C | Cycle pods (C) |
| D-pad up | B | Self-destruct (B) |
| Back / Share / Select | M | Map (M) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Middle click | Center camera / lock (Middle click) |
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
- Evade (B / Circle) at the last moment to trigger a perfect-dodge counter window.
- Hold Pod fire (RT) while you attack; melee and ranged stack for big chip damage.
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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