Game preset
Nine Sols: controller layout for Mac
Nine Sols 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: Sekiro like 2D metroidvania.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Nine Sols 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/1809540 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 | Up, climb ladder, W |
| Left stick down | S | Crouch, drop down, S |
| X / Square | J | Attack, J |
| B / Circle | K | Parry, deflect, Unbounded Counter, K |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump, Space |
| RB / R1 | Shift (Left) | Dash, dodge, Shift |
| LB / L1 | F | Talisman attach or detonate, F |
| Y / Triangle | C | Shoot bound arrow, C |
| Right trigger | R | Restore health, heal, R |
| Left trigger | Q | Mystic Nymph, Q |
| Back / Share / Select | E | Interact, hook, E |
| Start / Options | O | Next arrow type, O |
| L3 (left stick click) | U | Previous arrow type, U |
| R3 (right stick click) | Tab | Open map and status, Tab |
| Home / PS / Guide | Escape | Pause, menu, Esc |
| D-pad right | D | Move right on dpad, D |
| D-pad left | A | Move left on dpad, A |
| D-pad up | W | Up on dpad, W |
| D-pad down | S | Down on dpad, S |
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
- K is the deflect parry, the core of combat, so keep B mapped where your thumb rests.
- Hold F after a successful parry to detonate the Tao Fruit talisman for big 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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