Game preset
The Outlast Trials: controller layout for Mac
The Outlast Trials 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 survival horror.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for The Outlast Trials 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/1304930 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 |
|---|---|---|
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Left stick click sprints, Left Shift |
| B / Circle | Ctrl (Left) | B holds crouch, Left Ctrl |
| A / Cross | Space | A jumps and vaults over obstacles, Space |
| Right trigger | Left click | Right trigger interacts and grabs, left mouse |
| Left trigger | Right click | Left trigger uses the equipped item, right mouse |
| X / Square | R | X activates the rig ability, R |
| Y / Triangle | F | Y toggles night vision, F |
| LB / L1 | Q | Left bumper peeks around cover to the left, Q |
| RB / R1 | E | Right bumper peeks around cover to the right, E |
| R3 (right stick click) | V | Right stick click talks over push to talk, V |
| D-pad up | 1 | D-pad up selects the first item slot, 1 |
| D-pad down | 2 | D-pad down selects the second item slot, 2 |
| D-pad left | 3 | D-pad left selects the third item slot, 3 |
| D-pad right | 4 | D-pad right selects the fourth item slot, 4 |
| Back / Share / Select | 5 | Back selects the fifth item slot, 5 |
| Start / Options | Escape | Start opens the menu, Esc |
| Home / PS / Guide | X | Guide drops or gives an item, X |
| Left stick up | W | Left stick up moves forward, W |
| Left stick down | S | Left stick down moves back, S |
| Left stick left | A | Left stick left strafes, A |
| Left stick right | D | Left stick right strafes, D |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 12) | Right stick turns the camera, mouse X |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 12) | Right stick pitches the camera, mouse Y |
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 sprint into crouch to slide under gaps and break line of sight, then lean with the bumpers to peek without stepping out.
- Press X to fire your rig ability, so keep the Stun or Heal rig charged to support teammates when an enemy closes in.
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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