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SoulCalibur VI on a Mac with a controller

The SoulCalibur VI layout is built into InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.

On a Mac: No Mac version. It streams to a Mac from a Windows PC you own. The stream normally passes a controller to the game's native scheme. This layout is for streams that do not see the pad, and it starts from a Tekken-style template, so match its four attack rows to SoulCalibur's A, B, K and G.

Yes, SoulCalibur VI plays on a Mac with a controller, streamed from a Windows PC you own. This layout is for a stream that misses your pad. SoulCalibur is four buttons, A, B, K and G, and the layout has four face buttons, so the fit is natural once the keys match.

On this page: 10 sections

1. The layout, control by control
2. How the layout thinks
3. Match the keys to SoulCalibur
4. Tune it
5. If the game sees the pad
6. SoulCalibur VI controller support: controller or keyboard
7. If your controller is not working in SoulCalibur VI
8. Get it in two clicks
9. SoulCalibur VI controls: every button and the key it sends
10. Questions

The layout, control by control

How the layout thinks

• Move. The D-pad and the left stick both send the arrow keys. Use the stick for the 8-way run.
• Four attacks. Square sends U, Triangle I, Cross J and Circle K. The notes use Tekken's numbering, 1 to 4, from the template.
• Pairs. R1 sends U and I together, L1 J and K, and the left trigger I and K.
• All four. The right trigger sends all four attack keys at once.
• Dash and menus. The left stick click taps Right twice for a quick dash. Pause on Start (Escape), select on Back (Tab).

The dash row presses Right, so it dashes forward only while your fighter faces right. Guard on a face button is right, so I would not move it to a trigger.

Match the keys to SoulCalibur

• Change the game. Set SoulCalibur's keyboard controls so A, B, K and G use U, I, J and K.
• Or change the rows. Open each attack row's output menu and pick the key the game uses.

Then check the pair rows still press the pairs you want, since they send the same keys. Four rows, one minute, and the pairs follow.

Tune it

• Soul Charge. Give a trigger row the keys of its button combination.
• 8-way run. Use the stick, not the D-pad.

Run with the stick, block with a face button.

If the game sees the pad

A stream normally passes your controller to SoulCalibur VI's own scheme, which is the better way to play. Keep this preset off then, or every press arrives twice.

Native pad first, this layout only when the stream misses it.

SoulCalibur VI controller support: controller or keyboard

Steam's store page lists partial controller support for SoulCalibur VI: it plays on a controller, but some parts, such as a launcher, text entry or a menu, still expect a keyboard or a mouse. This layout sends keys and mouse movement from the pad, which can cover the parts the game's own support leaves out. With partial support, a layout fills the gaps the game leaves.

From Steam's listing, checked in October 2026. Every game's listing is in Mac games with controller support.

If your controller is not working in SoulCalibur VI

When SoulCalibur VI does not react to your controller on a Mac, climb this ladder, smallest step first:

1. Check that the Mac sees the controller. Open the gamepad tester and press a button. If nothing lights up there, the problem is the connection, and a controller that is connected but not working covers that first.
2. Press a button after the stream has started. A stream only picks up a controller that is paired with the Mac, and a browser shows a controller to a page only after a button press. Start SoulCalibur VI, then press any button. Streaming from your own PC has its own checks, in how to stream PC games to a Mac with a controller.
3. Play it from keys. If SoulCalibur VI still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls SoulCalibur VI already reads. Turn the game's own controller option off while it runs, or a press can arrive twice. The layout works whether or not SoulCalibur VI ever sees the controller.

Get it in two clicks

1. Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
2. Search for SoulCalibur VI and pick it. The layout 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.

To check the controller itself first, the gamepad tester shows every button and stick live in your browser.

SoulCalibur VI controls: every button and the key it sends

The Sends column is SoulCalibur VI's default keyboard and mouse controls, as this layout expects them. If you changed a key in the game's settings, change the same row in InputConfig.

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 labeled B; the mapping still fires on position.

Questions

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Completely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.

Updated October 16, 2026