Game preset
Stray: controller layout for Mac
Stray 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: Cat adventure controller layout.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Stray 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/1332010 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 left | Mouse motion left (speed 14) | Look left |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 14) | Look right |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 14) | Look up |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 14) | Look down |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump / contextual action (Space) |
| B / Circle | Alt / Option (Left) | Meow (LAlt) |
| X / Square | Q | Interact / action (Q) |
| Y / Triangle | E | Use / talk / B-12 show item (E) |
| LB / L1 | Shift (Left) | Sprint (LShift) |
| RB / R1 | 2 | B-12 light (2) |
| Right trigger | Left click | Defluxor / use tool (Left Mouse) |
| Left trigger | Right click | First-person view (Right Mouse) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Sprint (LShift) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Middle click | Recenter camera (Middle Mouse) |
| D-pad up | 1 | B-12 help / hint (1) |
| D-pad down | R | B-12 validate / confirm (R) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause menu (Esc) |
| Back / Share / Select | Tab | Inventory / menu (Tab) |
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
- A handles every contextual jump and action; the cat only leaps where a prompt appears.
- B meows; hold LB or L3 to sprint. The Defluxor fires on RT when B-12 has it equipped.
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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