Game preset
Total War: Warhammer III: controller layout for Mac
Total War: Warhammer III 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: Grand strategy and real-time battles.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Total War: Warhammer III 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 full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Left stick left: move cursor left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Left stick right: move cursor right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | Left stick up: move cursor up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | Left stick down: move cursor down |
| Right stick left | Left | Right stick left: pan camera left (arrow Left) |
| Right stick right | Right | Right stick right: pan camera right (arrow Right) |
| Right stick up | Up | Right stick up: pan camera forward (arrow Up) |
| Right stick down | Down | Right stick down: pan camera back (arrow Down) |
| RB / R1 | Left click | RB: left click (select / confirm) |
| LB / L1 | Right click | LB: right click (move / attack) |
| Right trigger | Scroll up | Right trigger: zoom in (scroll up) |
| Left trigger | Scroll down | Left trigger: zoom out (scroll down) |
| A / Cross | Space | A: pause / unpause battle (Space) |
| B / Circle | Backspace | B: halt selected units (Backspace) |
| X / Square | R | X: run / toggle running (R) |
| Y / Triangle | G | Y: group selected units (G) |
| Start / Options | Return | Start: end turn (Enter) |
| Back / Share / Select | Escape | Back: cancel / open menu (Esc) |
| D-pad up | 1 | D-pad up: select army group 1 (1) |
| D-pad down | 2 | D-pad down: select army group 2 (2) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Ctrl (Left), A | L3: select all units (Ctrl+A) |
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
- Left stick moves the cursor; RB is left-click (select) and LB is right-click (move/attack).
- Right stick pans the campaign and battle camera; triggers zoom in and out.
- A pauses or unpauses battles with the spacebar; Start ends your campaign turn.
- This is a cursor-driven strategy game, so cursor confinement and look-recentering are off.
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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