Zenless Zone Zero on a Mac with a controller
The Zenless Zone Zero 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, or from a cloud service such as GeForce NOW if it carries the game, and the stream normally passes a controller to the game's own scheme.
No, Zenless Zone Zero has no Mac version, but it plays on a Mac with a controller as a stream. The game's own scheme is the one to use when the stream passes your pad. This layout is the fallback. ZZZ is a brawler about the perfect dodge and the chain swap, and both are one press here: dodge on the right face button, the next agent on the big one, the previous on a bumper.
On this page: 9 sections
The layout, control by control
How the layout thinks
- Move and look. The left stick moves and the right stick pans the follow camera. The right stick click locks on (middle click).
- Fight. The basic attack (left click) is the left face button and the Special Attack (E) the top, doubled on the right trigger. The Ultimate and EX Special (Q) are the right bumper, doubled on the left trigger.
- Dodge and swap. Dodge (Left Shift) is the right face button. The next agent (Space) is the bottom face button and the previous (C) the left bumper.
- Field. D-pad up interacts and picks up (F), down checks the item (R), and the left stick click toggles the speed-up (T).
- Menus. Back opens travel and the map (M), Options the menu, and the Home button storage (B).
Dodge and swap are one press each, which is the whole rhythm of a fight.
Tune it
- Perfect dodge. It is all timing, so leave the row plain.
- Camera. The right stick moves the camera at Speed 18. If it spins too fast in combat, drop both axes to 12 and add the Smooth curve so small pushes stay fine.
A slower camera with the Smooth curve keeps the enemy on screen during a chain.
If the stream passes your controller
The PC version has its own controller support, so a stream that passes your pad is the better way to play. Turn this preset off for those sessions, since both together double every press. Dodge once with the preset off, and play on the game's scheme if your agent moves.
Zenless Zone Zero controller support: controller or keyboard
Steam's store page lists partial controller support for Zenless Zone Zero: 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 Zenless Zone Zero
When Zenless Zone Zero does not react to your controller on a Mac, climb this ladder, smallest step first:
- 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.
- 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 Zenless Zone Zero, 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.
- Play it from keys. If Zenless Zone Zero still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls Zenless Zone Zero 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 Zenless Zone Zero ever sees the controller.
Get it in two clicks
- Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Zenless Zone Zero and pick it. The layout 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.
To check the controller itself first, the gamepad tester shows every button and stick live in your browser.
Zenless Zone Zero controls: every button and the key it sends
The Sends column is Zenless Zone Zero'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.
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Left stick left moves with A |
| Left stick right | D | Left stick right moves with D |
| Left stick up | W | Left stick up moves forward with W |
| Left stick down | S | Left stick down moves back with S |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Right stick X pans the follow camera left |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Right stick X pans the follow camera right |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | Right stick Y pans the follow camera up |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | Right stick Y pans the follow camera down |
| X / Square | Left click | X is the basic attack, left click |
| A / Cross | Space | A swaps to the next agent, mapped to Space |
| B / Circle | Shift (Left) | B dodges, mapped to Left Shift |
| Y / Triangle | E | Y is the Special Attack, mapped to E |
| RB / R1 | Q | RB fires the Ultimate and EX Special, mapped to Q |
| Right trigger | E | Right trigger doubles the Special and EX Special on E |
| Left trigger | Q | Left trigger doubles the Ultimate and chain on Q |
| LB / L1 | C | LB swaps to the previous agent, mapped to C |
| L3 (left stick click) | T | L3 toggles the speed-up, mapped to T |
| R3 (right stick click) | Middle click | R3 locks on, mapped to the middle mouse button |
| Start / Options | Escape | Start opens the menu via Escape |
| Back / Share / Select | M | Back opens travel and the map, mapped to M |
| Home / PS / Guide | B | Guide opens storage, mapped to B |
| D-pad up | F | D-pad up interacts and picks up, mapped to F |
| D-pad down | R | D-pad down checks the item, mapped to R |
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
Does Zenless Zone Zero run on a Mac?
Zenless Zone Zero does not run natively on a Mac. Stream it from a Windows PC you own, or from a cloud service if it carries the game. This layout covers a stream that does not see the pad.
Does Zenless Zone Zero have controller support?
Yes, on the PC version, so when a stream passes your controller through, use the game's own controller scheme. This layout is for the times the stream only sees a keyboard and mouse: it turns the pad into those keys.
Does Zenless Zone Zero have controller support?
Partly. Steam lists partial controller support for Zenless Zone Zero: it plays on a controller, but some screens still expect a keyboard or mouse.
Is Zenless Zone Zero better with a controller or a keyboard?
A controller works for most of it. Steam lists partial controller support for Zenless Zone Zero, so some screens still expect a keyboard or a mouse, and a layout like this one can put those on the pad.
Why is my controller not working in Zenless Zone Zero on a Mac?
First check the Mac itself sees the controller, with the gamepad tester. If it does and Zenless Zone Zero still ignores it, activate the Zenless Zone Zero layout in InputConfig, which sends the game's keyboard and mouse controls from the controller.
Can I play Zenless Zone Zero on an M1 Mac or a MacBook Air?
Yes, through a stream. Zenless Zone Zero runs on the other end, on a cloud service or your own PC, so the Mac only plays the video and sends your input. An M1 MacBook Air streams it like any other Mac.
Does Zenless Zone Zero run in CrossOver on a Mac?
I have not tested Zenless Zone Zero in CrossOver. CodeWeavers keeps a compatibility list where players report how each Windows game runs. If it runs and the controller is not seen, this layout plays it from the keys and mouse.
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