Valve is rolling out official Steam Controller Configurator support for Xbox 360 and Xbox One gamepads, granting licensed Microsoft peripherals access to the application’s advanced mapping features. It didn’t take much effort to find this Knowledge Base Article at Steam, concerning the use of a XBox 360 Controller on Mac with Source games (Half-Life is a so called “Source” game by Valve). First we need to get into the so called “Developer Console”, which is relatively easy for most Valve games. I have a wireless xbox 360 controller and I am trying to figure out a way to get it working for steam games (preferably free). I can connect the controller to my computer via the charging cable but whenever I do that it just connects to my xbox. Plug the Xbox 360 Wired Controller into one of the two USB ports on the front of the Xbox 360 console. To disconnect the controller, pull on the connector, not the cable. The cable on the Xbox 360 Wired Controller features an inline release.

Your best bet is to make yourself an that will automatically set up your preferred layout each time you join a game.

Please, Help me. Hi Ruhad, I don’t have CSGO, but AFAIK this is based on the Half-Life engine as well. Power cord for mac computer 2010. This is however a game specific issue – support by Steam does not mean automatic support in Steam games. I assume you followed these instructions () – I’m just posting it here, incase it works for others: • Run Steam in “Big Picture” mode, which is Steam’s attempt at making their interface more console friendly. • Start a game of CSGO, choose your team and open up your console (~). • Type the command: “exec controller.360.cfg”, hit enter. • Type the command: “joystick 1”, hit enter.

You might have to hit 'Start' or 'Stop' to get your controller to show up. Once it does, you should see a couple of items in the sidebar on the left (depending on your Mac). Make sure you select 'Controller' at the bottom. We have to remap the keys on the controller to match the keys used by Portal. This is pretty easy, but this took me forever to figure out. So I did all the hard work for you.

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There are several unofficial projects that aim to provide Xbox One controller support for the Mac, but the one we recommend is the project by (a.k.a. To use it, first disconnect your Xbox One controller from your Mac if necessary (if you had tried to just plug it in without any drivers, you’d notice that it doesn’t do anything, even though the controller is recognized in System Profiler). Next, head over to the at GitHub. If you’d like to check out the source code and compile the installer yourself, you’ll find all you need at the project’s main page.