Controller support: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:59, 3 November 2026

New School 99 can be played with a controller. Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and most other pads work, and controller support is on by default: plug one in and play. You can switch between the controller and your keyboard and mouse at any time.

If you already play through Steam Input, DS4Windows or reWASD, nothing changes. The game notices and steps aside, so your setup works as before.

Buttons are shown as Xbox / PlayStation. Hover over an icon to see its name.

Limitations

The controller's buttons can't select everything. Some things in the world can't be reached with /, / or / /. For those, use mouse mode: open a panel, like the inventory, click , move the mouse onto the thing with , then press / to left-click or / to right-click.
/ goes to the most likely thing. It skips signposts and plain furniture so that it picks what you most likely want. To reach something else nearby, step through with / /, or press / for all the options on your target.

Buttons

Button	What it does
	Move. Tilt further to run.
	Sprint
	Turn the camera
/	Attack. Hold it to keep attacking.
/	Dodge roll
	Lock on to an enemy. Flick to switch target. With a panel open, like the inventory, it switches on mouse mode instead.
/	Use what's in front of you: Bank on a banker, Trade on a shopkeeper, Attack on an enemy
/	All the options on that target
/ /	Step through the things near you
/	The action wheel: world map, travel, Pantheon, stats, chat, friends, quests and Combat
/	Inventory /, Equipment /, Prayer /, Magic /
Hold /	Your combat hotbar
Hold / +	Switch the camera's zoom level, when no panel is open
/	Use the mouse: shows the mouse cursor, and pressing it again goes back to the camera. Same as the C key.
/	The Menu. Hold it for the Controller window.

Moving a stick cancels a walk to something, and / leaves a conversation at once.

Combat hotbar

Hold /, then:

/ / / / fire slots 1 to 4: your special attack, then your god powers.
/ fires slots 5 to 8.
/ fires slot 9.
/ switches between your Melee, Ranged and Magic bars.

Menus and windows

The bank, Grand Exchange, shops, dialogues and the Menu all work on /:

/ selects.
/ shows the options.
/ is the quick option, like Withdraw-All.
/ goes back.
/ / switch tabs.

Chat, searches and amounts get an on-screen keyboard with a number pad. You can play the whole intro on a controller.

Button prompts on the hotbar and around the game switch to your controller's buttons (Xbox, PlayStation or Switch) as soon as you pick it up, and back to keys when you use the keyboard.

Mouse mode

With a panel open, like the inventory, click to switch on mouse mode. then moves the mouse, so you can use anything you could with a real mouse, including things in the world that the controller's buttons can't select.

/ is left click.
/ is right click, for all the options.

Without a panel open, locks on to an enemy instead.

Controller settings

Hold / to open the Controller window. There you can:

Rebind any button. Pick one that's already taken and the two swap.
Choose the Default or Southpaw preset.
Set stick deadzones, how sprint works, camera speed and invert, and aim assist.
Choose which button prompts to show, and whether / or / confirms.
Reset everything to the defaults.

These settings are saved on your PC.

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 If you already play through Steam Input, DS4Windows or reWASD, nothing changes. The game notices and steps aside, so your setup works as before.
+Buttons are shown as Xbox / PlayStation. Hover over an icon to see its name.
 == Limitations ==
-* '''The controller's buttons can't select everything.''' Some things in the world can't be reached with A, X or RB and LB. For those, use [[#Mouse mode|mouse mode]]: open a panel, like the inventory, click the right stick, move the mouse onto the thing with the left stick, then press A to left-click or X to right-click.
+* '''The controller's buttons can't select everything.''' Some things in the world can't be reached with {{pad|a}}, {{pad|x}} or {{pad|rb}} {{pad|lb}}. For those, use [[#Mouse mode|mouse mode]]: open a panel, like the inventory, click {{pad|r3}}, move the mouse onto the thing with {{pad|ls}}, then press {{pad|a}} to left-click or {{pad|x}} to right-click.
-* '''A goes to the most likely thing.''' It skips signposts and plain furniture so that it picks what you most likely want. To reach something else nearby, step through with RB and LB, or press X for all the options on your target.
+* '''{{pad|a}} goes to the most likely thing.''' It skips signposts and plain furniture so that it picks what you most likely want. To reach something else nearby, step through with {{pad|rb}} {{pad|lb}}, or press {{pad|x}} for all the options on your target.
 == Buttons ==
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Button (Xbox / PlayStation) !! What it does
+! Button !! What it does
 |-
-| Left stick || Move. Tilt further to run.
+| {{pad|ls}} || Move. Tilt further to run.
 |-
-| L3 (click the left stick) || Sprint
+| {{pad|l3}} || Sprint
 |-
-| Right stick || Turn the camera
+| {{pad|rs}} || Turn the camera
 |-
-| RT / R2 || Attack. Hold it to keep attacking.
+| {{pad|rt}} || Attack. Hold it to keep attacking.
 |-
-| B / Circle || Dodge roll
+| {{pad|b}} || Dodge roll
 |-
-| R3 (click the right stick) || Lock on to an enemy. Flick the right stick to switch target. With a panel open, like the inventory, it switches on [[#Mouse mode|mouse mode]] instead.
+| {{pad|r3}} || Lock on to an enemy. Flick {{pad|rs}} to switch target. With a panel open, like the inventory, it switches on [[#Mouse mode|mouse mode]] instead.
 |-
-| A / Cross || Use what's in front of you: Bank on a banker, Trade on a shopkeeper, Attack on an enemy
+| {{pad|a}} || Use what's in front of you: Bank on a banker, Trade on a shopkeeper, Attack on an enemy
 |-
-| X / Square || All the options on that target
+| {{pad|x}} || All the options on that target
 |-
-| RB / LB (R1 / L1) || Step through the things near you
+| {{pad|rb}} {{pad|lb}} || Step through the things near you
 |-
-| Y / Triangle || The action wheel: world map, travel, Pantheon, stats, chat, friends, quests and Combat
+| {{pad|y}} || The action wheel: world map, travel, Pantheon, stats, chat, friends, quests and Combat
 |-
-| D-pad || Inventory (up), Equipment (right), Prayer (down), Magic (left)
+| {{pad|dpad}} || Inventory {{pad|up}}, Equipment {{pad|right}}, Prayer {{pad|down}}, Magic {{pad|left}}
 |-
-| Hold LT / L2 || Your combat hotbar (below)
+| Hold {{pad|lt}} || Your [[#Combat hotbar|combat hotbar]]
 |-
-| Hold LT / L2 + click the right stick || Switch the camera's zoom level, when no panel is open
+| Hold {{pad|lt}} + {{pad|r3}} || Switch the camera's zoom level, when no panel is open
 |-
-| View / Create (the small button left of centre) || Use the mouse: shows the mouse cursor, and pressing it again goes back to the camera. Same as the C key.
+| {{pad|view}} || Use the mouse: shows the mouse cursor, and pressing it again goes back to the camera. Same as the C key.
 |-
-| Start / Options || The Menu. Hold it for the Controller window.
+| {{pad|start}} || The Menu. Hold it for the Controller window.
 |}
-Moving the stick cancels a walk to something, and B leaves a conversation at once.
+Moving a stick cancels a walk to something, and {{pad|b}} leaves a conversation at once.
 == Combat hotbar ==
-Hold LT, then:
+Hold {{pad|lt}}, then:
-* X, Y, B and A fire slots 1 to 4: your special attack, then your god powers.
+* {{pad|x}} {{pad|y}} {{pad|b}} {{pad|a}} fire slots 1 to 4: your special attack, then your god powers.
-* The D-pad fires slots 5 to 8.
+* {{pad|dpad}} fires slots 5 to 8.
-* RB fires slot 9.
+* {{pad|rb}} fires slot 9.
-* LB switches between your Melee, Ranged and Magic bars.
+* {{pad|lb}} switches between your Melee, Ranged and Magic bars.
 == Menus and windows ==
-The bank, Grand Exchange, shops, dialogues and the Menu all work on the D-pad:
+The bank, Grand Exchange, shops, dialogues and the Menu all work on {{pad|dpad}}:
-* A selects.
+* {{pad|a}} selects.
-* X shows the options.
+* {{pad|x}} shows the options.
-* Y is the quick option, like Withdraw-All.
+* {{pad|y}} is the quick option, like Withdraw-All.
-* B goes back.
+* {{pad|b}} goes back.
-* LB and RB switch tabs.
+* {{pad|lb}} {{pad|rb}} switch tabs.
 Chat, searches and amounts get an on-screen keyboard with a number pad. You can play the whole intro on a controller.
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 === Mouse mode ===
-With a panel open, like the inventory, click the right stick (R3) to switch on mouse mode. The left stick then moves the mouse, so you can use anything you could with a real mouse, including things in the world that the controller's buttons can't select.
+With a panel open, like the inventory, click {{pad|r3}} to switch on mouse mode. {{pad|ls}} then moves the mouse, so you can use anything you could with a real mouse, including things in the world that the controller's buttons can't select.
-* '''A''' is left click.
+* {{pad|a}} is left click.
-* '''X''' is right click, for all the options.
+* {{pad|x}} is right click, for all the options.
-Without a panel open, R3 locks on to an enemy instead.
+Without a panel open, {{pad|r3}} locks on to an enemy instead.
 == Controller settings ==
-Hold Start to open the Controller window. There you can:
+Hold {{pad|start}} to open the Controller window. There you can:
 * Rebind any button. Pick one that's already taken and the two swap.
 * Choose the Default or Southpaw preset.
 * Set stick deadzones, how sprint works, camera speed and invert, and aim assist.
-* Choose which button prompts to show, and whether A or B confirms.
+* Choose which button prompts to show, and whether {{pad|a}} or {{pad|b}} confirms.
 * Reset everything to the defaults.