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Controller Button Remapping

The controller buttons cannot be remapped from the in-game menus, and must instead be changed by modifying a config file.

• Navigate to User_SteamId.ini
• Default Button Layout
  • Change Splicer Controls
  • Change Big Daddy Controls
• Verify Button Changes
• Video Guide

Navigate to User_SteamId.ini

1. Press Windows + R to open the Windows Run Dialog

2. Type %AppData% into the text box.

3. Press Enter. This will open the "AppData" folder.

4. Within the "AppData" folder, double-click the folder called "Bioshock2Steam".

5. Within the "Bioshock2Steam" folder, open the file "UserMP.ini" in any text editor.

Once opened, the file should resemble this:

Default Button Layout

With "UserMP.ini" open, we will navigate to the part of the file containing the controller keybinds. There are two sets of keybinds to change, one for while the player is a splicer and one for while the player is a Big Daddy.

The controller keybinds all begin with "XENON", and apply to both Xbox and PlayStation controllers. The keybinds are defined according to the following table:

UserMP Keybind	Xbox	PlayStation	Default Action (Splicer)	Default Action (Big Daddy)
XENON_A	A	×	Context action	-
XENON_B	B	○	Melee	Melee
XENON_X	X	◻	Reload	-
XENON_Y	Y	△	Jump	Stomp
XENON_LB	LB	L1	Swap plasmid	Stomp
XENON_RB	RB	R1	Swap weapon	-
XENON_LT	LT	L2	Fire plasmid	Throw mine
XENON_RT	RT	R2	Fire weapon	Fire weapon
XENON_LTHUMB_BUTTON	LS	L3	Crouch	-
XENON_RTHUMB_BUTTON	RS	R3	Zoom weapon	Zoom weapon
XENON_START	START	START	Pause menu	Pause menu
XENON_BACK	BACK	SELECT	Scoreboard	Scoreboard
XENON_DPAD_LEFT	Left D-Pad	Left D-Pad	-	-
XENON_DPAD_RIGHT	Right D-Pad	Right D-Pad	-	-
XENON_DPAD_UP	Up D-Pad	Up D-Pad	Big Daddy sound	Big Daddy sound
XENON_DPAD_DOWN	Down D-Pad	Down D-Pad	-	-

Change Splicer Controls

1. Press Ctrl + F to open the search box.

2. Type XENON_Y=Jump into the text field, then press Enter. This will bring you to the splicer controller buttons.

3. Identify the name of the commands you want to swap. For example, to swap the A and Y buttons, we need to look at the command after the = in the following lines:

XENON_A=ContextAction
XENON_Y=Jump

4. Swap the command names of the buttons you want to change. For example, to swap the A and Y buttons, the above lines would be modified to look like this:

XENON_A=Jump
XENON_Y=ContextAction

5. Once the desired buttons have been changed, save the file either by pressing Ctrl + S or choosing "File > Save" from the menu bar.

Change Big Daddy Controls

1. Press Ctrl + F to open the search box.

2. Type XENON_Y=CyclePlasmid into the text field, then press Enter. This will bring you to the Big Daddy controller buttons.

3. Identify the name of the commands you want to swap. For example, to swap the left and right trigger buttons, we need to look at the command after the = in the following lines:

XENON_LT=FirePlasmid
XENON_RT=FireWeapon

4. Swap the command names of the buttons you want to change. For example, to swap the left and right trigger buttons, the above lines would be modified to look like this:

XENON_LT=FireWeapon
XENON_RT=FirePlasmid

5. Once the desired buttons have been changed, save the file either by pressing Ctrl + S or choosing "File > Save" from the menu bar.

Verify Button Changes

After applying the changes to "UserMP.ini", you should verify whether the buttons were remapped correctly.

1. Launch the game and create a private match.

2. Start the match. Once the match begins, use your controller to test all the buttons that were changed.

3. If any buttons are not functional or are incorrectly assigned, try to repeat the steps above.

📝 Note

After modifying any files, the game must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Video Guide

A video guide is available if you need additional assistance.

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