Controller Support Revamped

A ground-up expansion of R.E.P.O. Controller Support by pacmanninja998, bringing full gamepad play to R.E.P.O. through BepInEx.

Play with Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro, Steam Deck, and other Unity Input System–compatible controllers. This revamp adds menu navigation, on-screen controller glyphs, LED color sync, and rich rumble feedback on top of the original keyboard/mouse emulation layer.

Features

• Universal gamepad support — reads input through Unity Input System (no XInput-only lock-in)
• Full gameplay mapping — movement, camera, combat, interact, crouch, sprint, map, hotkeys, and scroll
• Menu navigation — focus-based UI navigation with the left stick, D-pad, A to confirm, and B to go back
• Controller glyphs — replaces keyboard/mouse prompt text with platform-correct button icons (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Steam Deck)
• LED sync — matches your controller light bar / LED to your in-game player head color when supported
• Rumble feedback — configurable vibration for inputs, damage, held items, item breaks, and sprinting
• Deep configuration — sensitivity, dead zones, toggles, glyph style, and every rumble channel are adjustable in the BepInEx config file

Requirements

• BepInEx Pack for R.E.P.O. (BepInEx 5.4.x — not BepInEx 6)
• A controller supported by Unity Input System

Installation

Manual

1. Install BepInEx Pack for REPO and launch the game once to generate the BepInEx folder.
2. Extract this package so that ControllerSupport.dll ends up at:

   BepInEx/plugins/ControllerSupport/ControllerSupport.dll
   

3. Launch the game. The BepInEx console should log Controller Support plugin loaded!

Mod managers

Install Controller Support Revamped from Thunderstore or your preferred R.E.P.O. mod manager. It may take a few hours after upload before the listing appears in mod managers.

Controls

Default bindings emulate the keyboard and mouse. Button names below use the Xbox layout; PlayStation, Switch, and Steam Deck equivalents work the same way.

While menus are open, the left stick and D-pad move focus, A confirms, B goes back, and LB/RB scroll long lists.

Configuration

Settings are written to BepInEx/config/pacmanninja998.nexus.ControllerSupport.cfg on first launch.

Edit the config file while the game is closed, or use a runtime config manager if you have one installed.

Thunderstore packaging

This mod ships as a .zip with these files at the root of the archive, per the R.E.P.O. modding wiki:

banner.png is used in this README only and is not included in the Thunderstore zip.

To publish an update, bump version_number in manifest.json and upload a new zip. Do not rename the package in manifest.json if you are updating an existing Thunderstore listing.

Building from source

1. Install the .NET SDK 8+.
2. Set your game path in Directory.Build.props if REPO is not at the default Steam location:

   <GameDirectory>C:\Path\To\REPO</GameDirectory>
   

3. Build:

   dotnet build -c Release
   

4. Output: bin/Release/net48/ControllerSupport.dll

Credits

• Original mod: pacmanninja998 — R.E.P.O. Controller Support
• Controller glyphs: Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and Steam Deck assets embedded in the plugin
• License: MIT (inherited from the original project)

Changelog

v1.0.2

• Removed hex-encoded config strings per Thunderstore moderation requirements

v1.0.1

• Updated Thunderstore metadata with fork URL (AKASGaming/R.E.P.O.ControllerSupport)
• Updated BepInEx dependency to 5.4.2305

v1.0.0

• Focus-based menu navigation (left stick / D-pad, A to confirm, B to back, LB/RB to scroll lists)
• On-screen controller glyphs with Auto, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and Steam Deck styles
• Controller LED / light bar sync to player head color
• Added controller vibration/rumble support
• Input feedback on shoot, aim, jump, interact, toggle actions, and running
• Damage, item break, grab hold, and sprint sustain rumble
• Configurable via [Vibration] section
• Preserved original plugin GUID for existing config compatibility

v0.2.0

• Switched from XInput to Unity Input System (PlayStation / generic wireless controller fix)
• Removed SharpDX dependency — only ControllerSupport.dll required

v0.1.0

• Updated for current REPO / BepInEx 5.4.x
• Fixed double input processing
• Removed main-thread blocking on trigger press
• Configurable game path via Directory.Build.props