Native Controller

Full controller support for R.E.P.O. (Semiwork, 2025) — built the native way. Instead of faking keyboard and mouse presses like other controller mods, Native Controller binds your gamepad directly into the game's own input system, so the game treats the pad as a real controller. No emulation jank, no double-input.

Every setting is exposed as a config entry. Tune to taste.

Why "native"?

Other R.E.P.O. controller mods emulate — under the hood they translate your gamepad into fake keyboard/mouse events. Native Controller doesn't: it registers the gamepad into R.E.P.O.'s own InputManager actions. So the game's own sensitivity applies to your look, analog inputs stay analog (e.g. holdable push/pull instead of discrete scroll ticks), and there's no desync with a real keyboard/mouse.

Features

• Native gamepad binding — the pad goes straight into the game's input system, not a keyboard/mouse emulation layer.
• Right-stick look — configurable speed, invert, deadzone.
• Full menu navigation — D-pad / left stick moves, A confirms, B backs. Covers the vanilla menus, server browser, saved games and REPOConfig's mod menu.
• Emote wheel — hold D-pad Down; right stick picks, release plays. Auto-clears (configurable).
• On-screen chat keyboard — open chat with Back/View and type with the pad. Goes through vanilla chat: live type-out, multiplayer sync, TTS.
• Menu text fields on pad — lobby name, save rename, server search and password screens auto-open the keyboard; vanilla rules apply; hides itself on mouse.
• Toggle sprint, grab & crouch — one press holds the action, a second (or vanilla's own stop conditions) ends it.
• Button prompts — GRAB / LET GO / ROTATE / CLIMB hints by the inventory, and the game's key tags show pad buttons (SHOTGUN [X] instead of [E]).
• Inventory D-pad arrows — slots show ← ↑ → instead of 1 2 3 on pad.
• Controller Layout overlay — button-map cheat-sheet in the Settings menu (needs MenuLib).
• Kind-aware glyphs — Xbox / PlayStation / Switch icons, auto-detected with manual override.
• Holdable push/pull — LB/RB drive the grab beam as a real held input.
• Aim assist — gentle, bounded nudge toward items and enemies; never overpowers your turn or locks on. Fully configurable.
• Splash-screen skip — a pad button skips the intro logos.

Default controls

Action	Xbox	PlayStation
Move	Left stick	Left stick
Look	Right stick	Right stick
Jump	A	✕
Interact	X	□
Tumble	B	○
Map	Y	△
Sprint (press to toggle — stops on empty stamina / standing still)	L3 (left stick click)	L3 (left stick click)
Crouch (press to toggle — press again to stand)	R3 (right stick click)	R3 (right stick click)
Grab (press to toggle — press again to let go)	RT	R2
Rotate held object	LT (hold)	L2 (hold)
Pull / Push (held)	LB / RB	L1 / R1
Inventory slots 1 / 2 / 3	← ↑ →	← ↑ →
Pause menu	Start	Options
Chat (opens the on-screen keyboard)	Back	Create
Emote wheel (right stick picks, release toggles)	↓ (hold, in game)	↓ (hold, in game)
Show the Controller Layout overlay	Settings menu	Settings menu

Installation

1. Install BepInEx 5.4 for R.E.P.O.
2. Drop NativeController.dll into BepInEx/plugins/.
3. (Optional) Install MenuLib to get the "Controller Layout" button in the Settings menu.
4. Launch the game once to generate BepInEx/config/com.pogwas.nativecontroller.cfg, then edit it to taste — or use REPOConfig for an in-game UI.

Steam Input: Native Controller reads the pad through the Unity Input System. If you launch R.E.P.O. through Steam Input, set its controller layout to a plain Gamepad template (not a keyboard/mouse layout) so the pad comes through as a raw gamepad.

Configuration sections

Section	What it controls
Gamepad	Master toggle, right-stick look speed (X/Y), invert X/Y, stick deadzone, menu cursor speed, toggle sprint/grab/crouch, glyph style override (Auto / Xbox / PlayStation / Switch)
Aim Assist	Toggle + item/enemy toggles, and the bounded-nudge tuning: Gain, MaxFraction (the no-lock cap), MaxDegPerFrame, IdleDrift, ActiveThreshold, MaxAngle (cone), ItemRange, EnemyRange, DeadZone
Emote Wheel	Toggle, emote duration, face-preview camera framing
Prompts	Crosshair button prompts, controller key tags, inventory D-pad arrows
Chat Keyboard	On-screen chat keyboard: toggle + panel size
Menu Keyboard	On-screen keyboard for menu text fields: toggle (size follows Chat Keyboard Scale)

Bug reports

Please open an Issue and include:

• R.E.P.O. game version
• Mod version
• Your BepInEx/LogOutput.log (or the relevant ~50 lines around the bug)
• Other plugins installed
• Steps to reproduce

Changelog

0.5.0

• Menu text fields on pad — lobby name, save rename, server search and password screens auto-open an on-screen keyboard on controller: A types, B deletes, X space, Start/ENTER confirms, HIDE or Back/View tucks it away, auto-hides on mouse. Types through the game's own fields, so vanilla rules apply. Config: [Menu Keyboard] Enabled (size follows [Chat Keyboard] Scale).
• Server browser on pad — rows, page arrows and the join popup are controller-navigable.
• Saved games on pad — select, load, rename and delete saves; RIGHT from a save jumps to LOAD SAVE.
• Smarter menu navigation — presses respect panel layouts, staggered menus navigate cleanly, the selection box snaps on long hops.
• Chat keyboard — added a CLOSE key.

0.4.0

• On-screen chat keyboard — open chat with Back/View for a navigable QWERTY panel: A types, B deletes, X space, Start sends. Goes through vanilla chat, so live type-out, multiplayer sync and TTS are intact. Config: [Chat Keyboard] Enabled / Scale.
• Inventory D-pad arrows — slot labels become ← ↑ → while the pad is active. Config: [Prompts] InventoryArrows.
• Menu hint gating — the move/select/back hint only shows on controller.
• Invert-X — right-stick horizontal look invert. Config: [Gamepad] InvertX.
• Toggle crouch — press Crouch (R3) to stay crouched, again to stand. Config: [Gamepad] ToggleCrouch.
• Button-name style override — force Xbox / PlayStation / Switch names. Config: [Gamepad] GlyphStyle.
• Menu navigation fixes — horizontal presses prefer same-row targets; page detection falls back to the UI hierarchy (MODS button no longer skipped).

0.3.0

• Button prompts — GRAB / LET GO / CLIMB / ROTATE hints by the inventory bar, exactly when the game's crosshair allows the action. Config: [Prompts] Enabled.
• Controller buttons in the game's key hints — SHOTGUN [X] instead of [E] while the pad is active; switches back live on mouse. Config: [Prompts] ControllerKeyTags.
• Toggle-sprint ends instantly when you stop moving, matching vanilla (SprintStopGraceSeconds removed).
• Key hints show button symbols (✕ ○ □ △, ← ↑ → ↓) instead of text names.

0.2.0

• Emote wheel — hold D-pad Down for the game's 6 expressions; right stick picks, release plays. Auto-clears after a configurable delay. Controller Layout overlay moved to the Settings menu.
• Toggle sprint — press Sprint (L3) once to keep sprinting; stops on empty stamina, standing still, or a second press. Configurable.
• Toggle grab — press Grab (RT) once to keep holding; again to let go. Configurable.

0.1.0

• Initial release: native gamepad bindings, right-stick look, full button mapping, menu navigation (vanilla + REPOConfig), Controller Layout overlay, Xbox / PlayStation / Switch glyphs, bumper push/pull, configurable aim assist, splash-screen skip.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.