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Calibration

Calibration measures how far your controller's sticks and triggers drift from their true resting and travel points, then stores a correction snapshot. The wizard is guided, and each snapshot is saved inside the active profile, so different controllers and games keep their own readings.

What calibration does

Every physical stick and trigger has some slack. A stick may not sit dead-center at rest, and a trigger may bottom out before or after its expected travel point. The calibration wizard measures these offsets and stores a snapshot the app applies underneath your other settings.

Calibration is separate from tuning. It corrects hardware drift; your feel settings - deadzone, anti-deadzone, response curves, trigger travel - live on the Sticks & triggers pages. Run calibration first so those adjustments start from a clean baseline.

One snapshot per profile

The snapshot is stored in the profile that is active when you run the wizard. A profile holds your remaps, stick curves, trigger feel, emulation output, and this calibration snapshot. See Profiles & Game Center.

Run the calibration wizard

Connect the controller you want to calibrate over USB or Bluetooth and confirm it shows as a live 3D model before you start.

1

Open Calibration

Go to the Calibration page. The wizard opens with the connected controller selected.

2

Center the sticks

Let both sticks rest untouched. The wizard reads their resting position to measure center drift. Do not touch the sticks during this step.

3

Sweep the sticks

Rotate each stick fully around its edge a few times so the wizard captures the outer range. Move at a steady pace and reach the full extent in every direction.

4

Pull the triggers

Press each trigger slowly from rest to fully pulled and release. This records the real travel points at both ends.

5

Save the snapshot

Confirm the readings. The wizard writes the snapshot into the active profile and applies it immediately.

When to re-run it

Re-run calibration when the hardware or its baseline changes:

  • You start using a different controller, or reconnect one over a different link (USB versus Bluetooth can read slightly differently).
  • You notice a stick that no longer centers, aim that pulls to one side at rest, or a trigger that registers early or never reaches full.
  • You created a new profile and want its own snapshot rather than carrying over another profile's readings.
  • After a firmware update or a controller repair.

Calibrate before you tune

If a stick still drifts after calibration, add a small deadzone on the Sticks & triggers page. Calibration removes measurable offset; a deadzone covers the small remainder.

Single-player and controller-friendly games

OmniControl is built for single-player and controller-friendly games, not for defeating anti-cheat. Competitive titles that run kernel-level anti-cheat are out of scope, and calibration, remapping, and emulation are not meant to work around them.