Profiles

Controller profiles let you save a complete controller setup and switch it in one click. Each profile bundles everything OmniControl can tune, so moving from one game to the next is a single action instead of a manual reconfiguration. Profiles are free, and unlimited.

Overview

A profile is a named snapshot of your entire configuration. It captures your remaps, shift layers, combos, and turbo settings, your stick curves and trigger feel, adaptive-trigger feel, the emulation output target, your Keyboard and Mouse turn-match and Play Mode state, and the calibration snapshot. When you activate a profile, every one of those settings applies at once.

You can keep as many profiles as you want. Each one carries feature summaries so you can see at a glance what it changes, plus last-used tracking to find the setup you were on. One-click activation swaps the live profile instantly, and you can export a profile to a file to back it up or share it, then import it on another machine.

Why use it

Different games need different setups. A racing game wants long trigger travel and a gentle stick curve. A twin-stick shooter wants a tighter deadzone and aggressive response. A controller-only title you drive with Keyboard and Mouse needs its own turn-match calibration. Without profiles you would re-tune all of that by hand every time you switch. With per-game controller profiles, each configuration lives in its own slot and loads in one click.

This benefits anyone who plays more than one game, shares a PC with other players, or runs a controller across several genres. It also protects your work: a saved profile is a stable record you can return to after experimenting.

Use cases

• Per-game setups. Keep one profile per game, each with the remaps, curves, and emulation output that title needs, and switch between them as you change games.
• Multiple players on one PC. Give each person their own profile with their own mappings and stick feel, then switch when the controller changes hands.
• Genre presets. Build a racing profile, an FPS profile, and a platformer profile, and reuse them across similar titles.
• Keyboard and Mouse titles. Store the turn-match calibration and Play Mode state alongside the mappings for a controller-only game so the setup is ready the moment you activate it.
• Backup and sharing. Export a dialed-in profile to a file, then import it after a reinstall or hand it to a friend.

Supported devices and compatibility

Profiles work with every controller OmniControl supports: Sony DualSense, DualSense Edge, DualShock 4, and DualShock 3; Microsoft Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Xbox Elite Series 2; the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller; and generic HID gamepads. Controllers connect over USB or Bluetooth.

A profile stores whatever settings the connected hardware exposes. DualSense extras like adaptive-trigger feel and lightbar looks are saved in the profile, but those extras are only available over USB. Over Bluetooth, standard remapping and emulation still apply, while the adaptive-trigger and lightbar portions of the profile have no hardware to drive.

Limitations

Profiles hold one configuration per game, so if you want two different setups for the same title you keep them as two separate profiles. Automatic profile switching on game launch is part of Game automation, which is a Pro feature (see the tier note below). On the free tier you switch profiles manually with one click, which takes effect immediately.

Tips and best practices

Run Calibration before you build a profile. Calibration measures stick and trigger drift and stores a snapshot inside the profile, so your tuning sits on top of corrected hardware rather than compensating for it.

Export your best profiles as a backup once they feel right. Reimporting a saved file is faster than rebuilding a configuration after a reinstall.

Works with the rest of OmniControl

Profiles tie the whole platform together. They store your remaps, the emulation output target, and your Keyboard and Mouse calibration, and they pair with the Game Center so the right setup loads when the right game runs. Automatic switching, watermark-free overlays, and emulation itself are part of Pro; manual profiles and your game library are free. For the full walkthrough, read the Profiles documentation.