This guide is intended for people who want to use a Guitar Hero controller to play the normal mode in Fortnite Festival by simply mapping the buttons of the controller to keyboard keys. If you want to play the pro mode, please check out this tutorial.

In order to use a Guitar Hero controller to play Fortnite Festival you need to

• switch on the “Ignore Controller Input” parameter in the game and
• bind the Guitar Hero controller buttons to the corresponding keyboard keys.

Detailed walk-through

Step 1: open Fortnite Festival and navigate to the settings by

1. clicking on your avatar in the top right corner
2. clicking on the cogwheel/menu button in the lower part of the screen
3. clicking on the settings button in the menu on the right

Step 2: navigate to the “Mouse and Keyboard” options in the menu at the top and there activate the option “Ignore Controller Input”. We also recommend to activate the option “Input Method as Mouse”.

Step 3: navigate to the “Keyboard Controls” options in the menu at the top and find out which keyboard keys are used to play on the Fortnite Festival Stage. By default the keys are D, F, J, K and L for the notes 1 to 5 and the space bar for the overdrive.

Step 4: install and use a keyboard remapping software like the famous shareware JoyToKey and assign each button of your Guitar Hero Controller to the corresponding keyboard key of step 1. By default we have:

The following screenshot illustrates what the JoyToKey interface will look like when properly configured for a Xbox 360 Guitar Hero controller.

Step 5: launch Fortnite Festival and enjoy playing with your Guitar Hero controller!