KONTROL DESKTOP APP

Flight control, made precise.

A practical, step-by-step guide to installing an adapter, configuring your controls, and deploying them to a supported application.

Kontrol is designed for any game with an adapter. Current adapters include Space Engineers and Space Engineers 2.

What this manual covers

Kontrol sits between your physical controls and the target application through its adapter. Use the sidebar to move from a clean installation through adapter management, action bindings, tuning, deployment, and diagnostics.

01

Prepare Kontrol

Accept the first-run prompts, keep the default profile, and understand the main views.

02

Install an adapter

Download a catalog adapter or sideload an unsigned local package.

03

Bind controls

Choose devices and inputs from action details, including inverted axes.

04

Deploy and verify

Review deployment, launch options, and the diagnostic evidence available.

Full Kontrol Dashboard window showing adapter and deployment status
The Dashboard is the manual’s starting checkpoint: confirm adapter, application version, profile, and deployment state here.

Clean-start path

  1. Open KontrolRun the executable from the Debug output folder.
  2. Enable Developer Mode when neededRequired before sideloading unsigned adapter files.
  3. Install the required adapterUse Library to download the latest compatible adapter.
  4. Configure controlsBind action details using the controller, source mode, axis/button, and invert controls.
  5. DeployReview adapter settings and deployment options before starting the target application.

Important safety note

Make changes in the intended profile and verify the active adapter before launching. If an adapter package is unsigned, turn on Developer Mode only for the local development workflow and sideload it from Library.

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