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hifihedgehog edited this page Mar 3, 2026 · 23 revisions

Profiles

Profiles let PadForge automatically switch your controller configuration when you switch between games or applications. Each profile stores a complete snapshot of all your virtual controller settings, including mappings, dead zones, force feedback, and macros.

Profiles

How It Works

  1. You create profiles and associate each one with one or more application exe names.
  2. PadForge monitors which application is in the foreground.
  3. When a matching application gains focus, PadForge automatically switches to that profile's settings.
  4. When you switch to an application with no matching profile, PadForge reverts to the Default profile.

Enabling Auto-Switching

On the Profiles page, check Auto-switch profiles based on foreground application to enable automatic profile switching. When disabled, PadForge stays on whatever profile is currently active.

Creating a Profile

  1. Navigate to the Profiles page from the sidebar.
  2. Click Save As to clone your current configuration into a new profile.
  3. Enter a name for the profile (e.g., "Racing Games", "Elden Ring", "Flight Sim").
  4. In the Executables field, enter the exe names of the applications this profile should activate for (e.g., eldenring, sekiro).

Executable Matching

  • Enter one or more exe names, separated by commas.
  • Matching is case-insensitive.
  • The .exe extension is optional -- eldenring and eldenring.exe both work.
  • PadForge checks the process name of the foreground window approximately 30 times per second.

Example: For a profile that activates for both Elden Ring and Dark Souls III, enter: eldenring, DarkSoulsIII

The Default Profile

The Default profile is your baseline configuration. It is active whenever no other profile matches the foreground application. You cannot delete the Default profile, but you can modify its settings like any other profile.

Profile Contents

Each profile stores a complete copy of:

When PadForge switches profiles, all of these settings change at once.

Topology Display

Each profile in the list shows a topology summary with badges indicating how many controllers of each type are configured:

  • Xbox badge with count (e.g., "2") -- Number of Xbox 360 slots
  • DS4 badge with count -- Number of DualShock 4 slots
  • vJoy badge with count -- Number of vJoy slots

This gives you a quick visual overview of what each profile contains without having to open it.

Managing Profiles

Action How
Create Click Save As to clone the current configuration into a new profile
Edit Double-click a profile in the list, or select it and modify the name and executables
Activate Select a profile and click Activate, or let auto-switching handle it
Delete Select a profile and click Delete (the Default profile cannot be deleted)

Tips

  • Set up your Default profile first with your general-purpose controller configuration. Then create game-specific profiles that override only what needs to change.
  • Use Save As from a working configuration to avoid starting from scratch.
  • Test auto-switching by Alt-Tabbing between applications and watching the "Active profile" display on the Profiles page.
  • Macros are per-profile, so you can have game-specific macro setups that only activate when that game is running.

Related Pages

  • Dashboard -- See which profile is currently active
  • Controller Slots -- Profile switching updates all slot configurations
  • Settings -- Enable auto-profile switching globally

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