The way the mod works is as follows:

• Swing right joy-con horizontally for a light attack
• Swing right joy-con vertically for a heavy attack
• Swing left joy-con to block/parry
• Thrust right joy-con straight forward to execute a stunned enemy
• Thrust both joy-cons simultaneously to activate spartan rage
• Hold left trigger and rotate right joy-con forward (as if you throw it forwards) to throw axe
• Hold left trigger and rotate right joy-con backwards to recall axe
  

Remember that the buttons of your joy-con should be facing up. If you rotate them so they're facing sideways, you might activate the wrong moves.



Install instructions

Please note that this mod does not edit any game files. It uses my app BetterJoyMotion to emulate an Xbox 360 controller with a pair of joy-cons and implement motion controls. It should work on any version of the game, and basically any game that accepts Xbox controller inputs. You can find it on GitHub to configure yourself, but the package I upload here is already configured for God of War.

• Unpack the compressed file (it's just 6.36 MB).
• Go into the Drivers folder and install VigemBus if you don't have it already. This driver is used to create virtual Xbox 360 controllers on PCs. You can also download the driver elsewhere if you prefer.
• Run BetterJoyForCemu.Exe.
• Connect your right Joy-Con first, wait for it to be recognized and only then connect your left Joy-Con. It is important for them to be listed in this order. Of course you should have already paired them with your PC before. While pairing them with your PC for the first time, if you pair the right joy-con first, BetterJoyMotion will usually connect them in the right order by default.
• When both joy-Cons are connected (right first, then left), simply leave it open and run God of War. Make sure you don't have other controllers connected, because they might take priority and block out your joy-cons.
• Have fun!
  

If you find certain moves too sensitive or not sensitive enough or want to make other changes, you can open the .config file in a text editor and read the instructions for how to configure motion controls and then make the adjustments you want to make.

About this project

The BetterJoyMotion application is a modified version of the popular app BetterJoy and adds the ability to map various motions to press buttons. Because I am not a programmer, it took a lot of work and it is not as user friendly or expansive as I might like. I will share configurations for games that I feel already work very well with the current functions of my app. If anyone else is interested in bringing motion controls to PC and has the programming experience that I lack, please reach out to me. I will try to add functions over the years, but progress will be slow and infrequent.