Play Fortnite Festival Pro Mode with a Guitar Hero controller

This guide is intended for people who want to use any Guitar Hero controller to play the Pro Mode in Fortnite Festival. If you want to simply play the normal mode, please check out this tutorial.

Detailed walk-through

Step 1: enable Windows developer mode

  • On Windows 11 go to Settings System For developersDeveloper Mode
  • On Windows 10 go to Settings Update & SecurityFor developers Developer Mode

Step 2: download and install the FestivalInstrumentMapper

Step 3: plug in your guitar and launch the mapper

Step 4: select your guitar and click “Start Mapping”

Step 5: launch Fortnite and, once in the lobby, press a button on your guitar controller. Two new instruments (guitar and bass pro mode) will appear on the bottom right.

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