Xbox One controller support?

[DKB]

Sooo.... I started the game using keyboard controls and it was absolutely horrid. I decided I'd probably be better off using a controller, but that doesn't seem to work at all.

Does the game support Xbox One controllers? If not, how do I get it to recognize simple button commands?

As of right now: My character can open up the menu, walk forward (but not turn or move in a manner that's playable.) and...that's about it. There's literally nothing else that the game will recognize about my controller prompts. I've tried configuring the game's control scheme already, but that doesn't seem to help either.

Help?

[AC Denton]

A bethesda game with keyboard+mouse is a gift from the gods. Just dont use a controller. Simple. You CAN, but it sucks, there's no really good mod that works well. Ive tried so many.

[Bansheebutt]

The in-game menu uses the term "Joystick."That should tell you all you need to know.
Fact is this game gives you the option, but they didn't really expect anyone to want to use it. Pretty sure the manual even says that.

If you really want a gamepad for this game, you'll want a steam controller, which was made for pretty much this exact situation. (It natively maps to keyboard inputs.)

[dragongodofgames]

no right stick(cam controle don't work).

[DKB]

Originally posted by Outstanding:

The in-game menu uses the term "Joystick."That should tell you all you need to know.
Fact is this game gives you the option, but they didn't really expect anyone to want to use it. Pretty sure the manual even says that.

If you really want a gamepad for this game, you'll want a steam controller, which was made for pretty much this exact situation. (It natively maps to keyboard inputs.)

I find this quite odd considering I first bought Oblivion for the Xbox 360 I believe and those controls worked perfectly fine. hmm...guess I'll have to learn to deal with PC controls.

[Bansheebutt]

How a game works on one platform is pretty irrelevant to how it works on a different platform.

[DKB]

Originally posted by Outstanding:

How a game works on one platform is pretty irrelevant to how it works on a different platform.

Not so. A multi-platform title should not have any issues with controller prompts on the PC. Buuuut... this is not really that much of an issue. I've altered the control scheme for the PC in a way that's more like Skyrim and now it's pretty playable.

[Kilographic]

There are various key to controller mapper programs you can use (e.g. Xpadder, Joy to key, inputmapper etc) which you can find with just a simple google search but bethesda games are ideally meant to be played with a keyboard and mouse as the other users stated above.

[DKB]

Originally posted by ✈Hanns✈:

There are various key to controller mapper programs you can use (e.g. Xpadder, Joy to key, inputmapper etc) which you can find with just a simple google search but bethesda games are ideally meant to be played with a keyboard and mouse as the other users stated above.

Already resolved. Thanks though.

[Bansheebutt]

Originally posted by VaultBoy:

Not so. A multi-platform title should not have any issues with controller prompts on the PC.

Software isn't that simple.
Hence why getting a playstation controller working on windows is much more of a process than an Xbox one, which you can just plug in.

Despite the Console-Friendly interface, Oblivion was still a PC game ported to consoles rather than the other way around like 99% of AAA games today, including Bethesdas. As a result, it doesn't have native Xinput support.

That's why even if you do use the limited controller support in oblivion, you won't get any of the expected button prompts. Instead of a stylized A button, you'll get "Joy 0" written in plain text.

All this isn't even entirely their fault. Oblivion started development in 2002. The 360 would come out over 3 and-a-half years later with a new framework for controllers which Beth presumably didn't have access to when they were developing the first (PC) version of the game.

[DKB]

Originally posted by Outstanding:

Originally posted by VaultBoy:

Not so. A multi-platform title should not have any issues with controller prompts on the PC.

Software isn't that simple.
Hence why getting a playstation controller working on windows is much more of a process than an Xbox one, which you can just plug in.

Despite the Console-Friendly interface, Oblivion was still a PC game ported to consoles rather than the other way around like 99% of AAA games today, including Bethesdas. As a result, it doesn't have native Xinput support.

That's why even if you do use the limited controller support in oblivion, you won't get any of the expected button prompts. Instead of a stylized A button, you'll get "Joy 0" written in plain text.

All this isn't even entirely their fault. Oblivion started development in 2002. The 360 would come out over 3 and-a-half years later with a new framework for controllers which Beth presumably didn't have access to when they were developing the first (PC) version of the game.

Interesting. I had assumed that it was a Console game ported to PC, as it is usually for a lot of games in the modern day. Didn't take the date into account, but gamepad support is extremely easy to implement nowadays. This is what led to my confusion.

[SaladDays]

Vaultboy, do you mind sharing the solution?
I've got the same problem.

Found some mods on nexus but buggy as hell.

[DKB]

Originally posted by Richie Groinstabber:

Vaultboy, do you mind sharing the solution?
I've got the same problem.

Found some mods on nexus but buggy as hell.

I just sort of learned to live with PC controls? Sorry, can't help yah friend.