Nice XBOX Controller Support via Keysticks

[Tex Murphy]

A downloadable profile for Oblivion is posted on the Keysticks download area. Please download Keysticks (1 month free) Keysticks [keysticks.net], then download the profile I created as: "P57 - The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion by GvP".
This profile is largely completed, but I need some feedback from the community.


This profile simulates the XBOX experience for the most part (90%) and also does introduce some unique features to overcome the mouse/keyboard only menu implementation known to the PC version of Oblivion. This profile is designed with the default Oblivion menu in mind. Menu Mods are at your own risk. You need to understand these unique button assignment in order to use this profile well. This Steam discussion is being used as temporary readme site for this profile. Please up vote (if possible).



NOTE: You must first disable the joystick support that Oblivion has enabled by default.
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Edit the Oblivion.ini at: bUse Joystick=0
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* Be sure to unload any other profile tools for the XBOX when using Keysticks.
* You can adjust the mouse speed in KeySticks. See "Program Options" then "Output".
* Keep in mind, when exiting the game, the keysticks profile is still hot, and will still affect your keyboard mouse.



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UPDATED PROFILE :
Version of profile: Upload date 18-April-2015. - Implies most recent.
Previous Date: 10-April-2015
Created Date: 6-April-2105.

Important changes as of : 18-April-2015
• Fixed issue with Shift button needing too many LB presses to change effectively between tab lists and item list view. This is now a lot easier, really only requiring 2 presses to work.
  
• Improved scrolling speed for items in menu lists. This does slow down first person view zooming (POV) via right stick as a trade off.

Important changes as of : 10-April-2015
• Fixed GRAB button to be toggled on/off via LB (held down) and RB tapped to grab/hold an item. RB again to drop item. This does not affect holding items from your own iventory requiring you to hold the RB button down untill item is seen. Let go of RB will drop item.
  
• Tweaked RS scroll speed when in Combos profile (via RB held in).
  
• Assigned LT/RT mouse click pointers during RB {Combos profile}.

Important changes as of : 8-April-2015
• LB button is now used as run/walk during standard profile.
  
• LB is still used for menu access. It toggles the SHIFT key (aka holds it down).
  This now has the added benefit to be able to SWITCH between inventory items or TABBED item list. How?: While in the journal, press LB briefly, now use the RIGHT STICK to navigate between iventory lists. Press LB again to navigate between tabbed lists a vendor has.
  
• LB + B button is assigned the "A" key. This is done for a MOD called A_TakesAll. [www.nexusmods.com]. This helps with looting chests and victims Fallout Style.
  
• The DigiPad for quick item has been updated too. Once items are loaded, a simple press simply loads the item as needed. In the menu, you need to hold down the digipad briefly to see the quick item list.

END OF UPATE NEWS.
-------------------------------------------------




[TIP] To quickly start/continue Oblivion prior to main menu: (updated - 8-apr-2015)
-- Press [A] 2x, Hold [LB] trigger, Pull [RS] down, Press [A] to load. --


NOTE: A quick press of the LB will toggle the SHIFT button, this enables running/walking. Holding the LB for short while will activate the Secondary profile "Combo Controls".


About the "Combos Controls".
When [LB] is held down, the following options become available:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

XBOX: ACTION: PC Keyb/Mouse:
• LT Right Click. (updated - 10-Apr-2015)
  
• RT Left Click. (updated - 10-Apr-2015)
  
• LB 2nd Profile. Toggled SHIFT key for menu access etc. (updated - 8-apr-2015)
  
• RB Grab or Hold. Z {when pressed briefly} else { When Held long, Remove an Item from inventory and hold in front of player.} (updated - 8-apr-2015)
  
• Y Auto Move Q
  
• X Drop Item. Shift + Left mouse. {First move mouse pointer over item before X.}
  
• A Use. Space / Enter. This is re-used to allow selecting menu items etc.
  
• B Undefined. Left open for personal usage.
  
• Back Quick-Load F9 = Load game from last quick-save.
  
• Start Quick-Save F5 = Quick-Save.

Right Stick assignments {still assumes your holding down the LB trigger}:
NOTE: Right-Stick is transformed into a 8x way directional arrow keys with extra tricks to Support POV zooming. This is done to largely support menu access with keyboard usage.

• UP Key (held short) = Arrow UP (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• UP Key (held long) = Arrow UP 3x + Mouse Scroll Wheel UP 3x.
  
• DOWN Key (held short) = Arrow DOWN (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• DOWN Key (held long) = Arrow DOWN 3x + Mouse Scroll Wheel DOWN 3x.
  
• RIGHT Key (held short) = Arrow RIGHT (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• RIGHT Key (held long) = Arrow RIGHT 2x.
  
• LEFT Key (held short) = Arrow LEFT (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• LEFT Key (held long) = Arrow LEFT 2x.

NOTE: The following keys/actions are not assigned for RS during LB press:
RS Pressed down = not assigned to avoid confusion with keyb/mouse.
Other directional values such as: [North-East, South-East, South-West, North-West] are left un-assigned for the nimble fingered individual. Keep in mind this is for menu access.

DIGIPAD {still assumes your holding down the LB trigger}:
Is configured for: Direct access to each one of the four pages in the journal.

• D-UP = F2
  
• D-RIGHT = F3
  
• D-DOWN = F4
  
• D-LEFT = F1

*******************************************************************************************************

Regular XBOX profile for game play. See UESP [www.uesp.net] for additional information.

XBOX: ACTION: PC Keyb/Mouse:
• LT Block. Right Mouse.
  
• RT Attack. Left Mouse.
  
• LB Run/Walk Shift
  
• RB Cast. C.
  
• Y Jump. E.
  
• B Journal. TAB.
  
• A Use Enter & Space (combined).
  
• X Ready F.
  
• Start Menu ESC.
  
• Back Wait T.
  
• RS Look Mouse control. Note: RS pressed in activates POV {vanity view}

LEFT STICK assignments:

• W,A,S,D = keyboard movements.
  
• LS pressed in = Sneak (L-Ctrl)

DIGIPAD:
Is configured with (8X) directional support for using in the hot key item list.
NOTE. In order to load items into your list: Open the journal, point mouse on desired item. Press and hold one of the digipad 1-8 assignments. Next press RT to store item. Press Digipad number again to close.

• D-UP = 1
  
• D-NE = 2
  
• D-RIGHT = 3
  
• D-SE = 4
  
• D-DOWN = 5
  
• D-SW = 6
  
• D-LEFT = 7
  
• D-NW = 8

[Dre G Writer]

OMG! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GUIDE!!!

I could not get the controller remapping to work for the life of me because no matter what I assigned the buttons to in the 3rd party app, the controls would not work right in game, like I was doing two actions at once and it was driving me insane.

but once I read this little bit

NOTE: You must first disable the joystick support that Oblivion has enabled by default.
-----------------------------------------------------
Edit the Oblivion.ini at: bUse Joystick=0

that made all the damn difference. I was completely under the impression this game had no controller support what so ever and thought it was steam that was doing something with its built in controller support and was trying all kinds of things and none of it would work.

Little did I know, it was the damn game itself with its own build in controller support.

Now i can map the controls how I want with 3rd party controller software without interference from the in game controller mappings. Now I can finally play this game after all this time.

Googling around for solutions brought me to this page and even tho this post is years old, it goes to show how this information can help those in the future, like me. Thanks my dude.

[NUTTER]

Originally posted by Tex Murphy:

A downloadable profile for Oblivion is posted on the Keysticks download area. Please download Keysticks (1 month free) Keysticks [keysticks.net], then download the profile I created as: "P57 - The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion by GvP".
This profile is largely completed, but I need some feedback from the community.


This profile simulates the XBOX experience for the most part (90%) and also does introduce some unique features to overcome the mouse/keyboard only menu implementation known to the PC version of Oblivion. This profile is designed with the default Oblivion menu in mind. Menu Mods are at your own risk. You need to understand these unique button assignment in order to use this profile well. This Steam discussion is being used as temporary readme site for this profile. Please up vote (if possible).



NOTE: You must first disable the joystick support that Oblivion has enabled by default.
-----------------------------------------------------
Edit the Oblivion.ini at: bUse Joystick=0
-----------------------------------------------------
* Be sure to unload any other profile tools for the XBOX when using Keysticks.
* You can adjust the mouse speed in KeySticks. See "Program Options" then "Output".
* Keep in mind, when exiting the game, the keysticks profile is still hot, and will still affect your keyboard mouse.



------------------------------------------
UPDATED PROFILE :
Version of profile: Upload date 18-April-2015. - Implies most recent.
Previous Date: 10-April-2015
Created Date: 6-April-2105.

Important changes as of : 18-April-2015
• Fixed issue with Shift button needing too many LB presses to change effectively between tab lists and item list view. This is now a lot easier, really only requiring 2 presses to work.
  
• Improved scrolling speed for items in menu lists. This does slow down first person view zooming (POV) via right stick as a trade off.

Important changes as of : 10-April-2015
• Fixed GRAB button to be toggled on/off via LB (held down) and RB tapped to grab/hold an item. RB again to drop item. This does not affect holding items from your own iventory requiring you to hold the RB button down untill item is seen. Let go of RB will drop item.
  
• Tweaked RS scroll speed when in Combos profile (via RB held in).
  
• Assigned LT/RT mouse click pointers during RB {Combos profile}.

Important changes as of : 8-April-2015
• LB button is now used as run/walk during standard profile.
  
• LB is still used for menu access. It toggles the SHIFT key (aka holds it down).
  This now has the added benefit to be able to SWITCH between inventory items or TABBED item list. How?: While in the journal, press LB briefly, now use the RIGHT STICK to navigate between iventory lists. Press LB again to navigate between tabbed lists a vendor has.
  
• LB + B button is assigned the "A" key. This is done for a MOD called A_TakesAll. [www.nexusmods.com]. This helps with looting chests and victims Fallout Style.
  
• The DigiPad for quick item has been updated too. Once items are loaded, a simple press simply loads the item as needed. In the menu, you need to hold down the digipad briefly to see the quick item list.

END OF UPATE NEWS.
-------------------------------------------------




[TIP] To quickly start/continue Oblivion prior to main menu: (updated - 8-apr-2015)
-- Press [A] 2x, Hold [LB] trigger, Pull [RS] down, Press [A] to load. --


NOTE: A quick press of the LB will toggle the SHIFT button, this enables running/walking. Holding the LB for short while will activate the Secondary profile "Combo Controls".


About the "Combos Controls".
When [LB] is held down, the following options become available:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

XBOX: ACTION: PC Keyb/Mouse:
• LT Right Click. (updated - 10-Apr-2015)
  
• RT Left Click. (updated - 10-Apr-2015)
  
• LB 2nd Profile. Toggled SHIFT key for menu access etc. (updated - 8-apr-2015)
  
• RB Grab or Hold. Z {when pressed briefly} else { When Held long, Remove an Item from inventory and hold in front of player.} (updated - 8-apr-2015)
  
• Y Auto Move Q
  
• X Drop Item. Shift + Left mouse. {First move mouse pointer over item before X.}
  
• A Use. Space / Enter. This is re-used to allow selecting menu items etc.
  
• B Undefined. Left open for personal usage.
  
• Back Quick-Load F9 = Load game from last quick-save.
  
• Start Quick-Save F5 = Quick-Save.

Right Stick assignments {still assumes your holding down the LB trigger}:
NOTE: Right-Stick is transformed into a 8x way directional arrow keys with extra tricks to Support POV zooming. This is done to largely support menu access with keyboard usage.

• UP Key (held short) = Arrow UP (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• UP Key (held long) = Arrow UP 3x + Mouse Scroll Wheel UP 3x.
  
• DOWN Key (held short) = Arrow DOWN (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• DOWN Key (held long) = Arrow DOWN 3x + Mouse Scroll Wheel DOWN 3x.
  
• RIGHT Key (held short) = Arrow RIGHT (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• RIGHT Key (held long) = Arrow RIGHT 2x.
  
• LEFT Key (held short) = Arrow LEFT (when pressed once, briefly).
  
• LEFT Key (held long) = Arrow LEFT 2x.

NOTE: The following keys/actions are not assigned for RS during LB press:
RS Pressed down = not assigned to avoid confusion with keyb/mouse.
Other directional values such as: [North-East, South-East, South-West, North-West] are left un-assigned for the nimble fingered individual. Keep in mind this is for menu access.

DIGIPAD {still assumes your holding down the LB trigger}:
Is configured for: Direct access to each one of the four pages in the journal.

• D-UP = F2
  
• D-RIGHT = F3
  
• D-DOWN = F4
  
• D-LEFT = F1

*******************************************************************************************************

Regular XBOX profile for game play. See UESP [www.uesp.net] for additional information.

XBOX: ACTION: PC Keyb/Mouse:
• LT Block. Right Mouse.
  
• RT Attack. Left Mouse.
  
• LB Run/Walk Shift
  
• RB Cast. C.
  
• Y Jump. E.
  
• B Journal. TAB.
  
• A Use Enter & Space (combined).
  
• X Ready F.
  
• Start Menu ESC.
  
• Back Wait T.
  
• RS Look Mouse control. Note: RS pressed in activates POV {vanity view}

LEFT STICK assignments:

• W,A,S,D = keyboard movements.
  
• LS pressed in = Sneak (L-Ctrl)

DIGIPAD:
Is configured with (8X) directional support for using in the hot key item list.
NOTE. In order to load items into your list: Open the journal, point mouse on desired item. Press and hold one of the digipad 1-8 assignments. Next press RT to store item. Press Digipad number again to close.

• D-UP = 1
  
• D-NE = 2
  
• D-RIGHT = 3
  
• D-SE = 4
  
• D-DOWN = 5
  
• D-SW = 6
  
• D-LEFT = 7
  
• D-NW = 8

There's a mod that does this so much more easily, without any of the setting up that the way you just shared requires. Here: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48577?tab=files

just be sure top select the vanilla version and it doesn't touch the UI only adds their bug fixes and game-pad support. Hope this helps those who find this kind of thing stressful.

[Tex Murphy]

Thank you for sharing. Will give that mod a go. My article was posted in 2015, way before this MOD. gosh, nine years on and still at oblivion!