Basic PC Controls

[MugWumpBW]

I have played a lot of PC RPGs and this has to be the most non-intuitive interface yet. I read the user guide that comes with the game and can arm myself with a weapon by left clicking my mouse after the weapon is selected in the inventory screen.

So now I am in the initial escape sequence and we run across some enemies and I want to attack one of them so I click on the mouse to ready the weapon. The user manual says to click on the mouse for a normal attack - but when I do that the weapon is unarmed??? How do I select an enemy to attack and actually attack him? I think I have tried all keys to do that and see nothing in that user manual which gives me a clue.

[Poobah Gorg]

Get SkyUI. It requires SXSE of course. Get 'em both at the Skyrim Nexus, also get all the Unofficial Patches for whatever DLC you've bought.

[MugWumpBW]

I tried what you suggested - I move next to an enemy with my sword drawn and have the cross hairs centered on him, but when I left click my mouse he does not attack but puts his sword away. Is there anything I do to lock in on a particular enemy? When I center the crosshairs on the enemy, it says 'Stormtrooper' at the top, but no indicator on the screen next to him.

[Factualious]

"Stormtrooper"... is there a mod for that, or are you translating?

If it is a mod (or maybe, because you have some installed), then you should post a list of the installed mods (in their load order), and the tools you use to manage the game and mods (Workshop and/or NMM or MO, Wrye Bash, TES5Edit, etc.)

[Brandybuck]

Originally posted by Gaweyne:

The UI is designed to be navigated with a controller. There's something called SkyUI on Nexus for a more mouse and keyboard friendly alternative.

SkyUI doesn't affect sheathing/aiming your weapons, which I take to be the OP's concern.

Once you get used to the left/right mouse button switch (left button controls right hand), the combat seems fairly intuitive, at least to me. Basically, point crosshairs at enemey and click to swing weapon.

Step 1: Unsheath weapon by pressing R
Step 2: Aim crosshairs at opponent
Step 3: Click left mouse button to swing weapon
Step 4: Click right mouse button to block with left hand
Step 5: Sheath weapon by pressing R again

Note: Some Bethesda games have you automatically unsheath weapon with a left mouse click, but I can't remember off the top of my head if Skyrim is one. But in any case, a left mouse click should NEVER sheath a weapon. If it is, my guess is that your controls settings are messed up.

[MugWumpBW]

I just started the game and am playing around with the UI. I have no mods installed at all - just trying to get the basic game to work.

[MugWumpBW]

Thanks - that was the problem. Somehow the key mappings had gotten messed up - probably from my experimentation with trying to see how the interface works. After I set them all back to the defaults everything works fine.

[Brandybuck]

Originally posted by MugWumpBW:

Thanks - that was the problem. Somehow the key mappings had gotten messed up - probably from my experimentation with trying to see how the interface works. After I set them all back to the defaults everything works fine.

Yay!!!