How To Play Oblivion With A Controller On Pc

This page documents the controls available while playing Oblivion and their default settings on each platform. On all platforms, these controls tin can be remapped to other keys to suit individual user preferences, in which instance the default settings provided here will no longer apply.

1 Default Controls
- i.1 Movement
- ane.2 Combat
- 1.three General Gameplay
- 1.four Inventory, Sell/Buy Mode
- one.v Map Fashion
2 Notes
iii Remapping Controls
4 Xbox 360 Controller for Windows
- 4.one Setup

Default Controls [edit]

Control	PC	Xbox	PS3	Notes
Motion [edit]
Wait/Plow	Mouse	Right Stick	Correct Stick
Move	Due west, A, S, D	Left Stick	Left Stick
Leap	Due east
Contrivance	Right Click+E	+	L1+	Just available one time you attain journeyman level in Acrobatics.
Sneak Mode	Ctrl	Left Stick	Left Stick (L3)	Toggle crouch/sneak fashion On Xbox and PS3, y'all click down on the left stick
Run	Shift	N/A	N/A	On Xbox and PS3, run/walk is controlled by how far the left thumb-stick is pressed. On PC a joystick has the same event
Always Run	Caps Lock	N/A	N/A
Automobile Move	Q	N/A	Northward/A
Combat [edit]
Attack	Left Click		R1	To assail with your equipped weapon (or mitt to hand if no weapon has been equipped). If Telekinesis is active, the targeted particular will be pushed farther away from yous.
Cast	C		R2	To cast your currently selected spell or scroll. Spells are selected in the spell bill of fare (or with hotkey).
Fix Weapon / Sheathe Weapon	F			Toggles weapon betwixt fix and sheathed (and toggles torch if equipped)
Block	Correct Click, Alt		L1	Block with weapon or shield. If Telekinesis is active, the targeted item volition exist pulled closer to you lot; if the Attack primal is simultaneously pressed, the item volition be dropped.
Yield	Correct Click+ Infinite	+	L1+	To yield to an opponent, you lot must Block while activating the grapheme. Not all opponents will accept your yield; others may accept the yield but immediately resume fighting. Creatures never accept a yield.
Full general Gameplay [edit]
Activate / Apply	Space			Activate (doors, triggers) or pick upwardly (places object in your inventory)
Grab	Z		L2	Not the aforementioned as "Utilize". This does not put the item in your inventory but instead lets yous behave the object in front of you. Grabbed items do not count towards your Encumbrance, just volition count as stealing if they belong to someone else.
Change View	R / Center Click	Right Stick	Right Stick (R3)	Switches camera fashion between first- and third-person views On Xbox and PS3, you click downwards on the right stick
Vanity View	R (concur)	Correct Stick (concur)	Right Stick (hold)	Activates a 3rd-person camera view which can be moved to any angle. On Xbox and PS3, you click and concord down on the correct stick On Xbox, Left Trigger zooms in; Correct Trigger zooms out. On PS3, Right Trigger zooms in and out. On PC, you click and concur down R button; mouse wheel zooms third-person view in and out
Open up Periodical	Tab			Accesses final viewed page in periodical.
Open up Journal	F1-F4	Due north/A	North/A	Direct access to each one of the four pages in journal.
Hotkeys	ane-8	D-Pad	D-Pad	Assign Hotkey on PC: Open up Inventory, printing and hold a Hotkey, then left click on an item.
Wait	T	Back	Select
Intermission/Menu	Esc	Starting time	Start	Pauses game and accesses menus such as save game and options
Quick Save	F5	Northward/A	Due north/A
Quick Load	F9	Northward/A	N/A
Inventory, Sell/Buy Mode [edit]
Equip / Unequip	Left Click or Enter Primal			When in sell/purchase style, selecting an particular sells/buys it. When in storage mode, selecting an item transfers it to/from the container. Selecting a weapon equips information technology as your active weapon; selecting an equipped weapon unequips it (your active weapon will become hand-to-manus combat). Selecting armor/clothing causes you to wearable information technology; selecting armor/article of clothing you lot are already wearing causes yous to accept the item off. Selecting other items (e.k., repair hammers, soul gems) makes you use them. Annotation: Enter key volition merely work later on hitting an arrow cardinal to select an item or button.
Drop	Shift+ Left Click			Particular is removed from your inventory and dropped on the ground in forepart of you. The inventory screen remains open. If you drop a stack of items, a dialog box will appear asking "How Many?".
Driblet and Grab Item	Left Click and Concur		L2	Remove selected item from your inventory and transfer information technology to "Catch" manner. The inventory screen is automatically closed. If you drib/grab a stack of items, the unabridged stack is affected (you do non go a "How Many?" dialogue).
Toggle Inventory	Click icon / Shift + Left or Right Arrow key	/	L1/R1	To switch between viewing your ain inventory and viewing what is in a container (if a container has been selected) or what is in a merchant's inventory (when bartering with a merchant): On the PC, click the left-manus sack icon for your own inventory or the right-paw sack icon for the container/merchant. Also Shift + Left Pointer key or Correct Arrow Key can be used. On the Xbox, switches to your own inventory and switches to the container/merchant
Accommodate Quantity	Left Click and Hold / Left/Right pointer keys			Up Arrow - Accept; Down Arrow - Cancel.
Select One	N/A		L2	When interacting with a stack of multiple items (i.e., when selling 25 arrows, or dropping 10 torches) and asked "how many items", this allows you to motility the slider to the far left (one item). It is a mystery why this function was non made available on the PC version, particularly since "Select 1" was an undocumented feature in Morrowind, where the effect could exist achieved with Ctrl+Left Click.
Select Max	N/A		R2	When interacting with a stack of multiple items (i.e., when selling 25 arrows, or dropping 10 torches) and asked "how many items", this allows you to move the slider to the far right (all items). It is a mystery why this function was not made bachelor on the PC version, especially since "Select Max" was an undocumented characteristic in Morrowind, where the upshot could exist achieved with Shift+Left Click.
Haggle	Click Push button			Haggle to adjust a merchant'due south buy/sell prices. Encounter Commerce.
Highlight Item or Button	Pointer Keys			On a PC, this allows basic menu navigation via keyboard. In combination with the Enter primal, you can scroll through your inventory, ownership or selling items or spells rapidly without needing to move the mouse.
Map Fashion [edit]
Fast Travel	Left Click			Select any discovered map marker shown in map mode to fast travel to that location
Add Marker	Shift+ Left Click			Place your own map mark on the map (a blue marker that appears on map and on compass). Only i custom map mark is possible at a time.
Whorl Map	Left Click		L2	Pressing this control at the same fourth dimension as a directional control allows you to scroll the map even if your cursor is in the middle of the screen. Otherwise, you need to move your cursor to the border of the map screen earlier the map volition first to scroll.

Notes [edit]

Remapping Controls [edit]

Controls can be remapped using the "Controls" menu bachelor under "Options":

On PC, hit Esc, then select "Options"
On PlayStation three and Xbox 360, click the Start button, and then select "Options"

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows [edit]

It is possible to use an Xbox 360 controller (or any controller which supports Xinput) to play Oblivion nether Windows. Notwithstanding, the controller does non include whatever software to map the controller buttons and Oblivion does non recognize the left or right trigger buttons. This guide volition get you lot up and running with this controller.

Setup [edit]

Install this mod. Do not run the application, simply install the .esp. This is so that the controls using for scrolling in the game card do non change your perspective while walking.
Download and install JoyToKey. It is recommended to keep a profile with no mappings for when y'all practice not wish to use JoyToKey.
Copy and paste the following into a file named Oblivion.cfg and save it in your JoyToKey folder. This setup is designed to be specially useful for UI mods which were designed for keyboard and mouse.

[Full general] FileVersion=51 NumberOfJoysticks=one DisplayMode=3 UseDiagonalInput=0 UsePOV8Way=0 Threshold=xx Threshold2=20 KeySendMode=0 [Joystick one] Axis1n=1, DD:00:00:00, 0.000, 0, 0 Axis1p=1, DD:00:00:00, 0.000, 0, 0 Axis2n=2,    0,   0, 100, 0, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, 1.0, 100, 0 Axis2p=two,    0,   0,-100, 0, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, one.0, 100, 0 Axis3n=two, -100,   0,   0, 0, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, 1.0, 100, 0 Axis3p=2,  100,   0,   0, 0, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, 1.0, 100, 0 Axis4n=2,    0,-100,   0, 0, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, 1.0, 100, 0 Axis4p=2,    0, 100,   0, 0, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, 1.0, 100, 0 Axis5n=1, 4D:27:00:00, 0.000, 0, 0 Axis5p=1, 12:25:00:00, 0.000, 0, 0 Button01=2,    0,   0,   0, 1, 0, 0, 0.000, 0, 95, 1.0, 100, 0 Button05=i, 10:00:00:00, 0.000, 0, 0 Button08=1, 1B:00:00:00, 0.000, 0, 0

For this control scheme to work, some keys must be remapped from inside Oblivion. This is easier to do when the JoyToKey profile is disabled.
- Go to the Mouse Controls, click on Attack, and hit ESC to united nations-map information technology. Practice the aforementioned for Cake. In Keyboard Controls, map Attack to the M button.
- Also in Keyboard Controls, change Run from L-shift to ] (right subclass).
- In Gamepad Controls, unmap the Assail and Block buttons. Remap Activate to the X button, Ready Weapon to the LB button, Bandage to the RB button, Sneak to the left stick button, Jump to the Y button, Alter View to the right stick button, Journal to the B button, Look to the Dorsum button, and Take hold of to the A button.
In JoyToKey, click on "Preferences", select "Associate profiles with applications...", and select "Add". Under "Application Name" put "Oblivion", nether "Application Path" put "Oblivion.exe", and nether "Associated Profile" select "Oblivion". It is recommended that under "Default behavior" you select "Specify a default profile" and select the aforementioned contour with no mappings. This way the Oblivion profile will be run when yous are playing Oblivion and at no other time.
Fix JoyToKey to run on startup. It tin can be useful to fix JoyToKey to hibernate from the taskbar while minimized, in the preferences menu.
These are the controls:

Button	Function
Dorsum	Wait
Start	ESC (Card)
Left Trigger	Alt (Block)
Right Trigger	K (Attack)
Left Bumper	Lshift (For shift-clicking), Set up Weapon
Right Bumper	Cast
Left Thumb-stick	Moving your character ^{The left and right directions are mapped to "]" (right bracket) because running diagonally does not normally work with a controller. You lot will still walk if the pollex-stick is simply tilted slightly. The up and down directions are also mapped to the scroll bike so scrolling in menus is easier.}
Correct Pollex-stick	Looking around, moving the mouse ^{If y'all prefer an inverted await, modify the controls for the Stick2 buttons in JoyToKey to go in the opposite management.}
A	Catch, Left Click (For clicking on menus)
B	Open Carte du jour
X	Activate
Y	Bound
D-pad	Hotkeys