Although The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion handles best when played with a keyboard and mouse, it's possible to play the game with a variety of gamepads. Due to the variance in these, it may be necessary to make a few changes to the Oblivion.ini file.
The mapping of the buttons will need to be determined when entering the game, and can be changed in Options - Controls, from the Main Menu. Don't map the directional controls (Forward, Backward, Left, Right), as this will overwrite certain changes made in the Oblivion.ini file.
NOTE: The PC version of Oblivion was optimized to play with a keyboard and mouse. The experience will not be the same as using a 360 controller on the 360.
Below is a list of settings that can be changed to make an Xbox 360 controller function better with Oblivion. These changes can be applied to other controllers, but the values represented may need to be adjusted further.
These are the default settings in the Oblivion.ini:
- ;X = 1, Y = 2, Z = 3, XRot = 4, YRot = 5, ZRot = 6
- iJoystickMoveFrontBack=2
- iJoystickMoveLeftRight=1
- fJoystickMoveFBMult=1.0000
- fJoystickMoveLRMult=1.0000
- iJoystickLookUpDown=6
- iJoystickLookLeftRight=3
- fJoystickLookUDMult=0.0020
- fJoystickLookLRMult=0.0020
Change to these values to get better functionality:
- ;X = 1, Y = 2, Z = 3, XRot = 4, YRot = 5, ZRot = 6
- iJoystickMoveFrontBack=2
- iJoystickMoveLeftRight=1
- fJoystickMoveFBMult=2.0000
- fJoystickMoveLRMult=2.0000
- iJoystickLookUpDown=5
- iJoystickLookLeftRight=4
- fJoystickLookUDMult=0.7500
- fJoystickLookLRMult=0.7500
Make sure the settings are saved.
NOTE: Changes to the Oblivion.ini file will not be saved if Oblivion is running when the changes are made.