In less than an hour from when I took the Rumblepad out of storage, I was playing Oblivion with a constoller so close to the 360 version (and without any annoyances) that I quickly got accustomed to it and finally began actually enjoying the game!!! I bought it years ago and only used it once (the game I got it for quickly proved to be terrible, so I sold it and put the controller in storage), so It was in new condition, and happens to be almost the exact same shape and button layout as the 360 controller. Then I remembered I have a possible alternative: a Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 controller. I managed to finally be able to run forward by mapping "run" to the left stick click, but it also only worked randomly, and made no difference with the swerving.
This would not only be an annoying struggle throughout the entire game, but it would shorten each game session because after a while it can make a person dizzy (or other disorienting effect).
It was also impossible to move straight forward for a decent distance a slight bit off exact forward-center and the thumbstick thought I was trying to walk diagonally, so my character walked like a drunk, constantly swerving randomly to one side or the other. I could walk forward, but only walk, and at a slow pace, while I could only run diagonally. After trying the best workarounds I could find, many of them to be what I wanted, and attempting to tweak things myself, the best I could manage was [url= good enough, except for the movement. It turned out the controller was almost as difficult (and perhaps even more frustrating) than the modding, but the good news is I found a solution I'm completely happy with, so I'm sharing it here to help anyone else who wants to (or must) play with a controller.įirst things first, to make it clear, I did not get the 360 controller working properly.
Ah well.Since Oblivion arrived on GOG, I've been busy learning how to mod it & choosing the mods I wanted (there's way more than I thought, and one must pay attention for incompatibilities, so it takes time and lots of reading & planning), and trying to get the XBOX 360 controller working satisfactory, for I simply cannot play this kind of game with a mouse & keyboard. I'm ALMOST ready to start another character, but I've come just far enough that I think if I did I would never get back to where I am now because I would get bored repeating all the quests. Bad choice, because NO BODY CASTS SPELLS AT YOU! I've been trying to get my alchemy skills up so I can just create/carry lots of mana regen potions, but it's still a PITA. Mainly, I chose to be born under the sign of (I think) the Antioch, which gave me a ton of extra mana, the ability to absorb mana from spells, but lost the ability to regenerate mana over time.
I'm getting a bit help up, though, because I made some bad selections in my character type. I'm not far through it, I've closed one gate, I've accepted the last quest on the Assassins Guild story (not doing it because I haven't decided if I want to pursue the Vampire Quest - I'm sure I will, but I want to do it later), I've finished a handful of side quests, and starting in on the Warriors Guild quests. Anyways, I started one character right off, but got caught up in GoW and so started up a new game a couple weeks back. got it at the same time I got the 360 and GoW back a few months ago and GoW took up all my gaming time for awhile. I'm not at home, so I can't check my gamerscore for Oblivion (is there a way to look up gamer profiles on the web?) but I've only recently started in on the game.