LE Skyrim Controls

[MattTehZombie]

Can someone make a mod to be able to assign a shield to my other hand?

Also, because I am a Fallout player.. I would also love it if someone could re-map all the controls to be Fallout: New Vegas styled. (Take all button for example should be the A key) and instead of V for VATS, since this is Skyrim, V for shouts!(Or middle mouse, which is what I use.. And I'm aware you can already map that key, just an example.)

[Thraksor]

Can someone make a mod to be able to assign a shield to my other hand?

This has been a long requested mod that I don't think we'll ever see. This is easily the 20th thread I've seen asking for it over the years. I don't think it's actually possible due to the handedness of certain things being hardcoded and not moddable, for starters. Shields and torches are both left hand-only equippable and poison can only be applied to a weapon in the right hand, for example. I don't think those things can be changed with the CK or with SKSE, or I assume it would have been done ages ago. Now, someone could probably make a set of modded animations for it if they were willing to put in all that time, but the ability to actually equip the left hand-only items (shields and torches) in the right hand or to apply poison to the off hand, would IMO probably require either an exe hack of some sort or Beth releasing the behavior project files for all those paired animations (or both). So that isn't likely to happen. Even if someone does it or has already done it, it would not be publicly released or supported if they had to hack the .exe to do it.

If you really, really want it, I'd start begging Bethesda for it now. Todd had promised full support for lefties way back when, but it never happened for TES5. So yeah... beg. Make left handed friends and have them beg too. Maybe they'll code TES6 up with a proper "Left Handed Hero" toggle if enough people get noisy on the forums about it.

Also, and I don't know that this has anything to do with why it's not an option in Skyrim, but shields are invariably always held in the left hand, to protect your heart, regardless of your own handedness. The location of your most vital organ doesn't change just because you write with your left hand, so logically, neither does your shield arm. A facing enemy's heart is on your right as well, so reversing your weapon hand is also gimping your own your chances for any sort of fatal strike. Meanwhile, the enemy would be both protected from a killing blow by you and maintain a clear line of sight to stab you in the heart with his right arm. Realistically, there is no reason to ever have a shield covering your right half and leave your left (and more vulnerable side of your body) exposed.

But I'll be honest, I know it's not about realism. There's no lefty bows or other lefty 2h's or anything else either. All the extra animations for lefties would have been twice as much work to rig and that talent/time/effort was probably spent on the DLCs or the next project instead.

 

Also, because I am a Fallout player.. I would also love it if someone could re-map all the controls to be Fallout: New Vegas styled. (Take all button for example should be the A key) and instead of V for VATS, since this is Skyrim, V for shouts!(Or middle mouse, which is what I use.. And I'm aware you can already map that key, just an example.)

You shouldn't need a mod for this. The default controls (any bindable that is not added by a mod) can easily be rebound using the Pause Menu > Controls while in-game. Just edit them to your liking. They are saved locally for your machine, outside of the \data\ structure that mods can affect anyway, so it's not really something someone else can do for you.

[MattTehZombie]

 

Can someone make a mod to be able to assign a shield to my other hand?

This has been a long requested mod that I don't think we'll ever see. This is easily the 20th thread I've seen asking for it over the years. I don't think it's actually possible due to the handedness of certain things being hardcoded and not moddable, for starters. Shields and torches are both left hand-only equippable and poison can only be applied to a weapon in the right hand, for example. I don't think those things can be changed with the CK or with SKSE, or I assume it would have been done ages ago. Now, someone could probably make a set of modded animations for it if they were willing to put in all that time, but the ability to actually equip the left hand-only items (shields and torches) in the right hand or to apply poison to the off hand, would IMO probably require either an exe hack of some sort or Beth releasing the behavior project files for all those paired animations (or both). So that isn't likely to happen. Even if someone does it or has already done it, it would not be publicly released or supported if they had to hack the .exe to do it.

 

If you really, really want it, I'd start begging Bethesda for it now. Todd had promised full support for lefties way back when, but it never happened for TES5. So yeah... beg. Make left handed friends and have them beg too. Maybe they'll code TES6 up with a proper "Left Handed Hero" toggle if enough people get noisy on the forums about it.

 

Also, and I don't know that this has anything to do with why it's not an option in Skyrim, but shields are invariably always held in the left hand, to protect your heart, regardless of your own handedness. The location of your most vital organ doesn't change just because you write with your left hand, so logically, neither does your shield arm. A facing enemy's heart is on your right as well, so reversing your weapon hand is also gimping your own your chances for any sort of fatal strike. Meanwhile, the enemy would be both protected from a killing blow by you and maintain a clear line of sight to stab you in the heart with his right arm. Realistically, there is no reason to ever have a shield covering your right half and leave your left (and more vulnerable side of your body) exposed.

 

But I'll be honest, I know it's not about realism. There's no lefty bows or other lefty 2h's or anything else either. All the extra animations for lefties would have been twice as much work to rig and that talent/time/effort was probably spent on the DLCs or the next project instead.

 

 

Also, because I am a Fallout player.. I would also love it if someone could re-map all the controls to be Fallout: New Vegas styled. (Take all button for example should be the A key) and instead of V for VATS, since this is Skyrim, V for shouts!(Or middle mouse, which is what I use.. And I'm aware you can already map that key, just an example.)

You shouldn't need a mod for this. The default controls (any bindable that is not added by a mod) can easily be rebound using the Pause Menu > Controls while in-game. Just edit them to your liking. They are saved locally for your machine, outside of the \data\ structure that mods can affect anyway, so it's not really something someone else can do for you.

 

I have no idea how to change every key. I have went through the in-game controls but I cannot change it all to my liking. There is no 'Take-all' keybind. It's just one of many inconveniences.. Thank you for the response, however!