🎮 How to set up a controller for Licentia NEXT

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WHY YOU MIGHT NEED THIS?

You want to use a controller with Licentia NEXT. This guide will help you set it up properly.

These are the general steps to set up a controller for Licentia NEXT:

Enable all mods in the Controller section of MO2
Enable Controller in Skyrim
Change/Verfiy The Controls
Setup CGO
Setup The Ultimate Dodge Mod
Setup Serio’s Cycle Hotkeys and True Directional Movement

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🕐 This process takes around 10 minutes. Let's dive into the details!

Step 1️⃣ — Enable all mods in the Controller section of MO2

Here's a brief description of these mods:

Auto Input Switch allows you to freely move between keyboard and the controller. Handy in many cases especially using OStim controls.
The Ultimate Control Scheme (or TUCS) maps the controller to functions. Look at the mod's page for more info.
Licentia NEXT - The Ultimate Control Scheme patch changes keyboard setup of TUCS to be compatible with the default Licentia NEXT's keyboard controls.
Essential Favorites prevents favorite items from being sold, crafted, disarmed, disenchanted, or dropped. Not really a controller mod but handy.
Favorite Misc Items allows you to favorite books/soul gems/keys and other misc items. Also not really a controller mod, but again - handy!
Serio's Cycle Hotkeys allows players to map hotkeys or use the vanilla hotkeys to equip weapons, shields, shouts, and spells in the right hand, left hand, and shout/power slots. It enables 8 Hotkeys on the controller. Explained at TUCS modpage.
Wait Menu Redirected AE Support makes the wait menu only able to open inside tween menu, in order to free the usage of wait button outside menu mode for gamepad.

Step 2️⃣ — Enable Controller in Skyrim

In standard Skyrim's settings menu, enable controller like this:

Step 3️⃣ — Verify the controls

Verify that Sneak is set to B (it should be, but just in case). This is necessary for The Ultimate Dodge Mod.

Step 4️⃣ — Setup CGO

Open Mod Configuration (MCM) menu, find CGO, it's settings should look like this:

Here set:

Switch Grip - DPad UP
Dual Wield Blocking - DPad Down

Step 5️⃣ — Setup The Ultimate Dodge Mod

Again, in Mod Configuration (MCM) menu find The Ultimate Dodge Mod.

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This is a little counter intuitive, so read carefully!

Make these changes:

Set the Sneak Key to Left Arrow. We use Left arrow for Sneak because we use QuickLoot. Navigating that screen with the DPAD up and down causes sneaking hilarity.
Your Dodge Key will now be B because that is what you've set in Controls (Step 3). That's just the way things work.
DO NOT SET Gamepad/Controller Compatibility, leave it unticked. Enabling it makes things incompatible, i.e. sprinting doesn't work. Why? Ask Todd :suspect:

Anyway, your settings should look like this:

Step 6️⃣ — Setup Serio's Cycle Hotkeys and True Directional Movement

Let's setup Serio's Cycle Hotkeys mod:

Open the mod's MCM and configure setter hotkey as Home (you can also tick Use vanilla keys, but we really don't see much of a difference one way or the other):
Press Home when you are in game and have weapons equipped - the mod's dialog will pop up, where you can set your keys. Refer to the mod page for detailed instructions!

As for True Directional Movement mod - just read the note below.

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A note about Target Lock - that setting is located inside True Directional Movement MCM, and should be already configured - just verify it looks like the screenshot:

📌 Final configuration

Your control map now looks like this:

Button	Action
Start	Journal
Back	Wait
LT	Left Attack
RT	Right attack
LB+Back	Quicksave
RB+Start	Tween menu (character menu)
LB+RB	Shout (in that order, you kinda have to roll your fingers across them)
LB	Looking for something to do
RB	Sprint
LS	Favorites
RS	Switch POV/Long Press Target Lock
A	Activate
B	Roll/Dodge
X	Ready weapon
Y	Jump
DPad Left	Sneak / Stop Sneaking
DPad Up	Switch grip between 1-handed and 2-handed (CGO)
DPad Down	Dual Wield Blocking

That's it! Go kill a dragon! 🐉

🎮 How to set up a controller for Licentia NEXT

Step 1️⃣ — Enable all mods in the Controller section of MO2​

Step 2️⃣ — Enable Controller in Skyrim​

Step 3️⃣ — Verify the controls​

Step 4️⃣ — Setup CGO​

Step 5️⃣ — Setup The Ultimate Dodge Mod​

Step 6️⃣ — Setup Serio's Cycle Hotkeys and True Directional Movement​

📌 Final configuration​