You may've loaded the game up and realized the default keybinds aren't up to modern standards, and worse, there's no in-game option to rebind them.

With this quick and painless mod you'll be able to have a far more convenient set of keybinds while still having the ability to input text properly at the press of a single button.

Additionally, I've edited in a small section near the bottom that'll point you in the direction of an installer for the CD version if you'd prefer to experience the game that way.

• Download the mod TES Arena Remapped
  from Nexus[www.nexusmods.com]
  
• Extract the contents of the compressed folder
  
• Find your local arena install folder and navigate to DOSBox-0.74
  
• Place 'mapper' and 'mapper-0.74.map' into DOSBox-0.74
  
• Voila

Example folder location


How it oughta look when you're done


If all went well you should now have a much easier time enjoying the game.

Remember to hold L ALT when you need to enter text

ALT+ENTER toggles fullscreen

CTRL+F12 increases dosbox cycles, improving performance. You can do this repeatedly until it performs to your expectations/preferences.

F4 toggles message pixelation. Disabling this will cause text windows to appear quicker, removing a fade-in effect that's on by default and can be quite tedious.

If you'd rather play the CD version, use Arena Setup[wiwiki.wiwiland.net]. The link included has the .exe, as well as an advanced configuration guide. I've briefly tested it and it seems to work flawlessly.

Originally posted by pcgamingwiki:

The CD version has voice acting during cutscenes, removes the Shift Gate's copy protection questions, a remastered ending, and small graphical changes to items like shields. The two versions are otherwise identical.

Credit to:
ArtInPinkerton (aka Pinkertonius)[www.nexusmods.com] for TES:Arena Remapped, Ancestral Ghost and the Arena modding community for Arena Setup, and Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages[en.uesp.net] for general combat information.