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How to set up Xbox controller for item shortcuts

By Qladstone 權鴛石

In the original Dragon's Dogma, all items needed to be accessed through the item menu. Later on they introduced shortcuts. On PC you have keyboard shortcuts, but you can't use controller shortcuts. It's inconvenient to have to reach to the keyboard when you are using the controller, especially if you are sitting on a couch. Here's a way you can create a Steam controller layout to access item shortcuts using only your controller.

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How to set up Xbox controller for item shortcuts

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How to set up Xbox controller for item shortcuts

Steps

1. Connect your Xbox controller
2. Right click Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen in Steam library
3. Click Properties -> Controller -> Enable Steam Input
4. Close the Properties window
5. Right click Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen in Steam libary again
6. Click Manage -> Controller layout
7. Click Edit Layout
8. Click DPad, Click Directional Pad, Create a Mode Shift
9. Under the newly created Mode Shift, click the "Gear" button
10. Set mode shift button to Left Bumper
11. Go back to the mode shift created earlier
12. Click add command for each of the Dpad buttons and set them to keyboard 1, 2, 3, 4
13. Exit and enjoy

Screenshot for Dpad setting:

Screenshot for Dpad Mode-shift:

What does this do?

In game, pressing L1 + Dpad button will be registered as a keystroke 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively. This allows you to shortcut items.

How to shortcut items?

Open item menu, select item, then press the keystroke (in this case L1 + Dpad). You will know it worked when the a number shows up beside the item corrseponding to 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Extra

Some items just cannot be given shortcuts like special arrows and throwables. It's a pity but too bad. Mainly you can shortcut the lantern and consumables. Being able to turn on/off the lantern without going into the menu is a huge difference in the experience already.

L1 will pull out the bow or shield if you have one, if it bothers you, use R1 (Right Bumper) as the mode shift button in step 8 instead.

You can actually shortcut 5 items. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. You can use a similar process to map R3 (right stick click) to 5. I recommend using this for lantern and saving the L1 + Dpad for consumables.

Screenshot for mapping R3 to 5:

Advanced tips.

You can set up other mappings too. Ever felt annoyed that you can't move the camera when charging focussed bolt? You can control camera with claw grip, but some people find claw grip uncomfortable. Just create a mapping for R3. By default, R3 (right-stick click) centres your camera where you are facing. You can make a mode-shift map R1 + R2 to register an R3 keypress. So when you are charging focussed bolt, just press R1 + R2 and the camera will turn to where your character is facing.

References

Original discussion and instructions from here:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/367500/discussions/0/1741104717714925034/

12 Comments

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Dragon_Code_X 28 Jul @ 9:11am

super clean and concise, thank you so much

IamBadNews 3 Jan @ 6:15pm

It just flash some F1, F2, F3 buttons on the screen, even tho i assigned to 1,2,3 and 4...

IamBadNews 3 Jan @ 6:13pm

I did this but it keeps ordering my pawn to do stuff... But the hotkeys work, but i don't want to order my pawn to go everytime i wanna equip a lantern.... Can somebody help?

GRIM 11 Oct, 2023 @ 3:07pm

Also tested it with mouse buttons, and they re not working. It's maybe my config or idk. (keyboard: exodus macro, mouse: razer naga trinity) or just steam things...

GRIM 11 Oct, 2023 @ 3:03pm

In my case, I set up everything based on this guide, but sadly no keyboard input (1-2-3-4) fires. I also tried to map to any other xbox button, for example I set the dpad up to B button and it fires the B button. So I'm clueless what is the cause of this. :S

GRIM 11 Oct, 2023 @ 2:16pm

I did everything exactly as mentioned above, however the game doesn't seem to register the keyboard 1-2-3-4 for the d-pad.
The only thing i noticed is that when I press the LB, the d-pad buttons are not giving commands to the pawns anymore.

I double checked the shortkeys, I assigned the lantern to 1 in the inventory and 3 other curatives to 2-3-4. Nothing happens.

Maybe I have no idea what to do. PLS send help :S

Wilveraath 24 Jul, 2023 @ 1:04pm

Much appreciated, Arisen! Might save this for later.

gai alime tai meo 11 Jun, 2023 @ 9:15am

saved for later

really help ful

Qladstone 權鴛石 [author] 15 May, 2023 @ 9:38am

@DestroyerOfComputers

Mode-Shift-key + Input-key = Output-key

You will see Input-key on the left side of the menu.

So for LB + Dpad = keyboard numbers, Dpad is on the left side of the menu as shown in the screenshot.

For RB + RT = keyboard numbers, you should select "Triggers" on the left side of the menu, then create mode-shift for Right Trigger, set the mode-shift button to Right-Bumper.

DestroyerOfComputers 15 May, 2023 @ 8:43am

I can make mode shifts for the DPad, Triggers (R2/L2), ABYX buttons, and Joysticks but not for the bumpers (R1/L1), or the menu buttons, as the base...so not certain how to do the Advanced Tips portion since I can't technically do a Mode Shift with R1+L1 to equal R3.

I could do R2+R1, or L2+L1 or any combination of the Triggers + Bumpers, but not Bumper + anything else.

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