Controller Schemes Requests

Games Other Halo
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If there’s something important in a FPS, it has to be the ease of using the controls.

In Halo, we do get to customize our controller schemes out of premade options – which is unfortunate, but better than nothing – however in Halo 4, with sprint being always available and not an AA anymore, it needed an extra button, which the controller didn’t have.

This led to massive controller schemes rehauls, and most of the older ones are gone or changed now.

So I thought it’d be a great idea to list potential controller layouts that are popular for 343 to add once the game comes out.

Here’s default in Halo 4:

“Default”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
RB – Melee
X – Action / Reload
A – Jump
LS – Sprint
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-pad – Switch Grenades
B – Crouch
RS – Zoom

Now here are the requested ones.

Starting with the most requested one for Halo 4, inspired from Halo: Reach’s Bumper Jumper:

“Classic Jumper”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
RB – Melee
B – Action / Reload
LB – Jump
A – Sprint
X – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-pad – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

“Classic”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
B – Melee
X – Action / Reload
A – Jump
RB – Sprint
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-pad – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

“Recon”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
B – Melee
X – Sprint
A – Jump
D-pad – Switch Grenades
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
RB – Action / Reload
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

———

I’ll add more as I see schemes being repeated.

Use this template to create your own:

“NAME”

  • – Fire
  • – Throw Grenade
  • – Melee
  • – Action / Reload
  • – Jump
  • – Sprint
  • – AA
  • – Switch Weapons
  • – Switch Grenades
  • – Crouch
  • – Zoom
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It has been stated that there are quite a few layouts to choose from. I’m sure 343i has it covered.

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RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
RB – Melee
X – Action / Reload
A – Jump
B – Sprint
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-Pad – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

Just a little different from default, but I can’t sprint on a stick and I can’t crouch on a button, for some reason.

4

“Operator”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
B – Melee
RB – Action / Reload
A – Jump
RS – Sprint
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-PAD – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
X – Zoom

5

“Bumper judgment”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
RB – Melee
B – Action / Reload
LB – Jump
X – Sprint
A – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-pad – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

I change only A and X, cuz in reach I always use sprint AA, and it’s on X button with the bumber jumper layout.

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“Recon?”

Right Trigger – Fire
Left Trigger – Throw Grenade
B Button – Melee
Right Bumper – Action / Reload
A Button – Jump
X Button – Sprint
Left Bumper – AA
Y Button – Switch Weapons
D Pad – Switch Grenades
Left Sitck – Crouch
Right Stick – Zoom

7

how the crap would sprint on the dpad work??

my perfered would be this, like recon.

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
B – Melee
RB – Action / Reload
A – Jump
LS– Sprint
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
X – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

Now would put Sprint AND Crouch on the Left stick. like it worked in resistance 2 and 3 on the PS3.

if you werent moving and clicked the stick, you crouch. If you are moving forward you sprint.

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This would be a better classic layout, I think:

“Classic”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
B – Melee
X – Action / Reload
A – Jump
D-pad – Change grenade
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
RB – Sprint
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

It’s just too perfect that we basically have two AAs and we’ve got two bumpers that were never used in Halo 1 or 2 so we can keep the same layout as they had and just put the AAs on the bumpers.

However, I’m the kind of person that wants to be able to switch between Halo 3, ODST, and Reach with ease so Recon is what I’ll be using which is setup the following way:

“Recon”

RT – Fire
LT – Throw Grenade
B – Melee
X – Sprint
A – Jump
D-pad – Change grenade
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
RB – Action / Reload
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

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ATTENTION EVERYONE! Can I have your attention please! Custom controls! That is all.

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> This would be a better classic layout, I think:
>
> “Classic”
>
> RT – Fire
> LT – Throw Grenade
> B – Melee
> X – Action / Reload
> A – Jump
> D-pad – Change grenade
> LB – AA
> Y – Switch Weapons
> RB – Sprint
> LS – Crouch
> RS – Zoom
>
> It’s just too perfect that we basically have two AAs and we’ve got two bumpers that were never used in Halo 1 or 2 so we can keep the same layout as they had and just put the AAs on the bumpers.
>
> However, I’m the kind of person that wants to be able to switch between Halo 3, ODST, and Reach with ease so Recon is what I’ll be using which is setup the following way:
>
> “Recon”
>
> RT – Fire
> LT – Throw Grenade
> B – Melee
> X – Sprint
> A – Jump
> D-pad – Change grenade
> LB – AA
> Y – Switch Weapons
> RB – Action / Reload
> LS – Crouch
> RS – Zoom

Agreed about the Classic one. I’ll change it, and I think I’ll add Recon as well, as I’m seeing it a lot.

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> Agreed about the Classic one. I’ll change it, and I think I’ll add Recon as well, as I’m seeing it a lot.

Really?
What was Recon like? I don’t think mine is like Recon…right?

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> > Agreed about the Classic one. I’ll change it, and I think I’ll add Recon as well, as I’m seeing it a lot.
>
> Really?
> What was Recon like? I don’t think mine is like Recon…right?

If it’s RB to Reload/Action then it’s essentially Recon which is how your’s is set up.

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Classic jumper is the best o

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> > > Agreed about the Classic one. I’ll change it, and I think I’ll add Recon as well, as I’m seeing it a lot.
> >
> > Really?
> > What was Recon like? I don’t think mine is like Recon…right?
>
> If it’s RB to Reload/Action then it’s essentially Recon which is how your’s is set up.

Aw man, now I gotta think of a really unique one:

“NOOBAZOOKA”

X – Fire
B – Throw Grenade
RT – Melee
LS – Action / Reload
LT – Jump
D-PAD (LEFT) – Sprint
RB – AA
LB – Switch Weapons
RS – Switch Grenades
A – Crouch
A – Zoom

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“Green Crouch”

RT – Shoot
LT – Throw Grenade
RS – Melee
X – Action / Reload
A – Jump
B – Sprint
LB – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D pad – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RB – Zoom

This probably won’t be very popular but I’m used to green thumb and I don’t use toggle crouch so B for crouch is kind of impossible.

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My ideal loadout would be:

RT - Fire
LT - Throw Grenade
RB - Action/Reload
LB - Sprint
Y - Switch Weapons
X - Secondary Armour Ability
A - Jump
B - Melee
Up on D-Pad - Switch grenades
Left, Right and Down on D-Pad - Select Ordinance
Left Stick - Crouch
Right Stick - Zoom

Non Inverted, of course.

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I call this one Jolly:

RT – Fire
RB – Throw Grenade
X – Melee
B – Action / Reload
LB – Jump
A – Sprint
LT – AA
Y – Switch Weapons
D-Pad – Switch Grenades
LS – Crouch
RS – Zoom

I would use this with default sticks, and it’s designed around the Jetpack. I’d like Sprint and Melee on the bumpers and/or triggers, but you can’t have everything so I put them next to Right Stick.

Of course if Armour Abilities turn out to be useable on the face buttons this scheme is pretty redundant and ‘Classic Jumper’ would be a better option.