Halo 4 Controller Layout. Let's discuss it.

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Halo’s CE through ODST, I always used B for melee. I was a bad player for many reasons and I think this was one of them. My game improved when I switched to RB for melee in Reach, because it allows me to melee without taking my thumb off of the right stick and miss my hit. I’d like this to return as the default in H4.

The big question is, Sprint and AAs. Sprint is going to be standard, so that means Sprint can’t be the same button as the Armor Ability. I want Sprint to be LB, but what button will be best for the Jet Pack? I want LB to be my Jet Pack, lol…, but we can’t have both. Sprint can’t be L thumb stick, because that’s our crouch. I’m confused as to what I really want in Halo 4 for control. Help me out here.

What do we want?

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Looking at the control scheme for Reach…I honestly do not see a button for it that’s easy to use…

Unless they want to use the Back button, or D-pad, We may sacrifice movement for an AA. :confused:

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Bumper Jumper <3

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I use lb to jump and x to sprint. I have no idea what armor ability will be. Im gonna use bumper jumper no matter what tho.

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> I use lb to jump and x to sprint. I have no idea what armor ability will be. Im gonna use bumper jumper no matter what tho.

Same, sprint is ok with Bumper Jumper but jetpacking is near impossible.

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I use Bumper Jumper. In Halo 4 it would be best to use this layout:

X = AA
A= Sprint
D-Pad = Switch Grenades (especially fitting now that there will be 4 grenade types)

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RB-button for sprinting
LB-button for AAs
B-button for melee
D-pad for grenade switching (especially since there appears to be more than two types)

Everything else stays the same.

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I just hope they keep (x)=Action/reload

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> X = AA

How would I steer my jet pack with my thumb off of the right stick?

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LB - AA/sprint
RB - melee
B button - swap AA/sprint
Dpad - grenades

For the dpad, each grenade gets a direction.
Ex) up - frag / down - plasma / etc.

Everything else is the same.

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I think sprint will bee on the left joystick as in if you are not moving and click it, you will crouch and if you are moving you will sprinting. Like it is in resistance.

I use recon so this would be ideal. LB would still be the AA button. And RB would be the action button. X for switching grenades since we have never been able to carry more then two kinds at a time in matchmaking.

Melee will always be the B button for me, has been for 11 years and I don’t see me changing now.

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A layout completely customizeable. Win Win Win situation.

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Actually, I have a better idea:

For those who liked Reach’s button layout (including myself);

LB-button=AAs
RB-button=Melee
B-button=Toggle sprint
D-pad=Switch grenades
Everything else stays the same.

That way, all of your offensive abilities will stay on the shoulder buttons.

And for Bumper Jumper;

LB-button=Jump
RB-button=Melee
Click left stick=AAs
D-pad=Switch grenades
A-button=Crouch
B-button=Toggle sprint
Everything else stays the same.

And 343i might just make toggle crouch default to make control schemes such as Bumper Jumper easier to use. But who knows?

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maybe with the d-pad you can change the armor abillity, for example: i have a jetpack, i want to sprint, i just press Left or Right to change to sprint.

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I just wrote a long and detailed reply including quotes and alternate control schemes.
Then it disappeared.

Bummer.

Anyway, I’m a little miffed about it. Here is the short of it.

I would like a completely customizable control scheme, barring that since developers besides Bethesda never do that, I would go for the standard Reach layout with the d-pad switching AAs.

Here was one idea.

LS= sprint

RS= melee

A= jump

B= crouch

Y= swap weapons

X= reload/pickup weapons/board vehicle

LB= AA

LT= zoom

RB= grenade

RT= fire

The d-pad would be used to swap grenade types.

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i want a new control layout because i want to use a different melee button (B). i use recon in reach because i don’t like bumper jumper or the default. i would actually like melee on LB just to see how i would like it, being able to use analog sticks and RT at the same times. actually why not have custom layout? seems like it’s what everyone would really want.

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Ive been using ‘green thumb’ since Halo: CE. Simply use the left stick as sprint and use the left bummer for your secondary a.a. just my thoughts.

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My guees is that the controls will be the same as Reach’s except clicking in the left thumbstick while moving will be sprint.

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> Halo’s CE through ODST, I always used B for melee. I was a bad player for many reasons and I think this was one of them. My game improved when I switched to RB for melee in Reach, because it allows me to melee without taking my thumb off of the right stick and miss my hit. I’d like this to return as the default in H4.
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> The big question is, Sprint and AAs. Sprint is going to be standard, so that means Sprint can’t be the same button as the Armor Ability. I want Sprint to be LB, but what button will be best for the Jet Pack? I want LB to be my Jet Pack, lol…, but we can’t have both. Sprint can’t be L thumb stick, because that’s our crouch. I’m confused as to what I really want in Halo 4 for control. Help me out here.
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> What do we want?

what if they let us customize our controller layout like some games ? just an idea

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> Bumper Jumper <3

Yea or Boxer or Deafualt or South Paw their easy to use. You just have to get used to one.