Skill navigation was always a problem in Skyrim. Various mods been produced to cater this issue, some works in Enderal and some don't. Souls Quick Menu don't. Didn't test iEquip though. But overall I still wish the whole thing can be made more convenient like modern games or MMO...
Mod used:
- Customizable UI Replacer : either use the "Main" or "DarkSouls" preset only. These 2 presets came with picture on the UI, we can replace it with something more useful - like a picture of skill icons... If you can remember all the keybind perfectly then you don't need this. Otherwise having icons on screen can be helpful...
- AH Hotkeys : you can assign any spell or shout to any key. But due to how SkyUI's fav menu hotkey behave (even if you press [SHIFT+1], it activate fav item assigned to [1]), you want to avoid using numbers you already fav'ed to something. Avoid using CTRL also cuz that's the crouch key. Avoid ALT key if you use dodge mod. Basically you want to avoid keys that already assigned to something. // THERE IS A FIX FOR NUMPAD ISSUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE!
- SmartCast : you can assign spell to autocast on certain condition, eg: cast Boon when health below 50%. This mod also came with "Spell Ring" function, where you assign spells as "Spell Ring", and rings will be created and appear in your inventory. Then you favourite the rings and assign 1-8 in SkyUI fav menu. // Why the heck you need to do this instead of just directly fav the spell? Because using "Spell Ring" skip the whole swap-weapon & casting-animation, the spell is triggered directly.
Preparation:
- before you do anything make sure Customizable UI Replacer is fully setup and functioning properly.
- I only uses SkyHUD and A Matter of Time, without Widget Mod. (didn't test the Less Instrusive Hud version, honestly that one will be prefered compared to SkyHUD cuz it's easier to move the interface object around in-game in real time. With SkyHUD you need to edit ini outside of game.)
- came out with a plan - what skill you want to have icons and what shortcut keys you want to assign it to by following the rules below:
Setting up the hotkeys, remember these rules:
- use AH Hotkeys for shout, make sure to set them "autocast"
- use AH Hotkeys for spells if you want to have casting animation, make sure to set them "autocast"
- use SmartCast "Spell Ring" if you don't want spell casting animation
Example of my AH Hotkeys usage:
- X = shock nova, C = Soul Trap, V = Divine Shield / note: C was used as automove, change that in game setting
- [ and ] for Mark and Return
- assign custom keys for 4 skills to be placed on my mouse macro buttons. Eg: Home = Unleash Fury, End = Paralyze, PgUp = Onslaught, PgDown = Glacial Bomb
Example of SmartCast usage:
- set autocast FlashHeal when HP below 35%.
- add the following skills to "spell rings" (MCM > SmartCast Config) : Summon Oorbaya, Revive, Second Breath, Mage Light.
Tools:
- picture editing tool to create a PNG picture (no background) of whatever content you want. Photoshop, or free stuff like https://www.photopea.com/ which function exactly like Photoshop.
- FFDEC to import the PNG picture you made into the interface, the tutorial already available at Customizable UI Replacer's optional file "HOW TO REPLACE YOUR OWN ICON" download.
- bunch of icons, like those from Divinity Original Sin 2
Setting up the interface:
- the custom picture you added can be adjusted under A Matter of Time's MCM
- under "Display", adjust scale, transparency, position until satisfy
- adjust other interface element as you like (SkyHUD or Less Intrusive Interface), and HP/MP below the "hotbar". Where is my stamina bar? I hate that aspect of the game so I killed it with player.modav 9999.
- I put the SkyUI buff icon above my "hotbar", set them in SkyUI's MCM.
The downside:
- No potion counter and shout cooldown counter. Spells don't have cooldown so that's not a problem at all.
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FOR THOSE WHO USES OSA / JAXONZ POSITIONER
- because pressing numpad also trigger the fav 1-8 key... we need way to unbind numpad to those
- luckily there is a mod Interface Hard Coded Key Tweaks, download the "Numpad Bindable" file and install that to the game
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