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Going back and fourth between multiple games makes it really hard to adjust to any of the control layouts currently available. I'd like to suggest either allowing players to assign their own buttons or at least make a fourth layout where the controls are more like recent games on consoles.
It'd also be great to have an option to switch the L1 and R1 buttons with L2 and R2 on any of the available layouts.

Note: Some controls are available on more than one button. I feel that because controls are what enables players to actually do things within the game, control schemes should never restrict what a player is capable of doing by omitting uses of available buttons (this goes for the existing layouts as well).

Layout 4 (Example of an updated scheme):

L2: Use
R2: Action
L1: Jump
R1: Drop (Alternatively: Change Camera Mode while R3 becomes Drop)
L3: Sprint when moving forward / Sneak when standing still
R3: Change Camera Mode (Alternatively: Drop while R1 becomes Change Camera Mode)
Triangle: Inventory
Square: Crafting Menu / Use when looking at something usable (Like a Crafting table or a door)
Circle: Toggle Sneak
Cross: Jump
Left Stick: Move (Double tapping forward to sprint is disabled)
Right Stick: Look
Dpad or Touchpad Left and Right: Cycle Held Item
Touchpad button: Players/Invite

At the crafting or inventory menus it's be nice to use L1 or R1 to cycle between the two menus. This could also open up the Square button to just be another action button.

Now I'll go over the existing layouts.

Layout 1:

L2: Use
R2: Action
L1: Cycle Held Item
R1: Cycle Held Item
L3: Change Camera Mode
R3: Sneak
Triangle: Inventory
Square: Crafting Menu
Circle: Drop
Cross: Jump
Left Stick: Move / Sprint
Right Stick: Look
Dpad or Touchpad Left and Right: Cycle Held Item
Touchpad button: Players/Invite


Layout 2:

L2: Action
R2: Use
L1: Sneak
R1: Jump
L3: Change Camera Mode
R3: Sneak
Triangle: Inventory
Square: Crafting Menu
Circle: Drop
Cross: Jump
Left Stick: Move / Sprint
Right Stick: Look
Dpad or Touchpad Left and Right: Cycle Held Item
Touchpad button: Players/Invite


Layout 3:

L2: Jump
R2: Use
L1: Sneak
R1: Action
L3: Change Camera Mode
R3: Use
Triangle: Inventory
Square: Crafting Menu / Use when looking at something usable (Like a Crafting table or a door)
Circle: Drop
Cross: Action
Left Stick: Move / Sprint
Right Stick: Look
Dpad or Touchpad Left and Right: Cycle Held Item
Touchpad button: Players/Invite

I agree, I really want to be able to swap L2/R2 with L1/R1.