Race Menu Player Rotation
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #3 of 41 Utilities mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod allows to rotate player in race menu with mouse, keyborad or gamepad smoothly.
If gamepad is not active, hold your Right Mouse Button and move your mouse left and right.
If gamepad is active (detected automatically), hold its A and Y to rotate left and right.
You can configure all buttons and rotation speed. Mouse or keyboard keys go to iRegularButton option, gamepad keys go to iGamepadButtonL and iGamepadButtonR options. All keys use unified decimal DXScanCodes values.
Version support
-- 1. 5. 97
-- 1. 6. 317 to 1. 6. 1170 (Steam)
-- 1. 7. 99 (Steam)
-- 1. 6. 659 and 1. 6. 1179 (GOG)
Q: Why? There's already Player Rotation in ShowRaceMenu!
A: No 1. 6. X support.
Q: Why? There's already LazyRaceMenuRotation!
A: Script-based, a bit slow.
Q: Why? There's already Another Race Menu Rotation Mod!
A: No gamepad support.
Race Menu Player Rotation is a utility mod for Skyrim that enables smooth rotation of the player character in the race menu using mouse, keyboard, or gamepad. With 2,445 endorsements and nearly a million downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life improvement for character creation enthusiasts. Last updated in August 2026, it remains actively maintained.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 2,445 endorsements and over 921k downloads.
- Smooth rotation makes character creation way less clunky.
- Works with mouse, keyboard, and gamepad—no matter how you play.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Skyrim's race menu, so it's useless for other games.
- Compatibility with other UI mods isn't documented—test before adding to a heavy mod list.
For Skyrim players who spend way too long in character creation and want smoother camera control. Also great for mod authors who need to showcase their character mods from every angle. Skip if you never touch the race menu or prefer vanilla controls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, just download and install—it's a simple plugin.
- Make sure you load this mod after any UI overhauls that affect the race menu to avoid conflicts.
- Test rotation with both mouse and gamepad to see which feels best for your setup.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Meridiano
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Downloads
- 921,287
- Endorsements
- 2,445
- Category
- Utilities
- Created
- 5/11/2023
- Updated
- 8/8/2026
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