never tried setting it up with a controller (controlers suck for first person games)
just started a new game with mods (will constantly add more as i play obv), simple ones like more companions, greener wasteland(because yellow/brown gets boring), every human character model is changed(bodies and faces are too blocky in vanilla). I want to add real time settler at some point, as it made FO3 a totally different experience (you build your own settlement and people live there), but most importantly I'm waiting for an overhaul mod like fo3's wanderer's edition, just for simple stuff like movement, equipment and drug changes .
Now I'm a scavenger who lives in goodsprings, currently working on setting up her house's power supply.
btw velfare, this is a mod for you
http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39061