Having trouble pinpointing text options with mouse..

Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:37 am

I play on the PC. Nothing against consoles so let's not go there okay? I just have a nice computer and I love mod support. Here's the thing though.. I know it was initially created for consoles and then ported to PC. I can actually tell when trying to do simple things with text options.

Enchanting: I can't hit ENTER and have it accept the fact that I want to select "YES" for crafting something. I have to move my mouse over and actually select it.

Training: If I decide to quickly spam the mouse click over a skill to be trained from an NPC I have to actually wait for it to stop leveling up all of my skills I just learned before selecting a new option otherwise it tries to go back into training.

mouse detection is off. When I use the mouse wheel and try to select dialogue options sometimes it doesn't even pick up. Sometimes the highlighted text get's stuck on an option I don't want and I either have to tab out and try again or use the mouse wheel up and down a few times, almost like you have to jostle it free from being stuck. As a side note I would have to say I really dislike how difficult it is to see what option you are on if the text is grey and darkened (dialogue I have already heard).

Inventory: When I try to add items to my chests in the home, give items to followers or sell items to a shop keep sometimes my mouse will be RIGHT OVER "apparel" or "weapons" or any other category I want to select and it will make me cancel out like I hit TAB when I didn't. It doesn't always detect it.

Anyone else have these problems? Anyone have these same issues on the consoles as well or is this a PC thing?
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David Chambers
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:40 am

God I hate that. Is it so hard it takes 10 times to hit the Misc tab on a vendor? DX
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Nicola
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:55 am

I agree on dialog thing.

About inventory thing: I think the game's been designed to use the mouse as rarely as possible. Therefore it may get a while to get used to, but works great when you already do. When entering inventory I just use W-S to go through categories and then A-D to open/close them and I find that incredibly convenient. I honestly don't think that inventory/magic/skills menu could be done any better.
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Beast Attire
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:46 am

Really just use your keyboard for everything, makes it so much easier and you never miss, i use my mouse like 5% of the times im in the menu. A D opens and closes menus and W S scrolls up and down, even E works as ENTER most of the time.
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Thema
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:12 pm

Really just use your keyboard for everything, makes it so much easier and you never miss, i use my mouse like 5% of the times im in the menu. A D opens and closes menus and W S scrolls up and down, even E works as ENTER most of the time.


He doesn't need you to teach him how to use keyboard.

to op, yes, the dialog thing in particular is annoying
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Kate Murrell
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:11 am

I payed over 60 bucks for my gaming mouse and I intend to use it. When I buy a game for my PC I expect it to work with my mouse.
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WYatt REed
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:36 am

I know it's pretty annoying, sometimes the mouse doesn't work, other times the keyboard won't. I am more concerned about the overall UI though let's hope they fix that first.
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Dina Boudreau
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:05 am

Yea its odd that clicking misc tabs you out. Its not even like you mis-clicked something nearby. Theres nothing nearby that should tab you out. Its just a bug and hopefully will be fixed.
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Adam Kriner
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:13 pm

I have this problems with dialogue and enchanthing. Its almost impossible to rename new enchanted items because its way too easy to accidentally click on a wrong point in the menu AND i have a bug that wont let me to write after first time i exit the item naming. :brokencomputer:
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Jason King
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:47 am

I have experienced the dialog selection problem. Sometimes I'll click a line of text but actually end up speaking a completely different line. I always quick-save before conversations now in case the dialog ends up ruining a quest or something.

It's amazing how little effort Bethesda spent on the user interface for the PC. I know they hate the PC and everything (they said so themselves), but seriously... At least there will be mods..
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Emma Louise Adams
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:53 am

I adjusted to it pretty quickly, actually. I can't say I really have issues with the UI anymore. I use the WASD and "E" keys almost exclusively, and when crafting I just click on the item's image with my mouse to select it. It's pretty quick once you figure out where to have your mouse placed.
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Rowena
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:04 am

yeah half of the time i click misc it closes te window too
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Francesca
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:50 am

This happens to me as well... seems like lazy/neglected programming/design. I mean, I noticed in the first five minutes of playing.
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Guy Pearce
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:06 pm

You pretty much have to be careful and take your time. I tried to put my Razor xbox360 controller in and it makes the camera view constantly look down at the bottom of the screen so it is impossible to use.
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Quick Draw III
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:27 am

The mouse completely stops working if you close-inspect an item with the zoom feature in the inventory menu. Clearly designed for a gamepad and not m+kb. Hope the modders can fix this mess.
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Kelvin Diaz
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:00 pm

Modders shouldn't have to fix anything about a game in my personal opinion.
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