D-Pad left and right?

Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:04 am

Up and down pull up my favorites, but left and right seem to do nothing at all. Left and right triggers bind which spells/weapons I want in each hand but the left and right seem to be as useless as a politicians promise.

Console players, am I missing something?
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CORY
 
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:05 pm

Go into your favorite menu and press left or right on the D-pad to hotkey an item.
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Theodore Walling
 
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:39 am

Have your favorites menu open. Then hold left or right on d-pad to toggle them. Then that item can be equipped/unequipped simply with d-pad left,right.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:12 pm

When you hit up or down to bring the menu up be on the item/spell you want the press and hold left or right untill an number one or two appear.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:06 am

Isn't this feature kind of worthless? Can you switch between 2 different sets of items?

For example, if I have a sword and shield out and equipped, and two spells hot-keyed.... once I use the hot keys for the 2 spells, i would have to go back into my favorites to get the sword and shield back out? Is that how it works?

Or can you hotkey more than one item and cycle through them?
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:19 am

Glad someone asked, I was always wondering the same thing. I already tried from the menu, but never thought to do it from favorites. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:46 pm

It's mainly used for switching out your off-hand. Not for switching entire sets.

I use it to quickly switch between my shield and my heal. Have shield -> Press left -> Heal -> Press right -> Back to shield.

Though I also used it as a caster to switch between two-hands of Dremora and two-hands of Incinerate. Press the button twice to equip both hands with the hotkey.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:43 am

1. Have items already in your favourite menu.
2. Hover above the desired item. Hold < on the D-pad to hotkey it and if done correctly, you will see the number "1"
3. Hover above the desired item. Hold > on the D-pad to hotkey it and if done correctly, you will see the number "2"
4. Press those buttons to change from spells/weapons real-time.

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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:31 pm

i hot keyed the unrelenting force shout and the whirlwind sprint shout with the left and right d-pad to switch quickly between the two when I'm out and about. may need to fling an NPC or bear off the side of a cliff at a moments notice since i cant body slam them with the sprint lol.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:54 pm

1. Have items already in your favourite menu.
2. Hover above the desired item. Hold < on the D-pad to hotkey it and if done correctly, you will see the number "1"
3. Hover above the desired item. Hold > on the D-pad to hotkey it and if done correctly, you will see the number "2"
4. Press those buttons to change from spells/weapons real-time.



i tried to use it for two different spells thinking left d-pad for left hand and right d-pad for right hand but it wasn't working out the way i wanted it to and i cant figure out why
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:23 pm

i tried to use it for two different spells thinking left d-pad for left hand and right d-pad for right hand but it wasn't working out the way i wanted it to and i cant figure out why


Ah, I think I know what you are talking about, let me see if I can explain this.

Regardless with direction you press, your LEFT hand will be targeted first for the hotkey.

Lets assume I have my Healing Spell labeled as "1" and my Flames as "2", when I press left on the D-pad, I get my healing spell. If I press Left again, it will also make my right hand contain a healing spell.
If you press right, the flame spell will be in your left and if you press it again, it will be on your right as well for dual casting.

I hope this helped. Just experiment.

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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:27 am

It's mainly used for switching out your off-hand. Not for switching entire sets.

I use it to quickly switch between my shield and my heal. Have shield -> Press left -> Heal -> Press right -> Back to shield.

Though I also used it as a caster to switch between two-hands of Dremora and two-hands of Incinerate. Press the button twice to equip both hands with the hotkey.


It's also useful for a two handed/bow-wielding build, I find. I can also equip my pickax this way by pressing right while the right button item (sword) is equipped.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:17 am

Ah, I think I know what you are talking about, let me see if I can explain this.

Regardless with direction you press, your LEFT hand will be targeted first for the hotkey.

Lets assume I have my Healing Spell labeled as "1" and my Flames as "2", when I press left on the D-pad, I get my healing spell. If I press Left again, it will also make my right hand contain a healing spell.
If you press right, the flame spell will be in your left and if you press it again, it will be on your right as well for dual casting.

I hope this helped. Just experiment.



great thanks. I'll try it out when i get home. i mainly use it for hot keying two different shouts anyways but sometimes i find myself jumping around the favorites list quiet a bit in a dungeon where it would be more useful to have two spells hot keyed.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:36 am

Isn't this feature kind of worthless? Can you switch between 2 different sets of items?

For example, if I have a sword and shield out and equipped, and two spells hot-keyed.... once I use the hot keys for the 2 spells, i would have to go back into my favorites to get the sword and shield back out? Is that how it works?

Or can you hotkey more than one item and cycle through them?


I think that would be possible. I play a Ranger, so.I habe my bow on left, and my axe on right. Whenever I equip the axe it always up.the last thing I paired with it (normally Healing). I would suggest putting your Shield on one and the magic on the other. This may have the correct going from magic to sword, but going back may be an issue as the hotkey won't autoswap a weapon from the right hand. It prioritizes weapon to right and magic to left for some reason.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:17 am

This is the worst feature of the game. The d-pad mapping in prior games were my shortcuts. This 'enhancement' forces you to continually pause the game if you want to make use of potions or change out equipment. My work around was to only use two-hand swords and bows which let you toggle between the spells mapped to each trigger and your weapon that is hot-keyed.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:56 am

Ahhh! Thank you so much for the responses. That is going to be extremely nice for my Warrior to go between my bow and melee.

Thank you again

-Shaen
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