Dawnguard, vampirism and a controller

Post » Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:01 am

After becoming a vampire lord, I was unable to revert back to human form. I use a controller and the B button is hijacked for the Vampire Perks screen only - there is no way to access the magic screen and no way to pick the power that reverts to human form. I had to disable the controller, thus enabling the keyboard and then using the Q and Z keys, revert to human form.

This presents a problem as I don't want to have to keep swapping my input device each time I become a vampire lord.

Is there any way to access the powers menu using a controller only (while in vampire mode)? Or more precisely, is there a way to revert to human form using a controller only? The keyboard keys do not function when the controller is active, so I am at a loss. I have halted play and am waiting for responses to this issue as it is game breaking. If there is no way to revert to human form using a controller only, I will load a prior save and forget about becoming a vampire. But it seems nuts that Beth would release a DLC that can't function with a controller, right?

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Nichola Haynes
 
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Post » Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:42 pm

It's in the favourites menu. Up on the d-pad, I think.

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Sxc-Mary
 
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Post » Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:10 pm

open your favourites menu and then select the revert form it was always like that from start as a vampire lord you dont have access to anything except perk tree and favourites menu. maybe you didnt knew about that

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Izzy Coleman
 
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Post » Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:28 pm

On xbox the transform back is simply clicking the right bumper again, no need to select a power that is already active. :)

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Rhysa Hughes
 
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Post » Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:06 am

Pressing my D-pad does nothing. Up, down, left right, nothing.

How do I open my favorites menu? Is it with the D-pad? If so, that doesn't do anything. Is there a way to configure the D-pad maybe?

When I click the right bumper, I get the Bats spell, not the revert spell. Is there a way to configure it so I get the revert spell instead?

EDIT: Okay, thanks for all your help. I have fixed the issue. As it turned out my D-pad was disabled. Not any more. :thanks:

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Life long Observer
 
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Post » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:53 pm

Had to fire up Skyrim to check.

You're right, it's more than just right bumper.

On xbox I press the directional pad to select a vampire power and from there revert form.

I don't know why it doesn't work for you.

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Jessica Colville
 
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Post » Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:14 am

Hey, thanks Merari. As it turned out, my D-pad was disabled. I enabled it and everything is aok! Funny, I've been using that controller for quite a while and never noticed the d-pad wasn't functioning - until today. Go figure!

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Petr Jordy Zugar
 
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Post » Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:05 am

disabled ?? How ?? you must have configured the controlmap yourself

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WYatt REed
 
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Post » Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:14 pm

Awesome that you got it to work. :)

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Robert Jr
 
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Post » Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:56 pm

So you've been playing without hotkeys and they favourites menu all this time? Ouch.

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