Adding Active Searching on Keyboard/Mouse.

[Vallor]

Please add the ability to bind "Active Search" to Keyboard and/or Mouse button.

Honestly I am surprised I couldn't find any other threads talking about this.

I started playing with the controller on my PC. I liked the active search feature and it found things I might not have seen otherwise. I assumed this was because my character had investigation.

Then I switched to Keyboard and mouse but couldn't find the active search keybind. I figured that meant things would highlight as I walked by due to perception. But... nope. Even right at the start after crashing you can active search and find clam shells in the water of the beach. But you can't find these same clam shells at all when using the keyboard. Even when you know exactly where they are!

I honestly don't know why there are options removed or added based on the player's control scheme, it seems like more trouble than it is worth to gimp a feature, but I'd appreciate it if I could active search on the Keyboard. I find it so much easier to use the keyboard but now I question what I'm missing because I can't active search a particular area.

[GreyCain]

What you want should be left Alt for Show Item Labels, I believe.

[nWo89 - The Exalted One]

I´m looking for the Active Search too!

Alt just shows some items but not all. Active Search on the controller is a different thing. You hold A and a circle appears around you and you can quickly look through chests and boxes without walking to them.

[felixxx2]

Yes, please add this to the keyboard.

[tekgeek1205]

how is this missing from the KB/Mouse keymap???? Its normally the other way around where you have more options on KB/Mouse than GamePad. It wouldn't be so bad if changing between KB/Mouse and GamePad wasn't so clunky and take like a full second or more to switch. (5950x and 3090ti)

[devin.ringger]

yes, please add for KB+M!

[Sapper86]

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Originally posted by devin.ringger:

yes, please add for KB+M!

agree plz add... i'm doing the same switing back and forth from the 2...hahaha

[MrBeanz]

Seems doubtful they will add this to the keyboard/mouse controls. This same "issue" applies to Divinity Original Sin 2 as well. Controller has that same Active Search but it is not available on keyboard/mouse.

If they never bothered to port it over to KB+M for D:OS2, then it feels extremely unlikely that they will do so for Baldur's Gate 3.

Would love for it to be added though.

[Fabulux]

Originally posted by tekgeek1205:

how is this missing from the KB/Mouse keymap???? Its normally the other way around where you have more options on KB/Mouse than GamePad. It wouldn't be so bad if changing between KB/Mouse and GamePad wasn't so clunky and take like a full second or more to switch. (5950x and 3090ti)

Is this supposed to be sarcasm? Not every PC gamer has a controller laying around. So, ♥♥♥♥ them I guess?

Are there things you can't spot without the Active Search (even with a high perception character)?

[HelloKittyNinja]

Originally posted by Odorous Whim:

Originally posted by tekgeek1205:

how is this missing from the KB/Mouse keymap???? Its normally the other way around where you have more options on KB/Mouse than GamePad. It wouldn't be so bad if changing between KB/Mouse and GamePad wasn't so clunky and take like a full second or more to switch. (5950x and 3090ti)

Is this supposed to be sarcasm? Not every PC gamer has a controller laying around. So, ♥♥♥♥ them I guess?

Are there things you can't spot without the Active Search (even with a high perception character)?

Yeah, sounds like they think it's crazy that it's missing, and even if someone has a controller handy, switching back and forth isn't a great work-around.

I think the active search is good way to search again if a passive search fails. I think. I could be wrong.

In my case, switching back and forth with my Steam Deck is even more of a non-starter than switching to a controller and back on my PC.

[Fabulux]

I actually have a controller laying around. I wanted to play Dark Souls II badly enough, when it came out, that I bought one.

I hooked it up just to try the active search out. It is a handy way to find containers that you didn't notice and overall I like it for rogue sneaking/searching (In fact, moving in exploration mode is much better with the controller, but everything else is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pain).

It takes the system a couple of seconds to realize you've changed inputs. Sadly, that adds up to a waste of time over the course of a play session.

Seems like it should be easy enough to add it for K+M.

[Epimetreus]

Agreed. Active Search is insanely useful on controller (using my ROG Ally), and I miss it acutely when playing on my laptop. I don't know whether it's easy to add or not, but it would be a great QoL addition to a future patch.

[Mirandomness]

Originally posted by tekgeek1205:

how is this missing from the KB/Mouse keymap???? Its normally the other way around where you have more options on KB/Mouse than GamePad. It wouldn't be so bad if changing between KB/Mouse and GamePad wasn't so clunky and take like a full second or more to switch. (5950x and 3090ti)

It's not even possible for some of us. I have made multiple troubleshooting attempts, and without a physical controller for Windows to interact with, it seems to be impossible (without downloading 3rd party software to manipulate my system with). So yeah, it would be swell if Larian could add this feature for us PC gamers who are sans controllers. lol

[The Internal]

Started my first game using a controller, then started a new game with friends using keyboard and mouse a day or two later. The lack of the active search feature on keyboard and mouse is a glaring omission / seems like a bug. Active search with controller is vastly superior to the keyboard alt button. Please fix this :O

[Sojrn420]

I concur. Please add active search like controller to KB+M

[Fabulux]

yes please