AUTO skills bug out.

[rustedblayds]

Skills that require pressing and holding down the left mouse button.
Specifically repair hammer, bows, and bandages so far. Bandages can somewhat be managed by right clicking -> CONSUME. But bows and repair hammers become useless for the remainder of the mission. (I haven't tried leaving the mission and starting with a new one yet.)
Dropping, changing hot slots, remaking anew, logging out, logging in, reinstalling, verifying files. NONE of this works. When it bugs for one it bugs for all. This is absolute ♥♥♥♥ when it happens mid-storm and the subsequent frequent storms thereafter leave you powerless to do anything about your house.
Can't replace the damaged components because they need to be full health, so can't replace them. You CAN however, upgrade damaged components (floors walls rooves). Consistency anyone?
I had been using the knife to battle cave worms head on, but thanks pitch black caves, no ability to wield a knife and torch at the same time.
Ridiculous.

[rustedblayds]

If anyone else was experiencing this...before being hit with the bug, have you experienced a stealth shot shooting right as you align the bow correctly? i.e. you don't release the arrow. it does so by itself.
I, again, had the bug in my recent mission, and jsut to test if I had the bug still I was trying to aim at a deer. Couldn't draw the bow...but as soon as it lined up with a deer for a stealth shot, it fired off.
And just like that...the bug fixed itself. I could then use bandages and the repair hammer. Wil ltest again in another mission as it seems every mission is doomed with this bug.

[rustedblayds]

UPDATE: The post above was merely coincidence. there is no way to reproduce this successfully. However, I believe i found the root cause and it is not a bug in the game. I have since lost the ability to drag and drop on my PC as well. So, I believe the issue is more the mouse dying. Get a new one tomorrow to confirm.

[Tasolth]

Have not run into the repair hammer bug. Agree it would be nice to have a torch in your offhand when in a cave.

[[SOT]Avongunn]

Well I haven't been able to repair ANYTHING with teh Repair hammers in game for a week.. many log in and log outs playing on 2 different systems from different locations.. Nope..

[Macdallan]

I have had a few bugs where aiming at things wasn't working properly. Happened when trying to access stations in one map. Happened with my knife in another - was well within range of a corpse but couldn't hit it at all. Repair hammer sometimes gets stuck on, keeps hammering and burning stamina even though I'm not holding the mouse button. Haven't had issues with the bow yet. It's not an issue with a broken tool, either. My items weren't broken when these issues occurred.

Maybe try to validate your files, it could be an issue with a corrupt file, or missing file.

Originally posted by Tasolth:

Have not run into the repair hammer bug. Agree it would be nice to have a torch in your offhand when in a cave.

You can hit Q to drop a regular torch while it's burning then switch to knife and stab the worms. Their faces glow so you should be able to see them. I usually stay at range and shoot them with the bow but I'm sure knifing them works. I do agree we should be able to carry a torch in the other hand.

[Tasolth]

yeah worms are not the problem, easy to see and stab or shoot thankfully. Still want to be able to use my other hand for anything really.

[rustedblayds]

New mouse arrived and immediately can use the repair hammer. I started to suspect the mouse once it deteriorated further and I couldn't drag and drop items from inventory to chests.

The worms are easy enough to run up and stab, though now the bow will work might go back to that approach.

Had this issue for quite some time, and didn't experience anything outside the game like this. But good to know it wasn't a bug.

[Darvanen]

Figured it out:
It happened after I was mining, the last thing I did was hold down left click on my pickaxe to finish off a node. So I went and hit a nearby rock, and I could use my bow again.