Left weapon stop working after a while,like staff and bow

[Evchen]

A technical game question, or just a big question, or me ist just stupid I bought Elden ring someone here played it with K/M everything almost work fine, the problem is when I used my little sword or later I used a 2H weapon worked well but when I swap back to my staff , I can't use it I use my faust instead, first I was a Samurai there I couldn't use my bow changed char to astrology there I can't use my staff lol same problem when I swap weapon, is a bit frustrating for a game that cost some money, anyone have an Idea I'm will be greatfu

[Martin]

So you can attack with your right hand weapon, but not with your left hand weapon?

With mouse and keyboard controls left and right hand attacks are bound to left and right mouse buttons, respectively.

To use your staff you must have a spell selected (spells are browsed using the arrow buttons on your keyboard) and attack with the staff (click the left mouse button).

If you have a bow equipped in your left hand you need to two-hand it in order to attack with it. Hold E and click the left mouse button to two-hand the weapon in your left hand. Now you should be able to fire your bow with the right hand mouse button.

[Evchen]

Hello, Right ^^I have to spell on my staff enough stamina,and it worked fine when I logged in,then I used a "H weapon and after that I can only use swords,but not my staff,yes but still I wanna give up hehe,isnt fun when you can switch easy but cant use both,even everything is there I just changed my right hand :)

[Evchen]

First char was a Samurai,okey my first problem I used bolts,but found that out later,hahaha changed to arrows on my longbow,but when I swap I will try that whit the E on my Samurai later today,my second char is an Astrologer and the staff is 1H right ? but I fight with my fist instead :P not very useful

[Lumina]

Go in your menu and check the settings and controls.
It's no problem to use weapons left or right hand, 1 or 2 handed, and to change between them whenever you want. You can also rebind the most buttons and controls until you're comfortable with them. When you're new to Fromsoft games the controls seem to be a bit weird at first, but after some time you'll get used to it. Don't give up, just take your time to figure out such things. You'll get a muscle memory later and press the right buttons automatically.

[s0d0]

I can't really extract the problem, but this is most likely you just being confused with the controls. No shame in that, since there are not many explanations.
But it is not the game's fault and it should work fine. I play on keyboard and mouse as well.

When you have both weapons in hand you leftclick to attack with your righthandweapon and you use rightclick for your lefthanded weapon. if you press e+leftclick you will twohand your righthand weapon. If you press e+leftclick again you will have both in hand again. And if you click e+rightclick you will twohand your left hand weapon.
Sounds confusing :D hope this helps.

[Martin]

In addition to stamina you also need focus points (the blue bar between the health and stamina bars) to cast spells.

You can also switch between weapons using the right and left arrow buttons. If you press the escape button, go into the equipment menu you can change your selection of right and left hand weapons. It sounds as if you have just deselected your weapons.

[Sentient Entropy]

These games are designed for controllers, I'd recommend picking one up. Thanks to Steam's built-in controller support you've got dozens of options.

[Evchen]

Originally posted by Martin:

In addition to stamina you also need focus points (the blue bar between the health and stamina bars) to cast spells.

You can also switch between weapons using the right and left arrow buttons. If you press the escape button, go into the equipment menu you can change your selection of right and left hand weapons. It sounds as if you have just deselected your weapons.

I know I need Focus :) I did change the setting of swapping weapons to 1 and 2 all works fine see my weapons fight with my sword,only the main weapon will not work like staff ,Bow and so on :)

[Evchen]

Originally posted by s0d0:

I can't really extract the problem, but this is most likely you just being confused with the controls. No shame in that, since there are not many explanations.
But it is not the game's fault and it should work fine. I play on keyboard and mouse as well.

When you have both weapons in hand you leftclick to attack with your righthandweapon and you use rightclick for your lefthanded weapon. if you press e+leftclick you will twohand your righthand weapon. If you press e+leftclick again you will have both in hand again. And if you click e+rightclick you will twohand your left hand weapon.
Sounds confusing :D hope this helps.

On my first day yes,I thought why they using arrows xD then I changed into 1 and 2 to swap my left and right weapons,I see them in my hands I fight with my sword,but not my bow or staff after a while I have focus,stamina and spell but still my staff is just in my hand as a deco and I fight with my fist when I use the left mouse button the right works fine also with 2 hands and change back to one handed :) The problem is it will not work :D

Originally posted by Sentient Entropy:

These games are designed for controllers, I'd recommend picking one up. Thanks to Steam's built-in controller support you've got dozens of options.

:( I just hav a very old one,and on my friends computer it dos not work I can try,but last time I played wih a controller is ages,not my thing really :D

[Evchen]

Originally posted by Sentient Entropy:

These games are designed for controllers, I'd recommend picking one up. Thanks to Steam's built-in controller support you've got dozens of options.

So in the fact why they make a game for K/M then,then they should just leave it for controller,played so many games where you can swap weapons,but never had any issues

[medicinezombie]

"but still my staff is just in my hand as a deco and I fight with my fist"

Can you be precise? Are you saying that when you mean to cast a spell, you (option 1) physically swing the staff instead? Or do you (option 2) swing your empty offhand instead of casting a spell? Or (option 3) shake the staff, and your character head back and forth for a bit while moving more slowly?

Sounds like you're hitting the wrong button, have you rebinded any of the controls? You're sending what would be on PS a R2 button command out when you mean to send a (PS) R1 button command. Or if it's option 3, you are sending the spell cast command out, but the spell is failing for some reason. Totally different issues though so it's important to untangle.

It's honestly worth getting a controller just to play this game, but if you don't want to/can't do that, I'd undo any custom keybindings and try to learn how to play with the default. Some of it is weird but there are a lot of complicated ones and it's easy to make custom keybinds that create conflicts/prevent you from doing something you need to do.

[Evchen]

Originally posted by medicinezombie:

"but still my staff is just in my hand as a deco and I fight with my fist"

Can you be precise? Are you saying that when you mean to cast a spell, you (option 1) physically swing the staff instead? Or do you (option 2) swing your empty offhand instead of casting a spell? Or (option 3) shake the staff, and your character head back and forth for a bit while moving more slowly?

Sounds like you're hitting the wrong button, have you rebinded any of the controls? You're sending what would be on PS a R2 button command out when you mean to send a (PS) R1 button command. Or if it's option 3, you are sending the spell cast command out, but the spell is failing for some reason. Totally different issues though so it's important to untangle.

It's honestly worth getting a controller just to play this game, but if you don't want to/can't do that, I'd undo any custom keybindings and try to learn how to play with the default. Some of it is weird but there are a lot of complicated ones and it's easy to make custom keybinds that create conflicts/prevent you from doing something you need to do.

Originally posted by medicinezombie:

"but still my staff is just in my hand as a deco and I fight with my fist"

Can you be precise? Are you saying that when you mean to cast a spell, you (option 1) physically swing the staff instead? Or do you (option 2) swing your empty offhand instead of casting a spell? Or (option 3) shake the staff, and your character head back and forth for a bit while moving more slowly?

Sounds like you're hitting the wrong button, have you rebinded any of the controls? You're sending what would be on PS a R2 button command out when you mean to send a (PS) R1 button command. Or if it's option 3, you are sending the spell cast command out, but the spell is failing for some reason. Totally different issues though so it's important to untangle.

It's honestly worth getting a controller just to play this game, but if you don't want to/can't do that, I'd undo any custom keybindings and try to learn how to play with the default. Some of it is weird but there are a lot of complicated ones and it's easy to make custom keybinds that create conflicts/prevent you from doing something you need to do.

Thanks for your replies :) is option 2,yes I did change the arrows into 1,2,3 and 4. 1 and 2 are the left and right hand,I empty my right hand and hold only my staff,but I fist along :P, I found a old playstation controller I will try after my doggy walk to use that one,and see if the issue still there,but Iwanna say playing controller will take some hours to learn :P

[Sc0rpiTr0n]

I use keyboard and mouse since original Dark Souls with zero problems.

No controller needed although I don't know what issue you're having.

[Lumina]

Originally posted by Sc0rpiTr0n:

I use keyboard and mouse since original Dark Souls with zero problems.

No controller needed although I don't know what issue you're having.

This.
K&M player here, played thousands of hours through all Dark Souls games and ER just with a very simple office mouse and keyboard. It's all about personal preferences, you don't need to use a controller when you don't like it.

[Evchen]

Originally posted by Sc0rpiTr0n:

I use keyboard and mouse since original Dark Souls with zero problems.

No controller needed although I don't know what issue you're having.

When I swap weapon,the left weapon will not work,not the bow,not the staff.just my fist,and yes I have arrows equipped and spells,when I start the game is all fine,but after I swipping the weapons the problems start,and I never had issues like this,and I played a lot of games where you have to switch weapons