Can't Use Signs Sometimes

[Finarfin]

They just don't trigger, even with a full Endurance bar. This didn't seem to happen until after I started wearing Raven's Armor of the Elves. Is this a bug?

[Razor]

r u sure that the sign is activated( by pressing 1,2,3...) ? I mean if fight begins in safe area u should activate it

[Finarfin]

Yeah, I think it happens when his health is really low or something else is afflicting him. I haven't found a common theme, though.

[unixtroglodyte]

Try hovering your mouse over the day/night indicator attached to the minimap. It should say
Time: ##:##
Location: Safe or Dangerous
If its "Safe" you can't use your signs. Pretty sure you can't draw a weapon either. Other than that, make sure your endurance bar is "yellow"

[Finarfin]

It happens when I'm in the middle of combat with a full endurance bar.

[unixtroglodyte]

Odd. Does Geralt have his weapon out when this happens? If so does he sheath it?

[Finarfin]

He does have it out and, no, he doesn't sheath it. He can't keep fighting. Just trying to execute sign has no effect.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

I can't use sign while fighting Giant Cnetripedes or something. It should be a dangerous area at the least. But it doesn't even see it as a dangerous one.
Even a right click doesn't cast a sign anymore.

[Razor]

Originally posted by ForevaNoob Wonemorturn:

I can't use sign while fighting Giant Cnetripedes or something. It should be a dangerous area at the least. But it doesn't even see it as a dangerous one.
Even a right click doesn't cast a sign anymore.

Press 1-5 to choose the sign

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Originally posted by Razoro:

Originally posted by ForevaNoob Wonemorturn:

I can't use sign while fighting Giant Cnetripedes or something. It should be a dangerous area at the least. But it doesn't even see it as a dangerous one.
Even a right click doesn't cast a sign anymore.

Press 1-5 to choose the sign

I know that. I even x2 checked my control options. They're all fine. I believe the problem comes from the whole map / area (Murky Waters, Ch. 4) being marked as "safe zone", even at night.
Is that because Elvin is somewhere around in those ruins and shouldn't be killed?

[(Old)Night]

yes i cant use too area is dangerous and dont work

[Tusnayoshi]

Yea, there are times not even reloading the save will do. I know what situation you are talking about.

[Vashra]

OH so it's the "safety" level of the zone causing this rubbish?

I ran into this ... feature ... a couple of times, most notably while bumbling about in the daylight hours in the Outskirts. I'd just found the Agni stone in the crypt and such, and was headed back to town. Plopped over to the fireplace right outside the crypt, but I was out of flint, and couldn't use Agni to light it because (apparently?) the area is "safe" during the day. I too wasted a good bit of time trying to figure out why pressing the button clearly indicated in the controls settings was doing nothing.

It rather chaps my nethers that my sword and such is "peacebonded" by a game mechanic. I'm a "shall not be infringed" kinda gal. Maybe I *intend* to use my torch on the backside of that old peasant woman talking smack about poor Abigail.

[Tusnayoshi]

Originally posted by Vashra:

OH so it's the "safety" level of the zone causing this rubbish?

I ran into this ... feature ... a couple of times, most notably while bumbling about in the daylight hours in the Outskirts. I'd just found the Agni stone in the crypt and such, and was headed back to town. Plopped over to the fireplace right outside the crypt, but I was out of flint, and couldn't use Agni to light it because (apparently?) the area is "safe" during the day. I too wasted a good bit of time trying to figure out why pressing the button clearly indicated in the controls settings was doing nothing.

It rather chaps my nethers that my sword and such is "peacebonded" by a game mechanic. I'm a "shall not be infringed" kinda gal. Maybe I *intend* to use my torch on the backside of that old peasant woman talking smack about poor Abigail.

Not sure if it's connected to that. The last time it happened was in the last dungeon in the game, where all you do is fight and fight. It got disabled for some crazy reason, I had to restart the game multiple times to get it working.

[AMDphreak]

I ran into this problem when I used the Willow and Wolverine Potions and applied Ornithosaur oil to an upgraded Silver Sword (Rune Sword) (Blue Yellow Yellow combination) in Act IV, after talking to the Lady of the Lake and before talking to her to give her the peace items. The area is marked Dangerous, but the signs just don't work.

I managed to fix it by running into a house and back out. The game just has bugs. It didn't shift the state of the signs back to activatable, and there's nothing you can do about it but try to trick it into doing the right thing by entering an area where you can't use signs and then go back to the dangerous area.

OK so I just noticed there is more to the bug. I fought Centipedes with Igni and finished off the last one with a sword, and after that I couldn't use Signs any more. The bug must be triggered by the potions or the Ornithosaur oil applied to the blade, or some combination.

[julianradish]

My game bugged out so bad I had wolverine and blizzard, and I couldn't hit the wraith or use igni. I ended up running away and resting at a fire and then it fixed it and I was able to dispatch the wraith with strong attack style and a rune (I don't have spectre oil yet)