Riposte marker doesn't appear during tutorial in The Witcher 2

[Fanta]

I am stuck in the tutorial, as the game states I need for a riposte marker to show up on the enemy before attacking; however, the riposte icon doesn't ever appear.

I follow the instrucions and: I hold down E (parry) since before the enemy attacks, and wait for the marker that doesn't come up.

Anybody else with the same issue found a workaround?

I am running an Intel i8 @ 3.5 GHz with NVIDIA GTX 670 under Win 7 Pro 64-bit, using keyboard and mouse.

Thanks!

[Avenger Grim]

Weird, i just tried and the marker is there and work as intended, the marker is showed around the torso area of the enemies, in case you looked for it above the enemy or something.

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

As stated, the marker shows ON the enemy. The actual enemy "marker" that is there, showing that this is the enemy you are targeting, changes to a funny sword icon very briefly. When that happens hit the fast attack button (mouse 1) and he will (should) do it.
If not, just try hitting the mouse 1 button just as the enemy starts to swing, it should work. I have fought enemy and have managed to pull off the riposte when the marker hasn't changed a lot of times. It's just a case of timing. Once you get into the combat in the game you mostly won't need the marker anyway.
If not, just ignore the tutorial, it doesn't really have anything to do with the game anyway. Perhaps go into the arena and play on easy, and try the riposte move there. But you have to level up to get it, which means fighting a couple of rounds first. But it's a good way to get you used to fighting different enemy types, and large groups of enemy.
Problem is the combat in this game is VERY hard. I ended up playing the first chapter on easy the first time I played, because I was just getting thrashed. I NEVER play games on easy, but I was enjoying the game so much but just getting frustrated with the combat so I swallowed my pride and went easy, and it really helped me.
So try arena on easy to learn the game mechanics of the tutorial doesn't work. Or just play the prologue, that has tips and stuff for fighting and signs and stuff anyway, it's just not nearly as thorough as the tutorial.

[Fanta]

Thank you chaps. Eventually the marker shows up. I restarted the tutorial, and after several times parrying it eventually began to appear.

[2Siders]

Same problem, I know where it supposed to be (watched video) but does not appear. Restarded the tutorial, tried sheathing the steel sword, but nothing. I'll just keep trying I guess haha

[Aegil]

Done the tutorial up to this point as well... Target lock marker never shows up and neither does the riposte marker... can't progress.

[bug]

130831
ripost part in tutorial, suggest run around a bit to fill up the two brown slots, as blocking depletes one of them and likely u need the energy to activate the ripost skill after next block.
If you just keep blocking (E) without any energy in the two brown bars, the ripost crit never seems to show up; but get those two bars filled, much better chance at getting the ripost crit to activate.

[Hope]

doesn't come up for me either, no mods

[Moffin Bovin]

iirc its somthing to do with one of the settings in options that can result in the bug. You also need to have vigor to reposite.

[shelledfade]

you need to hold E before they are attacking you, and the marker shows up right BEFORE they attack you, not after.

It's a common misconception in the tutorial that you're supposed to riposte AFTER the npc attacks you, but yeah that's not how it works, its during the npc's first swing at you right before they even connect with you when the marker shows up and you need to be holding E before they start attacking you.

[AtomBrain]

Keep in mind that the Full Combat Rebalance mod disables ripostes. Check mods in the launcher and disable it if necessary. I had it enabled even after a fresh install for some reason and completely forgot it existed. Drove me crazy.

[Robsen]

This thread here is the one that pops up first after google'ing the problem, so I'm gonna add my tips here.

As people have already mentioned, the riposte icon appears before the enemy attacks, however if you start parrying too late it will not appear. I was under the impression that I had to start parrying right before the enemy attacks, but I can actually just stand there, hold E and wait all day long until he attacks and it works the same.

Therefore: stand still -> hold E all day long -> and when the enemy attacks, you'll see the riposte icon

[Sagara Sousuke]

I have the same issue

[[ScrN]Duckbuster]

Shead then unshead your weapon, this makes it appear

[Sharcman]

Originally posted by bug:

130831
ripost part in tutorial, suggest run around a bit to fill up the two brown slots, as blocking depletes one of them and likely u need the energy to activate the ripost skill after next block.
If you just keep blocking (E) without any energy in the two brown bars, the ripost crit never seems to show up; but get those two bars filled, much better chance at getting the ripost crit to activate.

This worked for me, I ran around a little to fill up the brown slots and low and behold, it appeared.

[Mondo! is sexy]

I finally figured it out. you have to have full brown bars at the top and just hold E you will see the sign just before the guy attacks you just spam your LMB ( sword attack ) at that point.