Is there a way to switch forms without singing? (With a controller)

[pencilmanners]

I've just barely beaten the sun temple boss with alot of healing items, but I got the impression that to beat it properly I should've been able to switch forms quickly. Using energy form to hurt him, and switching to beast when he starts sucking/blowing me away.

But with the controller I have to return to normal form and then spend a couple seconds messing up my song before I finally get the desired effect, it's very clunky and difficult to pull off in a pinch.

I noticed in some of the videos I watched that using the hotkeys, you can switch between forms instantly without going back to normal form or reciting a song. Is there a way to do this with the controller or is this KB+M exclusive?

[Hoshi]

As far as I know it's KB+M exclusive.

[jDog]

That's my understanding as well. Can only be done with keyboard.

Have you thought of usinging some kind of macro program? You could assign the hot key to some combination on your controller. You probably don't need to assign every form, maybe just energy and beast.

[pencilmanners]

Thanks for the help, I guess I'll try to wing it and reach for my KB when I have to, or if that fails I'll try jDog's suggestion.

[Calmly Frenetic]

I played with a controller, and mapped all of the spells and form changes (keyboard 0 to 9) to the controller D-pad using JoyToKey[joytokey.net]. It has "button alias" mapping, such that the output from a particular button can be changed if a second button is also being pressed.

I assigned the spells directly to the D-pad, and the form changes to when one of the trigger buttons AND the D-pad is pressed. This is the full mapping I used:

Controller   Alias          Keyboard   Action

D-Up                        9          Shield spell
D-Right                     0          Bind spell
Button 17    LT + D-Up      1          Normal form
Button 18    LT + D-Right   2          Energy form
Button 19    LT + D-Down    3          Beast form
Button 20    LT + D-Left    4          Nature form
Button 21    RT + D-Up      5          Sun form
Button 22    RT + D-Right   6          Fish form
Button 23    RT + D-Down    7          Spirit form
Button 24    RT + D-Left    8          Dual form

Also, using the in-game Options - Key Config screen, I assigned two more actions to the controller thumbsticks:
Roll: LS-click
Look: RS-click