Why is my one of my characters not attacking after I cast a spell?

[Lucid]

After I cast a spell, or ability he just stands there. Is there something I pressed that changed auto attack after spell, etc, is cast?

[Gilmoy]

Probably he no longer has a current-target for his weapon attack.
Pause, select that character. Does any enemy's footdisk change?
For each of your characters, you can tell exactly which enemy he's targeting, if any.
(This also works in reverse. Click any enemy, and you can see which friendly it's targeting.)

IIRC, targeting a spell or ability is distinct from targeting for weapon attack.
After your spell executes, manually click an enemy to resume targeting it with your weapon.

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I never noticed this behavior because I pause-and-micro every targeting decision, anyways.

[Lucid]

Originally posted by Gilmoy:

Probably he no longer has a current-target for his weapon attack.
Pause, select that character. Does any enemy's footdisk change?
For each of your characters, you can tell exactly which enemy he's targeting, if any.
(This also works in reverse. Click any enemy, and you can see which friendly it's targeting.)

IIRC, targeting a spell or ability is distinct from targeting for weapon attack.
After your spell executes, manually click an enemy to resume targeting it with your weapon.

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I never noticed this behavior because I pause-and-micro every targeting decision, anyways.

Is there some auto-ai default selection?

I do. But whenver, I cast a spell and the enemy still there it just sits there. I didn't notice. Just the "..." instead of sword symbol. Just resuming the regular range attack of the wand. I'll just the range. Thanks for the tip.

[Frostfeather]

If you remove someone from your group and put them back in, it will change your AI settings for them. So I'd double check that even if you've previously set it.

[Zhou Yu]

Originally posted by night4:

If you remove someone from your group and put them back in, it will change your AI settings for them. So I'd double check that even if you've previously set it.

^This.

The AI tactics won't change but specifically their targeting will default back to "Defend Self". Thus making them just stand there until they get hit. So make sure to double check all your characters behaviors in your party.

Oh also if you set them to Defensive they won't attack or move unless the enemies are in range/relative proximity to them. So generally better to flip them on Aggressive.

All this unless of course you simply clicked on or hit the hotkey for the little toggle button in the bottom that disables their AI.

[Lucid]

Originally posted by Zhou Yu:

Originally posted by night4:

If you remove someone from your group and put them back in, it will change your AI settings for them. So I'd double check that even if you've previously set it.

^This.

The AI tactics won't change but specifically their targeting will default back to "Defend Self". Thus making them just stand there until they get hit. So make sure to double check all your characters behaviors in your party.

Oh also if you set them to Defensive they won't attack or move unless the enemies are in range/relative proximity to them. So generally better to flip them on Aggressive.

All this unless of course you simply clicked on or hit the hotkey for the little toggle button in the bottom that disables their AI.

Originally posted by night4:

If you remove someone from your group and put them back in, it will change your AI settings for them. So I'd double check that even if you've previously set it.

I ddin't add or remove (at least think I didn't)
What is the default settings, so I know what to do? I'll have to try to find where AI settings are.

[Zhou Yu]

Bottom right of the character's portrait when you pull up their stats, there will be a button with a little head with and cog.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

There is a blue gear icon for Party AI as well as a blue gear icon next to each character's portrait for Character AI. As such you can toggle AI on/off for each individual character. Furthermore, there is a gear icon on the character record screen's portrait where you can customize the behavior:
--> https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/AI_behaviors

Finally, summons inherit the AI setting, i.e. if it's disabled, AI is off for them, and you need to turn it on if you don't want to command summons yourself.