Axii Puppet doesn't work?

[Mav]

Been enjoying the game a lot so far but have run into a problem and wanted to see if anyone else was having the same issue.

So far I've upgraded both delusion and puppet in the axii skill tree and have them equipped both at the same time.

Whenever I hold R2 (using a controller) to cast axii, it does the animation of Geralt influencing the enemies mind but after it's finished the enemy just wanders around and then starts attacking me after a few seconds so needless to say that the puppet skill isn't working.

Does anyone have a fix to this?

[bokke_commando]

Funny, I just unlocked this today as I was keen to give it a go. You need to hold down the sign casting button. Don't just release it, hold that sucker in, you'll see the camera zoom in on Geralt as he does a more advanced looking sign. Beware you don't want to be too close to the enemy while doing this as it takes time.

[Mav]

Originally posted by bokke_commando:

Funny, I just unlocked this today as I was keen to give it a go. You need to hold down the sign casting button. Don't just release it, hold that sucker in, you'll see the camera zoom in on Geralt as he does a more advanced looking sign. Beware you don't want to be too close to the enemy while doing this as it takes time.

Yeah I would do this and the whole animation would play out but it still wouldn't work. I managed to fix it though following this
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/the-witcher-series/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/tech-support/pc-aa/37796-pc-holding-down-q-to-cast-axii-puppet-does-not-work-in-combat

If you upgrade Axii delusion its faster casting time interferes with casting Axii puppet so changing a couple of things in the settings files seems to have fixed it and now I can have both upgraded delusion and upgraded puppet equipped

[Tjeerdomaat]

I will write it for Steamusers:

Go to
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Witcher 3

Open "input.settings"

Search for (CTRL-F)
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.2)
Change it to .01 so:
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.1)
DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES , this line occurs thrice orso.

0.1 works for me. Both Puppet AND Delusion are activated in the Characterslots.
Go Masters of Puppets!

Beware the inputqwerty/azerty/qwertz.ini files are NOT relevant.
I was tricked by this because of the similarity in filename for GOGusers.

[Eye ofthe I]

Originally posted by Tomaat23:

I will write it for Steamusers:

Go to
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Witcher 3

Open "input.settings"

Search for (CTRL-F)
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.2)
Change it to .01 so:
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.1)
DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES , this line occurs thrice orso.

0.1 works for me. Both Puppet AND Delusion are activated in the Characterslots.
Go Masters of Puppets!

Beware the inputqwerty/azerty/qwertz.ini files are NOT relevant.
I was tricked by this because of the similarity in filename for GOGusers.

This worked for me, thanks Tomaat23!

[guardian_of_the_moonserpent]

Confirming this works. As the only of several ways I googled today. Bizarre bug that.

[Vernan89188]

Ran into this problem as well, and the solution works, unless you changed your keybinds like I did, then the exact syntax IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.2) wont appear if you just copy and try to find the file..So I searched instead for just
(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.2)
and that worked when I set the values to =0.1) found 5 instances of it, and had to change each one.
Thanx for the fix guys...At least as of yet iv not run into any issues LOL.

[Tofrus]

Originally posted by Tomaat23:

I will write it for Steamusers:

Go to
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Witcher 3

Open "input.settings"

Search for (CTRL-F)
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.2)
Change it to .01 so:
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.1)
DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES , this line occurs thrice orso.

0.1 works for me. Both Puppet AND Delusion are activated in the Characterslots.
Go Masters of Puppets!

Beware the inputqwerty/azerty/qwertz.ini files are NOT relevant.
I was tricked by this because of the similarity in filename for GOGusers.

Thanks a lot it works!

[Therath]

Originally posted by Tomaat23:

I will write it for Steamusers:

Go to
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Witcher 3

Open "input.settings"

Search for (CTRL-F)
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.2)
Change it to .01 so:
IK_Q=(Action=CastSignHold,State=Duration,IdleTime=0.1)
DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES , this line occurs thrice orso.

0.1 works for me. Both Puppet AND Delusion are activated in the Characterslots.
Go Masters of Puppets!

Beware the inputqwerty/azerty/qwertz.ini files are NOT relevant.
I was tricked by this because of the similarity in filename for GOGusers.

Perfect, thank you! Worked for me too,

[Yumeko]

it's a mistake in vanilla scripts by cdpr. Still didnt fix it after all the patches lmao. https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/4493

[NihlusGreen]

Thanks. I couldn't believe that some of the abilities I would use the most would bug out.

[Bush]

Originally posted by NihlusGreen:

Thanks. I couldn't believe that some of the abilities I would use the most would bug out.

You use the puppet ability? I hardly ever find it useful since i don't have near enough time to pull it of. It's as slow as the alt yrden.

[Halituli101]

Doesn't seem to work on Death March difficulty, just change it

[Dynamic_Madman]

Originally posted by Mav:

Been enjoying the game a lot so far but have run into a problem and wanted to see if anyone else was having the same issue.

So far I've upgraded both delusion and puppet in the axii skill tree and have them equipped both at the same time.

Whenever I hold R2 (using a controller) to cast axii, it does the animation of Geralt influencing the enemies mind but after it's finished the enemy just wanders around and then starts attacking me after a few seconds so needless to say that the puppet skill isn't working.

Does anyone have a fix to this?

IT WORKS WHEN YOU ARE NOT HOLDING ANYTHING, JUST PRESS C
at least that's how it works for me
hope that helps

[tigerpoetry]

Just thought I'd add there are a couple of mods on Nexus that fix Puppet. Just go on Nexus Witcher 3 and search 'Axii'.

[Uniko]

It seems like level-relative skill but absolutely no any notices in description. I can't cast it with red-level enemies but sometimes can with white-, yellow-level (now i am 65 lvl, new game +)
P.S. any fixes with disabling Delusion or editing input.settings don't work for me, 1.32 game version