How do i use quickcasting?

[OmarTheInsomniac]

How do i use quick casting in the game? I've looked up how to do it but couldn't find anything really. Also what does NVIDIA reflex do? Should i turn it on?

[Liver Shot]

Hold R2 and then press any of the 4 face buttons to use (not sure which button is for which power) different spells. Igni the flame one is cast by pressing L2 & R2 at the same time.

[Liver Shot]

Nvidia reflex help with button response time. I've got it on but don't know how much of a difference it's making.

[OmarTheInsomniac]

Originally posted by Liver Shot:

Hold R2 and then press any of the 4 face buttons to use (not sure which button is for which power) different spells. Igni the flame one is cast by pressing L2 & R2 at the same time.

I use keyboard and mouse, not controller.

[OmarTheInsomniac]

Originally posted by Liver Shot:

Nvidia reflex help with button response time. I've got it on but don't know how much of a difference it's making.

Does it affect performance in any way?

[Liver Shot]

Sorry can't help then...can you not map different spells to separate buttons? This would function the same as quick casting on a controller.

[Liver Shot]

Originally posted by OmarTheInsomniac:

Originally posted by Liver Shot:

Nvidia reflex help with button response time. I've got it on but don't know how much of a difference it's making.

Does it affect performance in any way?

Not that i'm aware of.

[MF]

Originally posted by OmarTheInsomniac:

Originally posted by Liver Shot:

Nvidia reflex help with button response time. I've got it on but don't know how much of a difference it's making.

Does it affect performance in any way?

No not at all. The spells are already mapped to 3 thru 7. Dooo eeeeet.......... it makes combat way better once you remember which key is which spell.

[felixpoop]

I thought Reflex helped with frame rate. I guess I could be wrong.

[OmarTheInsomniac]

Originally posted by MF:

Originally posted by OmarTheInsomniac:

Does it affect performance in any way?

No not at all. The spells are already mapped to 3 thru 7. Dooo eeeeet.......... it makes combat way better once you remember which key is which spell.

yeah i know, but i'm new to PC gaming so having to click keys on the keyboard quickly while in combat is still difficult for me so i use the sign wheel instead. I even have all of the keys i use the most in the game mapped to the buttons on my mouse for the same reason. I was hoping quickcasting worked on keyboard and mouse.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by OmarTheInsomniac:

Originally posted by MF:

No not at all. The spells are already mapped to 3 thru 7. Dooo eeeeet.......... it makes combat way better once you remember which key is which spell.

yeah i know, but i'm new to PC gaming so having to click keys on the keyboard quickly while in combat is still difficult for me so i use the sign wheel instead. I even have all of the keys i use the most in the game mapped to the buttons on my mouse for the same reason. I was hoping quickcasting worked on keyboard and mouse.

You can assign quick selection for signs using the mouse wheel in the key bindings.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by link2luke0:

Playing on a keyboard is lame if you ask me. You should use a controller. It’s much easier

True if you are use to using a controller and grew up gaming with one. Not true for us old folks would grew up using only the keyboard and mouse. Some are good with both.

[Graf Erik]

Originally posted by OmarTheInsomniac:

I use keyboard and mouse, not controller.

Best way to play imho.

Here's how I do it:
-Move the swords (steel and silver) outa the way. I put them on mouse4 and 5 (I have two thumbs buttons there).
-Assign 1-5 to the 5 signs. Just pick any order, just don't change it later on. I've got quen on 1 and yrden on 2. Igni on 3 and aard on 4. That leaves axii for 5, I use that rarely during combat

Now you can switch the sign on-the-fly without touching the 'weapon wheel'. Cast sign with "Q", thats the default setting and it works fine for me.

-Quen is the shield, it what I use in case of doubt, thats alwass usefull.
-Yrden is the 'magical trap', use this against ghosts!
-Igni is obviously fire, if you have leftover 'mana', why not burn someones face of. Usefullness depends heavily on the enemy. Some are imune, some are very weak again fire.
-Aard is the shockwave. Good to open doors, blow people of their feet, and most importantly to blow flying things out of the sky.

-Axi? Yeah well, you can use it against enemies with a shield. Appart from that you can use it in speech checks.

All signs can get massive upgrades if you invest a few skill points, including an 'alternative mode' that can be activated by holding Q.

[MF]

Originally posted by link2luke0:

Playing on a keyboard is lame if you ask me. You should use a controller. It’s much easier

Hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Been doing it the exact same way for 25+ years. Too late to change now.

[Myztkl©-Kev]

nvidia reflex is supposed to improve response time (the time it takes for your key push to do something in game), I doubt the witcher needed it to begin with, maybe now because it runs like ♥♥♥♥.