how do u use LuLu overdrive on keyboard mouse?

[oatmealBowser]

I have a controller, but i don't wanna screw my joy sticks up. Thanks

[ShuShay]

If you activate her Overdrive via keyboard instead of controller it will tell you. I believe you just mash left arrow and right arrow

[oatmealBowser]

mash them, or press left arrow,right arrow, left arrow, right arrow as fast as possible

[HYPERFORMANCE]

sorry to hijack but this is peripherally related: i tried this with my controller joystick and it doesn't work for me. best i can get is 1 rotation registered. any hints would be appreciated.

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by HYPERFORMANCE:

sorry to hijack but this is peripherally related: i tried this with my controller joystick and it doesn't work for me. best i can get is 1 rotation registered. any hints would be appreciated.

Make sure it's the correct stick you're using - on most pads it's the right-side one, not the left-side one (used to move the character). Sometimes using the palm of the hand can help in turning it very quickly.

Also note that the way Lulu's overdrive works, the counter does NOT automatically go up by 1 for each rotation - how many rotations are needed for +1 on the counter (as well as the maximum possible counter) varies with what spell you choose, how many rotations you already have, and Lulu's MAG stat. For example, Ultima Fury has a hard cap of 4 regardless of how many rotations you manage; while for e.g. Fire, you'd cap at 7 for 0 MAG, 12 for 128 MAG, and 16 for 255 MAG.

[HYPERFORMANCE]

thanks for the breakdown. i have been doing it right but still having a hard time getting the counter to increase consistently. surely didn't have this much difficulty when i played on the PS2. looks like my controller stick has a problem.

[Hinnyuu]

In all honesty, the overdrive is pretty garbage anyway so you're not losing much. It has a niche use very early on to get overkills on bosses, but as soon as you get Attack Reels you won't even need that anymore. Once you get higher-level magic, the overdrive becomes worse and worse because of its restrictions and delay - to the point where once you have Dual Cast, just casting two spells regularly is usually better than using the overdrive.

In any event, if you do want to keep on using it, maybe there's some controller settings you can change? It's possible there's a throttle on the inputs somewhere, or something like that.

[HYPERFORMANCE]

i'm using a cheap logitech that has problems with diagonal inputs is all. as you said, i'm not missing much to just not use it. not like FFX is a hard enough game that lacking lulu's OD will make it impossible, ha.