Basic UI question, how to cast second spell

[craig234]

The game has slots for 2 spells; clicking the mouse casts the first, how do you case the second?

[regcari]

Just clicking with your mouse on the second spell or with keyboard keys number 4 (number 3 for the first spell). Number 1 for the "Melee" slot and number 2 for the "Ranged" slots ...

And read your manual book - Check "store page - Dungeon Siege": consult the manual (24 pages)

[craig234]

OK, thanks. I actually read the manual I found on Google that was for the second game; it had 'h' and 'm' for potions, but not this.

(I lose so many mana potions hitting m for map).

I assume there's no key for highlighting loot on the ground (I think I remember that also).

It's a bit non-intuitive and cumbersome it sounds like - 'spell 1, hit 3, then click, now spell 2, hit 4, then click'.

[regcari]

"It's a bit non-intuitive and cumbersome it sounds like - 'spell 1, hit 3, then click, now spell 2, hit 4, then click'."

No because you have 4 slots: Slot 1, hit 1 (Melee attack) - Slot 2, hit 2 (Ranged attack) and slots 3 & 4; hits 3 & 4 (2 spells) ...

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"I assume there's no key for highlighting loot on the ground (I think I remember that also)."

Yes just hit keyboard Key: (left) ALT ... and Z to collect them ...

[craig234]

Isn't that what I said? To cast spell 1 then spell 2, you hit 3, click, 4, click?

Huh, when I hit alt, it just makes a noise, not highlighting items.

[Nanoha]

alt should work for showing all names. I had a lot of trouble getting things to work and I played a long time before I realized I was missing pretty much 25% of the screen too! In the bottom right are 4 icons, quit, journal, item names and something else. You can click that item name button (it is the left most icon, looks a bit like a birthday/parcel tag), it will have scribbly text on it when names are enabled.

Btw most of my game didn't work until I dropped the resolution to 800*600.

Here's a screenshot with the button I was talking about (I have my mouse cursor over it)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2080993909

edit: Well I did have my cursor over it until I pressed f12 to take a screenshot and the help thing came up but you can see the icon bottom right still (4th across. next to the map button)

[RNG_Wizard]

Originally posted by craig234:

The game has slots for 2 spells; clicking the mouse casts the first, how do you case the second?

You can equip two active spells. Having two spells equipped to your active spells allows you to swap between them in the middle of combat with a single button press, but not cast both at the same time. Pressing 3 or 4 will equip your first or second active spell respectively, and clicking on a target will automatically cast the selected spell, if the spell can be used on whatever you clicked (e.g. you can't heal an enemy or cast a harmful spell on an ally). It's like melee weapons and ranged weapons, you can have one of each equipped at once, but only one can be actively used at once, although swapping between your two equipped items is instant.

Originally posted by craig234:

I assume there's no key for highlighting loot on the ground (I think I remember that also).

It's a bit non-intuitive and cumbersome it sounds like - 'spell 1, hit 3, then click, now spell 2, hit 4, then click'.

For loot, pressing the alt key will toggle loot tags on the ground. While it's enabled, items will have a box with their name above them in the world which you can click on to more easily pick them up.

As for the cumbersome controls, it should just be click. If you want to swap spells, 4 & click. Swapping back, 3 & click.

[craig234]

Thanks for the replies. I'd tried alt, but it just seemed to make a bad sound. I can try again.

Seems a bit limiting to only have 2 spells active, but that's the style of the game.

[Nanoha]

Originally posted by craig234:

Thanks for the replies. I'd tried alt, but it just seemed to make a bad sound. I can try again.

Seems a bit limiting to only have 2 spells active, but that's the style of the game.

I agree, there are so so many spells and yet we're stuck with 2 at a time with that method. You can hold the spell icon and a drop down comes up showing the other spells in the book to choose from which makes swapping faster.

[Kinnetics]

If you play with the expansion Legends of Aranna enabled, you can asign any combination of slots among the group to numbers 1 to 9. I am playing with a mage right now and I have a lot of different combinations of spells.

[craig234]

I think I have the expansion, but am not seeing how to use more than 2 spells.