How do I use abilities in Dead Lands?

[GamingNomad]

I started the Dead Lands biome and I think I'm up to land 3. Up to this point however I haven't been able to use Miriam's Ice Whip ability. I pressed up, I pressed W, but nothing. I've only seen it work when I unpause the game. Otherwise, nothing works.

Any ideas?

[Portal]

I... Have no idea. Maybe you should Check the options? Or maybe uninstall and reinstall the game to fix it?
Im not sure, but i'll try to help.

[DAOWAce]

This is the only thread I can find on monarch abilities breaking; specifically Miriam's whip.

I've been having it break occasionally on just the 2nd island in Two Crowns. Thought maybe I was overusing it and it had to recharge after a day or with a gem or something but.. nope. It just completely bugs out and fails to re-ignite her torch, so she's permanently unable to use her ability again until I restarted the game.

Cost me quite a lot as one of the times it happened was during an attack on a gate. Other times it's made me unable to save villagers or slow down a wall siege (which crumbled).

Reading other threads and I see people have reported being unable to drop coins or maps generating no-win situations.

Haven't played the Kingdom series since 2016. Really sad to see there's a bunch of different versions of the game you can buy yet all still seem to be full of uncommon/rare game breaking issues.

[GamingNomad]

Originally posted by DAOWAce:

This is the only thread I can find on monarch abilities breaking; specifically Miriam's whip.

I've been having it break occasionally on just the 2nd island in Two Crowns. Thought maybe I was overusing it and it had to recharge after a day or with a gem or something but.. nope. It just completely bugs out and fails to re-ignite her torch, so she's permanently unable to use her ability again until I restarted the game.

Cost me quite a lot as one of the times it happened was during an attack on a gate. Other times it's made me unable to save villagers or slow down a wall siege (which crumbled).

Reading other threads and I see people have reported being unable to drop coins or maps generating no-win situations.

Haven't played the Kingdom series since 2016. Really sad to see there's a bunch of different versions of the game you can buy yet all still seem to be full of uncommon/rare game breaking issues.

That sucks. However I do think Two Crowns is the definitive version in comparison to New Lands and Classic. Can't vouch for the extra characters though.

[tysanwu1432]

i beleive its left shift? check the game wiki page to be sure

[idefix--211]

Left shift (while standing still) is the mount's ability, for those that have one. The up key or w is the monarchs special power. Beware of the cooldown, though.

The problem with rare bugs is, the devs are having a hard time finding the cause, if the players, who experience them, don't come forward with as many details as possible about when it happens, if a game reload fixes it, how it can be reproduced. Without any of this you stand virtually no chance of it getting fixed, if it is indeed a bug.

[Bloodytomb]

im having the problem of miriam's ability no longer accessable for me, is it just a cooldown from overusing it?

[silencer4]

It's just bugs out. Not sure but building something might make it unstuck? I think it unstuck for me twice If I buillt a portal.

[Brelen]

I know this thread is ancient, but it's the first thing that came up when I googled the problem. I actually managed to fix it for myself by swapping monarch and swapping back to Miriam at the stained glass. Hope it helps someone :)