Quick question: No way to cast spell directly??

[MythTrip]

Am I missing something? Probably so. But seems you should be able to cast a general buff spell (like oakflesh, which increases armor for a time) directly, ie select the spell and cast it. I am using skyrim UI mod. You have to equip the spell in a hand, get out of the menu, then cast the spell, then get back into the menu to equip a weapon/shield etc. for the normal fight.

This is not impossible to do, but a minor nuisance in a fight. Any ideas on this? Another mod? thanks..

[alexander_dougherty]

You can link spells and weapons in the favourites menu, which means you can select them quicker.

Other than that, no there isn't a way to cast spells from the menu, you have to cast them yourself.

[Uncle64]

You can if you are using SkyUi bind some of your favorites to one button instead of going to the menu.

[m0k]

You can add spells, items and equipment to a quick-menu. Favourite the spell/item/equip and press Q to bring up the favourites menu. This will still pause the game but it beats going through 3 menus.
In that menu you can assign hotkeys to any of your favourites for quick access too. (1-8)
For SkyUI, there's a little more functionality added to the favourites menu:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426512192

[Oberst Hermann.G]

favourite the spell or weapon, then click "q" to bring up the favourites menu and assign the spells or weapons to any number from 0-9. That way you can switch between weapons and spells without having to use any menus.

[MythTrip]

So theres no way to hotkey a group of weapons and switch between groups? That would be ideal. When I hotkey the spell or weapon, I run into R and L hand issues.

[MythTrip]

That is, I like my weapon in the R, spell in L, gets screwed up,

[Uncle64]

You can create groups to.

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by MythTrip:

So theres no way to hotkey a group of weapons and switch between groups? That would be ideal. When I hotkey the spell or weapon, I run into R and L hand issues.

funny, the link Mr. Sheffield posted, answered that first question with enough details.

and if you run in LH or RH issues than its because you are not familiar with SkyUI. You can map items to the left hand, right hand, or booth.
Keep furthermore in mind, that SkyUI offers in the MCM menu an option to free the hands before re-equipping with a new group, helpful for spellsword characters.