Karol Arte Charge not working with changed controls

[MaxPlus]

I was wondering why nobody reported this, and then I remembered nobody plays Karol.
Anyway, if you change the attack and arte buttons, Karol can't charge his artes (with the appropriate skills set). Tested only with Attack Arte Charge, hopefully I'll find the other skills soon.

[Simon]

There are a lot of problems with remapped buttons. Like making you unable to cook food after battle and just skip the victory screen instead. The current solution is to reset buttons to default layout. Let's wait for one or a few weeks for a patch to roll out.

I play Karol quite frequently actually. I like his Burst Arte. XD

[Seattlehockeyfan84]

Originally posted by MaxPlus:

I was wondering why nobody reported this, and then I remembered nobody plays Karol.
Anyway, if you change the attack and arte buttons, Karol can't charge his artes (with the appropriate skills set). Tested only with Attack Arte Charge, hopefully I'll find the other skills soon.

e-mail namco about it.

[Zayke]

You get the same problem with Patty's skills (Form selection and Brainiac Magic Selection) where the Circle button does not work. This is pretty bad for her since you sometimes need a specific stance or want to cast offensive spells more reliably.

[Traksor]

It has been a long time but I'll leave this comment for people looking into this issue in the future.
The charging skills inputs are not tied to your arte buttons, but rather to the non-combat "Talk/examine" button setting. If you set it to the same one as your arte button in combat, you'll be able to keep it press to charge your arte again. But you'll have to interact with NPC with your arte button from now on.
Note that it won't change your in-menu commands.
Example on PS4 controller with "O" selected for "talk/examine": you'll have to talk to the shopkeeper with "O", but select and buy items with "X".
I have had no problems with Patty, so I can't help with this unfortunately.