Lock on getting stuck on a particular enemy during combat

[Co0k]

I do not see this anywhere in the discussions already so thought I would post to see if anyone else has this.

Anyway during combat occasionally the lock on gets turned on and locked to an enemy when I would rather be shooting a different enemy. I only noticed because I never use the lock on and instead prefer to aim with the mouse at who I would like to target. So when this happens I actually find it a little annoying.

I am not sure if it only happens when there is only one actual enemy left and a few minions so the minions get ignored and the computer locks on to the enemy who summons them but it would be nice if it did not happen. Locking onto the enemy and then unlocking does not fix this issue.

To be clear I only noticed it out in the world while exploring and I have not noticed it a lot - three times I think in 45 hours of play - not sure if its the same kind of enemy.

[Vapid Actions]

Are you actually pointing at the right enemy? The "mark" or invisible crosshairs for being on target is much further to the right than it feels like it should be.

[Co0k]

Unfortunately no, When I say it is stuck locked on I am: looking the other direction and its still shooting at the enemy in question. Since I do not use lock on at all this should never happen.

[cswiger]

If you grab something nearby, say by using Accio + Wingardium Leviosa, then your character remains facing and locked onto whatever that is that's floating.

See whether casing some other purple / force spell-- or maybe a yellow control spell?-- helps the next time.

[Co0k]

Again that is not what is causing it, since I only have this issue very rarely and fight all the time without using the lock on. I case spells of all types at different enemies without issue most of the time.

When the problem occurs I cannot use any spell on other enemies as the target is locked on the one specific enemy. If I try locking on with the lock on button this seems to function as it should but if I unlock it stays stuck casting on that enemy still, though I have free mouse movement to look elsewhere which is unlike the normal lock on view.

The only spells I might be able to cast is the ancient magic action as that looks like it would work (Not tried it though).

[Co0k]

This video shows the issue in action, it was the first time I had attempted this fight and the second time I had no issues. It should be clear from the video I am stuck dodging forwards and backwards, when I am trying to move around the arena to make dodging easier.

https://youtu.be/-QLlRT7mnkI

(At time of posting this has about 30 minutes of processing time for HD - Standard definition is complete)

[Snobby Hobo]

Yup, this is a bug I can confirm.

[JanKenKaipo]

This happens to me maybe 1/10 fights but it only happens when I cast Accio on something that cannot be picked up. Difficult to fix in a fight since you can't dodge properly but I found that casting Accio again normally fixes it.

[Cafyn]

Bugs still around, I noticed the last time I had it I used crucio to start the fight, so my best guess is its probably happening due to the slow down/cutscene thing that happens with Crucio and Ancient Magic abilities

[NoLewb69]

still around, just had it happen in the final Ranrok fight. no ads around. pretty much the least frustrating thing in the world to date.

[Co0k]

Originally posted by NoLewb69:

still around, just had it happen in the final Ranrok fight. no ads around. pretty much the least frustrating thing in the world to date.

You were very lucky then, it was extremely annoying having to reload due to not being able to dodge any incoming attacks when I experienced the issue.

[Fienyx]

This is why I unbound the target lock key and never used it. Got pretty good at freehand combat.

[Woeful Wraith]

Have you tried turning on or off the CAMERA-RELATIVE TARGETING setting in the Gameplay Options? It's on by default, so if you still have it on turning it off might help.

[Co0k]

Originally posted by Fienyx:

This is why I unbound the target lock key and never used it. Got pretty good at freehand combat.

So I was not using the lock on key at all at any point, its not something I will ever use in any game - I find them really unnatural to use in any game.

Originally posted by Woeful Wraith:

Have you tried turning on or off the CAMERA-RELATIVE TARGETING setting in the Gameplay Options? It's on by default, so if you still have it on turning it off might help.

Fairly sure I turned this off as stated above I do not use lock on in games (Its been a while since completed the game).

[SkyeBloodcrow]

I experienced this bug for the first time today in the battle arena. Lost twice in the fifth wave because my character just suddenly locked on a troll and kept dodge rolling into him, unable to unlock, cast or get away from him, and the rest of the enemies just kicked the hell out of me. It's like I was stuck just physically running into him and couldn't even move out of his range. I wasn't using an unforgivable, so it's not a cutscene issue. So frustrating to see that after a year of complaints, this issue has still not been fixed.

[Delu]

Still not fixed :(