Curse

Tanik · May 18, 2005, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by shinseikaze

its useful for a warrior which can quick change from a sword to axe etc

What? warriors generally only specialize in one weapon type, the attribute points and skills required on your bar make this a very bad idea.. but back on topic. My interface is weird, i remaped most of my stuff to the right side of the keyboard, instaead of wasd i use ijkl and expanded out from there... i dont know why, i just like it better

Omg Lol Pie · May 18, 2005, 10:02 PM // 22:02

I'm having some issues with my party screen, actually. See, I started a new character the other day, and I just noticed last night that his "party" section is shrunken pretty badly. It makes it hard to select other characters in your party to heal them, because you cannot find them easily. So, I opened the edit interface thingy and found that it wouldn't let me edit the width of height of my party box. Which I thought was really strange. So, I checked out my old character and now he's got this problem too.

Any ideas?

Dumb Quixote · May 18, 2005, 10:16 PM // 22:16

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Originally Posted by Omg Lol Pie

I'm having some issues with my party screen, actually. See, I started a new character the other day, and I just noticed last night that his "party" section is shrunken pretty badly. It makes it hard to select other characters in your party to heal them, because you cannot find them easily. So, I opened the edit interface thingy and found that it wouldn't let me edit the width of height of my party box. Which I thought was really strange. So, I checked out my old character and now he's got this problem too.

Any ideas?

Bottom right of Party Screen has a dimpled corner - which means you can resize real-time. Just grab and resize your party screen to your preference.

Spartan2 · May 18, 2005, 10:16 PM // 22:16

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Originally Posted by spiritofcat

Spartan2, what's the point of having a single weapon slot? I only have one weapon setup and I just turned the slots of entirely.
Your setup is interesting. I know if I was trying to attack you I'd come at you from behind to the right and hide under all your interface...

Well, sometimes I need to make sure i have the right weapon equipped without opening (I) and I do not really need multiple weapons equipped on an E/Mo.. but anyway, I pretty much PvE, so you couldn't do much to me :-P. I am using an approximately 25 inch flat crt television as my monitor and it is set at around my knee height when I am sitting in a chair, so having my important stuff down and to the right makes it easier for me to deal with because it is down out of my view of the action and near my strong side because I am right handed and it is easier to move the mouse to the right with the right hand than to the left.

Omg Lol Pie · May 18, 2005, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumb Quixote

Bottom right of Party Screen has a dimpled corner - which means you can resize real-time. Just grab and resize your party screen to your preference.

Thanks. Just a n00b mistake on my part.

Dumb Quixote · May 18, 2005, 10:41 PM // 22:41

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Originally Posted by Omg Lol Pie

Thanks. Just a n00b mistake on my part.

I don't believe in n00bs... they are just an Urban Legend.

akuryou13 · May 19, 2005, 01:25 AM // 01:25

they exist, but you're not a n00b for that, pie, you're simply misinformed. a n00b is, by popular definition, a new or old player who refuses to accept advice, knowledge or anything else from other players and is a complete ass about everything. a newb or newbie is someone who's new (you).

these definitions based on what I've picked up on widely-played online games, as well as other peoples' definitions of the two terms.

Snowman · May 20, 2005, 11:05 AM // 11:05

Interesting.

I thought a newb, nub, n00b or newbie.. are all the same thing, someone who is new at something.

Newbies tend to jump straight into things and learn on the fly.. and therefore are prone to mistakes, assumptions and ignorance.

So when someone makes a simple mistake its is likened to a mistake that a new person would make.... truth is, we all make these mistakes because we can never know everything! even simple things which seem obvious.

I've never seen that definition on the different spelling that akuryou13 mentioned..

(sorry to be off topic)

The Snowman

Raken · May 20, 2005, 11:45 PM // 23:45

The dual assignment of Ctrl and Shift (modifies left mb / view enemies, shift keycode) gives me a real headache. I want the function 'view enemies' all the time and as non-melee char the target-selection should be without movement. But if I select a target with the mouse while viewing this (Ctrl-lm or Shift-Ctrl-lm) sets the party-target ('T'). BTW waking with 'w' and viewing with Ctrl gives knoted fingers . Non moving means Shift. The problem would be solved with Shift = 'view enemies' and a little clip to auto-press Shift all the time, sadly the most other keys and mouse buttons won't work with pressed Shift

. The only key which can be pressed all the time (for 'view enemies') while invoking all other functions is Ctrl.

Is there any way to configure the mb modifing aspects of Ctrl & Shift? Or is there another way to enable permanent 'view enemies'?

I have disabled moving by mouse because of the insane swing after stopping. Can this swinging be deactivated?

Any suggestions or pointers are welcome.

TIA
Raken

p.s.: I'm about to quit playing gw because of this. Can't remenber a previous game with a more unwieldy keyboard-/mouse-interface for me, YMMV. Aside from this problem gw seems to be an interesting, would be sad if I couldnt play it because of not being able to cope with the interface (or its configuration).

Tavenlen · May 21, 2005, 04:19 AM // 04:19

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Originally Posted by Mila

I have a question. I'm a primary healer, and I really wish GW had a cycle through type option for your party members as it does for the enemies. Being a healing person, I don't really target the enimies much.

While they don't have a cycle-through option, you can assign keys for Party Member #1, #2, etc. in the Control Setup. These assignments are about halfway down the list.

CKaz · May 21, 2005, 02:01 PM // 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raken

p.s.: I'm about to quit playing gw because of this. Can't remenber a previous game with a more unwieldy keyboard-/mouse-interface for me, YMMV. Aside from this problem gw seems to be an interesting, would be sad if I couldnt play it because of not being able to cope with the interface (or its configuration).

I know in the BWE I had the same thoughts, but I found some 'key keys' to get me going. Hitting C and space bar does a fair bit of the job, but yeah only part, especially when you have to focus on certain mob types.

More recently I'm looking at this crazy thing -
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=157024

I may get onboard (not from there, highest price I've seen mind you)
I'll leave next post to that..

CKaz · May 21, 2005, 02:07 PM // 14:07

I'm thinking of gearing up here-

the speedpad
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=157024

the voicechat headset
http://www.plantronics.com/north_ame...ull/prod440012

Anyone have experience with either of the above, or better yet with GW?

Between ease of keys and voice chat (going the route ala xbox with just speaking and voice rather than trying to find comfortable headphones) I think it might really add to enjoyment of and use of the game..

CKaz

SecUnder · May 21, 2005, 02:21 PM // 14:21

Just want to chime in here on the customization. A few things that have really helped me out are:
resizing the radar- make it big enough so all the red dots aren't just one big glob, it actually gives more detail to the radar map as well, and you can see individual targets a whole lot better.
resizing the mini map- you can change the entire shape of the mini map as well (press u), this is a big help as well, i usually place it either under or beside the radar, then i have a constant navigational aid.
resize the weapon quickslots and skills buttons- i made these as small as possible. i usually use hotkeys for them anyways, but i still like a visual representation of them, so i just made them really tiny. oh and someone mentioned why a warrior should have the weapon quickslots at all... well i for one also have a bow for pulling on my warrior, as well as wand/staves depending on the situation (war/ele so i meet the requirements for the wands). I notice a lot of warriors think that just because they are warriors and spec in axe, they are required to use the axe 1000% of the time. In some situations, it is a lot better to kill with range, such as creatures in towers, and its always nice to have a swap out available.
finally, someone already mentioned before, the tilde key is used to toggle transparency on the chat window. its become second nature for me to just press tilde each time i enter a new district/area.

CKaz · May 21, 2005, 03:44 PM // 15:44

can you resize the party window/even fonts smaller?
I'll have to try that

hope noone thinks I got the thread off track there, I just find IO interface an import part of the user(s) interface.. maybe I'll send it to tech corner tho

Akasha · May 22, 2005, 03:45 AM // 03:45

What I want to know is.....
How do you move the "Drop item" button? If you aren't carrying an item it doesn't show up, and if you are, clicking it just drops the item instead of letting you move the button.

T RAND · May 22, 2005, 03:03 PM // 15:03

the voicechat headset
http://www.plantronics.com/north_ame...ull/prod440012

Anyone have experience with either of the above, or better yet with GW?
CKaz[/QUOTE]

I bought a new Plantronics Audio 90 at Ebay last year for $17.
Is it comfortable on the head? yes
sound quality: good
microphone voice quality: nice

It's very good for teamspeak in Call Of Duty. Haven't had an opportunity to use it in Guild Wars though.

Tough Girl · May 23, 2005, 12:52 AM // 00:52

Here is a tip.
When you are exploring, click u.
I will give you a smaller version of the big map.
That helped me organize a lot!

CatLady · May 23, 2005, 01:22 PM // 13:22

This is my current arrangement. It's working fairly well, although I'll probably tweak it a little more. I don't often use the Skills hotkeys because I have really tiny hands, and no amount of re-mapping in this game makes all needed keys easily reachable...as a Monk where I have to select team members as often as the skills, using hotkeys for movement, selecting players, & skills is a bit too much for me - isn't that something like 20-25 hotkeys?...so mostly-mouse it is.

Edit: oops. forgot to change the link when I switched server/domains.

EnDinG · May 23, 2005, 03:52 PM // 15:52

Some nice layouts so far. =) Keep them coming, options and suggestions always welcome.

Arrow Whisper · May 23, 2005, 05:16 PM // 17:16