DragonRacer13 wrote...
Despite playing through the game a few times now and reading the instruction manual, I've yet to find these options on the console, so that's why I said what I did. I'm obviously missing something somewhere.
When you hit the "start" button and pause the game, I just notice the typical "save game," "load game," and "options" menu - with options just leading to things like adjusting volume of speech, background music, etc.
When you hit the "select" button, you get the inventory screen for changing gear, looking at quests/codex entires, the map, viewing talents, etc.
When I bring up the radial menu (either L2 or R2, can't remember) - -which is what I tend to think PC gamers call the "pause" screen, but I could be mistaken -- I can select spells/skills to activate for my character (usually whatever I don't have quick-slotted), can administer injury kits, can activate poison-making and herbalism talents, can switch out party members when in certain areas, tell the party to hold or move freely, or switch between my two weapon sets. But on that radial screen, I don't see a way to actually lay out commands, such as "Sten, you go whack that hurlock with Mighty Blow; Wynne, cast a group heal; Alistair, go shield bash that annoying genlock that's gnawing on my ankle." I can set their tactics from the inventory menu screen, but have found no way of selecting specific targets on-screen or giving them very specific play-by-play commands. So, what am I missing?
All I can think of would be to constantly jump from party member to party member with L1 or R1 and manually select talents/spells by bringing up the radial menu after I jump to each one. If that's the solution, I'll stick with relying on tactics because otherwise it sounds like a gigantic pain in the butt. Eh, I feel no need to micro-manage anyway, so it's not that big a deal. 
There are two ways you can use the radial menu (in your settings).
Method one is you have to hold down L2 while you issue your commands.
In that mode, you are holding down L2, and you can use L1/R1 to flip between characters.
You get to the character you want to command, you can use the arrow keys to flip between targets, get the target you want, and then say select Shield Bash.
You can then move to another character (with L1/R1) and repeat the process.
When you close the radial menu (by letting go of L2) the characters will execute the commands.
Method two is the radial 'toggle' - you press L2 and let it go, the radial menu comes up.
All of the above still applies, but when you have issued a command to one character, the radial menu will automatically close and that character will execute the command... you can't issue another command to another character at the same time.
There is no way to issue move commands (beyond movement that is necessitated by an action... ie a target selected to be Shield Bashed will cause the character to move to range to execute the Shield Bash. But the only way to accomplish the "Hey you, go stand over here" command is to physically take control of the character and move them.
Personally, I use Method Two, the radial toggle. After the radial menu closes when one command is issued, I instantly pop it back up with L2 again to issue another command to another character. It's practically instantaneous, and I find it easier to work with than trying to keep L2 pressed down the entire time while issuing commands.
In terms of how you access those commands (like shield bash, spells), they are definitely there on the radial menu. At the 3 o'clock position is the combat icon, that leads to all combat skills via a sub-radial menu. At the 4'oclock position is the spells icon, which leads to all your spells via a sub-radial menu. Maybe what you were missing was changing targets via the direction arrow keys? (some skills/spells cannot be selected without a target picked)
Modifié par Pubknight, 29 juin 2010 - 01:21 .
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