Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Hotkeys

Ok Maybe this is just my typical friday very tired brain that cant figure out how to assign hotkeys to change between sword and bow.(For those who wonder why i am tired at the BEGINNING of a weekend.... i have a back injury that makes sleeping VERY eventful) at the moment i feel like I cant find myself in a mirror even if i am labled.)

Is there a way to assign hotkeys for weapons? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

You can't assign hotkeys for weapons in BD only potions and spells.

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so...ok then...can anyone explain me just how i assign NUMPAD keys for potions?? i tried many times, hover the mouse to the potion in the potion menu and then press the key wich i will assign?? true or false? if true i give up and announce me as a "lack of intelligence" person <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />

to the best of my knowledge (which is far from considerable! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />), it can't be done.
it IS possible to assign potions to most letter and number keys, however why you'd wish to do this i can't imagine. i suppose if you use a lot of mana potions and your mage is your lead character it might make sense.
to truly make 'quick-key' potions advantageous, there would have to be a way to make the potion available to either/both characters simultaneously. there's not. they're available to the character designated as leader, meaning it takes three keystrokes to provide a potion to each/both and at that point you're better off simply pausing the game.
should you wish to proceed anyway, here is how. hover your cursor over a potion. press an 'F' key (F6 for example). quit the game. open your BD directory (example: C:\Program Files\Larian Studios\Beyond Divinity) and look for 'keylist.txt'. this should open in notepad. scroll to the very bottom of the page and look for this area -
"# Floating icon keys : ***************** "
under this heading you'll find your assigned 'F' keys (example - "8137 - f6 -").
change the 'f6' part to 'm' (for example). save (under 'file') and exit.
pressing the 'm' key will now drink a health potion for the leader (8137 being a numerical designation for the health potion).

when designating a letter, make sure to use lower case letters (m) even though it will save and read as a capital 'M' later.
all of my experimenting with the numpad and combining a 'switch (changing leader) and drink' into a single keystroke were unsuccessful.

I don't use hot keys because I would always have to look down and find the right one. For BD, the best way for me, and the one I reccomend is to only use the Space bar. That pauses the game and from there you can use the potions you need, change weapons, and whatever else you need to use. That way, during an intense battle, you can keep a finger on the space bar, and your eyes on your screen. If you get low on anything or are almost dead, hit the space bar and drink your potions, or cast your spells. When you unpause, bingo, you are all cured up.