Larian Studios Forums Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis (English) Help/Tips/Tricks skills level up question - spoiler

I'm very embarrassed to ask this question, but searches of the forum haven't turned up any previous player that was unable to do what I am unable to do. I've read the manual and available guides/faqs, and they don't discuss this "how to" that has me stumped.

I've just started playing the game (on PC, Vista, patched with patch 1.03) and am in (red face here) Farglow. I have picked the skill book off the rocks, "used" it, and now have 1 unassigned skill point. The main menu gives me "Skills level up" but when I click it and get the display of skills, I can't seem to use my skill point. I'd like to choose Lockpick and its icon is lighted up but if I click on the icon nothing happens.

Do I have to wait until my character advances from Level 1 to Level 2 to be able to use this skill point?

Never been baffled by a "how do I level up?" thing before ... how humiliating is this?????

Thanks for any help.

I have read somewhere on this forum that (for PC) if you go to the Skill window, you must clic on the left (of right) side "below of the skills-icon" on a little arrow to put a skillpoint in it.
If a skill is highlighted, you can put a point in it and with Lockpick it is possible on level 1, sure !
No question is a stupide one ... we are here to help eachother.

I wish you good luck !
And ... Your welcome on this forum

oh thank you, Joram! Now I see the little arrow thingies below the icons to the right of the circle where the current level is given ... *WONDERFUL*!

Perhaps my problem was my eyes - serving me for 60+ years, not to mention playing rpgs for about 20+ of those years [does anyone out there remember Knights of Legend?] - hence not what they used to be.

That said, I could wish that using skill points, like a few other bits and pieces, had been illustrated or clarified in the manual.

But don't get me wrong - I'm LOVING the game: am a long-standing Larian fan from Divine Divinity days (still chuckle when I remember the title of one of the books in that game - Healing Potions: The Case For Addiction), and am thrilled to bits at finally having Divinity II in my hot little hands.

I'm happy you found "how to do ..."

I playing on xbox, so I didn't see the Manual of the PC version.

It could be a good advise for Larian to make their Manual a little bit clearer, just one or two pictures extra, it can do a lot and make the gamelife of (some) gamers easier !