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The Witcher 2Combat and Interface Instructions?(12 posts)(12 posts)
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Posted May 17, 2011
I know this is a sequel... but.. some of us nvr played the 1st one... I have NO idea how to play this game I either missed the tutorial section or it expects me to know all this.... The "pop ups" that appear when you have tutorial ticked are useless as they always disappear i read them, or sometimes if they pop in combat i do not even notice them.

Just a few questions from my limited play so far...

1) There is 2 icons in the bottom left... one is activated by the "Q" button and seems to be my Jedi abilities. There is the other icon that I can equip items into... what button do I push to activate that?

2) What is Meditate? It was mentioned once in a tooltip tutorial pop up but disappeared b4 I could finish reading it.. had something to do with potions.

3) How do I do those "Fatality" kill moves... I pulled a few off but have no idea how.

4) How do I control the combat... basically I see 2 buttons.. a single hit and strong hit... so 2 attacks... tapping wsad will doge in any of these directions.. but i have seen videos of some awesome combat moves... all I seem to do is just simple stabs... how do you do any of these other moves.. is it combos.. holding wsad while clicking... etc etc...

5) Block seems to be "E"

6) What the hell does "Z" do?

7) IS there any way to customise my own keyboard commands? I can not see a key binding area in the options.

8) Is there a way to heal yourself?

9) Did I just MISS a tutorial section by acident that explained all this?

Anyway.. this is just a few of the questions I have.... Dose anyone know of a good FAQ on the UI and Combat system? Or better yet a youtube tutorial?

Thanks in advance
--Me
Posted May 17, 2011
Look in your journal theres a tutoral of sorts AND there is a manual AND its probably good its your first time cause we have to unlearn the stuff from the first game ........happy gaming


Hit keyboard J then hulight the icon that looks like a scroll with a ? mark on it and you should be good to go.....I think
Post edited May 17, 2011 by Gidzin
Posted May 17, 2011
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Anyone?
Posted May 17, 2011
Good explanations of these can be found in the downloadable manual too :)
Posted May 17, 2011
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shikmia: <bump>

Anyone?
What Gidzin said. Hit "J" and read the tutorials - the boxes that disappear too fast, they are all in your journal. You should read it cover to cover, lots of informative and entertaining stuff.

RTFM - there's a manual in your game box or in your downloaded files.
Posted May 18, 2011
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shikmia: I know this is a sequel... but.. some of us nvr played the 1st one... I have NO idea how to play this game I either missed the tutorial section or it expects me to know all this.... The "pop ups" that appear when you have tutorial ticked are useless as they always disappear i read them, or sometimes if they pop in combat i do not even notice them.

Just a few questions from my limited play so far...

1) There is 2 icons in the bottom left... one is activated by the "Q" button and seems to be my Jedi abilities. There is the other icon that I can equip items into... what button do I push to activate that?

2) What is Meditate? It was mentioned once in a tooltip tutorial pop up but disappeared b4 I could finish reading it.. had something to do with potions.

3) How do I do those "Fatality" kill moves... I pulled a few off but have no idea how.

4) How do I control the combat... basically I see 2 buttons.. a single hit and strong hit... so 2 attacks... tapping wsad will doge in any of these directions.. but i have seen videos of some awesome combat moves... all I seem to do is just simple stabs... how do you do any of these other moves.. is it combos.. holding wsad while clicking... etc etc...

5) Block seems to be "E"

6) What the hell does "Z" do?

7) IS there any way to customise my own keyboard commands? I can not see a key binding area in the options.

8) Is there a way to heal yourself?

9) Did I just MISS a tutorial section by acident that explained all this?

Anyway.. this is just a few of the questions I have.... Dose anyone know of a good FAQ on the UI and Combat system? Or better yet a youtube tutorial?

Thanks in advance
--Me
Press J go to the tutorials section, everything is explained there.
OR Go to "My Games" in GOG.COM Select Witcher 2 and download the Witcher 2 manual.
Read it.

Update: For some reason I only got the original post and didn't see that there where replies to it... sorry.
Post edited May 18, 2011 by MaXMC
Posted May 18, 2011
I think it's refreshing with a game that doesn't feel the need to tell you every basic thing step by step... Press J and read the tutorial section, that's all you need!
Post edited May 18, 2011 by bitbot
Posted May 18, 2011
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shikmia: 1) There is 2 icons in the bottom left... one is activated by the "Q" button and seems to be my Jedi abilities. There is the other icon that I can equip items into... what button do I push to activate that?
For AZERTY keyboard, "R" key activate items
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shikmia: 2) What is Meditate? It was mentioned once in a tooltip tutorial pop up but disappeared b4 I could finish reading it.. had something to do with potions
Meditate is used to make and drink potions, make oils, ...
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shikmia: 3) How do I do those "Fatality" kill moves... I pulled a few off but have no idea how.
Automaticly if your enemie is stunned or if you "roll" a critical strike
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shikmia: 4) How do I control the combat... basically I see 2 buttons.. a single hit and strong hit... so 2 attacks... tapping wsad will doge in any of these directions.. but i have seen videos of some awesome combat moves... all I seem to do is just simple stabs... how do you do any of these other moves.. is it combos.. holding wsad while clicking... etc etc...
Double tapping WSAD will make tumble, allowing some escape move. This way, if you hit "quick" and after hit "strong", it will result of a small stun of your opponenent, allowing you to tumble behind him, or use a signe, to try to hit with backstab. This part need some training ... of you and of your witcher ;) Spending some talents points in Swordman should help. But you can't spend any until you spend 6 points in Training tree.
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shikmia: 5) Block seems to be "E"
Yep
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shikmia: 6) What the hell does "Z" do?
Don't know. On the control panel, juste check the Key bidding
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shikmia: 7) IS there any way to customise my own keyboard commands? I can not see a key binding area in the options.
See my last answer
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shikmia: 8) Is there a way to heal yourself?
Out of combat, it's automatic. In combat, you need to use potion before to increase your heal regeneration, or use Sign to avoid be hit.
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shikmia: 9) Did I just MISS a tutorial section by acident that explained all this?
Look at the manual, there is valuable, as always, informations !

Hope this could help ;)
Post edited May 18, 2011 by kristapor
Posted May 18, 2011
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shikmia: 1) There is 2 icons in the bottom left... one is activated by the "Q" button and seems to be my Jedi abilities. There is the other icon that I can equip items into... what button do I push to activate that?

2) What is Meditate? It was mentioned once in a tooltip tutorial pop up but disappeared b4 I could finish reading it.. had something to do with potions.

3) How do I do those "Fatality" kill moves... I pulled a few off but have no idea how.

4) How do I control the combat... basically I see 2 buttons.. a single hit and strong hit... so 2 attacks... tapping wsad will doge in any of these directions.. but i have seen videos of some awesome combat moves... all I seem to do is just simple stabs... how do you do any of these other moves.. is it combos.. holding wsad while clicking... etc etc...

5) Block seems to be "E"

6) What the hell does "Z" do?

7) IS there any way to customise my own keyboard commands? I can not see a key binding area in the options.

8) Is there a way to heal yourself?

9) Did I just MISS a tutorial section by acident that explained all this?
I guess it can be pretty confusing if you missed that one popup that said "J for journal" - that does contain a lot of what you ask about. But to go by the numbers:
1, 5, 6, 7: Launcher -> Video and language -> Input settings. There are your keybindings.

2: It is "sit down, brew potions, pass time, drink potions, and have a quiet time mode". As should be obvious from that description, it is only available out of combat and when there are no enemies near. Also, I have no idea why they changed it (from the first game) so that you can not drink potions in combat.

3: The enemy should be helpless first - eg. stunned.

6: Your medallion pulses and reveals enemies, stuff you can pick up, and places of power. It has a really short recharge time too and doesn't cost anything to use, so Z away.

8: Potions and rest - only usable out of combat, but potions (you should start with several swallow) make you heal faster for several minutes, so stop, drink, and go mash faces.

9: There is the stuff in the journal, but the game seems to expect you to read the manual. Also, a lot of stuff (like what the signs do) is not explained in game untill after you use them once - which can, with signs at least, be done out of combat.

Hope that helps.
Posted May 19, 2011
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shikmia: 4) How do I control the combat... basically I see 2 buttons.. a single hit and strong hit... so 2 attacks... tapping wsad will doge in any of these directions.. but i have seen videos of some awesome combat moves... all I seem to do is just simple stabs... how do you do any of these other moves.. is it combos.. holding wsad while clicking... etc etc...
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kristapor: Double tapping WSAD will make tumble, allowing some escape move. This way, if you hit "quick" and after hit "strong", it will result of a small stun of your opponenent, allowing you to tumble behind him, or use a signe, to try to hit with backstab. This part need some training ... of you and of your witcher ;) Spending some talents points in Swordman should help. But you can't spend any until you spend 6 points in Training tree.
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SimonNejmann: 3: The enemy should be helpless first - eg. stunned.
I am still unsure how combat works. LIke How exactly do you "STUN" somone... I know you can use various jedi powers like force push or w/e using the E key.. but as far as I can see apart fomr the double tap of wsad to "dodge" there is only light and heavy attack.

Now somtimes I do cool stuff like stab behind me, or a cartwheeling attack looking over head choopy thing, or somtimes a left or rigth jump attack...

Is there a way to do these at will instead of randomly

My bigest problem in combat is when tehre are multiu targets .. if I could just get teh game toon to chop in the direction i want then it would be cool.. like say I am facing forward.. how can I chop backwards.. or left... if you move the mouse he rotates left NOT chop left

Oh and how do I stun?
Posted May 19, 2011
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SimonNejmann: 3: The enemy should be helpless first - eg. stunned.
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shikmia: I am still unsure how combat works. LIke How exactly do you "STUN" somone... I know you can use various jedi powers like force push or w/e using the E key.. but as far as I can see apart fomr the double tap of wsad to "dodge" there is only light and heavy attack.

Now somtimes I do cool stuff like stab behind me, or a cartwheeling attack looking over head choopy thing, or somtimes a left or rigth jump attack...

Is there a way to do these at will instead of randomly

My bigest problem in combat is when tehre are multiu targets .. if I could just get teh game toon to chop in the direction i want then it would be cool.. like say I am facing forward.. how can I chop backwards.. or left... if you move the mouse he rotates left NOT chop left

Oh and how do I stun?
I think stunning pretty much requires you to cast the Aarden force push sign at the enemy. There's a chance of them getting stunned and then the finisher happens if you can connect a sword hit after that.
Posted May 20, 2011
So stun is a random chance from force push?
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