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Thursday, June 7th 2012, 5:25am

Interface Questions

Hi Folks,

First of all, is there a web page or something that explains the complete user interface, with pictures for clickable, and a full list of keyboard shortcuts? Also, since I get the impression the keyboard shortcuts are modifiable, is there any explanation of how to configure them? That _might_ spare you some of my questions, if it's complete enough.

Now for my current set of detailed questions:

1) I believe there's a way to get my character to move continuously in whatever direction he is facing, possibly changing that direction as I go - without needing to constantly hold down a movement key. How do I start this, and how do I stop it?

2) I can usually make my character move automatically by clicking on NPC etc names in quest descriptions (brought up with the L key). Is there any way to get the same effect for NPCs not mentioned in any quest currently assigned to me?

3) I can get a coloured arrow onto my screen, pointing in the direction of a given NPC/mob. The method I've found for doing this is very clumsy.
a) bring up quests with 'L'
b) click "quest receiver's position".
c) This gives me a pop-up labelled "world search", which is wider than my gaming window, so part is always cut off.
d) Type in the name I want, or a substring. It's case sensitive - "Board" will get me many daily quests boards; "board" gets me nothing.
e) select the match I want, and then click "follow"
- Is there a way to get this "world search" screen up without stages a + b?
- Is there any way to fix the relative sizes so this pop-up screen fits in my gaming window?

4) People frequently post requests to sell which contain a clickable link - click on it and see the items description/stats. Some of the links in quest descriptions behave the same way. How do I do the same thing - i.e. say something with a link to an object embedded in it?

5) 90% of the time, when I finish a quest and am immediately offered another one in the same screen, and try to accept it, the accept doesn't take, and I have to reclick on the NPC, get offered that quest, and then accept it. What am I doing wrong?

6) People talk about command rotations and command chains. I've figured out that I can drag actions into the bottom row of squares at the middle of my screen, and execute them by pressing the corresponding number key, from 1-0. What about the second row? And what about the squares beyond zero?

Is there some way I can execute a sequence of moves, other than typing 1 2 3 (with pauses as I see buttons go strange-looking)?

By the time I get to a decent level, I'll have more moves available than squares in this grid - are there other ways to associate a move with a keyboard shortcut? What about sequences of moves ("renew all my buffs" comes to mind as one possibility)?

7) Specifically for wardens - it seems like every time I kill something, and try to loot it, my "spirit of the oak" is standing right on top of it, and I have to turn the screen to loot. Is there any way to avoid this?

8) What user interface question does every newb with my level of knowledge eventually need answered, that I haven't known enough to ask? ;-)

Thanks in advance for any light you can throw on these mysteries.

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Thursday, June 7th 2012, 7:48am

1 - I believe the default auto-move key is 'insert'. To stop, press it again, or just take back manual control.

2 - Auto moving to NPC's is only availably for those marked in blue in your quest log or with a quest marker on the map M.

3 - The 'backspace' key will bring up World Search.

4 - With the chat line open, shift-click an item in your backpack to link it in the chat.

5 - You're doing nothing wrong - this often happens.

6 - Escape > Interface Settings > Action bars : this will let you configure how many action bars you have and how many squares you have, up to a total of 4 bars of 20.
Escape > Key Bindings : This is where you can configure your keyboard shortcuts for everything, not just the action bars.
Escape > Macros : you can write macro's for any skill combinations you find you use regularly. (I'm no use with macro's but there's a macro section in the forum so you're likely to find lots of useful info there.)

7 - Usually, you can hold shift to click through green-named NPC's but currently the Warden pets are bugged and don't allow this.

8 - I can't think of any others at present...
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Thursday, June 7th 2012, 7:56am

Thank you very much, Inferiority.