Locking hero skills?

raven214

raven214

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06 Mar 2008 at 14:17 - 1
Quote:
Your Hero's AI can be told to disable certain skills. This prevents the AI from using that skill unless you specifically tell it to (as described above). To do this, shift click the skill icon. A red circle with a slash through it will appear over the skill. Shift click again to re-enable the skill.
- http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero

When I try this I get the same effect as just clicking the skill -- i.e., the green check comes up and the hero tries to use that skill. I've tried using both Left and Right Shift. Is wiki wrong or what am I missing?

The Meth

The Meth

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Join Date: Jan 2007

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06 Mar 2008 at 14:22 - 2
To lock a skill you need to hold whatever the 'suppress action' key is. It is normally shift but if you have changed it you will have to hold down whatever you changed it to.

Siirius Black

Siirius Black

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06 Mar 2008 at 16:07 - 3
you will know that its disabled when you see the skill icon with a big mark on top of it.

FYI. You can still use these skills, but you have to activate them yourself.
I usually use that with my hero monk to make sure he keps an enchantment on me.

Twan4188

Twan4188

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Ashford

White Dragon Order [WD]

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06 Mar 2008 at 16:10 - 4
Yeah, you will have to hold (normally) Shift and then click on the skill bar. If you click it, your hero will use priorize that skill and use it as soon as he can. When disabled, a big red mark covers the skill icon.

Miska Bow

Miska Bow

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06 Mar 2008 at 16:54 - 5
CTRL+SHIFT+Mouse click locks the skill

Repeat to unlock

miskav

miskav

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06 Mar 2008 at 17:16 - 6
Well Miska, Just holding shift also locks it.

Ku Ku

Ku Ku

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England

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06 Mar 2008 at 17:21 - 7
I agree with the earlier posts, sounds like maybe you reassigned the key? (its generally easier btw to supress the skills before you leave town as then you dont have the danger of just clicking them by accident)

To find out which key you have assigned to the "supress action"

Go to the "Control" panel under options (f11) and scroll down a little way from the top. When you click on it the button you have assigned will show up in the top right hand box.

If you dont have one assigned or you dont want to use the one assigned you can also type into the box provided to change it!

Miska Bow

Miska Bow

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06 Mar 2008 at 17:22 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by miskav
Well Miska, Just holding shift also locks it.
I should take off my boxing gloves then.

Pleikki

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06 Mar 2008 at 17:29 - 9
miska vs miska fight Wtf yeah only shift locks it for me

BladeDVD

Wilds Pathfinder

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Hawaii

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06 Mar 2008 at 20:08 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Meth
To lock a skill you need to hold whatever the 'suppress action' key is. It is normally shift but if you have changed it you will have to hold down whatever you changed it to.
If you are shift clicking (usually only works with the shift key on the left side of the keyboard) and it is not working, then the above is the correct answer.

If you don't know what Meth is talking about, then go to the options menu (F11) and click on the control tab. You'll see a list of actions that can be assigned a keystroke/mouse button. You are looking for the one that says Action: Suppress Action. Should be the first item after all the Action: Order Hero X to use Skill X items.

Click on that and the right side box should list what key is currently bound to that action. If it is blank, then you need to assign a key to that action.

raven214

raven214

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06 Mar 2008 at 20:08 - 11
Thanks all, it works now. I must've reassigned my shift key long ago before Nightfall came out. lol