Controller Crossbar Toggle

I find that my hands are getting worse with age, however I can still play FFXIV for a few hours without a problem. What would make my life a lot easier is to not be holding a trigger down for the large majority of my play time. I'd really appreciate if the cross bar could toggle instead of only being enabled while the trigger is held down.

I'd hope this would be something I could enable in the options menu so this wouldn't be a surprise for existing players with controllers.

Example 1:
Click the Left trigger: Left Cross bar is enabled.
Use multiple abilities: Cross bar stays active the entire time.
Click the Left trigger again: Left Cross bar is disabled.

Example 2:
Click the Right trigger: Right Cross bar is enabled.
Use multiple abilities: Right Cross bar is still enabled.
Click the Left trigger: Right Cross bar is disabled and the Left Cross bar is enabled.
Click the Left trigger: Left Cross bar is disabled.

Code:

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if (var.Initialize == false) {
var.LtriggerLock = false;
var.RtriggerLock = false;
var.LcrossbarHold = false;
var.RcrossbarHold = false;
var.Initialize = true;
}

if (var.LcrossbarHold == true) {
gamefeature.LeftCrossbar = true;
} else {
gamefeature.LeftCrossbar = false;
}

if (var.RcrossbarHold == true) {
gamefeature.RightCrossbar = true;
} else {
gamefeature.RightCrossbar = false;
}


if (pressed(Xinput.LeftTrigger) && var.LcrossbarHold == false && var.LtriggerLock == false) {
var.LtriggerLock = true;
var.LcrossbarHold = true;
var.RcrossbarHold = false;
wait 20ms;
var.LtriggerLock = false;
}

if (pressed(Xinput.LeftTrigger) && var.LcrossbarHold == true && var.LtriggerLock == false) {
var.LtriggerLock = true;
var.LcrossbarHold = false;
Xinput.LeftTrigger = false;
wait 20ms;
var.LtriggerLock = false;
}

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Code:

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if (pressed(Xinput.RightTrigger) && var.RcrossbarHold == false && var.RtriggerLock == false) {
var.RtriggerLock = true;
var.RcrossbarHold = true;
var.LcrossbarHold = false;
wait 20ms;
var.RtriggerLock = false;
}

if (pressed(Xinput.RightTrigger) && var.RcrossbarHold == true && var.RtriggerLock == false) {
var.RtriggerLock = true;
var.RcrossbarHold = false;
Xinput.RightTrigger = false;
wait 20ms;
var.RtriggerLock = false;
}

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This option is available somewhere in the control menu, I remember using it but it makes targeting cumbersome

This is already implemented in the Game and I use it all the time - switch the Crossbar mode to Toggle or Mixed and you'll get what you're looking for. @frdtma - it's actually less cumbersome as you don't need to hold multiply buttons at the same time. It's very good for crafting. Also you can switch targets by using L1 / R1 while the cross-bar is "toggled in" which is much easier than pressing L2/R2 + L1 or R1.

It's in the Character configuration screen.

Start Button > Character Configuration > Hotbar Settings > Cross(the third tab in the settings)
Second set of radio buttons
Second option

Is what your looking for, but it really does make targeting a little more painful since you lose the ability to use the d-pad to target things, and in the future that will become more of a thing.

Thanks a lot everyone! I kept looking in the wrong spot it seems. This will really help me out the next time I play again :D