Controller & Hotbar possible? Cross-Hotbar, No Thanks. :(

[Enthy]

Was anyone able to figure out a way to use the regular Hotbar(the striat one) with controller? I much prefer the 1.0 Hotbar (where we tab through actions on the Hotbar by holding R2 or L2 and scroll through actions with the D-pad, then press X to activate actions) and would like to try to set it up that way if I'm able to use the regular strait Hotbars.

I don't like the Cross-Hotbar. I just can't seem to get use to associating each button on the controller with a specific action. This becomes even more cumbersom when I change jobs and have to memorize the whole lay out again. I often activate the wrong action or delay a bit because I'm one of those people where you ask them to "hold out their left hand" and I'm like "durr... this left?" ._. lol

Please do something to make controller game-play less combersome! <3 <3 <3

[Nagashi]

I also like to know. Funny, I was thinking about the very same thing earlier today.

[ShadowVulcan]

Sorry for the off topic question (I don't seem to have the privileges to create a topic yet). But is there an option to use L1 to cycle backwards through your cross hotbars? Like how R1 cycles forwards. I didn't really get around to checking this during the beta.

If this isn't an option, any chance it could get implemented? Or is it too much of a minor issue? I think it would be a lot more convenient when cycling through hotbars if you could go both directions than if you had to make a full cycle to go back to a hotbar that is placed just before the one you're currently using.

Again, apologies for the off topic question >_<

And thanks for any help/replies

[FemDarcy]

If you are in a PC it shouldn't be very hard. You could use a software that changes your buttons into keyboard actions like Xpadder. So you still have the movement and then you assign to the other buttons the keys you want to trigger your actions, just remember to have the hotbar clean of actions so it doesn't execute the keystroke and the action of the hotbar =)

I personally love how the game-pad works and, even the number of actions is more limited than in a keyboard, I think it's faster and way more comfortable.

@ShadowVulcan: More useful than going back is to hold one (don't remember which one and then press the cross or buttons to jump directly to the hotcross you want)

[Alipoprocks]

R1 I believe let's you pick which cross bar you want. But then you have to remember which cross bar you put whichever skill you want. It really would be easier to be able to go forward and back.

[Ivoryangel]

The PC lets you pick which method you want, however on the PS3 there is no option to change it.

[Burrmanchu]

The PC lets you pick which method you want, however on the PS3 there is no option to change it.

Not really... PC lets you pick mouse/keyboard setup or controller setup. I haven't found a way yet to use straight hotbars instead of cross bar, which is what I've been tryin to do for days now. I want to use my controller on my PC with the same functionality of 1.o or ffxi. I just like it better. When 1017 finally goes away im gonna see if there's a way to bind your controller buttons to the straight hotbars instead of keystrokes but I doubt it's possible. They really need to give us the option... I'm with 90% of the people in this thread, my muscle memory just isnt made for the cross bar, and it's very hard for me to remember separate schemes between jobs. My brain goes left > right on hotbars, not left up down right left up down right.

[ShadowVulcan]

@ShadowVulcan: More useful than going back is to hold one (don't remember which one and then press the cross or buttons to jump directly to the hotcross you want)

Thanks for your reply and I will be sure to try that out to see how easy it is once I start making multiple hotbars, but as Alipoprocks said, I do think it would be more convenient to have the option to cycle back as well as forward.

Other than that, I'm quite enjoying the cross hotbar/gamepad support

[theomen]

If you are in a PC it shouldn't be very hard. You could use a software that changes your buttons into keyboard actions like Xpadder. So you still have the movement and then you assign to the other buttons the keys you want to trigger your actions, just remember to have the hotbar clean of actions so it doesn't execute the keystroke and the action of the hotbar =)

I personally love how the game-pad works and, even the number of actions is more limited than in a keyboard, I think it's faster and way more comfortable.

@ShadowVulcan: More useful than going back is to hold one (don't remember which one and then press the cross or buttons to jump directly to the hotcross you want)

This is what I use and I tell you is much much better then the game pad config. you can control up to 12 actions while holding LT and 12 more while holding RT less witching around

[Adelphe]

My girlfriend plays on the PS3 with a mouse and keyboard, would be lovely to have a straight PC hotbar option :P

Although i know SE likely will not do this, she finds it alot easier to play with keyboard and mouse, controller is to hard, and we dont have two PC's capable of
playing FFXIV:ARR so be cool to have that function in place.