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Yet Another Instant Sign Casting

I used xpadder for  instant sign casting. This worked well, however I expierenced lags during combat. I think this might be related to the fact, that the game switches between keyboard and controller input.

So I decides to design instant sign casting with conroller only, no additional software needed. And I did not want  lose any functionality,as other controller only mods do. I took adavantage of the context sensitive controls.

How it works: In Combat Mode the DigitKeys and the Right Trigger change their function: Digit Up : Aard Digit Down : Igni Digit Left: Yrden Digit Right: Axii Right Trigger (vanilla sign): Quen Holding the keys should cast the alternative sign

Swaping the Potions/Items (DigitUp and DigitDown before) is now activated by holding/pressing the Back_Select and Start buttons. Note, only during combat (and Ciri_Combat, but not Horse combat, not tested yet). So, during combat the menus are not accessible. I think that's ok.

In non Combat Modes all stays vanilla. However, as the game flips in and out of combat mode and does not display it (automated sword sheathing is an indication) one would cast a sign and accidently waste a consumable. Therefore, the holding duration of the digit up and digit down buttons and the menu buttons are increased. A short press has no effect now. For swaping potions/items pressing at least 1s is required. For use of an item/potion a press between 0. 3 and 1s is required. It works quite well for me.

Durations and sign buttons can be changed.

Update 17/04/14: As I don't use the Inventory during combat (thanks for the great Preparation mod) I did not realize that the keybinding lacked that option. Now, during combat Left Thumbs (press) opens the inventory menu. Once in this menu, returning back to combat is possible by  either hitting Pad B (several times) or use the Pad_Start button (once) as in vanilla.

Installation: go to Documents\The Witcher 3 folder. Make a copy of the file input.settings download the file of this mod. unzip the file rename the unzipped file  to input.settings and copy it to Documents\The Witcher 3. make it read only (albeit the game never did overwrite my file)

Compatibility: I use it with Friendly Hud and Preparation (both make changes in input.settings)

ToDo: Test with Ciri upload with a dark soul like control scheme