Mouse users will tell you that they can just right click on the quest item (in the hand-in box) to select one. Just go play. Welcome! L2/R2 + L1/R1 To quickly tab though enemies. If you tap, it’ll keep it activated. Using Cone will do it based on distance from you or your target. If you’ve been playing FF14 (and other mmos) via mouse & keyboard, you will already have a lot of habits and muscle memory to help you become faster. This can be used while casting Malefic (you can even literally press this at the same time as you press an ogcd and they’ll both work – the only thing it won’t do at the same time is another macro. So once again I’ll concede that using a mouse for configuration purposes is still easier. Will I change that when I get to 70 on melees? It also does not care how close you are to the enemy. (Note For Scholars: Using Embrace from your hotbar with a soft target will not switch back to your hard target, or create a hard target after casting. If you’re in a window (like the inventory menu for example) and you press R3 , it cycles through different sizes. The controller you are using. But just because you're using macros for ninja, doesn't mean you should stop and what not. If you turn on the second option, you can select specific cross bars to have available to “tab” to when sheathed or not. Confirm targeting is by pressing the confirm button when you currently have nothing targeted. I'm only level 12, so this is still new to me. To select an alliance member, you need to use LB + d-pad left/right ( + ). Of course you can! Please note this doesn’t affect when you are mounted and get special mount actions. your tank. A community for fans of Square Enix's popular MMORPG "Final Fantasy XIV Online", also known as FFXIV or FF14. That being said, you can disable it here. It picks the nearest target to you. well O is confirm X is cancel for eastern side. Part 20: Connecting a controller for PS4 version? General Tips and Tricks. Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of 15 Thread: CONTROLLER TARGETING. You can use the other trigger to switch, or tap on the same trigger to cancel out. "Assist" just makes you target your target's target. Now, obviously you don’t have to do that. Aside from the ranged jobs, which this doesn’t apply to, most jobs only have 1-2 instant ranged GCDs. You can “tab” target using Left Bumper or Right Bumper (with no d-pad), while having an active cross bar (so, while one/both of the triggers is on). WXHB input timer: How long you have in between taps to register as a double tap. If you enable direction buttons, you get all of them – for that full cross hot bar above like I have. Very timely for me since I've decided to try using a controller on my PC just recently. Since you are on controller, that should be fairly natural as it’s no different than console games that use both analog sticks. By changing your target filters the words will change between presets like 'ENEMY', 'FRIEND' or 'CUSTOM' for custom sets. As such, I will only cover it once and if you want separate settings for PVP, follow the same instructions, but do it in the PVP Settings section (and turn it on). Suddenly all those presses matter a lot more. Final Fantasy XIV is fairly well suited for playing on controller and I would highly recommend trying it out. The game doesn’t give you a lot of guidance, and many of the most useful tricks are hidden away for you to discover by trial and error, likely after months of wishing there were a way to do the exact thing said trick does. In Gamepad mode, the system menu is no longer on the screen as a HUD component, but becomes available as a gigantic menu when pressed. If you have to do it multiple times though, it’s a hindrance – but at the same time…if you’re constantly in need of having to heal/rez people in other parties for your alliance, those parties are probably bringing the whole alliance down if their healers are unable to keep their own party up so you were probably going to have a terrible run no matter what. These are my guidelines rules that I try to abide by, though there are of course exceptions if it made the job feel clunky in any manner. (i.e. Installing the Drivers Step 1: Download the latest PS3 drivers here. that way you have much more control imo, especially for melee characters. Help text will use gamepad buttons, and new help text will exist for features like the map to help you out. L1 + Up and Down to Cycle through the Enmity List, Up and Down to cycle through the Party List. I only use this for healing mainly and when doing fates or non-party play. Move around while map is open (this will unfocus the map from being able to use Camera Analog or D-pad), Re-focus on map (to be able to re-use Camera Analog), Get to “Add Chat”, “Settings”, or selecting specific chat types (Party, Local, etc..), Get back to bar quickly when done scrolling through chat, History (of things you’ve typed and sent before), D-pad up/down Right Bumper also works for going down (left bumper does not work for going up), Active Minion List: Select Nearby minions (same kind of minion), Active Minion List: Select All minions of that kind, Active Minion List: Select nearby minions (any kind of minion), Active Minion List: Activate special attack, Move ground target pointer (without moving camera), Record map jump points (release to go back): allows you to go check out map and come back to where you started when you release. If they already went through the trouble of having it pre-configured, go right ahead. Switches hotbar to mount when applicable. Moving while using Ctrl is also uncomfortable. They arrows nest neatly inside one another, with the Auto Attack circle above the arrows. There are safe ways to mod but with FF14 it’s a dicey subject, so always do your research first. Using (with or without a hotbar identifier) for tabbing isn’t for me. ; - Press Home to pause and resume the script. I do have other cross bars for gear seats, mounts ,etc.. Cross bar Tabbing/Selecting < Simultaneous and WXHB. Using an action on a soft target will then revert it back to your hard target. You will be terrible at controller play at first. While targeting in the sense of marked enemies isn’t really something I’d particularly recommend doing for PVE, mostly because it’s unnecessary, it can be done if you have the space for it (or willing to make a cross bar just for it). The next time you use an AOE, it’ll start from where you left that “white dot”. At one point instead of copying entire crossbars, I would just allocate actions into my crossbars via macros. Most useful when there are a bunch on enemies on screen, and Tab Targeting is unreliable. Set 3 is my WXHB. If you have a mouse, that’s of course very easy. Target by clicking or F keys (or other keys). All the other jobs will be 2 quick pictures. Whether typing a letter allows you to use keyboard shortcuts or if it’ll always assume you’re chatting. That being said, the benefit of unlocked is that if you do prefer camera manipulation, and have an actual physical mouse, and you accidentally move it because you elbowed it or whatever (and thus the cursor with it), instead of having to take your hand off the controller to move the physical mouse to get the cursor back to the middle, you can just always leave the white spot in the middle and use camera manipulation still to target. Obviously this doesn’t apply  to Scenario 3 because those are NPC hand ins and not a switch from an “original” inventory. The game’s recognizing the controller but it’s acting strange, Part 18: PC Resolving Issues – Intermittent Behavior. You want to give yourself enough time that you can double tap comfortably, but not so much that you’ll accidentally “double tap” when switching triggers. Me enabling one of my filters. As I became more and more interested in FFXIV I started looking at smaller things that could improve my gameplay experience. While SE does provide a “PS4 Basic controls” guide, and it does have a good amount of in-game controller help, some things are not mentioned or aren’t clear. Obviously, yours will be called something different. Do note the filter name sometimes mismatches. People in gamepad mode will notice most of these on the various help text, but there might be a few new unwritten ones you will see. That being said, you can be short a few of them. Tab targeting will cycle left and right (L1/R1) through the enemies on screen. it will not use whatever else you normally have on R3 when it does this. Here's a quick guide to set up focus targeting to easily switch back to a selected target i.e. Wanted to keep this controller specific. Few MMOs have managed a high level of depth with a controller, usually resorting to watered-down complexity to accommodate for the lack of mouse and keyboard. Keyboard: 1.Hit Esc. Your character will also strafe instead of turn. While SE does provide a “PS4 Basic controls” guide, and it does have a good amount of in-game controller help, some things are not mentioned or aren’t clear. So, set your targeting (In your Character Config Menu) to target all friendly PC's, and then hitting ONLY left and right will cycle through the friendly characters near you. ConsolePort currently supports Xbox and Dualshock 4 controllers natively, courtesy of WoWmapper. This is one way to target objects. (Not everything is listed, but most are). Siren (Aether)-Yes it does mean you should stop. Only if you’re being inefficient. Return to XHB after WXHB: whether you want it to return to the normal cross hot bar after you use a skill on WXHB. The system knows which one you mean based on whether your crossbar is activated. Here’s where healers (and rezzers) are at a disadvantage for targeting. A little self-explanatory: how fast the unlocked movement is. The icon for a Soft Targeted is a a thin lined circle on top of (drawn around the torso area) of the target. I’ll show you how to turn it on when we get to Hotbar Settings->Custom, but first we start with the Cross menu: Enable Cross Hotbar: whether you want to use one. And machinists, just make a single macro to statusoff both Fey Wind and Arrow and you’ll never have to worry about them messing with your rotation again. The third option seems to work the same as the first option. If you’re fast at moving fingers and tapping, you’ll be fast. I personally use the target filters a bunch for healing. Yes I will be updating the guide in Shadowbringers! I use a controller even though I am on a Pc. Prerequisite: A controller is hooked up and the game recognizes it. I will be covering most of the Character Config, such as targeting, in a different section. Open Map / SubcommandSubcommand just means submenus, the same as right clicking for mouse users. The only full uncustomizable difference is the help text. After months of playing on M/KB, switching to MMO M/KB, on FF14, I yearned for controller play for the same reasons. The “W” stands for “Double” because with a japanese accent they sound very similar. Use d-pad to target and don’t hit the confirm button. The first one is for turning on Simultaneous Triggers, Then you assign half of a cross bar for LT+RT  (+), And assign the other half of a cross bar for RT+LT   (+), This means if you want them to be the same you have two choices. Overall, you’re looking at a maximum of 12 presses IF you’re being efficient with cycling. If you don’t turn “PVP Settings” on (below), it’ll use the “PVE Settings”. 6. share. Last enemy to attack/bind/whatever you is . If you have more than one hooked up I suppose. It will have issues if you try to Hold the trigger. Thanks for this! ConsolePort is not restricted to those, but it is so… I think the tabbing option only works for enemies? It has its location set on a white dot(visible in screenshot) instead of on the cursor. If you make your own filter and it matches one of these lists, it will also give it that name in the drop down. This was a great design decision, because it seems to be the sweet spot. This will edit the filters for you to turn on/off what is needed to make it match the premade list. Cross bar 5 or 6 is copied into cross bar 1 by having the summon macro. If you need more than 48, you’re doing it wrong. Or by use Right Bumper + a face button to access a specific one. Now, there ARE ways around it. I do use 5 and 6 for SCH for macro purposes, but not for actual use (you’ll see why). In a cross hotbar, you activate part of your bar via a trigger (or bumper if you changed it) and then use the face buttons and D-pad. Tab targeting can be a bit easier for a tank, since (in most cases) the mobs should kind of line up and circle around you. Map Settings “Reverse analog sticks” are pretty self-explanatory. Yes, you do. Muscle memory is an amazing thing that can easily fool people into thinking something they have not done at all (or in a long while) is unviable when it simply isn’t. They need to start doing mechanics right. kasplat360 6 years ago #1. Dodging ground markers is instinctive even with default controller configuration. Thus 2 triggers x 8 face buttons = 16 skills on a crossbar. Zcerlise-anachronos February 1, 2021, 12:52am #9. The icon for a Focus Target is a smaller, less pronounced arrow pointing downwards above their head. But if for some reason you want the ability to have a macro to copy one cross bar into another rather than having to switch into cross bars, then this is the way to do it: /crosshotbar copy Scholar 6 Scholar 1 . This is mostly useful for PC players using other controllers that have emulation going (such as me using a Switch Pro controller via x360ce). Sure you could move the d-pad up 6 times and be inefficient. That’s usually because your computer can’t handle having too much going on. Everything was already mentioned in the guide so far. It also means for people that are using RB for cycling, that you can make sure you don’t have non-battle cross bars when you’re fighting. So let’s say you were healing the 8th place person, and now you need to heal the tank (2nd place most likely). Part 19: Connecting a controller for Mac version? This mode will also make you move down when you press down instead of doing a backstep. Man, I wish this was a resource when I first started. Even if you panicked and forgot you can shortcut and end up doing 5-7 presses, it’s still pretty fast. There will be a section at the end devoted to the debate for a more in-depth response, but the short answer is :You’re as good as what you practice to be good at. FF14 support X-input via its Direct X 11 adaptation (I’ve had issues with DX9, not sure if it’s my computer or if X-input doesn’t work well with Direct X 9). Easier than what? ), With Automatic party sorting enabled, this will allow you to directly target your MT and OT with 2 or 3 Taps on the Down dpad, Or Up twice to select your pet. For reference, those macros are in the Recommended Macros part of the guide. (if someone wanted to use bumpers and triggers to use actions and face buttons to activate a crossbar, for example, they cannot do that without 3rd party programs to essentially remap it and make the game believe those buttons are the other buttons). Using Ignore depth will be a literal left is left (bumper), right is right (bumper). So the options for this are “Hold”,”Toggle”, and “Mixed”. The file is in RAR format. If you let the trigger go, it stays activated. With a mouse, you simply click on the enemy you want to target, but that’s not an option with a controller. If that DLL file isn’t called xinput1_3 for whatever reason, just rename it. Self-explanatory. Why? Please note you cannot allocate a macro to your cross bar this way. From there you can assign "assist" to a button you don't use much. You can enable them in the HUD layout or Character Configuration->Hotbar->Display. Be warned, if you’re going to dive into the world of FFXIV mods by yourself, you’re going to come up with a ton of NSFW content. The last option replaces cross hotbar 1 with the pet hotbar when mounted.I’m not sure why anyone would want this turned on. You might still have a mouse hooked up, in which case you probably have a mouse cursor on your screen. Do whatever you want. The party composition does not guarantee healers for every party and even if they people are all over the place sometimes so their healers might not be nearby. Well, you can customize the 2 “default” filters – the one when you’re in battle and the one when you’re not. <3 you Controller Hero. In gamepad mode, keyboard shortcuts with letters/numbers no longer work and by default it will assume you are typing into the chat when you press a key (though that can be changed). The pet skills are in the hand-in box, your controller to your Hard and soft targets are key. 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