The September 24 beta update adds class-specific flyouts, five new Gamepad (Alpha) options and a set of fixes for playing WoW: Forever with a controller.
Blizzard still labels gamepad play as Alpha, and the September 22 build only fixed character selection and quest items for it; the September 24 notes are the first to change how the bars themselves work. Druids get a shapeshift flyout, Hunters and Warlocks get pet control and pet spell flyouts and keep their bottom action bar, Paladins get an aura flyout and Warriors a stance flyout. Edit mode layouts now apply while the gamepad UI is on, which they did not before.
The new switches sit in the Gamepad (Alpha) section of the game options:
- Use Compact Action Bar: shows only the action bar that is active at the moment.
- Fixed Party Targeting: in a party (not a raid), each direction on the pad selects one party member.
- Swap Target Modifier Sides: friendly targeting on the right, hostile on the left.
- Swap Friendly Target Action Sides and Swap Hostile Target Action Sides: swap the pad and face-button actions under each targeting modifier.
WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated September 24
Gamepad Support
- Class specific flyouts have been added to the action bar interface of some classes.
- Shapeshift flyout for Druids.
- Pet control and pet spell flyouts for Hunters and Warlocks.
- Aura flyout for Paladins.
- Stance flyout for Warriors.
- The pet bar no longer replaces the bottom gamepad action bar for Hunters and Warlocks.
- New options have been added to the Gamepad (Alpha) section of the game options.
- Use Compact Action Bar: Replaces the normal gamepad action bar layout with one that only shows the currently active action bar at any given time.
- Fixed Party Targeting: While in a non-raid party, rather than having the directional pad act as directions in the party interface, each button on the directional pad is assigned to a specific party member.
- Swap Target Modifier Sides: Swaps sides of the friendly and hostile targeting modifiers, putting friendly targeting on the right and hostile on the left.
- Swap Friendly Target Action Sides: Swaps the directional pad and face button actions when using the friendly targeting modifier.
- Swap Hostile Target Action Sides: Swaps the directional pad and face button actions when using the hostile targeting modifier.
- Fixed an issue preventing edit mode layouts from being applied while the gamepad UI is enabled.
- Updated Map and Quest Log bindings.
- New hover functionality for POI pins.
- Updated support for Compact Raid Frame Manager and Role Poll Frames.
