I'm having trouble with how long it takes to go through battles where all I want to do is have each character simply attack with a sword or ranged weapon. I read the rule book, and I thought it said to hit the space bar if you just wanted the character to attack, but when I tried that it didn't work (but maybe I got it all wrong). Anyway, now I've lost the manual, so I don't know what to do. A little help would be appreciated by any of you.
just click on the enemy you want you character to attack, if they're in range they'll auto full attack, if out of range they'll move close enough then single attack, if its a ranged attack they'll make a full attack from where ever. space bar ends the current party members turn.
You can press Control and a letter than highlight something in the radial menu to hotkey it. For instance I alway control S for search, T for talk, G Coup to Grace. Stuff like that. Some keys you cannot use like C and H cause they already sig Combat or Help.