Bow strings

**Phlegeton** · 10-08-2008, 16:55

Hello,

First of all, I'm new here just so you know

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Not new to Total War though, I've played shogun, medieval, rome and medieval 2 and all the expansions so I'm a die-hard tw fan.

Anyhoo here's my Question:

Will you be able to fix the bow string thing where the string doesn't actually draw back?

It just annoys me so much....

thanks.

**bovi** · 10-09-2008, 19:06

Sorry about the bad response you got. I don't know about the bow strings bending, but I imagine that it would be possible by changing the animation.

**Tux** · 10-09-2008, 20:22

Well it would require adding and extra bone to the string and animating it wich is possible without too much work. So i'll leave it up to you to decide if we will/have/won't change it and time will tell.

**Megas Methuselah** · 10-10-2008, 02:58

What's with the evil grin? I assume you mean to say that you don't intend on answering the question and merely wish to torment us in a year-long campaign of waiting for EBII?

**Tux** · 10-10-2008, 11:16

Originally Posted by Methuselah

What's with the evil grin? I assume you mean to say that you don't intend on answering the question and merely wish to torment us in a year-long campaign of waiting for EBII?

Well something like that, i and i think the team wan't to keep surprises for you, the fans, so we can publish as many previews as possible. So not to torment you just to make it fun waiting for the release.

Originally Posted by Methuselah

Likewise. Did they ever have bowstring animations in RTW and EB 1.1?

Well back in rtw there were a lot of bugs and problems because of the tools then ca released only the exporter wich for me and others didn't worked as it should(in fact i don't know someone for wich it did, worked fine with models but not with animations) and we couldn't fix all the animations that's why there are still some visual(not only) glitches with the animations even today.

We even wanted to create new siege models and did but we couldn't use them because we couldn't animate them.

**Phlegeton** · 10-10-2008, 14:00

no RTW didn't have strings attached to the bows at all.....

But I'd rather see that than see bowstrings that don't retract...

It'd be great if you could fix the animation, and otherwise you could just leave them out, but ofc it doesn't all depend on my opinion.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 10-10-2008, 03:57

Originally Posted by Phlegeton

Hello,

First of all, I'm new here just so you know

.

Not new to Total War though, I've played shogun, medieval, rome and medieval 2 and all the expansions so I'm a die-hard tw fan.

Anyhoo here's my Question:

Will you be able to fix the bow string thing where the string doesn't actually draw back?

It just annoys me so much....

thanks.

I am usually too distracted with watching all the arrows fly through the air to notice the actual bow animation.