Necrokat Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 we desperately need a mod that turns the axes and hammers the correct way, with the metal head up near the shoulders! i did some research and on the rare occasions when a warrior did carry a hammer or large axe on his back, it was turned the other way. with the heavy head of the weapon up around the shoulders. makes sense as the swaying of the weapon turned the way it is in game, would be like a pendulum when walking/running and make it near impossible to function. plus there's no realistic way you could even sheath the things the way they do in game. how ya gonna slip a huge hammer head thru a lil sheath? and of course the weight of the head would make the weapon just slip out to the floor. what i was able to find was not much. old engravings, couple DARPA players and weapon experts. but basically it seems a harness was rigged around the chest with a hard leather, metal or wooden sleeve that the handle would slip through. with the metal head resting on top of that sleeve and gravity holding it in place. sorta like this (see below)... hey, it's gotta be correct if Gimli did it! tho the ones i saw were more centered on the back, with the weapon straight up & down rather than at an angle. anyway, if anyone could do this, i'd gladly Paypal somethin. and i'm sure lotsa folks would love to use that mod
ThatGuyJonus Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 its easy to flip the weapon with a skeleton edit, the real chore is doing it with as little clipping as possible as well as making a new sheathing/unsheathing animation so it doesn't look retarded.
Necrokat Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 yeah, i realize there'd be no correct animation (til someone made one!) for un/sheathing but better a short moment of wtf rather than hours staring at gravity defying goofiness on your back lol. plus someone earlier suggested to me that the bow equip anim might work as a placeholder. i think it'd be alright. better n nothin. so Jonus, you sound knowledgeable about this. wanna make some Paypal! seriously, it blows my mind that we have HUGE amounts of mods dedicated to "realism" yet none that correct the most "slap in the face" goofs of all.
Necrokat Posted January 11, 2013 Author Posted January 11, 2013 anyone able to do this? it kills me that i've spent ages putting together a very immersive game, but everytime i use a hammer, or see someone w/ one, it tosses immersion out the window. Paypal awais!
Necrokat Posted January 26, 2013 Author Posted January 26, 2013 thanks to Ghosu, there's been some real progress!... http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/849893-reposition-axes-hammers-right-side-up-on-the-back/page__st__40 the toon just won't draw the weapon. the 2nd added bone isn't tied to the animation at all.
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