SSE One-handed bow for spell casting too

[KhajitDave]

I'm sure this has already been thought of,

 

but since you can hold a bow in your left hand, and your right hand is free unless you're getting ready to shoot an arrow, why not cast spells with one hand while holding the bow in the other?

 

I think this would be a great mod- of course there's nothing to stop you from just simply unequipping the bow every time you want to use the bow, but it's not the same is it?

 

I have no idea how a mod like this would be implemented though

[Strokend]

Removing the bow bash in favor of casting spells sounds a bit interesting, I'm not sure how easily implement that would be though.

 

In regards to weapons you can ready while still being able to use that spell, what about darts or slings? Darts would be fast, low damage, while slings are slow and high damage.

[kodaxmax]

For the time being you could use Smart cast or wizard warrior.

 

The hardest part i think is how to choose the spell. We can trigger it easy enough with a getKey event and remote cast function. You can even make a simple if statement to check if a bow is equipped and if the player is attacking i think. But im not sure the best way to assign the desired spell to a variable.

 

I could also try making bows one handed, but that would most likely cause animation issues and incompatibilities with other mods. It might be possible to dynamically make them one handed while not attacking, but that would probably still be janky and cause issues.

[kodaxmax]

ok i did a bit of testing and making it one handed makes the bow unusable and scripting a spell cast is basically what smart cast and wizard warrior already do.