Bow and Arrow Mod

[Savalric]

Two points: The fact that bows aren't already in the game is weird as hell seeing as it's an extremely basic projectile weapon. It's like: slingshot, bow, crossbow, gun. On the otherhand, power armor completely negates an arrow, as does most body armor (save for limb shots and head shots). I think for animals though, a bow would be a prime weapon. Although, there seems to be a lack of usable trees so the begets the use of composite limbs/arrows which is probably above anyone's paygrade in new vegas.

[MikkiMouse]

What's the biggest difficulty in animating a bow? Forgive me I'm a noob. :)

[devinpatterson]

It is available for fallout three. Just create a conversion. Ask the owner on youtube to upload it to the nexus site. Then convert it to FO:NV that easy.

 

That is SaidenStorm, it's the author I discussed in the post a just a few above yours. He *isn't* allowing anyone to use it. It was on nexus and along with his other mods have been removed. I don't know if that's because he requested it or mods did it (see the part about oblivion animations). So no, it's not that easy.

[devinpatterson]

What's the biggest difficulty in animating a bow? Forgive me I'm a noob. :smile:

 

You have to make a KF (keyframe) animation. Essentially moving the armature (skeleton) in blender (I'm assuming the process is similar for 3Ds Max) to make the figure pull back the bow and what have you. Think of it like a 3D flip book, but instead of drawing each cartoon stick figure for each frame, your working with 3 dimensional bones and your moving each one a little bit for each frame.

[Morgwynn]

There are some cool idea's and a bow and arrow would be a very awesome addition to Fallout: NV. Plus a person could also maybe craft explosive arrows or pulse arrows for dealing with high tech enemies. I imagine that a high enough explosive skill would be needed to create the higher tech arrows though. Well that's my 2 cents on the subject.

[Rattlerx5150]

Im surprised that a Bow and arrow mod has never been done til now, when you think of it, a bow and arrow would be a logical and practical weapon in a post apocalypse setting.

Bows were used for ages before firearms were developed.

[roxypoxy]

Does anyone actually think bows would suit Fallout? I don't think so, as it's just not part of it. I mean, spears were in the first games, but not bows.

It would totally make sense. In a world where resources are limited (or supposed to be, thinking about the copious amout of guns and ammo) having a silent weapon with reusable ammo, plus its easy to manufacture, would be ideal.

[HalfordOfTiptonia]

If this is a really stupid question, it's because I have no knowledge of modding games, or how they are made. So, would it be possible to take the longbows (the others wouldn't fit very well) from Skyrim and add it into New Vegas, or something along those lines? Because I think this is a really cool idea, and adds more to the survival aspect of the game, especially for people on hardcore. The arrows would be light, maybe a skill to make them could be added, and the arrows could (maybe) be retrievable, again for the survival aspect.

[harimau93]

if anyone happen to have this kind of amazing animation made by himself Hitman47101, do you guys happen to stumble upon his mod file for this amazing crossbow reload animation?? can anyone share it with me? this is really amazing, but HItman47101 said he's done modding FNV which make me sad so badly.... :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: Edited October 31, 2017 by harimau93