LE Realistic archery

[Soltis]

I'm sick of watching our big, heroic, strong, etc., etc., Dovakiin draw his bow like he's some girlscout who's still unsure which direction the sharp end is supposed to point.

 

Someone needs to watch this video and create some animations and such which reflect what an archer who actually knows what they're doing would look like:

 

Edited July 30, 2012 by Soltis

[The10thJinchuuriki]

uuuhhhh the archer looks like she's doing EXACTLY what Dovahkiin is doing, just slower.

[tg08096]

I'm incredibly turned on right now.

 

Ok so to avoid being accused of spam, this is taken directly from uesp:

 

Draw Speed

 

Firing a bow has three stages:

 

Nock the arrow.

Draw the bow.

Release the arrow and rest.

 

The nock stage appears to take about 0.4s and the rest stage about 0.6s regardless of bow or perks. The time required for a full draw depends on the bow, however; heavier bows tend to take longer to draw.

 

full draw time = 0.4s * 1.66s * bow draw speed / (1 + Quick Shot perk)

minimum shot time = full draw time + 1s

 

Bows made of better material tend to draw more slowly, but one can always choose to draw partially for heavier bows, although only full draws stagger opponents. Better material bows always have higher damage per second than lesser material bows, but cheaper bows can stagger opponents more frequently.

 

Conclusion:

 

Based on this, it seems that the nock stage and the rest stage are hard coded into the game. That leaves us with the draw stage. The archer in the video, if I had to guess, has a draw stage time of about what, .3 seconds? And our bum-ass dovahkin is over the 1 sec mark. The quickdraw perk in the archery tree gives a 30% boost, but that still blows imo.

 

I think a mod that increases the draw speed by a percentage equal to the PC's archery level is appropriate, so I'm gonna go ahead and see if I can't do that now. I'll post back when finished.

[tg08096]

Ok, so I see what the problem is now. I modded the draw speed, but the problem is in the "rest" stage. The idiot raises the bow, nocks an arrow, draws it back, releases the arrow, and lowers the bow. Why in the **** is he lowering the bow??!!!

 

The animation needs to be changed so that the bow remains raised in the ready position until the player no longer wants it there. I don't know if the time between releasing the shot and re-raising the bow can be removed from the equation simply by changing the animation. I made this for now:

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/21344

 

It really doesn't address the issue at hand but i decided to finish it anyway after testing because it helps a little. I really hope someone can make this obsolete very soon.

 

You have put a wrinkle in my brain today Soltis, and it doesn't resemble a smiley face.