JoshuaMadoc Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Has anyone ever found out if it's possible to make projectiles pierce more than one NPC? It's kind of strange that bows do so much damage, yet it can't have enough velocity and stopping power to go through more than one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVDutch Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Has anyone ever found out if it's possible to make projectiles pierce more than one NPC? It's kind of strange that bows do so much damage, yet it can't have enough velocity and stopping power to go through more than one thing. I don't know how realistic this would be. If you want an awesome arrow of epic awesomeness that goes through a bunch of different people that's one thing, but keep in mind that arrows in real life also don't go straight through their target and keep going. Kinetic energy of an object is equal to its mass*velocity^2. However, a lot of the kinetic energy of arrows comes from their relatively high mass, whereas they travel comparatively slowly. If you compare this to a bullet for instance, say high caliber round that travels at well... really high speeds (mach 3 or so I believe), then that bullet obviously has a much MUCH higher kinetic energy than the arrow. (The smaller caliber rounds do not reliably go straight through their target, they usually disintegrate or at least contort somewhat inside the target). Not only that, but the much larger surface area of the arrow results in greater friction as well, and there are a bunch of other reasons as well why arrows not going straight through their target is not 'strange'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghosu Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) There are different physics in Tamriel, just look how high your character can jump :D Edited November 27, 2012 by ghosu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaMadoc Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 I don't know how realistic this would be. If you want an awesome arrow of epic awesomeness that goes through a bunch of different people that's one thing, but keep in mind that arrows in real life also don't go straight through their target and keep going. Kinetic energy of an object is equal to its mass*velocity^2. However, a lot of the kinetic energy of arrows comes from their relatively high mass, whereas they travel comparatively slowly. If you compare this to a bullet for instance, say high caliber round that travels at well... really high speeds (mach 3 or so I believe), then that bullet obviously has a much MUCH higher kinetic energy than the arrow. (The smaller caliber rounds do not reliably go straight through their target, they usually disintegrate or at least contort somewhat inside the target). Not only that, but the much larger surface area of the arrow results in greater friction as well, and there are a bunch of other reasons as well why arrows not going straight through their target is not 'strange'. I'm already aware of something like that, but then I read about the Pyunjun or Eegisal the Koreans made, a special arrow no bigger than a crossbow bolt, and that can go through at least 2 people. Also, my magic ghost bow that I can conjure up still doesn't have the ability to "eat" through whatever living thing was in its way. That's even stranger when I think about it. But I digress. Nobody knows how to make piercing projectiles using the mod tools? Or have they already tried and never told anybody that it's not possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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