halfsword-chat-⚔

[gray crag]

I can try it in 16k but will get 1 frame

[steep wharf]

per century

[devout hinge]

why does windows say i can do 4k

[steep wharf]

do it

screenshot result

[devout hinge]

i did

everything is blurrier now

[clever path]

do gauntlets make you punch harder

[devout hinge]

yep

[gray crag]

It is downscale to your resolution. On screenshot it should be real 4k check the file

[devout hinge]

no the screenshot isnt 4k

[gray crag]

Weird

[steep wharf]

is that the ingame screenshot feature? ive got 2 pics i saved ingame that i cant find outside of game

[devout hinge]

yeah its the ingame screenshot feature

[gray crag]

Try alt f1 if you have nvidia card

[steep wharf]

ah il check the uh folder of games

[devout hinge]

yeah do that

[paper furnace]

Yup ty

[sweet peak]

any way to rebind keys?

[idle crane]

Not officially. People may have figured out a way unofficially idk

[sweet peak]

yeah was thinking about editing an .ini or something

[desert acorn]

Dude got stabbed once in the chest, then I stepped back, he just fell to his knees and tried to stop the bleeding

Things like this are why I love this game

[vestal anvil]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/iE0iETH6b5d32ANjQ/d13370b6aSBs?invite=cr-MSw2NDIsMjI4MTg1MDI3LA

Kirby

[swift karma]

how do you get this version?

[honest mantle]

how do we get armour in the play test?

[vestal anvil]

on steam where you got the game there is “ask for playtest” or something like that

[swift karma]

ahhh ok ive got the demo and im seeing this like whatttt

[honest mantle]

@swift karma i did the same thing

[agile lava]

Wheres blood

[vestal anvil]

#faq

[honest mantle]

not in this playtest @agile lava

[swift karma]

just sent the request through cheers lads

[vestal anvil]

you can read more information in the FAQ

[desert acorn]

I like axes

[vestal anvil]

this weapon is so fire

asf

[desert acorn]

yeah

all axes are good

I like having the heavy one in one hand and the long light one in the other

lets me have good range, good power, and still some speed and control

[swift karma]

hahahah i just learnt that you can hold alt to stab

[vestal anvil]

wait, I have a cool moment from the demo version (if I haven't deleted it already)

[desert acorn]

now this was a violent fight

[vestal anvil]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/2bkiLwJF7LXH-L/d1337cj4XqNp?invite=cr-MSxBM3gsMjI4MTg1MDI3LA

[desert acorn]

fought the two axemen while having an axe stuck in my torso

one of them had let it go right as he was swinging at me, just embedding it into my chest

nice first person finisher

[vestal anvil]

yeah

[desert acorn]

They call me Bonefingers

[vestal anvil]

what's wrong with your hands?😭

[desert acorn]

uhh, the game gave me no clothing

[vestal anvil]

real warriors don't need clothes

[desert acorn]

yeah but my arms have to take the hits then

[vestal anvil]

nvm

[desert acorn]

im just carving them up

[vestal anvil]

I'm waiting for blood to be added to playtest

[olive bone]

Hello everyone. Is there going to be online in the game?

[desert acorn]

now I have one choice to make

do I keep dual wielding or do I grab a bigger axe

cause this one seems like it crosses the line of what I can effectively use in one hand

[knotty grotto]

cartel execution

[idle crane]

English only please

[dusky pilot]

I'm thinking about a specific music but I'm not sure if I can say it here

[knotty grotto]

i know what zou mean

[bold radish]

ono

[devout hinge]

Funkytown?

[dusky pilot]

I've said it on the Reddit and I've triggered someone

[dusky pilot]

Yeah

[idle crane]

Please dont talk about that

[dusky pilot]

If we don't talk about the Cartel you shouldn't heard about it

[bold radish]

full sword when

[dusky pilot]

When blood will be added,

Probably

[bold radish]

thats

bloodsword

[idle crane]

What?

[vestal anvil]

oh wow...

[vestal anvil]

#faq

[simple quiver]

how are people dodging? I keep seeing people do like backsteps and stuff but I can't work out how to do it
it doesn't look like they're just walking backwards it looks like a dodge

[keen vault]

Walk in any direction and sprint at the same Time

[near lichen]

Side step with the shift and rotate your body when they strike

[simple quiver]

Thanks!

[devout hinge]

If you wanna improve check out #1263248218297339915 , #1263255402729181184 and #1244313050174197850

They're the biggest ones with people that actually know shit and make shit to help other people

[dusky pilot]

Nvm

[rapid bronze]

interesting

[devout hinge]

Mfw

[wary plover]

how can i play in the arena

when i play i spawn somewhere dark and get to look for weapons and there are enemies coming from the dark

[devout hinge]

Request the demo from the steam page

[wary plover]

oh ok and how can i see that i got accepted ?

oh i see

i got accepted

[devout hinge]

Damn that was quick lol you were lucky

[wary plover]

ik

[wary plover]

thx for helping btw

[glossy ivy]

HELLO GUYS

i have a question, we can only play in one map in play test?

[devout hinge]

Yep

Different classes makes up for it fr

[shy pulsar]

when next update/

add blood

[twilit granite]

Yesterday

[shy pulsar]

wat

[honest glen]

how can i make a duel with swords shields and things like that?

[twilit granite]

Be patient

[shy pulsar]

Monkey

[twilit granite]

Use the class selectors

[honest glen]

Thanksss

[shy pulsar]

does yall game crash sometimes when pressing exit to menu

[honest glen]

lol

[shy pulsar]

or just me

[devout hinge]

Happens if youre using dx12

[honest glen]

i didnt see it

[shy pulsar]

oh

ty bro

it kept crashin

[devout hinge]

Fr

[somber scroll]

can u survive geting ur Sword stuck in demo or is it gg

[mortal token]

that game looks incredible already

[midnight oar]

how do i play in the arena

[rapid bronze]

request access to the playtest

on the steam page

[midnight oar]

and how do i do that

[rapid bronze]

^^

[midnight oar]

yeah but where

[rapid bronze]

the half sword steam page

[simple quiver]

The big fat button that says request access

[rapid bronze]

and press the big greeen button that says request access

[rapid bronze]

lol

you will prob get accepted within 24 hours

[midnight oar]

omg

[keen vault]

Any way to just retry instead of going back to the menu ?

[rapid bronze]

no

[midnight oar]

i want to play now

[rapid bronze]

use the 2% patience left in ur brainrot my child, be strong

[midnight oar]

hahaha

okay

[rapid bronze]

the time of getting access is dif for alot of people but usually within a 24hour span, me for example i got it in like 1 minute

[worn heron]

Wish I could accept you right away my friend but that's not in my power you'll be accepted Ina few hours to a day at max

[cobalt void]

yeah mine was accepted super quick too

[worn heron]

yee if the community manager is on, he likes to keep the queue clear

[rapid bronze]

i was on late at night

[worn heron]

he lives on the west coast tho so he won't be up for a bit here

[midnight oar]

how do i know when i get accepted or denied

[cobalt void]

playtest will show up in ur library

[rapid bronze]

so yeah thats y, cause im in denmark and if he's on the westcoast then yeah its optimal for me at night time

[worn heron]

You won't get denied! You'll get an email of confirmation

[midnight oar]

and then i do what?

[cobalt void]

also email

[worn heron]

it'll show up in your steam library automatically under Half Sword Playtest!

all you gotta do is download

[midnight oar]

okeay😁👍🏼

[worn heron]

ezpz!

[rapid bronze]

u go read and get smart

lol jk jk

[midnight oar]

msrefisfsefaf

[rapid bronze]

i didnt understand the first one

lmao

[worn heron]

I yelled "be nice" but it prolly just peaked my mic in all honesty lmao

Yep

Ao

Lmao*

[rapid bronze]

its hard being nice

especially when it comes to something like this lmao

[worn heron]

I get it man I moderate a server where people made #1270577738826256536

[rapid bronze]

im so sorry u have to go trough that

[worn heron]

they'd fucking riot if we deleted it

they're animals

[rapid bronze]

i would also riot..

WILLIIE FEET SIGHTINGGGGSSSS!!!!!

[worn heron]

it's lowkey crazy how cinematic some of their shots get.

#1270577738826256536 message

For example

[cobalt void]

we doomed

[rapid bronze]

i like cutting jugular veins

makes me all hot and bothered

[worn heron]

this is common halfsword banter unfortunately, welcome to the chat

[rapid bronze]

correction: we gooned

when i got to the final boss of the demo i rlly wasnt expecting half naked willie

he was scared so naturally i ended his fright and cut his head off

[worn heron]

too lazy to type allat but there's an explanation

[rapid bronze]

i crushed like 30+ peoples heads with 2 shields in the demo

[cobalt void]

i like the lamps

you can really bash a skull in with a couple lamps

[rapid bronze]

HAHA i love death and crushing peoples heads like melons they are in my basement, anyway what i think is cool about halfsword is the realism.

[devout hinge]

funny but i have fought the copy of myself

as the final boss

[worn heron]

I remember there used to be a glitch that would cause physics damage to not be calculated unless you dropped and picked up the weapon again— I didn't know about this at the time it existed- and I'm also a stubborn fucker. This is what lead to me beating a Willie with two wooden barrel lids for 15 minutes before thinking something was wrong when he hadn't even bled

[worn heron]

you definitely have before in the past, but it's a mechanic that got removed with the "save state" in the demo when they removed that

It's a neat concept!

[rapid bronze]

tbf i had the npc damage turned up a bit and i made my self invincible for fun

[worn heron]

I think we have all done that

[rapid bronze]

lol

[devout hinge]

no i played the demo a few days ago

[worn heron]

then you was tweakin bluh

[devout hinge]

nuh uh

[worn heron]

on jah

[idle crane]

https://tenor.com/view/horrified-monkey-gif-22140683

[worn heron]

I promiss

[devout hinge]

bruh im tweaking nevermind

[devout hinge]

my mind has been cleansed

[worn heron]

me when the tweaking pills kick in

[keen vault]

Just had an intense 10+ min fight ! What a game ! GG to the devs ! Thanks for making it !

[worn heron]

I'm glad you're enjoying my friend! Much more to come in the future. Cheers! 🍻

[fleet sparrow]

how can i pick a custom weapon

without it being tied to a class

[lofty hemlock]

im gonna be here on the day it comes out fully this is actually very fun

[wary plover]

i hope its gonna be free to play

[rapid bronze]

ouch

[wary plover]

dayum

[lofty hemlock]

it would be nice if it was free to play but even if it would cost like 30 bucks i would still buy it

[rapid bronze]

pretty sure it wont be

[rapid bronze]

im hopin they price it around max 16euros

[worn heron]

In the playtest things are currently randomized and weapons are tied to classes, but you can find some of them on different tiers.

For example, only the farmers tools are in the farmers class, but the large battleaxe is available in a couple

[wary plover]

same

[cedar garden]

i get knocked out by the weakest shield bash in the world this game buggin 😭

[rapid bronze]

people complaining about the "physics" of a literal playtest/demo confuse the shit out of me

[worn heron]

it will guaranteed cost money on release, price undetermined at the moment

[lofty hemlock]

ill buy no matter what price

[rapid bronze]

800 bucks lol

[lofty hemlock]

well realistic price

[worn heron]

as someone who has practiced HEMA, getting hit in the face with a shield (even if you have a helmet on) really hurts.

[lofty hemlock]

looking at the game the max price that it could go for is like around 45 bucks

[fleet sparrow]

whats up with that youtuber who uses the knight weapons)

[rapid bronze]

man getting hit with even the rubber swords that shit hurts😭

[worn heron]

Dequitem 🙂

[worn heron]

Well, that's one of em

Or are you talking about the game lol

And not real life people beating the shit out of eachother with swords

[idle crane]

imma do my first hema lesson on the 12th

[worn heron]

[fleet sparrow]

OVRDTH guy

ion get it

[worn heron]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy!

[digital cedar]

OVRDTH is so good. Really great content

[worn heron]

The Knight weapons the 4th class has some of them, same with the 3rd

[idle crane]

he uses file manipulation i think there is a guide pinned

yeah there is

[worn heron]

ohh is he one of those guys

Sorry I was not aware, my apologies

Yeah some folks do some funky stuff with the files lol

[fleet sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1207494544309100586/1264828051057803326/mWbbmJSciB0-4lm--ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif

[desert acorn]

don't think bro's walking again

[icy grove]

i got plyest

[devout hinge]

devs please fixc

[digital cedar]

Anyone here have any thoughts on Exanima compared to Halfsword?

[void pike]

when blood in half sword

[desert acorn]

I enjoy both, different games, different pacings

Exanima is a bit harder to learn

but both have strong points

[digital cedar]

Yeah I agree with you. I think the game modes in Exanima are more fleshed out, but I like the combat in Halfsword more

[desert acorn]

half sword combat is a bit faster and more visceral

exanima combat is a lot more about footwork and managing distances well

[void pike]

combat in multi will look like terraria

[desert acorn]

in half sword if you get close you can bonk people in the face

[void pike]

o mean a hand spinning

[desert acorn]

exanima makes that a bit harder

[digital cedar]

Yeah, those a good points. I think right now I'm really digging the faster visceral combat. But I have high hopes for Exanima's story and game world.

[worn heron]

Exanima was actually one of the inspirations of halfsword

[digital cedar]

That's awesome! I didn't know that. But I truly love both games. They feel varied enough in their mechanics to be worth owning both.

[worn heron]

For sure! Originally, halfsword was actually a top down game in its early development, very similar to exanima in style, but after feedback and suggestions, they ended up with the current style they are at today!

I have a feeling it has something to do with the games show, for ease of access for different people to be able to try the game easily and quickly. I think that's why the settings reset each time you open the game, too

it would allow different people to rotate through the playtest quicker

[void rapids]

No, only when you close the game.

[worn heron]

Yeah the settings is only when you restart the game. I understand its a tad inconvenient, and I apologize for that. It won't remain like that forever

[mortal token]

i love doing war crimes

...in this game

[idle crane]

i think the settings are a bug actually. i may be wrong but i think i can remember franky saying something about it

[worn heron]

Very likely, I also just had this thought the other day and I was like "hm, that sorta makes a bit of sense"

[mortal token]

how the hell can a guy with candlestand kill another guy with full armor and an axe

i love this game

[devout hinge]

why do you have to reset the game each time you duie

[worn heron]

Im not trying to sound condescending but

have you ever been hit in the head with a candelabra

it would probably fuckin hurt

[worn heron]

two of them

wait no one has a blue shirt mb

[restive warren]

the armors protect from blades, but when it get strong impacts it dont fully protect it, the medieval armors was for protecting from blades, and the "armors" today are from impacts, thats why today "armors" brake, because it absorve the impact (constructions armors)

[dense island]

had to join to say

I uhhh,

may or may not have accidently lowered the games resolution a bit too much (kept crashing after every restart)

now it is so small I can't interact with anything lol

[restive warren]

the blue shirt was me

[restive warren]

he did this to me

[worn heron]

rip

[keen vault]

Is a Replay editor in the work for the final game ?

[restive warren]

i hate this scythe guy, we always kill me

[worn heron]

I've not heard of this issue before err, send a message to @ mcwonderbeast , our community manager, let them know that Blueberry sent ya.

[scenic mango]

Hi

[dense island]

a dm or just an A?

[restive warren]

maybe repair the game on steam or redowload it

[worn heron]

not too sure tbh, not something they've mentioned. Would be a good suggestion tbh

[worn heron]

DM is fine!

[dense island]

oki doke

[worn heron]

He's on west coast so he may not get to ya right away

[dense island]

tried, didn't work

[scenic mango]

Use Steam Launch Parameters to set a specific resolution

[restive warren]

its only for my bad pc or the game lag when u go into more than 1 person fight in the playtest?

[worn heron]

I'm trying to think if there's a way to manually set your resolution in steam but that's what I'm not sure of

[keen vault]

This would perfectly fit the game . Seeing guts flying in slowmo would be cool xd

[dense island]

I am also on the west so, dw

[worn heron]

yeah that's what I was hoping McWonder could help them with, I know how to launch dx12/11 manually, but not resolution

[worn heron]

Indeed, I know they were working on implementing a slow mode back in potentially for real-time combat

[scenic mango]

Give me 3 minutes, I'll paste the exact parameters

[keen vault]

Yeah just checked the roadmap . It Say tbd . Maybe one day !

[scenic mango]

-screen-width 1920 -screen-height 1080
-fullscreen

You can change the numbers if you want greater or lower resolution depending on your needs, I suggest searching up "common resolutions" since putting random numbers could potentially break the engine and make the game crash

Update when?

We got GTA VI before update

[dense island]

well that worked for a moment, then it slammed right back into the upper left corner

[scenic mango]

Do u have a second monitor/screen ?

[dense island]

yes

[scenic mango]

Ok, first try this out

Instead of putting "-fullscreen" try "-windowed" instead, to see if it fixes it

[dense island]

ayyy :>

well now I know to never fuck with resolution again x3

[idle crane]

to maybe stop the crashing go into properties on steam and type -dx11

oh it looks like demo nevermind

[dense island]

yeah

[scenic mango]

If that doesn't work try pressing WindowsKey + P to change your display config and set it to "Duplicate" or "PC Screen only". That should make sure the game doesn't go outside the screen

Pressing P multiple times while holding the windows key should change between the different screen presets

[dense island]

we found the fix and my brain is now slightly less smooth :>

[scenic mango]

How did you fix it?, just so I can help people with the same issue in the future

[worn heron]

yeah they'll wanna change the numbers depending on their monitor but thank you very much man

[scenic mango]

btw VSync is objectively useless and only make your FPS go down

[dense island]

went into the properties

typed in as you said

-windowed -screen-width 1920 -screen-height-1080

[scenic mango]

Nice, thanks

[worn heron]

if you wanna know your monitors resolution you can check it in a couple ways, you can open your windows settings, go to display, and scroll down, and you should see it listed there

or if you open up GeForce app, it should say it there somewhere

setting proper resolution is key for performance and quality in games. I have a 4 foot 4k tv for my setup so I'm using 3840x2680 res lol

[scenic mango]

I wonder why devs keep using it on games

[worn heron]

it helps stops screen tearing

Big yeah it does reduce fps

[scenic mango]

Yeh but screen tearing is only noticeable on low FPS and fast camera movements. If your game runs at more than 45fps it should be unnoticeable to the human eye, also VSync causes FPS drop... So basically enabling VSyinc trades Screen Tearing for FPS

[worn heron]

Idunno man I'm not a dev, I couldn't tell ya why it's a commonplace

It I getcha, I almost always disable it

[scenic mango]

Just like Motion Blur

[worn heron]

I like motion blur in most games tbh

Just a bit

It can't be too strong

I don't really like how things just look more static when you move your mouse quick, it's just personal pref

[scenic mango]

It's good for immersion since it kinda resembles how a camera works. But it lowers the FPS by a lot... And most Devs code motion blur WRONG making it change depending on FPS

[worn heron]

me sitting happy with my motion blur in my Minecraft shaders because Minecraft modders are somehow the most competent developers of all time

[scenic mango]

Fr

I want to be a Minecraft modder when I grow up

[ancient cipher]

Theyve existed since the beginning of time id hope so

Theyve like perfected the craft

[worn heron]

Seriously I don't get how they can put out like 100+ mobs and a whole ass fully fleshes out dimension in a whole year but Microsofts entire team can only put in a single mob and 3 useless blocks every 4 years

[worn heron]

I see what you did there

[ancient cipher]

Hehhee

[scenic mango]

Mostly because Microsoft doesn't really care about the game. It's all about money, the game is already on the top 5 most sold games... Adding stuff to the game won't make them earn more money

[ancient cipher]

Mind you the mod will have one dev who isnt getting paid and mojang has a whole team getting paid a crazy amoung

[ancient cipher]

Ok ok optifine is like the grandfather

[worn heron]

did you hear that with the latest bedrock update they stopped supporting modding bedrock, only paid add-ons

[ancient cipher]

Too old for modern tech and times

[scenic mango]

F

[worn heron]

so essentially they did what java players have been fearing the whole time and monetized the entire game bedrock-side

[scenic mango]

I was fan of Bedrock until just now

[worn heron]

Mods and all

[ancient cipher]

Its why they want to get rid of java

[worn heron]

Really hope they reel that change back

[worn heron]

Yuuup

[ancient cipher]

To monetize all of it

[worn heron]

I will riot

[unborn cedar]

It's not like minecraft already has the most sales of any game ever already, they need MORE MORE MORE!!!

[ancient cipher]

I mean lord knows if they try that so many people would just make a new launcher for java and still use it

[worn heron]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-more-gif-21856591

[ancient cipher]

Java may suck as a platform but bugrock will never be better

[worn heron]

they still haven't even pushed out the combat update to bedrock 😭😭😭

[ancient cipher]

They wont ever

Bc mobile and console

[worn heron]

wack ass devs

[scenic mango]

I think I was one of the few people to actually manage to crack Bedrock. The funniest part about it is that Mojang even believed I had the game... So now I officially have 200 hours on a game that I officially don't own 💀💀💀

[ancient cipher]

Wait i just realized

[worn heron]

I'm still playing a bit of bedrock rn on and off of modded java with my friends on a realm and it's throwing me off swapping between the game modes

There's so many discrepancies

[ancient cipher]

You hate berserk?!!??

[worn heron]

like, you cant even find level 5 enchantments in bedrock, you have to craft them

[jolly gorge]

Modded Java like Java Script?

[ancient cipher]

:(

[worn heron]

Minecraft java edition

[desert acorn]

it's all your fault guys

[ancient cipher]

Wouldnt adding it like defeat the purpose of the dragonslayer? 😭 impossible to use?

[worn heron]

sorry

[scenic mango]

Don't worry guys, once they add modding it will be just a matter of time before we have Berserk Sword

[ancient cipher]

Just make a model and make it unmovable

Lol

[worn heron]

I told you guys I'll fucking riot if it happens

no bersor

[ancient cipher]

Bersor

[scenic mango]

And some other stuff I don't want to mention because I want the devs to officially add them to the game

[desert acorn]

sorry I had to find this one again

[scenic mango]

Don't make my life difficult by making me work on mods please

[ancient cipher]

A wizard tartigrade? 😭

[desert acorn]

a tardigrade mage

[ancient cipher]

OHHH

[scenic mango]

A microscopic bear with a fancy hat?

[merry coyote]

how to get half swod (nnot demo)

[ancient cipher]

Request

[desert acorn]

go to the steam store page, request access to playtest, wait for devs to accept

takes less than a day

[unborn cedar]

You click the button that says "REQUEST ACCESS TO PLAYTEST"

[merry coyote]

ty

[ancient cipher]

Took them 25 mins to get mine

[dense island]

ah good,

ye age old question

stab them

or cut them

[scenic mango]

Go to the HalfSword steam page (the same as the Demo) and look for a button to "Request access to Playtest"

[desert acorn]

you got two hands

[ancient cipher]

Should be quick

[worn heron]

huge

[dense island]

very good point

[worn heron]

Took me a sec

I was like

"a wizard grub"

[ancient cipher]

Tartigrades are more than bears or grubs :(

[desert acorn]

tbh a tardigrade wizard solves a huge issue

they can survive just about anything, which is the main problem of mages

[scenic mango]

Stabbing is objectively better IRL but this game makes stabbing more difficult than it should, so Chopping is probably the way to go

[worn heron]

In the playtest, a great way to stab accurately is to hold right mouse to aim your weapon, then double click left mouse

hope this helps!

I'll send a clip of an example

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/isJV0pQgDMgXVmpNE/spok?invite=cr-MSwxbEgsMjAxMzQ4MTMyLA

[scenic mango]

I didn't know that

Then the game is perfect

[dense island]

I almost lost to a guy with a hoe

I won tho, I have a broken leg now XD

[scenic mango]

Demo stabbing still sucks tho

[worn heron]

Indeed! There's a lot of nuances to the games controls, even clicking one time will change your stance !

[worn heron]

Yeah haha that is still janky

[scenic mango]

Btw, is there any news about multiplayer? I've been inactive on this discord the last 2 weeks

I know it's not a priority but sometimes devs talk about future plans or progress in non-priority features

I don't enjoy single players game as much as I would like to

[ancient cipher]

Blueberry you sound like a customer support guy

Very scary change

[dense island]

ah, after taking down multiple men, even the dreaded scythe, I die via being bashed over the head with a stool XD

[ancient cipher]

Blunt damage is no joke beo

Def my second in things that ended my runs

Clunk to the head

[dense island]

well I mean tbh I did have a cut up arm, a lot of probable slashes to the head

and was limping so

not like I was getting far anyways

[scenic mango]

Try out the CandleHolder

[worn heron]

I am, haha

I've worked several customer support jobs in the past, I have a lot of experience and training in it

[scenic mango]

The tall one, it's almost every where and to me is the best weapon in the Demo

[worn heron]

There's like two sides to me, Customer Service, and absolute ape

[silk bolt]

When will blood came back in game?

[worn heron]

Estimated sometime mid October

[worn heron]

They're currently developing local splitscreen support but that's about it rn

[scenic mango]

Hell yeah

[unborn cedar]

This discord Needs a roadmap so there isn't so many repeat questions and feedback posts

[worn heron]

Can't wait for this to become a drinking game at parties lol

[scenic mango]

I might be wrong but I think steam has an option to stream split screens to other PC (turning offline multiplayer into Online Multiplayer) but I'm not sure

I just remember hearing it a while ago, I never tried it

[worn heron]

There's a #faq and it's supposed to be a default channel, but due to discord issues it doesn't show up for some reason. It's been reported to discord by several parties. We are hoping they will fix it by 2026

[worn heron]

Yeah you can, but I'm not sure if it would work in this case. With physics based animation, it may introduce a lot of issues over ping

[scenic mango]

Discord has become Mojang2

[unborn cedar]

An FAQ and Roadmap aren't the same

[worn heron]

I'm aware. We also have a roadmap, but its fairly out of date

It's on trello

[scenic mango]

If it works as I think it works it should only add about 120ms of delay... Everything should be synced tho, and that's the important thing

[worn heron]

Want a link? Again it's pretty out of date

[unborn cedar]

Why doesn't anyone make an updated version and put it on the discord

[scenic mango]

Updated version of what?

[worn heron]

it's not really a priority since they are in the middle of swapping playtest versions

[worn heron]

I understand where you're coming from though

[unborn cedar]

It'd just be nice for everyone if the devs would communicate what they're planning on adding in the future

[worn heron]

They're mainly focusing on going gung-ho on the playtest before Tokyo Games Show at the moment, so everything is ready

I understand, and that roadmap still has a ton of the dev and community plans that are planned.

[scenic mango]

RN I just want 3 things to be implemented

1. Kicking balls

2. Online Multiplayer

3. Musical instruments

4. Berserk Sword

[worn heron]

A good example, community requests had Kicking on there for ages, and they recently started working on that a few weeks ago

[scenic mango]

Once that's all implemented this game will become my favorite

[worn heron]

They do communicate via the WIPs and in the chats here and whatnot 🙂

That roadmap does certainly need touched up, but they are consistently working on stuff that is on it

The primary one was the combat overhaul that was in the playtest here!

[worn heron]

oh my goodness

[unborn cedar]

Do you know if alt grips are planned? For flipping things like halberds, axes, daggers, etc?

[upper siren]

flipping swords and using the pommel would be cool

[unborn cedar]

Yeah a mordhau grip for swords would be really nice

[worn heron]

they've definitely talked about it, and there's been a ton of community requests. They have plans for many more stances in the future, how they plan to implement them— I'm not sure.

[upper siren]

it was a real grip back in the days of knights

because swords were practically useless agaisnt armor

[scenic mango]

Imma go take a Nap, see y'all later

[worn heron]

You can do something similar if you hold right click and aim the sword to the pommel, then double click left click. this makes your stabs super accurate, but you can actually use the butt of the weapon too

[worn heron]

Enjoy

[scenic mango]

If anyone has trouble launching the game well... Too bad

[upper siren]

You mean like use the 2 handed block grip to pommel smash?

[unborn cedar]

Yeah that's alright but using the spike/hammer/hook end of polearms would be sick

[worn heron]

Yup!

[worn heron]

yeah I know whatcha mean haha

[worn heron]

here, I'll show you a quick 1 min clip of me showing off different stances with some weapons in the playtest

[keen vault]

Check the roadmap

[upper siren]

that is always fun, but it doesnt have the same weight as if you were swinging it around like a mace

[worn heron]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/ixlsFjlrVI0KcAm2T/spok?invite=cr-MSxOZ0UsMjAxMzQ4MTMyLA

There's actually a lot of nuances to the controls

[unborn cedar]

I was just told it was outdated

[worn heron]

Yeah for sure. It feels more like a punch, but you can get a good knockout sometimes

[old hound]

I hope it’s a terrible nap and that you wake up at like 2am

[worn heron]

Yee but I also mentioned this @unborn cedar

it's old as all hell, but they're still pulling some things from it

[unborn cedar]

Y'know a perfect weapon for this game would be Flails. A smaller one handed flail and a bigger/two handed "war flail"

[worn heron]

Like the kicking community request, for example, Franky started working on that about three weeks ago

[worn heron]

there's a one handed flail in development (;

[upper siren]

i got kind of a cool pommel hit on this one, i cant find my regular pommel strike though'

[unborn cedar]

YEAAAHH

[worn heron]

it was a pain in the ass to find an accurate reference from the 15th century but I accidentally found one when looking for a 15th century bardiche

Instantly caught Franks eye 👀

this was the photo I sent

[worn heron]

it's loading infinitely halfway through

I am forbidden from watching the last half 😭

[upper siren]

damnit! the last half is the good half

[dense island]

ah they've given me a proper helmet

what fools!

[unborn cedar]

Talking about bardiches It's a pain when my front hand just lets go of it, hope that'll be fixed sooner or later. Really just in general your wrists/hands feel weak

[upper siren]

here if this doesn't work then there might be something wrong with the video file

[dense island]

I got stabbed in the neck

the helmet did not helmet

[unborn cedar]

Mmmm tasty spear

[keen vault]

What everyone playin , low or high mouse movement ?

[unborn cedar]

Low

Middle of the M on 800dpi

[worn heron]

Ahh there we go, bonk!

[feral glacier]

Hello, a buddy and me are trying to play the game together in multiplayer is that even possible?

[dense island]

is the man with the scythe supposed to be the grim reaper because ow

[unborn cedar]

Not at the moment, no

[feral glacier]

Oh I see, we thought one existed because we heard about people playing online o.O

[restive garnet]

dont mess with willie

[unborn cedar]

Yeah I've been hearing lots of misinformation about a supposed multiplayer

[ancient cipher]

Oh thats actually really cool

[safe hearth]

yeah i originally saw someone on tiktok pretending to fight their friend in fist play,
it's just npcs rn

[feral glacier]

Oh I see

Nonetheless still a really cool game

[devout hinge]

That doesn't look like willie

[restive garnet]

its willie

[worn heron]

Splitscreen support is currently being developed but that's about it currently

[worn heron]

yeahh I'm just used to getting yelled at by shitty customers who tip bad and are mad about not enough butter on their bagel or sum shit

and selling weed legally

I just copied my copypasta and now the guy who asked is gone

[covert edge]

L

[covert edge]

Yes

It's all in your head, Mr. Dragon.

[worn heron]

[tough yew]

been a while since we’ve seen you, you doin good?

[restive garnet]

yo, yes i am doing good! thank you for asking.

[devout hinge]

its not thats your new hire jeremy

jeremy fitzgerald

[restive garnet]

its willie

[tough yew]

visuals are always getting improved it seems. Excited to see you guys remove the weird noise on some certain places of the armor/willie

[devout hinge]

why does your willie look like its unreal engine 6 with rtx on and why did no one get my fnaf reference with jeremy

literally praying my pc can run the new update if it looks like that

[tough yew]

im gonna need to build an entire new computer because mine is just a sinking ship at this point

[worn heron]

My queen

[restive garnet]

loool

[worn heron]

@restive garnet do you plan on gambling in #1280632003263201341 and reaching level 25 so we can get married

[restive garnet]

oh demmm

[restive garnet]

must gomble

[restive garnet]

[worn heron]

baby numbers

Net loss of 181 million

[restive garnet]

[worn heron]

[tough yew]

I ain’t joking, gotta upgrade the mouse too because that’s also destroyed

[restive garnet]

💀

[tough yew]

can’t half sword without willie stopping suddenly mod swing

[restive garnet]

we need to sell HS mouse

[tough yew]

i need half sword funding i gotta tell ya

[ancient cipher]

A willie plush would go hard

[covert edge]

Willie body pillow?

[worn heron]

(with removable sallet)

[ancient cipher]

Literally perfect

[worn heron]

no they don't need THAT many merch sales

[tough yew]

add the blued willie as a plushie

[ancient cipher]

Interchangeable helmets?

[tough yew]

that would work

[devout hinge]

half sword lego collab when \

[ancient cipher]

Barbute?

[restive garnet]

[covert edge]

It's a great idea

Willie body pillow is needed

[worn heron]

I'm dead serious tho find someone on makeship or sumn and you will make bank

[covert edge]

Willie punching bag is also a great idea

[worn heron]

Dude I would sock him so fucking hard

https://tenor.com/view/how-heavy-are-the-dumbbells-you-lift-one-punch-dumbbell-nan-kilo-moteru-boxing-anime-gif-14960735

[tough yew]

make statues of willie

[wise cipher]

willie has the most punchable face ever

[wise cipher]

i wonder how the devs made it so punchable

[worn heron]

say that again but with more passion

[wise cipher]

oh right they didnt he was BORN like that

i forgot willie is a face scan

[worn heron]

he DOUBLED DOWN thats CRAZY

[worn heron]

alright

[covert edge]

HOLY FUCK

[dense island]

AHAHAHA

FAK U

[worn heron]

that's enough modding for me today

someone else take over

[restive garnet]

[worn heron]

[covert edge]

I'll be taking over

[wise cipher]

do u think they looked around VAs trying to see who looked the most european and punchable at the same time

[worn heron]

Literally anybody atp

[devout hinge]

there are 2 voice actors for willie

[restive garnet]

w0d

[covert edge]

I am the #1 Half Sword fan, you can trust me

[worn heron]

I think they were just like

[devout hinge]

one for talking and one for responses to getting hit like screaming and gurgling

[wise cipher]

oh dude that makes sense

[devout hinge]

me when firewood

[restive garnet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1086506182090440794/1278777436859011072/attachment-1.gif

[worn heron]

kepontrucken did the gruggles and ahhs, and Ivan did the old English and middle German

[worn heron]

Ivan is the 3d art director

[wise cipher]

kepon is also the face scan guy right

[devout hinge]

shouldnt it be MIDDLE english 🤓

[worn heron]

no it's old English

And middle German

[devout hinge]

no

[wise cipher]

so they just got a guy

[rich citrus]

yo

[worn heron]

no this is kepontrucken

[devout hinge]

yes that is kepontrucken

he doesnt look like willie

[rich citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/halfsword-half-sword-hop-on-gif-3370577139653259118

[wise cipher]

WHOS THE MODEL!

[smoky fox]

the best build

[worn heron]

A mysterious man

[devout hinge]

him

[worn heron]

[devout hinge]

mysterious stranger

[worn heron]

omg

[devout hinge]

replace all weapons with a longsword or a toptier poleaxe and then its the best

[smoky fox]

nah, id counter

[devout hinge]

nah get bonked idot

[smoky fox]

why are you sending voice messages

[wise cipher]

oh he looks insanely punchable

[smoky fox]

bro just type

[wise cipher]

good job dev team

[devout hinge]

😔

[wise cipher]

in a good way though

like i dont feel bad when i do this to him

[smoky fox]

merica

https://tenor.com/view/godblessamerica-america-usa-gif-1955659946067674628

[worn heron]

Im just an expressive person

[smoky fox]

https://tenor.com/view/usa-america-united-states-united-states-of-america-us-gif-17391099274068274210

[wise cipher]

id feel bad if he looked like joe biden

peak character design

they just got a dudes face man 🥹

[abstract geyser]

Let's get some KILLS yo

[wise cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/emo-crashout-school-threat-tiktok-crashout-crashout-them-yns-gif-8526646474316288308

[abstract geyser]

how's everyone doing tonight/this morning/ this afternoon or whatever it is for u

Just got a nice takedown 😆
https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/iE7RNn781XYQa8BzR/d13377ZIacMQ?invite=cr-MSx2TEMsMjYzNDUzOTI1LA

[frank scarab]

HAHAHA YOU TOOK THE BLAME

NOBODY SUSPECTED ME

[devout hinge]

bruh hes hitting the griddy

[frank scarab]

I DID EVERYTHING
YOU DID NOTHING AND YOU STILL GOT SHAMED

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1079395042810150912/1281738861789057075/willie_dancin.gif

[devout hinge]

thats not a playtest bug tho

[soft osprey]

Wdym I made that meme

I posted it that means I made it

Don’t hate the player hate the game

[frank scarab]

doesn't matter, you got shamed, i walk away without problems

i won

[proud swift]

oh man good thing i had my gauntlets on, wouldn't want my forearms and hands to get hurt

i do love that you can be literally skeletonized but as long as you heal out of it, you're gtg

[proud swift]

armpit kill nice

[foggy elbow]

this is NOT funny

[lament wraith]

whos up halfing their sword rn?

[trail pivot]

im half swording all over

[lament wraith]

favorite part of the game has to be when willie said „maybe the halfsword was the friends we made along the way

[safe hearth]

bro has not played half sword

[abstract geyser]

Anyone got some funny clps theyve recorded?

[abstract geyser]

my favorite part was when my willie say "touch me"

[safe hearth]

my favorite part was when willie took out his willie and the two willies started having fist play

[abstract geyser]

i dont have that DLC yet

[safe hearth]

its actually the alt ending

[abstract geyser]

it's usually* my ending too

i think i broke my arm, can doctor help plz
https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/iE8OEAdBjONol9ISg/d1337OSHn77U?invite=cr-MSxibFMsMjYzNDUzOTI1LA

[long sandal]

I hope the bone breaking gets updated when the gore gets added again

[abstract geyser]

he's burdened by the weight of his own existence

[long sandal]

its not his fault that he had one too many beforehand

[abstract geyser]

is he angry or horny? or both?

[restive garnet]

First pic needs Netflix series poster edit

[restive garnet]

Both

[balmy wind]

Did the Ai get an update because I swear theyre halfswording to stab my face more than normal now

[abstract geyser]

I don't think so.

[restive garnet]

The more Uplay the better they get. They learn

[balmy wind]

huh

[balmy wind]

They fucking what

Thats so cool are you bullshitting me rn

[devout hinge]

fake because my AI are utter dogshit and i played 55 hours

[abstract geyser]

I still slowly puttin the player dmg up and npc dmg down, i haven't noticed them getting any better

[balmy wind]

Maybe youre dogshit /j /lh

[restive garnet]

Your playstyle ain't good then

[devout hinge]

no im the best ever

[restive garnet]

Not worthy for ai to learn

[balmy wind]

It makes sense that theyre halfswording a lot more then because I love doing that lol

[devout hinge]

im the most brutal and vicious and ruthless champion theres ever been no one can stop me

[abstract geyser]

actually u got clips @devout hinge i havent seen em yet

[restive garnet]

[devout hinge]

theres no one that can match me my style is impetuous my defense is unpregnable and im just ferocious

[abstract geyser]

Thought i'd check my play time: 18.4hrs total

[balmy wind]

lmao my dislexic ass read that as impregable

[devout hinge]

i got some sword ones in #1263248218297339915 but discord is stupid and doesnt let me use the search feature in there

[marble sigil]

When is the tokyo game fest thing happening?

[balmy wind]

That stand off in the second vid was kinda cool

[abstract geyser]

i do enjoy using those like a staff and going kung fu panda pode

you use it with a bit more .. purpose XD

[timber talon]

Apparently I’m so good my AI are starting to fucking dunk eachother

[abstract geyser]

bahaha i've had some stuff like that, but that was a good one

[timber talon]

I’m convinced it was intentional because it literally ring outted and killed that Willie

[abstract geyser]

haha was pretty suss... other willie probably said some sh!t to him before the match started lol

"ey willie... u got a small willie"

"u fkin w0t m8"

[timber talon]

https://tenor.com/view/zver-dunk-gif-4253159164309189932

[abstract geyser]

lmao

i'm outta here for the night, catch y'all later

[thick pilot]

Im cururus, does anyone kinda like my suggestion i posted?

[kind wadi]

yo how tf do i stand up when i get knocked over

[devout hinge]

hold W if youre on your back and S if youre on your tummy

[cosmic pier]

What if the game came out as full As full sword

[keen vault]

That would be full Price and not half !

[safe hearth]

pov you lost the fight for your life

[desert trellis]

im dangerous wit the spinning shots

[ripe meteor]

violatedthe poor man

[desert trellis]

should have kept his guard

[fleet sparrow]

finished the game :p

[round yarrow]

how did u get gore on it?

[merry hedge]

demo version

[round yarrow]

oh thanks, shouldnt the playtest also have it?

[merry hedge]

the playtest is getting shown off at the tokyo games festival so no gore on that.

[old hound]

It doesn’t because it’s a public build for tgs

Also the gore is just being improved massively from what it was in the demo

[round yarrow]

oh that is cool i didnt know that

[round yarrow]

i get it, thanks you 2

[slate granite]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-thousand-yard-stare-thousand-yard-stare-cat-ptsd-cat-soldier-cat-war-gif-9110270742088459827

mhm

[agile cradle]

Whos good at parying in half sword

Because I am quite good

[sacred pine]

finally

[bronze cloud]

how do i pick this combat stuff i can only do fist fight and brawl

[little verge]

OVRDTH is damn good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz0o8Ewks-Y

[bronze cloud]

oh my god😂

[shy pulsar]

BUFFON

[little verge]

CUCKOLD!

[agile cradle]

Yeah I learned of his videos

He is a god

[little verge]

One of the top players atm for sure.

[agile cradle]

Hey what's class on the very top we can't play

Also half sword is a brilliant game

[little verge]

It is a work in progress tier. If you start in the dirt and make it to fancy plate armor what would be beyond?

[shy pulsar]

Ngl the terms they use to curse is funny asf that language weird

BUFFOON CUCKHOLD

[agile cradle]

Hey I kind of want more amour helmets like the hound skull the german visor helmets and the great helm

[little verge]

It is all time period accurate as well. Cannot expect the hedgeborn to know this.

[shy pulsar]

Lol

[agile cradle]

I put it as a suggestion

[little verge]

There is much more to be added still. Be sure to check out #references♥_1450-1470 they love going into detial on what is period accurate and what to expect.

[shy pulsar]

Say all the things they say

[agile cradle]

Also you know how the player can the Italian armett are they gonna ad it for bots to wear

[muted ice]

who does the voice acting in the playtest because its honestly top tier 😭

[agile cradle]

Do anyone know

[little verge]

I cannot remember them all but I will do my best.

Baffoon, Hedgeborn, Cuckold, Ragamuffun, Figglebidbay (no idea how its spelled still (badCM moment)).

[agile cradle]

Cuckold 😄

[shy pulsar]

Lol cuckhold

[little verge]

the screams are Kepontrucken and the voice lines are Ivan.

[shy pulsar]

Buffoon is the funniest one

[agile cradle]

Nah fugglebid Bay 😆

[agile cradle]

Back to the question

[little verge]

The German ones I always forget. Louster?

[shy pulsar]

Ngl they should make it when you insult they get more aggressive

[little verge]

If you can use it, they can use.

[agile cradle]

Nah they don't wear it though

[little verge]

There is an honor/reputation mechanic planned. Cannot say much beyond that.

[agile cradle]

Only the player can wear it

[shy pulsar]

So I predicted the future?

[little verge]

I mean it is in the old Roadmap lol.

[agile cradle]

I thought one of the lines was bich

[shy pulsar]

😭

[shy pulsar]

CUCKHOLD

[little verge]

For now, in the end if you can have access the NPC will also have access.

[agile cradle]

Where is the road map

[little verge]

there is no H.

[little verge]

It is beyond outdated.
https://trello.com/b/TN5AbCGk/half-sword-roadmap

[shy pulsar]

Would they add nudity

[shy pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-shrek-rizz-rizz-gif-11157824601050747846

[agile cradle]

Nah his got lotion in his hand

[little verge]

Make a Meme!

[shy pulsar]

When you finish and you realize what you've done

[agile cradle]

I am exited for the freedom of the customisation

[little verge]

https://tenor.com/view/joe-biden-presidential-debate-huh-confused-gif-16704157274113773062

[agile cradle]

I am gonna make a Austrian painter knight and a Georgian knight

[shy pulsar]

Bro I got a good idea 💡

Make it so you can make the charcther buff or skinny or tall or short

[agile cradle]

Do you get what I mean

[shy pulsar]

Or even a fat buffoon

[agile cradle]

[shy pulsar]

[agile cradle]

Nah that would be crazy

[shy pulsar]

Fr imagine fighting a tall fat buffoon

[agile cradle]

[shy pulsar]

Cuckold

Fugglebid bay!

[little verge]

Yes let us wage war on on all the fat cuckold's of the land!

[agile cradle]

Also can you guys look on suggestions

[misty lotus]

ive been getting quite good at successfully blocking attacks with longsword, but how do i start learning how to smoothly counterattack out of those blocks?
like i catch their weapon on my crossgaurd and then i cant do much\

should i change the way im blocking or is there a technique im missing?

[little verge]

It gets looked at daily.

[agile cradle]

Ok

[shy pulsar]

Tag me in suggestions

Where is it

[agile cradle]

I just get into the block stance and swing after parry I normally kill them straight away

[misty lotus]

yeah, i can do that, like this
but i want to try to condense the actions im doing into less of a "block then swing" and more of a "block and swing"

[agile cradle]

It's the more amour and helmets titel

[shy pulsar]

Darn what a kill

[agile cradle]

Ohh nah I don't go fancy I just block stab kill kill no mecry KILL THEM ALLL ARHHH RAHHH CHARGE

[shy pulsar]

Same I just charge like a maniac

Like a buffoon

[agile cradle]

It matters if you survive

[misty lotus]

i used to do that until i learned there was an actual community that did technique and then i started trying to master all that

[agile cradle]

Haha 😄

[shy pulsar]

I mean unless there's multi-player I don't see a reason

It's a game to have fun in mostly

[agile cradle]

Nah I am ok at that

[shy pulsar]

You need to kill fat buffoons

[soft osprey]

Which is why people try to get techniques down, it’s hella satisfying getting a slick kill

[agile cradle]

To be honest I more try to make kills clean not messy

[shy pulsar]

Ig

[misty lotus]

one of my fav parts is trying to get them to surrender instead of incapacitating or killing them

[agile cradle]

Yeah

[shy pulsar]

Idk I like fist fights they are the most satisfying

[misty lotus]

its a real fun challenge

[soft osprey]

If they go down I let them get back up

Drag it out

[agile cradle]

I grab in fist fights and do wwe slams and breaks there necks by accident

Instead online mutiplayer what about local mutiplayer 2 player

[misty lotus]

yes yes

i like to play spacing and distance on the bots, they play that playstyle a lot more technically i feel like

[worn heron]

mercy good sire

[tepid slate]

Anyone else had trouble using Nvidia Geforce Now to record? I haven't been able to capture any of my instant replays the last few days

Never had a problem until now though

[worn heron]

It won't capture in borderless for some reason

Make sure the game is in fullscreen

[tepid slate]

My mf dog. Thank you

[worn heron]

Same issue with Medal clipping too

[worn heron]

I gotchu

[worn heron]

be not the cause of my🫃

[soft osprey]

It’s too late. Now marriage is mandatory.

[scenic mango]

How to shave balls

My bad, wrong channel

I can fix it

How to shave balls on Halfsword

[ancient cipher]

Scythe

👍

[scenic mango]

I'm back and I'm willing to help y'all to fix any problem you encounter when trying to launch the game

[dire mesa]

can i get playtester on steam?

[jovial wren]

yall what the sigma

[quiet tundra]

Quick question, how did y'all get access to that arena mode I see in game footage? It just sends me to the dark survival pit whenever I hit start

[somber copper]

request access to playtest

wag fist in the air while u wait for email

then once u get the email u profit

[quiet tundra]

Thank you

[calm jungle]

How do I get the game?

[somber copper]

steam bwudda

[calm jungle]

I can't download?

[somber copper]

then req access to playtest n wait for email

fist wagging optional

[little path]

yo why is it saying i need more memory then tells me to update my driver

like what'

[somber scroll]

HOW

i have gotten past the red axe guy once 😭

i cant figure out how to live from spears too

[quiet tundra]

It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it

I played one of the older versions a lot before swapping to this, so it was a small shock but not much

Get scythe, wreck stuff

[soft osprey]

First fix, try setting your game to run with dx11

[compact wind]

did they remove gore in the play test?

[soft osprey]

Either through in game options or through your steam library

[soft osprey]

Read the notice that pops up when you launch the game

[worn heron]

How much ram do you have ?

[compact wind]

ah

[worn heron]

ohohooo have I got something for you my friend

[worn heron]

https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1279922212421505149

just a few dev leaks

[compact wind]

DAYM\

[worn heron]

teehee

[noble agate]

To be absolutely honest the hand to hand combat in this game is heavily limited and kind of boring after like a day of playing it. I would love to be able to actually use my grabs for holding somone whilst i punch them but unfortunately if you grab your enemy and try to punch them, your in game character will wildly flail his hands around and behind the back of your target (being held in your hands directly in front of you). Another gripe is that i am uncapable of using my elbows as a melee weapon?!?!?!?! why?????? i had a super gnarly reverse grapple on someone and wanted to use my elbow to subdue them only to discover that your elbows are utterly USELESS.....................

i literally just grabbed someones head and it immediately subdued them...........................................................

[compact wind]

it is in play testing

[wooden rover]

Update when

[noble agate]

is the point of this discord not for people to discuss the game? i dont want to get in trouble for criticizing the work but it just feels like they could have at the very LEAST put rebindable controls into the game.

[compact wind]

that does that effort to put in

i code in unreal

and its not the easiest to implement

[noble agate]

elaborate how binds are a complex thing to code

as far as my understanding goes its around 3-4 batch files

[compact wind]

it does depend on how they are doing code

[noble agate]

with unreal

[compact wind]

yeah ue is c++ and blueprints

[noble agate]

not looking to be argumentative just genuinely looking to have an informative conversation

if it is a harder excercise than what i understand it to be that is excusable

[worn heron]

That's the thing about halfsword, there's not really many "binds" for controlling set animations like that. We use physics based animation, which is all calculated in real time, and calculates weight, speed, and velocity in order to produce damage

The closest thing there are to set animations at the moment are the stabbing binds, like double clicking left mouse. Does that make sense sorta, how I explained it?

There are plans to further develop the system, it is far from complete for sure

[noble agate]

what about the movement itsself?

i dont use wasd on keyboard to move

and neither to a lot of people who game with disabilities

accessibility is a HUGE issue for anyone who needs alternate controls for movement or other controls associated with keyboard

[worn heron]

Mm, I understand. It's an ergonomic issue that has been taken into account and will be 100% looked into, we do not want to exclude folks from accessibility to our game

Azerty keyboard users are an easy example

[noble agate]

German users probably cant even operate the game (without remapping keyboard)

[worn heron]

I know some who can't use keyboards compensate with xbox controllers, but controller support is not completely finished yet either, so there's a couple missing keybinds. Mainly sprint and your inventory

[worn heron]

Adding onto this, though— they have been working on a dynamic kicking system for a few weeks.

Nutshots imminent

[ripe meteor]

Cuckold!

[noble agate]

I really dig the concept of the game but i just feel certain things lacking or missing. I am not a part of your development team or in the know for the games timeline but i just hope that it doesnt end up like many other games ive seen fail in this early stage (ie adding more new features before refining the old and already implimented systems that are in place therefore creating a huge cluttered mess of features that are plagued by bugs and improper implimentation of concepts

[worn heron]

I totally understand what you mean. The main focus of the playtest here was to improve the physics of weapons and armour (which they did a stellar job on, you don't often see many physics issues like them clipping through eachother or stabbing through plate armour often), and they also introduced fist fighting and an emphasis on grappling.

While also extremely fleshing out the combat system

there is still work to be done in areas, but it's a vast improvement from the demo

[round yarrow]

i might be saying something really stupíd but i think it would be really fun if you could drop down ur weapon and jump on your enemy

[noble agate]

I have on many occasions helped the insurgency developement team with bug discovery and gameplay feedback that they would sometimes fix or impliment but other times they would just outright tell me "It's a concequence of the games code and the engine" which is totally understandable but in games that people are passionate about transparancy is KEY. Thank you for responding and giving me insights. I want to see this game succeed!

[worn heron]

In the meantime, Galaxy, Fiber, and Def0rp have been cooking up a new dynamic gore system in the studio, with 200% quality as to what we have seen in the demo. Would you like to see?

[noble agate]

and to respond to this i really want to see them FURTHER the functionality of grapples and the usefullness of grappling someone in a close combat fight

[round yarrow]

the game is really addicting i cant lie, nice job u guys, will it be online? (in the future)

[worn heron]

I appreciate the feedback! We are very open to constructive criticism and genuinely appreciate it!

they plan to introduce many new realistic stances from HEMA combat and improve swordplay to really immerse yourself

[ripe meteor]

me personally would love to have a look at the new gore system

[worn heron]

they're currently developing local splitscreen support but that's about it at the moment