halfsword-chat-⚔

[slate granite]

SLEEP

[winter wasp]

here

[slate granite]

you cannot believe how ABSOLUTLY DESTROYED my sleep sceduel is

scedual

eh

whatever

[thorn kite]

ah okay

hopefully i level up soon then

[next badger]

Same here I been sleeping past 5am for the past week or so

[slate granite]

same

[next badger]

schedule

[slate granite]

normaly i fall alseep at 22:00 or 0:00

now im

well

yeah

ima stay the night awake and try to fix it

oh my days

[blissful gulch]

sceduel? what kind of duel is that?

[slate granite]

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-ball-z-goku-astro-lightning-ssj-goku-gif-23522484

[slate granite]

lol

he looking at me like its my fault

[slate granite]

i hit his leg .

SO HOW

[blissful gulch]

This image looks like this is the holy intestine pile in the temple of doom

[slate granite]

HOOOW

[next badger]

Not familiar.

[slate granite]

reminds me of bob

[blissful gulch]

ever played rock em sock em robots? same concept probably

[slate granite]

im going crazy from lack of sleep

and i wanna beat someone up

what do you do in this situation

[blissful gulch]

Die I think

[slate granite]

ow

i was wondering why im feeling pain

now i know why

[lavish anvil]

Anyone know how to get better with the longsword? I'm trying to know how to actually guard instead of just wildly swinging everywhere.

[thorn kite]

u gotta half sword

[blissful gulch]

Get em before they get you

[lavish anvil]

That's not knowing how to guard though, I mean like actually being good with it.

[blissful gulch]

If they're dead you don't need to guard (I can't guard it's a skill issue)

[lavish anvil]

That's what I think like, but I kind of want to play the game properly now.

[blissful gulch]

The only thing I know is trying to hit the enemies weapon away from you before you get close

[lavish anvil]

That words with long weapons like spears

[blissful gulch]

It works against small weapons, you just gotta go for the hands/arms instead

[timber sky]

Is there anyway to play multiplayer yet?

[lavish anvil]

Nope

[timber sky]

darn

[blissful gulch]

I halved him with my sword

[lavish anvil]

Yeah, i just chop their hands off, can't stab me when you don't have a hand.

[blissful gulch]

Also, spamming kick is unreasonably good, so use that

[ocean kite]

Bro, same, I got work in less than 4 hours

[blissful gulch]

Also, what in the world is that username/pfp

[lavish anvil]

Whenever I do that I pass out and get my head chopped off

[blissful gulch]

Huh

[timber sky]

Thighclops is my spirit animal

[slate granite]

thank godness i got a free week or else i would be finished at work

[blissful gulch]

aim for the crotch, it usually makes them lose balance

[lavish anvil]

Yeah, I spam kick and the screen goes black and I fall to the ground, then the dude with the axe just chopped my head off.

[ocean kite]

I slept until 8pm, so I should be fine

[lavish anvil]

Good ol' sack attack

[blissful gulch]

Huh. maybe it got nerfed

[lavish anvil]

What is your favourite armour level to play on?

I enjoy farmer

Level 2

[ocean kite]

How is the demo gore so good

Even the entrails, delectable

[soft osprey]

Grab the entrails, swing them around like a rope

[ocean kite]

Oh fuck, now I wanna try strangling a willie with another ones entrails

Time to write a long email to the dev team

[soft osprey]

You can potentially do it when multiple Willies spawn in. Of course it won’t actually kill him lol and it’ll be difficult to do when another is actively attacking you, but Willie parts despawn if you move on to the next one.

[wispy ermine]

moving your ready stance to interrupt their arc, you can move your weapon pretty quick with a tap of alt which is usually what I end up doing

[slate granite]

suffecate someone with em lol

wrap it around the neck

like a handbag

https://tenor.com/view/spearhyunho-gif-4429745997606774790

im slowly losing my sanity 🔥

[wispy ermine]

exampuru, but idfk how to reliably get back into that pose outside of spam toggling halfswording in willie's face.

[hollow mango]

@dusky apex thx. I can take the screenshots but how can I upload to steam?

[dense island]

I wish we could throw our spears and pitchforks

just raise it over our head and chuck that bitch

[lavish anvil]

Ive never touched alt in the game ever

So move around when they swing at me?

Got it

[limpid trout]

i was using a long sword and when i pressed left click once the sword went into a different position

is the movement of the sword supposed to change or?

[lavish anvil]

Yes, the one where you hold the sword with one hand on the blade is used for very close combat, you use that to bash the enemy to knock them out and stuff.

Very useful

[wispy ermine]

Alt has insane utility, tapping it will bring your point forward, just like holding it to stab, but you can use the momentum to get some really nice flick cuts from most angles. dont under- estimate the utility of literally any input in this game, they all have a laundry list of applications once you get comfortable with the base mechanics and begin experimenting

[lavish anvil]

Ah OK sounds good

Thanks

Ill give that a go tomorrow

[ocean kite]

anyone got any tips for dealing with the scythe mf in the demo?

[lavish anvil]

If you got the axe I just quickly swing at him, he usually falls pretty easy, I think your talking about a sickle though, a scythe is longer and I don't think there's a scythe in the game yet.

[ocean kite]

Do they make 2 handed sickles?

[lavish anvil]

A 2 banded sickle is a scythe

Well, i think that's what your on about

Unless your talking about just a really big sickle

[ocean kite]

Yup, it's a scythe then

I'm talking about the demo, not the playtest

[lavish anvil]

Ah

Gocha

[mortal aurora]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[proven verge]

Has anyone else gotten good at using kicks?

[remote crypt]

I somehow survived this.

[cinder stone]

lol oops, posted porn

meant to post the other kinda porn

[wispy ermine]

I'm not great, but I know how to use em for utility ;)

[calm ivy]

When did Willie get TRAFFIC CONE IMPLANTS?? 😮
(I know they represent bone, but lol)

[wind charm]

Crash out

[wispy ermine]

I follow willie's lead and go night night now.

[real shell]

Why do they basically never give up?

I spent so much time butchering this dude's legs that it was basically just bone and he couldn't get up anymore. His right arm was fucked too, so he's just laying on the ground with his buckler like "let me at him"

[real shell]

Awesome strike btw

I put a hole in his chest and he decided to give up lol

[warped apex]

I got a throwing knife win

[real shell]

Holy shit dude. I didn't even know you could do that. Like, I knew you could throw items, but not with sufficient force. I suck at it

[warped apex]

I got another earlier

[real shell]

Throwing axe. Nice. Right now I'm using billhook to "sweep the leg"

[calm ivy]

SICK! 🔥

[warped apex]

I hit with the pommel of it lol

[real shell]

Apparently if you're using a long weapon, you don't have to swing it to kill people. You can just rotate your character and they die

[calm ivy]

loll I LOVE the pommel throws! Must be a bit pointier pommel than the war axe, though, with the bleeding:

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/jmJliT7hVEiKB5_8d?invite=cr-MSxacGUsMjY1MzE2ODc2LA

[wind charm]

This is Polax mastery.

[grand mulch]

https://x.com/xQcUpdates/status/1874674161576190407

Was he playing the playtest ?

[calm ivy]

So efficient, with the kicks AND direct, with the polax!

[junior epoch]

so i know they have that calendar. But what's the next big update for this game

[wind charm]

Watch This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra0zCBItQfs

[warped apex]

almost got another throw kill

he blocked it with it hand

[novel relic]

why do enemies keep fucking deathrolling me is this new

[terse mantle]

Is the game out?

[brisk osprey]

yes

[stark shard]

why do they say you can't get up when you very much fucking can

repoting for misinformation this instant

[stiff tartan]

it asks if you cant get up hold G lol

[quiet tundra]

What exactly does changing the hand placement do on longsword? I see it just hangs on way or the other, and kind of feels like it blocks better in the normal mode. For reference, the thing that happens when you press X.

Are there listed buffs/debuffs for each mode?

[terse mantle]

How much gb is it and is it free on steam?

[stiff tartan]

i would imagine it has the same function on the long sword as the other weapons. Probably just looks or plays weird on longsword.

its only a few gbs i believe

[dense island]

I did it and recorded it

I wrapped my sword around a guys head and yanked

[quiet tundra]

Yeah, probably

[stiff tartan]

im tryna accomplish that. Get my sword around a dudes head and chop it off

[terse mantle]

It’s half sword demo right

[quiet tundra]

Thrust to the side of his head and then do a half sword before you return the sword

[stiff tartan]

damn so many controls i didnt even realize it.

[dense island]

video is currently uploading for ya :3

gotta give it a second tho, a 33 mb upload for my internet is like 3 fuckin minutes XD

[stiff tartan]

hell yeah

[fluid pond]

does anyone know how to switch the swinging head on a polearm

[dense island]

it's done :>

[stiff tartan]

yo wtf thats so sick

[gaunt sapphire]

did i overreact gang

[dense island]

nope

[stiff tartan]

no i think that was a rational reaction there

[dense island]

I am gonna cut this mfr into ground beef when I get up tho

[wraith mortar]

I don't know how I'm supposed to explain this new game I'm playing. This is great

[fast bramble]

HEMA Simulator

[true zealot]

who do yall have money on

[dense island]

guess who managed to get up :D

[stiff tartan]

the Spoilance mode with the peasants is a lot of fun

[fast bramble]

Is that a giant thumb tack in your character's hand?

[true zealot]

Yes

[fast bramble]

How

[true zealot]

also i stomped him out

[true zealot]

Ovrdth's loadout selector

the longsword loadout has the pin thing

[gaunt sapphire]

why do 80% of swings i make hit willy's longsword and they dont even bother to react

[fast bramble]

I will have to try that

[true zealot]

takes a tiny bit of adjusting to

[fast bramble]

Because Willie is an unfeeling fungal being

He has only learned to imitate somewhat human-esque noises

[true zealot]

so he swung at me and i put my sword through his forearm, grabbed his weapon off of him and threw it out of the arena and now he's.. standing here screaming at me

[gaunt sapphire]

ok alt tabbing causes weapon to disappear dramatically more

[fast bramble]

That sounds about right

[true zealot]

Decided to give him a good old left to calm him down

he's mine

better image because wtf was that

[dense island]

DAMNIT HE DESPAWNED FUCK
I was disassembling the mfr who held me down for 8 minutes straight and I almost had every part of his body neatly stacked together

[gaunt sapphire]

can i ban willies with shields from appearing in my fucking game

[true zealot]

I figured out why he wouldn't stop screaming,
Didnt realise his arm flew off.

[spring zenith]

Brooo

[true zealot]

which actually explains quite a lot.

[slow pier]

whats the work in progress shit for

[fast bramble]

That'll do it

[fast bramble]

Things that are work in progress

[slow pier]

really

[warped apex]

I got a throw kill

[silver dawn]

is there a kick button

[warped apex]

and almost got a second

[warped apex]

space

[dusky apex]

Fully sorry for late response ok anyways the button you press automatically goes to your clipboard so just do Ctrl+v on discord and upload the image

[finite hull]

kinda sad, of the timer in photography but makes sense, got some awesome pics

[mortal aurora]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[stiff tartan]

how do you do first person?

[uneven trout]

V

[young schooner]

It doesnt work for me :/

is there any other way

[quartz nimbus]

my face man

turns out i did get his neck too, so we both die

lmao

[jolly gorge]

kissy face

[quartz nimbus]

moustache

[quartz nimbus]

BAH GOD

[jolly gorge]

the shadow is terrifying

[gaunt sapphire]

i love missing riposte completely and getting oblitirated 3 seconds after

[jolly gorge]

boy had me hobbling

[ember quartz]

Tis' but a flesh wound!

[misty flare]

so we are fighting Ai correct ?

[jolly gorge]

no it me

[misty flare]

lmao

[misty flare]

blood didn't even spill eh?

It funny how we can just stand on top of enemy and aim the sword on it neck for 3 sec and it decide to surrender

[mortal aurora]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[gaunt sapphire]

blocks overhead by halfswording
sword slides off
does horizontal cut with full strength as if momentum wasnt lost on the hit
????

i cant tell when im bad or its some shenanigans behind willy's magic powers

[misty flare]

you not being bad

I can shield enemy to win
the physic is just being wonky

physic is a bit too bad shield have less leverage than pole arm

[jolly gorge]

im just here to ask wtf is half sword and why am i a playtester for it 😭

[gaunt sapphire]

moves to the right
slightly touches metal shield (enemy DOES NOT move, there is ZERO momentum)
instant brain damage
????

i am testing the thing with time controller but i dont think it affects damage output

[misty flare]

yes momentum mean no S*** in this currently everything can walk into spear and die

walk not run not getting thrust

just wallkk

[gaunt sapphire]

i understand that damage is abit junky but i dont think it was THAT bad until now

[zinc anchor]

Yo Willie I’m a big fan

[misty flare]

there no gap in the armor and sword will go though the armor total full plate with nothing but metal

[gaunt sapphire]

bro doesnt know what to do

[vocal wedge]

i wish the devs changed dismemberment a bit

getting your arm cut off dont mean you cant use your other one

[gaunt sapphire]

getting your arm cut off causes pain and you literally lose blood

[vocal wedge]

not enough to bleed out within 5 seconds

[gaunt sapphire]

thats what damage slider is for

though i also think there should be how much damage bleeding out causes

a slider to change that

[vocal wedge]

no it doesnt change that

if your arms off then youre dead

no matter how high the damage slider is

or low

[misty flare]

after I play the game at default
I happened to have more win rate with only kite shield
than kite shield and spear

[gaunt sapphire]

ah

[misty flare]

denn

[gaunt sapphire]

well then just dont get your arms cut off until devs (hopefully) add slider for bleeding out

[jolly gorge]

how i felt on monday morning

[zinc anchor]

[tough yew]

total fail

that was neat

[vernal quarry]

Is there a way I could customise willie to have loadouts that wouldnt usually be possible? E.g a dagger only loadout

[tough yew]

that's where the half sword qql mod comes in [half sword quality of life]

[vernal quarry]

I'll check it out

[hollow mango]

Thx

[manic compass]

how do i export the the photos from the photo album?

[supple cedar]

go to steamlibrary/steamapps/common/half sword playtest/versiontest54/screenshots

pretty sure you know what you need to do after that

[fringe sand]

how do you even go into that area

that mode or something

[tough yew]

Request access to the play test

[fringe sand]

does it usually get accepted

[manic compass]

legend

[tough yew]

Immediately

[manic compass]

thank u

[fringe sand]

oh ok

thanks

[lavish kernel]

where do i download the actual game not just the demo?

[fringe sand]

you request to be a playtester

[lavish kernel]

is there a app in here for that?

this game is awesome

[tough yew]

In the steam page

[lavish kernel]

oh well then i did that it said it was accepted. so can i just load it up and play the game

sweeeeet

im in

[languid lance]

I found out something new:)

[weak zinc]

is it just me or are the bots with a pitchfork just like some kind of hackers

[mortal aurora]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[summer brook]

on normal damage just wait for them to swing instead of stab

then attack them

or move their weapon aside

and kick them

[bold radish]

why cant these mods be on ModDB

is there an actual reason

why every one is on neus

[proper trail]

mate these opponents with the really long spiked weapon piss me off so bad

u touch one of the spikes slightly and ure done

[odd kiln]

Id turn down damage taken for the player and npcs slightly. Makes it a bit more realistic imo

[proper trail]

i feel like some npcs tank neck slashes and face slashes, while some others (also me the player) die to them instantly

[proper trail]

where do i do that

[odd kiln]

in the gameplay settings

you can change it mid fight

[odd kiln]

it all depends on how hard you hit them. A face slash can either go straight through their skull or just cut the skin

[proper trail]

ive died so many times cuz i stab a guy thru his neck have to pull my sword out and he gets back up bleeding like a pig and he gets me back

i just feel like some of them have crazy amounts of hp

[odd kiln]

Npc hp is always the same. It's either bugged which isn't that unlikely considering it's a playtest or you accidentally turned npc damage all the way down

[bold radish]

kill them for max satisfaction

[bold radish]

it takes a while until damage kicks in

[proper trail]

mate ill be walking to the other side of the court to wait for them to bleed out or something but they just keep stumbling

[bold radish]

if i slit your throat right now you'd be in pain instantly but it wouls take a few seconds before you lose enoguh blood to lose conciousness

[bold radish]

then theyre not damaged enough

hit em again

[proper trail]

i try to but 1 single spike is enough to take me out apparently (slightly rubs my thigh or smth and its over)

[odd kiln]

yea thats not how its supposed to be. If you stab someone through the throat they die.

[bold radish]

adrenaline is hell of a drug

[bold radish]

if you get hit in a vital organ

[odd kiln]

^

[proper trail]

like, they will be covered in blood their whole face and chest from the blood going out but they just dont go down

[bold radish]

sadlly the gore in playtest is lacking

[proper trail]

mate it doesnt tho

itll like rub my leg or arm

and my guy ragdolls to the floor

[bold radish]

idk then

[odd kiln]

losing doesn't necessarily means your character is dead, it just means that he realistically can't keep fighting. So even if he's still screaming and moving around if your lung or something has been stabbed it's game over

[bold radish]

quirk of physics engine

probably

[proper trail]

its just a playtest so im expecting these things to get adjusted in the future

[odd kiln]

just try this for now

see if it changes anything

[bold radish]

ive just fallen into a rabbithole of a certain event and there was a case when a criminal got shot in the lung and he was bleeding so bad it would take 4 more minutes for him to die of that injury

[proper trail]

i will next time i play

[bold radish]

and he managed to kill 2 federal agents and grievously wound 2 more in the meantime

[proper trail]

damn

was he on drugs?

[bold radish]

army ranger pumped full of adrenaline

and with a carbine

[proper trail]

yea was about to say he probably didnt even feel it for a good bit

[bold radish]

yea not with half an arm shot off and blood pooling in the lungs

the place he was firing from was covered in his blood

[proper trail]

crazy

[bold radish]

1986 miami dade shooting (found out because of Wendigoon)

[proper trail]

oh ure talking abt that

yeah i fell asleep watching that video before he got to the actual shooting

[bold radish]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1127254041865506907/1324347302789513276/RDT_20250102_130140.mp4?ex=6777d20a&is=6776808a&hm=f77878cb18f4f290001bf5035df39e9dc6a087d0489dc35b7d271f0bc302a3b1&

[odd kiln]

they should honestly add some kind of adrenaline system that allows you to keep fighting for a while even after suffering an injury that should put you down

[bold radish]

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A JOKE

[bold radish]

i mean already kinda there

[proper trail]

u get hit but u keep going i mean thats adrenaline sort of

[odd kiln]

Is it though? If someone cuts off your arm your character literally freezes up and you can't do anything other than run around

[bold radish]

ive had willies literally attack me for a few blows

then fall down and die

not bleeding seriously

just wounded

[proper trail]

i guess thats different cuz ure missing an arm

[odd kiln]

yea but it's a life or death situation

[bold radish]

ive had willies WITHOUT A LEG try and kill me

maybe you got other damage

[odd kiln]

also your character shouldn't take 10 seconds to get up after being knocked down

[bold radish]

besides the sheer pain of just losing a leg would probably do you in more than like a blow in the stomach

[green laurel]

ive managed to win a few fights with just my secondary arm

[odd kiln]

I keep it slightly below base settings for both myself and npcs

[proper trail]

yes this pisses me off so much

u fall down its 90% over for you

[odd kiln]

you can grab the enemy's weapon or hand to pull yourself up but yea it only works sometimes

[bold radish]

other 10% are pure glory tho

[chrome gust]

https://tenor.com/view/goon-gif-4590723289579955155

i love wendigoon

[slow iris]

fart sword

[bold radish]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-laughing-gif-lol-funny-loud-laugh-gif-7926424135311815001

i too love goon

[wispy ermine]

I too am a goon enjoyer

[jolly sable]

where are the never goon minions when we need them

[chrome gust]

they are always in your pants if you need them 🙏

[wispy ermine]

Am I williebrained yet? Legit felt like I had a hard read there

[chrome gust]

Is this what cinematic graphics look like???

[jolly sable]

thank christ

[tender quest]

medium on dx12

[chrome gust]

wow

dx12 looks so good

[chrome gust]

this calls for the goon cave

why does high on dx12 look better than epic?

[chrome gust]

that was incredibly satisfying (until you fell) 9/10

[cerulean cloud]

i stabbed a willie with my sword and he literally pulled it out of his chest and now he has 2 swords please help

[proper trail]

ive noticed ai can just run into me, and instantly make me fall over, which usually means end of duel, and if i try the same thing theyre literal tanks, i am also at full stam when this happens

same amount of armour aswell

[obtuse rune]

Or when the ai just grabs you and starts hammerfisting you in Fist Play

[proper trail]

i feel like ai has a lot bigger of an advantage in this game

like theyre made stronger than the player

[obtuse rune]

Just gottta know the mechanics I guess. Ive been having a much easier time now.

Aiming for the head is a bit difficult. FPV is best for fist fights

[proper trail]

i am not losing fights at all, im not having problems with the mechanics, ive just noticed ai are a lot more powerful than the player for some reason

they also seem to have way faster stamina regen

[obtuse rune]

Thats true they gotta crazy stenght

[proper trail]

but yeah also that once the ai grabs u

they pretty much never let go untill theyre dead

even if u land hits on their head with ur fists/handle of weapon etc

[proper trail]

i just posted a pic in #photography📷 of a guy who is bleeding from his throat like crazy but just walking it off

[slate granite]

normal

im about to rip his arm of

[glass harness]

I hate people who use the pitch fork

well

i dont hate them

[slate granite]

same

[glass harness]

i hate the pitch fork

[slate granite]

i swear punches became weaker

im bashing in him for 10 minutes not a single mark

oh no wait i have damage on 0

my bad

[brittle night]

imagine changing the damage values

weak

[slate granite]

i changed for them cause they die to fast

duh

mine is still up

[halcyon kayak]

yes how weak of them to make the game intentionally harder lol

[slate granite]

heh atleast someone gets it

stepping on his face did NOT help

[true iris]

Can't play half sword anymore only the demo I can the requirements are to big

[restive geyser]

Just found out that if you press C while loading into a fight your characters enter photo mode with nothing on them...

Help

[brittle night]

yeah the requirements are a bit silly for how small the game is

[true iris]

But in 2 years or less maybe

[brittle night]

i can run like every other game on 100fps but this just barley runs at 40

[halcyon kayak]

give it a couple patches and im sure it'll run better

[true iris]

I'm on a Dell laptop lol demo can run god on low not good at mid not on high but low on the new 30 but the demo just crasht may laptop every time I die but nice game what I can play.

[slate granite]

c

and bye bye

he is NOT thriving

[bold radish]

bro got axed

[molten echo]

How the fuck do I fix the gore select bug

https://tenor.com/view/théo-bergon-pastèque-headbutt-gif-14331932

[proper trail]

just had a fight where me and this guy both went in for a swing at the same time, both cut each others heads off at the same time, wish i couldve recorded it

[bold radish]

https://tenor.com/view/chess-stalemate-new-veonz-gif-23447531

[proper trail]

it was so cool cuz both of us came in from an underguard so it was perfectly synced

[molten echo]

SOMEONE TELL ME HOW THE FUCK I CAN FIX THIS BUG

[proper trail]

what bug

[mortal aurora]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[bold radish]

idk restrt?

[molten echo]

Did that like 50 FUCKING TIMES

NEVER WORKED

Couldnt click shite

[proper trail]

does ai not have stamina?

i just battered this guy kicked him a bunch and he still out stammed me

[little verge]

What bug are you experiencing?

[little verge]

They do, being a bot they are masters at managing it. Avoid holding shift allot of players tend to hold shift when moving and attacking this drains your stamina fast. They more stamina you lose the harder it is to recover.

[tough yew]

blood selection screen

[molten echo]

Oh yknow, that one bug where I cant even get past the damn gore selection

[soft osprey]

Have you tried a clean reinstall

[little verge]

Have you tried this?

Bug: Stuck on gore selection menu. When booting up the game nothing happens when making a gore selection.
Solution: Clean reinstall

Delete all files relating to the half sword playtest existing in your local files. Be sure to back up your screenshots folder if you took any!
Navigate to and delete the Half Sword Playtest folder located in the following directory.
C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common
Navigate to and delete the Saved folder located in the following directory.
C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\HalfSwordUE5

Finally, reinstall Half Sword Playtest.

[molten echo]

Tried twice, didnt work

[soft osprey]

And you made absolutely sure to clear out the files even from local?

[molten echo]

One problem: cant find the folder in user

[soft osprey]

If you’re not deleting the files in user, you’re not doing it entirely so it won’t work

[obtuse rune]

I have a problem where the ai attack eachother in Buhurt and Brave stand

[molten echo]

No fucking idea where the files that are SUPPOSED to be in user are

[proven verge]

Holding shift is essential for good swings though. It changes your characters stance, he squats down and spreads his legs. Just dont use it to run forward and back which causes stamina drain. Only when you wish to parry and attack.

[little verge]

You have to enter the username on your PC removing <USERNAME>.

[molten echo]

[little verge]

Holding shift when you swing is a power strike. If you hold it while attacking you will drain your stamina very fast. The less stamina you have the less power you can deliver with your hits. Yes shift id great for power attacks but if you use it constantly you are gonna be sapped and unable to do much damage with a regular swing.

[proven verge]

I only hold it when I expect an attack so I can parry with a solid base, or like you said when im initiating an attack or trying to escape and dodge. Just got to manage when you hold it.

[bold radish]

thought its for runnign only

[proven verge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fYcd0MhqxY&list=PL7wVP4-ALLY_pQi4rZYq4lktBDKef4Wwc&index=1 Watch this

[bold radish]

no

[proper trail]

the problem with this is

[bold radish]

ill play half sword and figure it out

[proper trail]

when not using shift u are too slow

[little verge]

Nope, it alters your stance and make willie exert more effort in his swings.

[jovial whale]

anyone know what the defualt values are in the settings

i changed mine and i dont know what the default ones are

[little verge]

Skill issue. You need to time your strikes better.

[proper trail]

no as in

when u hold shift ur guy jumps back and forth

when u arent, and u hold left click, u basically stop moving

this means u get rushed instantly so its never viable to not shift

[proven verge]

Use stab mode to keep your opponent at bay, when holding alt the AI knows you want to stab so they usually switch to halfswording to anticipate a parry. Giving you an opening to quickly let go of alt and swing.

[little verge]

Shift only changes your movement speed you will still move side to side if you are pressing A or D.

[proper trail]

im talking moving back and forth not side to side

[little verge]

Adding to this if you lose allot of stamina back off and hold a defensive guard more often then not your opponent will hold of rushing in.

[proven verge]

Using kicks is a big tip for defence as well, if timed correctly you can front kick them in the face mid swing and knock them to the ground.

[proper trail]

i do do that but i dont use the alt stab i just press lmb twice for it

[proper trail]

yes i know

i am not new to the game guys

[proven verge]

AI doesn't recognize that they wont shell up like they will when you hold alt.

[proper trail]

im just saying not shifting is not a viable way to play

[proper trail]

oh fair enough

[little verge]

With practice you can beat every match without using shift once.

[proper trail]

there is just no point when using shift is a lot better

[proven verge]

Especially if you have a longsword or polearm. You can honestly abuse the AI reactions to you holding alt. They get so scared of you possibly stabbing them that they keep trying to swing when youre not stabbing.

[proper trail]

ill try it out

[bold radish]

i abuse the cheapest tactic

[little verge]

Except when it depletes your stamina and you cannot fight back. Try winning a match without moving your feet.

[bold radish]

i call it the neck shot

[proper trail]

in heavier armour not using shift with a medium to long range weapon is pointless as they just rush u

[proven verge]

Historically accurate option besides the dick.

[proper trail]

mate i feel like i havent lost in 100 fights so far and i dont run out of stamina in 99 of them

and im playing the 3rd or 2nd most armoured classes

[little verge]

Then you are good at managing your stamina! Allot of people complain they run out of stamina fast and the NPC's have unlimited stamina.

[bold radish]

had this happen to me only once

i was using a giant war hammer

[proper trail]

i was complaning about that earlier

[bold radish]

and trying to cave in the skull of a willy

[proper trail]

because i do think its true, its not that big of a deal except i wish i could do more take downs and such

thats the only reason i find it annoying, because when u watch like those medieval mma or choreographed medieval fights on youtube, its usually on the ground wrestling

[proper trail]

in this game i find it very rare that this happens as the ai has so much stam

[tough yew]

"medieval mma" doesn't represent actual fighting

[proper trail]

very nice

[little verge]

I can assure you they have stamina. Bots can manage it better becuase they get feedback from code not visual and audio ques which then take our human brain time to process.

[proven verge]

Ive gotten fairly good at trips. Grab their shoulder and kick towards their knee. I tried experimenting with throws more but the AI usually grabs me back

[proper trail]

i didnt say it did, i just said i wish i could do more of what i see because i think it looks fun

[bold radish]

i still have no idea how to blcok properly

[proper trail]

yeah i think my next focus will be throws and takedowns like that, thanks for the tips

[summer brook]

which weapons

[proven verge]

This is true but wrestling was part of knights training, most fights when fighting fellow armored opponents led to grappling. There are historical manuals instructing proper takedowns and grappling for knights.

[tough yew]

more stuff is to be defined I guess in the future

[bold radish]

any

[proper trail]

yeah i am aware but the playtest is amazing to be honest

[bold radish]

im usually agressive as fuck

[proper trail]

only game i have been playing really

[bold radish]

and it pays off

killing is my business and business is good

[proper trail]

flamboyant knight

[tough yew]

yeah, but medieval mma which I think is an other name for buhurt is like really just hitting each other like cavemen

[bold radish]

flamboyant and agressive

[tender quest]

gottem

[bold radish]

literally me

[thick peak]

@misinformation spreader

😦

[tender quest]

unga bunga smash

[thick peak]

i wont ever forget him...

[proper trail]

fencer i was just using it as an example for wrestling and such

theres this guy i watch sometimes on youtube ill find his channel

https://www.youtube.com/@dequitem

[proven verge]

I think there was an mma fighter who tried medieval mma and he ended up dominating because he had actual wrestling experience. Would just toss his weapon aside, take them down, and hold a dagger to their neck/armpit.

[proper trail]

they grapple and wrestle in most of his videos

[little verge]

When trying to practice blocks/parries it is allot easier with lockon disabled. The autoparry activates allot more when locked on.

[tough yew]

yeah I understand, im saying buhurt doesn't really represent actual armored fighting, whilist harnisfecthen does by a lot

[bold radish]

this game has auto what

[proper trail]

im not really involved in the medieval fighting scene at all, its just something ive seen around on youtube i guess

[little verge]

Buhurt is contemporary. Allot of modern armored swordplay is.

[tough yew]

which is fair enough

[little verge]

Autoparry. When you hold your sword out your willie will automatically try to parry incoming attacks. Not super effective on it's own best as an assist.

[tough yew]

dunno about that but if he was actually put around guys who knew what they were doing he would be promptly killed lol

[bold radish]

this time didnt work

[tender quest]

chainmail saved him at the start

[tender quest]

butthurt is temporary

[little verge]

Unless it leads to a ban then like a diamond it is forever.

[tender quest]

https://tenor.com/view/morgan-freeman-true-true-morgan-freeman-true-morgan-freeman-spider-man-gif-4782003132048930635

[proper trail]

i just won a duel by headbutting the guy twice

[little verge]

Satisfying isn't it?

[proven verge]

Using kicks is so broken once you get good at aiming them. The AI can't even counter it.

[proper trail]

yeah he disarmed me from my sword so it was just the dagger but i hit him with the 1 2 in the forehead

[proper trail]

yeah i hit a spinning one once in an unarmed fight it was absolutley lethal

[little verge]

Mostly true, I have lost a leg kicking NPC countered with his sword.

[bold radish]

im on grotesque, how did his head stay on

[proper trail]

i think u just cut his throat

[proven verge]

Chainmail holding his head together.

[proper trail]

i dont think the sword went thru his neck

[tender quest]

is he ok?

[bold radish]

looked so to me

[proven verge]

Sometimes when youre hurt you just got to yeet a dude.

[summer brook]

sometimes it just passes through

ive phased my sword through their whole torso

multiple times

if it happens on the neck it will just do throat damage

[proper trail]

did you guys know if u hold ur sword near a downed guy he will surrender?

[summer brook]

#1314824797674410034

[proven verge]

Yes. You can also make standing opponents surrender by holding your weapon against their neck long enough.

[little verge]

If you get any blade near an enemies throat they will surrender.

[proper trail]

oh didnt know it works on standing ones

but yeah i forgot to say near their throat

[tender quest]

lmao sword had other ideas of where it wanted to go 😦

[little verge]

All these armored clips. I avoid playing in armor in the playtest.

[tough yew]

why

[little verge]

I just find it boring.

[proven verge]

Fairly cheesy tactis that exists right now is to get close to them then close both hands around your weapon (halfswording or double grip with pole arms) your weapon will end up behind them on the backside of their neck. You can then pull them close and they will surrender in a few seconds.

[bold radish]

thus tbh

[tough yew]

my honest reaction to that information

[tender quest]

give my loadout a try

[little verge]

I only play vanilla.

[bold radish]

got mad at half sword time for sky rim

[proper trail]

i love it when physics engine bugs and u blow up from touching the other guy

[crude flower]

True

[proven verge]

I love pointy sticks.

Some guy uploaded his roblox footage in the game footage chat lol

[tender quest]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-and-jerry-gif-22226220

[proven verge]

It got deleted right after i snitched ❤️

[tender quest]

[proper trail]

fuck spears bro

[obtuse rune]

Go for their hands

[proper trail]

i try

[obtuse rune]

I just knocked this guy out by kicking him in the nuts

[wispy ermine]

HE KNEW

[proven verge]

Im okay with dealing with spears, just got to rush them after they miss. It's the fucking club with the spikes on it that is always the death of me.

[proper trail]

yes exactly

one of the spikes just brushes u and ure dead

not even a stab just a brush

[wispy ermine]

All my homies hate the placon

[proven verge]

Most of the time I kill the guy and his death throes and flailing moves it into my neck or gut and I die too.

[proper trail]

ok so i just went unconcious because the guy walked into me

like stepped on my toe

[proven verge]

uhhh guys please help me

[crude flower]

Real

[dark wren]

can i ask hopw do people change the map all is see is pitch black and omse chests and clothes and npc,s

[proper trail]

to be honest best way i found is

just run to their side and slash their throat

i usually run to their left

[proper trail]

go to the store page and request to be in playtest

[neon furnace]

go to the steam page and ask for the playtest it should take around a day for you to get accepted

everyone gets accepted dw

[dark wren]

thanks

[proven verge]

Finally nailing my parries and its like discovering fire.

[proper trail]

honestly what i do is just use different guards

theres a video on it on youtube

[proven verge]

Usually my strat with polearms or swords, if I can manage to get a clean deflect it's a bit safer.

[proper trail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd-Co6fX4n0&t=39s

this shows all the guards u can do and once u start using them it really changes the game

pretty much if u use the longpoint/ox/plow guard as well as shift to manage distance, you will be able to parry/riposte majority of hits

although in my opinion its better to avoid parrying/ripostes i usually try dodge and punish their misses

but ripostes are really good because theyll throw their weapon off a bit and then u can get an easy strike to their arm for example

tail guard is amazing too

[proper trail]

as in the auto parry will do most of the work, manually parrying swings is a lot riskier imo as u need to time it really well as well as react in time

im sure theres tons of video tutorials on all these aspects

[proven verge]

Dodging works well. But it's always safer to parry or riposte since if you do it well you know their weapon is off to the side and wont be able to harm you and vice versa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fYcd0MhqxY&list=PL7wVP4-ALLY_pQi4rZYq4lktBDKef4Wwc&index=2 This youtuber does a great job of explaining footwork and parries as well.

[proper trail]

you mean dodging to the sides?

[proven verge]

Yeah, with certain weapons like halberds or the placard. They can sometimes swing it back in time to tag you when you dodge.

[proper trail]

i never dodge to the sides

i always manage my distance with w and s as well as mouse

[proven verge]

This is key, staying right out of range for them but just in range enough to kill them.

[proper trail]

thats why u feint at them, they swing, u dodge back, as they end their swing u press w and 'dodge' back in, and u have a free hit

[proper trail]

i dont agree with what u said that its safer to parry, its always better (in my opinion) to keep distance and only parry if its a means to a strike

[proven verge]

My phrasing was off. What I'm saying is I feel safer knowing i've properly deflected their weapon as the physics means they are off balance and have to recover. Giving me more of an opening to attack. Most of my kills are from doing what you're saying. Baiting an attack and counterattacking, which in a way is the same tactic. Theyve swung and are off balance for a moment giving me an opening.

[proven verge]

Kind of how HEMA incorporates testing someones guard, whacking their weapon to see how solid or weak their hold is. Lets you know what you can do. Since I know their weapon just got whacked to the side, I know that I can thrust or swing before they can swing back.

[proper trail]

yes this makes a lot more sense

but i find it shield opponents are easier to take down by dodges

same as pole arms

in this game

[proven verge]

Oh yes! With shields off stepping is essential as well as waiting for them to expose themselves by attacking.

[proper trail]

and i usually underhand them or overhand them

[unreal terrace]

does anyone know or has had this glitch where it wont let you past the displayed violence selection screen, i cant select anything at all

[jolly gorge]

turning off damage almost feels worse for them

[proper trail]

bro, i love the fact i can cut up them 6 times, so they hold their wepaon down and i step on it and suddenly im dying

[proven verge]

Need to clean reinstall to fix it, delete your local files in appdata as well.

[rancid knot]

I do think the sharpness of blades could but turned down a small bit @proper trail . Could make it a slider like the rest. They also could add in a "ground state" for weapons so those on the ground have physics removed

it would help with weapons going crazy as well clipping everywhere

[unreal terrace]

will do thanks

[rancid knot]

but it would also make for less funny moments and less physics is usually bad

[proven verge]

@idle crane @boreal path Can we do something about the guy who keeps posting roblox videos in game footage.

[proper trail]

i think so too

[tame raptor]

Heya guys, I have a question. How do I get to be into the content creator category of the server?

[proven verge]

He's back to it

[jolly gorge]

blood sacrifice

[rancid knot]

For me I think that it's honestly MORE brutal when you cut them and it just has a giant flap of skin hanging

Countless instances of cutting their arms off but when it doesn't fully detach and they're screaming with their shoulder hanging off it

is very brutal

[tender quest]

https://tenor.com/view/caveman-spongebob-caveman-gif-10070416600814943705

[proper trail]

i think my favourite is cutting their throat it feels like such a precision strike

[proven verge]

There's more too, his only posts on this whole discord is roblox videos in game footage lol.

[rancid knot]

Also maybe it's just my computer but recently I've found the dismemberment to be a bit too predictable, which is odd I've reinstalled the game but it feels different than the first release of playtest w gore

like there's clearly a decapitation trigger

which I don't like, because it looks much worse than the actual "real slices" that can happen

[proper trail]

check what i just sent in photography

[proven verge]

I dont think theyve tweaked the physics enough to have the heads hanging off the side due to cuts and such. My experience with decapitations is it has to be a full decapitation or it doesnt work.

[rancid knot]

put simply when you hit the neck just above the traps it creates a head-clone that pops into existence where the old head was, which looks kinda jarring because you can tell it popped into space. If you hit a bit lower into the shoulders it does a real-time cut where the tips of the shoulders come with the head and looks far better

I know that duplicating parts is just the way you do it, but for some reason the decap looks worse

[jolly gorge]

yeayeayea heres me holding the baby

[rancid knot]

Also theres a glitch with the peasant axe

chest hits cause duplication

[storm valve]

me when i get stuck on this screen

[jolly gorge]

the body part duplication can happen with most bladed weapons i see it constantly, def needs a lil work but they're getting there

[rancid knot]

I've seen it on hands but for the peasant axe the torso does a whole dupe

the real one still exists but it makes a default one with no arms or head that is attached at the hip

[jolly gorge]

yeah same thing

[rancid knot]

honestly for all the nit picking I love the fuck out of this game

like the bug where their scream duplicates and is slightly off, that honestly is super cool imo

[jolly gorge]

just a glitch with bladed weapons in general

[rancid knot]

realistic? no... but it's brutal

makes the scream sound otherworldly

[jolly gorge]

i got a good one of that holup

no head jawn kept screaming

[rancid knot]

yeah, it's dope af

yours is the longest I've seen (pause)

[jolly gorge]

that one was kinda scary ngl but usually dope af

i've never had them live through a decap

[rancid knot]

ive had a word last the decap but thats it

but that I like tbh, instead of the instant cut off on death

sounds more natural than an audio clip cutting off

[proper trail]

fuck sake bro they need to fix stepping on weapons

[plush sparrow]

let me ask the dummest question here, but im at a lost, were can i try the game as it gets updated?

[rancid knot]

playtest for now

@plush sparrow

[plush sparrow]

ty! i tought it was itch io but i saw that the last file updated there was from 2023

[rancid knot]

np, steam page, there's demo and playtest, you want playtest. Im not sure if it still says "request access" but it'll grant immediately

[rancid knot]

@jolly gorge

not a glitched scream, but the way he holds his decapitated head

[jolly gorge]

gah dam i couldnt even tell it was a decapitation until his head popped off

[rancid knot]

me neither, I was staring at it when I saw it plop off

[proven verge]

With this one try holding shift. Shift changes willies stance and allows power strikes, that thud you heard when hitting his head means it didnt hit hard enough to penetrate. Funny enough it deflected off his head hard enough to chop his body in half.

[rancid knot]

@jolly gorge glitched voice

[fresh palm]

guys how do you get into this arena thing?

[jolly gorge]

i was wondering why the hell it'd cut sometimes and wouldnt others when i be swangin that thing

[rancid knot]

wont lie I do win a good bit by wrapping my sword around them and sprinting backwards

[proven verge]

Click request access to playtest on steam, itll give you instant access.

[rancid knot]

only works on non chestplate though

[fresh palm]

oh damn okay

thanks

[rancid knot]

but it almost always results in a cut-in two death

[jolly gorge]

half swording on grotesque is too fun

[rancid knot]

@jolly gorge sorry for spam I just got lots of cliips

this one is a funny glitch

[fresh palm]

if I downloaded the demo will it download another seperate game?

[jolly gorge]

yes

[rancid knot]

demo is not playtest

[jolly gorge]

nw

[fresh palm]

so can I uninstall the demo?

[rancid knot]

yeah

[jolly gorge]

if you want, they play a little different so i like going back sometimes

[fresh palm]

yea I can I can see alr

[proper trail]

cant wait till this has mp

i wanna duel people so bad

[rancid knot]

what I do miss from demo is being able to fight missing limbs

[fresh palm]

fight missing limbs?

[rancid knot]

I enjoyed putting damage way down and even if you had say an arm cut off you could fight with the other hand

the playtest you can live but you go into a screaming state

[proper trail]

oh yeah

[fresh palm]

can you not pick up a weapon in the other hand?

[rancid knot]

like shut the fuck up Willie, it's not like it's a big deal it's just an arm

[proper trail]

that was def cool in the demo

felt like a psycho

or the knight from monty python

[rancid knot]

I remember in the demo I set player damage to minimum and by the end I was essentially a skeleton

[rancid knot]

in fairness I didnt tryhard, purposefully let myself get hit

but both my arms were completely skeletonized and most of my body was wee bits of muscle

@jolly gorge see that's what I mean by partial cuts

way more brutal than just a normal decap

and slightly more realistic

[proper trail]

my favourite are when u cut their sholder off

shoulder*

and its just like kinda hanging off its so nasty

[rancid knot]

^ agreed

[jolly gorge]

cut through that mf metal

[proper trail]

whats fun also is cutting the top half of the head off thats also nasty

[modest hearth]

wait where do i find the stats of each weapon

[rancid knot]

see those cuts have the realtime slicey effect

[proper trail]

i dont think u do

[rancid knot]

@modest hearth the stats are they all hurt

blades cut

blunts smack

you figure out the rest

[modest hearth]

I swear I saw something in this server

[jolly gorge]

i tried hitting him with the secret move but it backfired

[fresh palm]

yea I think the weapons are ouchy

[proper trail]

just play around and u will learn the lengths and weights of the different weapons

[rancid knot]

@proper trail @fresh palm but like I was saying when you hit the perfect decap it does this decap "animation" wherease these are "real"

they look much better

[proper trail]

for sure

cuz it feels weird to cut thru bone when u didnt even hit them that hard

like most of the time the dismemberment strikes i hit arent that powerful that they should be taking whole parts off imo

[modest hearth]

Oh no I know that i was just curious as to if there was a page listed where the devs talked about strengths

[rancid knot]

it would be funny to have a slider from "Toy Swords" to "Lightsabers" for the slicing power

[modest hearth]

My personal favorite is the longsword

[proper trail]

maybe then bro i dont know

[rancid knot]

because we all know that people wanna play star wars mods and have easy decaps

[proper trail]

that would be fun asf tho

[proven verge]

I usually turn my gore down to halfway because of this reason, makes it abit too easy to cut limbs and heads off.

[proper trail]

i was just looking for a lightsaber mod seeing if anyone made it lol

[rancid knot]

@modest hearth I like the skinny sword the best. It's not quite a rapier but it's light so it whips around really fast. Makes for excellent throat cutting

also death by 1000 cuts

[proper trail]

i need to play around with all that i always play on grotesque

[fresh palm]

I can't load the videos bc I'm downloading the playtest

I can't load the videos bc I'm downloading the playtest

[proper trail]

yeah i usually play with the really skinny longswords

and then i wonder how is this guy alive after 10 cuts and i die to 1 from an axe

[rancid knot]

tbf I'd hate me if I 1v1'd myself in mp

[proven verge]

I believe their called estocs. It feels so satisfying when you get a thrust into their neck or weakpoints.

[fresh palm]

I think the controls are better in the playtest

[proper trail]

yeah i rarely use thrusts but when i do its so satisfying cuz its always like a last resort in a clench

satisfying when they land i mean

[rancid knot]

Man was punching me with broken arms. Like ep1 Invincible

[proper trail]

this game is so sick

i wonder what kind of game itll be in the end

[modest hearth]

I mean it does make throatcutting easier, but I have practiced to the point where I can almost perfectly throat cut with longsword every time I slash

[fresh palm]

yo it's so fun

[proper trail]

like, an rpg, something like exanima like a rougelike, or a pvp competitive based game

[fresh palm]

are the devs czech by chance? There are czech symbols on the shields

[proper trail]

there is polish ones too i believe

i often see a white eagle on red background

[fresh palm]

yea but there's the czech 2 tailed lion and silesian eagle

on the shields

[proper trail]

i think the crests are just european based

im not too sure

[fresh palm]

I saw 3 types of shields, the 3rd one is blue with the pike things

[rancid knot]

@proper trail I hope they have workshop support

[proper trail]

looks polish to me

[rancid knot]

honestly as good as the swordfighting is the gore/damage model is so good I want it in everything I play

[proper trail]

altho isnt an eagle

could just be colours throwing me off

[rancid knot]

like imagine this game in vr, with guns, lmao

[proper trail]

yeah that would be amazing

game would def get carried by mods like project zomboid

[rancid knot]

blood trail but better (and I say that loving blood trail since pre-release)

[proper trail]

it would def be cool

[fresh palm]

this is the czech 2 tailed lion

[proper trail]

yeah ure probably right then

[fresh palm]

look it up man

[proper trail]

i believe u lol

[rancid knot]

if they could somehow make it stable and playable on VR it would probably dethrone B&S since that's done getting updates

[proper trail]

@fresh palm i dont know crests and all that stuff i just saw colours of poland

[fresh palm]

this is a bird bro

on the shield is clearly a lion with 2 tails

I'm telling you

and the black bird with a yellow background is the silesian eagle

I can't send images

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Czech_Republic

[proper trail]

yes bro i said youre right im not saying otherwise lol

[fresh palm]

this is the coat of arms

of Czechia

[proper trail]

i was just saying why i was confused

[rancid knot]

um actually that's american cuz bird = eagle = murica

thanks

[proper trail]

i swear its a hawk

like the american eagle sound is some hawk or smth

[rancid knot]

it's a hawk too?

[proper trail]

blocked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEmYEQ78zS0

yeah this video the sound they use for the eagle is a hawk

[fresh palm]

yea it is

[rancid knot]

a twist for good measure

[proper trail]

tbh whenever my weapon gets jammed i always spin

[rancid knot]

wait a minute

half sword is unreal engine?

I'm re-stupid

[tough yew]

the big boy icon clearly shows that when you start the game

[rancid knot]

yeah Imma be honest

straight smooth brain

I don't know why I kept thinking unity

[fresh palm]

how do you kick anyway? I caught my character just kicking seemingly out of nowhere

[tough yew]

space

[rancid knot]

so hear me out

has anyone tried UEVR with halfsword?

UEVR makes unreal games work in VR, and some even with hand controls (albeit mostly jank)

[fresh palm]

ohhh okay

[tough yew]

it has been attempted before, a guy actually did an addon for the demo version

[rancid knot]

but nothing in the playtest? I dont think my dying 1070 will handle it well lmao

but even for that 3rd person view in 3d would be sick

1st person would be nauseating af

[little verge]

Not seen with the playtest yet but there were a few people using it for the Demo

[rancid knot]

@little verge thank you for popping in out of no where for my stupid question

[rancid knot]

welp, guess I'll be the guinea pig

[proven verge]

You can aim your kicks with your mouse too!

[tough yew]

ancient treasure

[rancid knot]

tbh the hands I feel like wouldnt be too hard to make into vr, but that's at a game level not modded

they're already physics based

[little verge]

Be sure to share your results!

[rancid knot]

yeah I'll be sure to share my house burning down from a melted 1070

[tough yew]

i would kill for half sword was VR but let the fellas settle down and make the game work for the computer first

[soft osprey]

I’m gonna say it

Blade and…

Sorcery.

[tough yew]

that game fucking sucks

do not ever say it again

[soft osprey]

Okok

[little verge]

We need to get Frank a VR headset and I think the rest would follow naturally.

[soft osprey]

Battle talent

[tough yew]

also sucks

[soft osprey]

No u

[dawn sparrow]

Blade and sorcery is all right if you want to mess around and be super sexy ninja and such

[little verge]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-and-take-my-money-money-futurama-gif-6882124657810317443

[tough yew]

he can get my shitty quest 2, I'll ship it to him

[tough yew]

its not alright though if you want to fight normal human beings

they are defenseless men that are totally soulless and hollow

[soft osprey]

Their ai is definitely getting better, but it is sorely lacking for sure

[urban bear]

What's the best way to use the Bardiche?

[soft osprey]

Swing it

[urban bear]

I notice it only is good at slashing from the left side.

[dawn sparrow]

use the sharp part

[urban bear]

Yeah no shit

[little verge]

The biggest factor with any pole arm is keeping your distance. The shaft of the weapon makes good bonks but it isn't as effective as the sharp parts.

With the bardiche I usually attack the legs.

[proven verge]

Aim for weak spots like the legs, arms, and hands. You have enough reach to where you can usually get around their defences.

[proven verge]

Dont forget you can also switch hands.

[tough yew]

we can continue this convo elsewhere because their AI has clearly not gotten better and is lacking on all fronts

[urban bear]

Usually the hand swap only works good for twirling into an overhead for momentum

[tough yew]

you got that right

[fresh palm]

why are the enemies so player like

I can't help but feel like they're human like damn

[little verge]

It can be devastating when done right. m00 has some great gameplay videos with polearms.

[urban bear]

Sickkk will check it out

[little verge]

Frank wants Willie to make you beg for mercy.

[urban bear]

Sick

[fresh palm]

like man an npc just looked around like a player

[plain idol]

noticed something

at the top 2 tiers

shields are absolutely useless

the ai throws them away if they have them, and in the occasion they dont you can just knock it across the arena with a mediocre hit from a greatsword

[little verge]

Anything you can do Willie can do better.

[proven verge]

The AI actually throws it at tier 8 because they want to grapple you, I think the armored AI uses the surrender tactic same as people. They want you on the ground.

[plain idol]

even if they dont throw it and you dont knock it out of their hand its still really pointless lol

gimme a sec ill upload a video i just took in #game-footage-🎮🎥

[proven verge]

Historically knights used longswords and polearms for the very reason that they were wearing armor. Shields became irrelevant for fully armored knights. I think it's really there for the loadout flexibility. You can see the AI wants to use halfsword most of the time in armored tiers since they can club you with it.

[pearl sentinel]

i heart longsword

❤️

[uncut sleet]

does anyone clip half sword with steelseries? i can't get it to work on playtest even after manually adding the game

[proper trail]

might get a bunch of clips

and put linkin park what ive done over it

[proper trail]

try using xbox gamebar capture? it works fine for me i think

[uncut sleet]

i will try that probably i just like steelseries so would prefer to get it working

[glacial estuary]

How are people playing the game mode in the dark with the bosses?

[dawn sparrow]

it's demo version

[urban bear]

It's the demo

[glacial estuary]

Gotcha, so does demo have more than play test?

[dawn sparrow]

it's different build. playtest is reworked and newer

in the demo you can do wicked stuff

[glacial estuary]

I gotcha

[dawn sparrow]

try photo mode too! I like dark pictures in the void

[wispy ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/kingbluprint-gif-21436316

[calm ivy]

People that love feet will HATE this.. I did the first attack accidentally, and made MYSELF wince, with the rest lol:

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/jpy77mV7rcO_SqMcW?invite=cr-MSwzTmYsMjY1MzE2ODc2LA

[modest kindle]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/jpypeSnM2qm9InYvQ?invite=cr-MSxQNlEsMjI3MzY1NDU0LA

[brisk fossil]

this game is fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBxkPlDpri0&t=83s

[fallow epoch]

is the play test out?

[sick tangle]

yeah and they can quite effectively put their sword in your armpit

[wise halo]

we both died.

[crude flower]

ggs

[little verge]

Yes get it on steam.

[lean niche]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[fallow epoch]

Thanks

[calm ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/big-oof-size-small-medium-switch-gif-17355313

[gloomy eagle]

Yo these pitchfork dudes are slamming me to the grave

[mortal aurora]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[proper trail]

try rush them to the side if u have a sword and slice their throat

[fresh palm]

I just spawned in without a weapon even though I'm supposed to have a sword

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah happens

[fresh palm]

zamn. I been playing for like 2 and something hours (unhealthy as fuck it be half past 1 am now) and first time that happened

[green laurel]

aah this game would be so fun in vr

[wise halo]

I send bro to permanent sleep

[autumn kindle]

Hey I was just wondering if there was any kind of list of weapon names that are currently in the game anywhere online, does anyone know if anything like that exists?

[soft osprey]

There was a compiled list in a thread somewhere at one point but, it’s been inactive for a while so the thread disappeared from my discord. I’ll see if I can remember the name and find the thread

[autumn kindle]

Gotchu, I'll take a look around for that thread, appreciate the help!

[graceful creek]

when are next updates

[soft osprey]

There is one more update between now and the release of early access in, likely late 2025. But no dates been given.

[graceful creek]

when does the game come out

and how do i install mods to the game

[shy jetty]

pls help me why im blocked IN THE TUTO ???

[soft osprey]

You’re not. You’re playing the demo, which plays like an endless rogue like game. Just keep walking and fighting and you’ll access better gear as you go. There’s 6 bosses to get through.

Or play the playtest here

[lean niche]

Playtest - Steam Store

To get access to the playtest navigate to the steam store page and hit the request access button. The playtest will be added to your library automatically.

[soft osprey]

TBD

[soft osprey]

#modders-guild-hall for modding questions

[graceful creek]

tbd?

[shy jetty]

ohhh ok ty bro

[mortal sonnet]

To be determined. Early access is predicted for Q4 of this year

I haven’t heard anything about when the next update comes but supposedly there will be one more for the playtest before early access

[proper trail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ1X9LjZr7g made a little montage

[true zealot]

grippin this mf so he doesnt stab me

[proven verge]

I wish I could parry like this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4fwcZIa3UOg?feature=share

[latent oriole]

this game is great hope they fix the performance

[true zealot]

a thing im seeing is a lot of people don't realise that if you grab a Willie's hand while they're holding you, 9 times out of 10 they'll let you go

Just grab the arm/hand they're holding you with and they'll let you go

[soft osprey]

For sure things will be optimized, but I imagine it will always require a decent pc to run properly

[latent oriole]

i get like normal 60 fps but as soon as there are more than 3 weapon on the map the fps drops to like 10

single combat runs great

[true zealot]

How desperately I wish elbows did damage, This mf would've been on the floor 😭

[latent oriole]

muay thai hasnt been invented yet

[true zealot]

#1244313050174197850 have invented it for us 🙏

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