My “Theory”

[broken lake]

I'm a composer for the big lez game that's coming out actually

The game still mainly uses Jarrad's music, I've just written some stuff for it here and there

[sacred spear]

Yeah

[woeful pagoda]

Sledgehammers and axes are shorter and they take less time to swing like in the game, look at how the weapon is used. It’s not fast but its got extreme length and power

Like I think a lot of people are swinging wide with their mouse, bringing the halberd around their entire body instead of traditional swings where it’s kept in front of the user, where they don’t have to buildup a swing and can just use the weight of the weapon

And like I’m not saying halberds are slow but compared to a sword or anything short they should be slower they are in real life

Here’s a good example https://youtube.com/shorts/qZEJ013eVyQ?si=7UePebwo8hvqzjFX

But at higher weights they do move a lot faster

[ashen sentinel]

i been max strength since day one and i can confirm physics are so shit, combat system is still bad too, limp wrists too

i thought the same shit too when playing beggar the first day some dudes looks like cillian murphy lmao

[radiant crystal]

i'm at man at arms rank and i have been waiting for shit to get better and it just never did

[ashen sentinel]

longswording is so bad i'm just not doing it at this point

i prefer going back to demo if i wanna play longsword

[radiant crystal]

bro

[ashen sentinel]

half swording is fine tho

[radiant crystal]

the wrists

this is why my hands keep dropping shit

[ashen sentinel]

bro tryna swing a 50 kg mace

but it's actually 1.5 kg

just broken physics

use two hands for maces otherwise it's way worse

[radiant crystal]

people have been trying to gaslight me saying "oh you just made the weapon with the wrong balance", "it's too heavy" when even a 0.5 kg messer wobbles around in my hands

[ashen sentinel]

i almost beat the lord tourney using only the baron's mace but my character keeps falling for no reason it's so bad it's crazy, i strictly lost to falling down then after 30-50 attempts i gave up

best i did was reaching round 7

[radiant crystal]

if you have any weapons sheathed just take them off

cuz they bug out and force your character into a direction

[ashen sentinel]

i gotta try this rq

but i doubt having a longsword and small sword would cause that

[smoky cairn]

I played Freemode for the first time today and I notice the weapon control is different than I get in progression I'm kind of thinking your Freemode character is at minimum strength or I'm just tweaking and its the same

[radiant crystal]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/m3LIuO2jX-Njcs1rH?invite=cr-MSxQRGcsMzAxNTYxMDcz&v=5

cool physics

LOOL

it just decimated my pants

[sudden lagoon]

That’s cool as man, but whattt there’s a game???

[broken lake]

Yessir, I can DM a link to the server if you’d like

[sudden lagoon]

Yeah it’s crazy that it just hasn’t been acknowledge at all yet

[sudden lagoon]

Please do

[radiant crystal]

idk man sum ain't right

[radiant crystal]

ye i think you spawn at lower weight

[smoky cairn]

I feel like I can't get as clean of a cut with my longsword which I can do in progression

[radiant crystal]

it gives u some random ass character

[smoky cairn]

I don't believe that character is at max strength either

Which would change the weapon control more

[radiant crystal]

ye he's not

i went into free mode through progression

not through the main menu

and it still gave me this random mf

[smoky cairn]

I guess I'll just need to lurk in commoner rank

Or play abyss, abyss is really fun

[radiant crystal]

it's jsut so sad because EA seemed to have improve on a good bit of concepts but the fundamental of half sword that people liked and played for are just completely gone or butchered

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/m3LSApWNEEtfrEwH_?invite=cr-MSxBMTcsMzAxNTYxMDcz&v=15

extremely dissappointing 😔

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/m3LQXmKr52NeK5NQ7?invite=cr-MSxHUHEsMzAxNTYxMDcz&v=15

so many weapons just bug out

or are a pain in the ass to use

[winter jolt]

I thought one of them looked like Harrison Ford

[winter jolt]

I kept bashing a guy's helmet in with a Warpick to see how many head hits they can take before their skull caves in

[smoky cairn]

We can hope update 1 fixes this

I imagine making your weapon as light as possible is probably a good option

[lime dune]

the weapon handling generally does just feel worse

i know the strength system exists but it hasnt helped me much

im sure if i kept grinding strength it would but

at some point when longswords feel shit without grinding its like

like the thrusting attack with alt on longswords seems to be weirdly wobbly and unstable i find

and ive had this with non crafted and crafted ones

[pure dove]

Mate they've been focusing on optimization and bug fixes

They can't do everything at once

[smoky cairn]

I expect that to be an Update 1 thing

[jagged hinge]

take off the shield if that starts to happen

then reequip it at the end of the battle

uhhh the wrist problem needs to be fixed but also i think the one hand stabbing needs a replacement

idk why they gave everything the rondel dagger moveset when they arent held in reverse grip

they should add new controls to use reverse grip or mordschlag whatever

[sudden lagoon]

They done it overnight basically last time so makes me fear that they’re sticking to the current physics model, which would honestly be a huge fumble for the game

[smoky coral]

Skaven

[smoky coral]

Speaking of model

Anyone considered that we should mod the Willie model into the current game as a facial construct

They aren't mad about mods now right? So just.....facial suger

[sudden lagoon]

I could’ve sworn they said they were keeping Willie ):

[smoky coral]

Nope

[pure dove]

They did, but a modified version

[hushed leaf]

the switchup is pmo so much

[hushed leaf]

if they band against mods.. oooh boy

[hushed leaf]

idk at oleast in my experience the multiple updates theyve done havent fixed shit

[sudden lagoon]

Yeah I still have to use engine.ini to make it playable, slums still isn’t though, and I think they were against mods unless they were lore accurate or something, don’t quote me on that though

[prisma drum]

We NEED og willie

[smoky coral]

I'm reheating mack and cheese before trying to see if picking Willie's up and slamming them has changed in how's it's done

[sudden lagoon]

Where did this go?

[astral burrow]

Soon vro

[sudden lagoon]

This games motto for a reason haha

[astral burrow]

Btw fyi they are pro-modding AFAIK

[sudden lagoon]

Yeah I had a feeling something changed since then if I’m even remembering that correctly

[astral burrow]

I lowk don't understand why almost all the answers in the FAQ is just "erm well not at this stage of development but blah blah blah" 😭😭😭😭

[hushed leaf]

i dont get why they wont TALK TO US

[sudden lagoon]

Shooting themselves in the foot

[astral burrow]

Because it's a scam from the ELITES TO MAKE US ALL, LIKE MEN! /j

[radiant crystal]

@short cargo do u know anything about this

https://tenor.com/view/hanna-ball-kitten-soft-fluffy-kitty-cat-paws-gif-2803341425267067710

[celest needle]

https://tenor.com/view/jiheonfan-man-jumping-jump-out-of-train-gif-21371025

[smoky cairn]

I've been practicing for this!
Galaxy High Marshall ad me venit ut responsio ad quaestiones meas.

[hybrid knoll]

ngl i gen wonder if this is true

[smoky cairn]

Well well well

[upbeat sleet]

Tried the newest update, weapons still handle like shit. But now it seems that your other weapons don't interfere with you that much.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1310656644216258640/1469392170665377872/Half_Sword_-_2026-02-06_10-55-30_PM.mp4?ex=69877d99&is=69862c19&hm=35d7b91266db6bcdfa5d1f1f0b67c2d665765a4cdd90874402979e51e6e5343e&

[hasty patrol]

It's such a tease fr

[upbeat sleet]

I managed to fish out a couple items by looking upwards and hooking the edge with my elbows, and then looking down&crouching. This pushes you over a bit and allows you to perhaps grab an item.

[sudden lagoon]

Is the performance any better at least now? Seems more than likely they’re sticking to the current physics model going forward, R.I.P fluidity & flair ):

[sudden lagoon]

My god the no collision thing feels and looks horrible

[upbeat sleet]

Yea, each time character loses grip with one hand it starts spinning around you

[broken lake]

Update: Aven after the new hotfix the game still crashes on startup

Sorry, not game startup, starting the progression mode

Any mode, actually

Update Update: force enabling DX11 finally worked

[hollow stratus]

You got an AMD GPU?

[broken lake]

(thought you said cpu lol)

Nah I got a GeForce 3060

[hollow stratus]

Then idk for sure, but DX12 might be a bit too intense.

I do know AMD gpus have been having issues, which is why I asked.

[fiery pollen]

Are the wrists still wimpy?

Can you actually wield a polearm?

[jagged hinge]

Yes

[jagged hinge]

I think so I will test the update when I get home but there has been positive feedback and cool ass videos

[fiery pollen]

Seems like your character won't let go as often swinging the larger weapons but you still can barley swing them

[sudden lagoon]

Dx12 is too intense on my 3080Ti, even dx11 I’ve had to use engine.ini to get it stable, I did also add shadows back in to dx11 LOW settings but at a lower quality, I then use lossless scaling adaptive because any fps cap will always make the game drop fps below that so uncapped/vsync/Gsync works best with adaptive here

I usually stay between 70-116 so it’s mostly smooth and I’m not generating a huge amount of extra frames either

[smoky cairn]

With the new update I can use both my custom longswords effectively its still not quite like the playtest though

In the playtest you could stab forward without using Alt but in the EA that is very difficult to do

Slashes and stabs using alt though are quite nice now

Especially on my light longsword

For reference my longsword which I use in progression is 1.5kgs while my light longsword is 0.6kgs and controls much better

[sudden lagoon]

It actually runs quite a bit worse for me compared to yesterday, most notably during big dismemberments

[hushed leaf]

Good god I don't understand this shit

[lean epoch]

anton chigurh

[sacred plinth]

anyone experiencing not hit registers with the poleaxe?

[astral burrow]

idk

[sudden lagoon]

I’m getting no hit reg on enemies if I pick up their weapons

It didn’t happen my first few matches weirdly enough

[inland wind]

Seems to be a side effect of trying to fix the polearms/axes. They go through them like they are a PC weapon not wanting to collide with them

[sudden lagoon]

Yeah I assume it’s because the enemy “Willie” and our “Willie” are basically the same entity, just don’t know how that could’ve gotten passed testing? Be even crazier if it was a willing compromise

[inland wind]

Honestly with how fast they are getting the hotfixes out and how small of a team they are there is likely little to no testing at this stage.

[astral burrow]

they have a tester role vro 😭 (also they were 100% forced by gameseer to release this unfinished build because of deadlines or something)

[paper hound]

guys is this a true😭

i miss old half sword

atp im convinced the devs gave us an early version that was from like 14 months ago or something

[lilac narwhal]

We don't have an official, transparent explanation but it's the only plausible explanation for why physics, handling, collisions and stability regressed like they did

[ashen sentinel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/hM854Dj_u5E

[astral burrow]

Feet 🤤

[winter jolt]

did the new patch mess with smth why is he like this lol

duplicated hands

[astral burrow]

No it's nature

[ashen sentinel]

did you like the tips ?

[winter jolt]

i feel like the game got gorier somehow

[astral burrow]

I didn't even watch it lmao 😭😭

[ashen sentinel]

you should vro it's goated

trust me

[winter jolt]

a true warrior doesnt need a sword

[ashen sentinel]

for me it's the opposite, before/after

[winter jolt]

are you using a sword

[ashen sentinel]

damn

[astral burrow]

I did and the tips are peak ngl.

[ashen sentinel]

i should try it again and see, sometime i still get gore but i see it way less

but with a sword it's probably still the same

[ashen sentinel]

Thanks man, pleasure to help

[astral burrow]

Np

[coarse marten]

another thing too is the devs are not being transparent galaxy is the only one i respect rn

[hushed leaf]

what has galaxy said?

[coarse marten]

hes talked about issues with blood and why they are happening but every other dev is silent

[hushed leaf]

oh ok

yeah hes the only good dev atp

[fiery pollen]

Have you tried adjusting the gore slider in gameplay options? I have no issues cutting a man in half with the tip of my sword

[jagged hinge]

honestly no i think handling is better and collisions?

thats because they forgot to make weapons recollide when stolen

and the handling is amazing im able to stab guys in their neck easily and precisely as long as i make a sword super balanced

and use a polaxe super effectively

and spin it

stability is because of lag ig

the physics???

what

i think the problem is custom swords are super easy to mess up and theres no great swords and wrists are weak and can rotate however they want

but when the sword is balanced it behaves exactly like the demo and more which leads me to believe that demo feels better because all of the weapons are perfectly balanced and are lighter then they are in the EA

[trail wave]

https://youtube.com/shorts/bp_wmv-JoLY?si=ZxQAgx5myHZ4gUBT

Over 6 months ago the pit map was fully complete

And looking great at that

So idk why its not in EA

[hushed leaf]

hm.. peraps the build we got is older than 6 months

[ashen sentinel]

Nah the whole combat system along with physics are way better on demo it's not close no matter the weapon

Currently that's just how it is

[blissful sky]

This shit really does disappoint me, I believe this 100% but I sorta thought the devs were better than this

I'm sure there probably some greater reason but it is tricking people

[hushed dome]

why tf does he have like 7 fingers bro

🥀

[winter jolt]

this game smth else

[gray raven]

fixed now

[sudden lagoon]

All they had to do was put a literal hole in the floor

[astral burrow]

lmao they forgot to remove the ui thingy in the top right when screenshotting an image for a fight set in the alley map.

AND THE IMAGE IS ALSO UNFINISHED LMAOOO

[trail wave]

There was some spiky barricades as well, no fence, it looks like fun to me

[sudden lagoon]

I’m getting like a 30-40fps drop on dismemberments or big wounds since the new blood update, both dx11 & 12, any ideas? I can keep over 60fps but if I cap at 60, it still drops below a lot

[wild wraith]

with how fast these hotfixes are getting thrown out i got some hope for this game

they just gotta stay locked in and work with the community

[sudden lagoon]

Made it worse for me

[heavy mirage]

Honestly my big concern is with the optimization hotfixes. I hope they've got a big one around the corner that really changes the game

[thorn oar]

these hotfixes have done nothing noticable for me i hope they do a big one soon

[prime wharf]

I can imagine once the hotfixes start building up youll realize its doing something

You dont feel the little changes until suddenly its noticeable over time

[viral yoke]

Some of the fixes only really work if you start a new save because they're baked in

[sudden lagoon]

Hmmm, I uninstalled with revo uninstaller but haven’t tried that yet

[tawdry gorge]

The muscle system combined with custom weapons is confusing a lot of people. The demo had a lot of variable set for the player, weapons were lighter and balanced, and no muscle system. Adding all this into the EA means combat fundamentally changed before you even pick a weapon up. Now thow in a weapon that may be unbalanced or too heavy for your character, and you get inconsistent and imprecise combat.

[trail wave]

Is there a way to backup my current progress before trying a full reset?

[jagged hinge]

i feel like the muscle system just wasnt a good idea to begin with

maybe minorly or for punches and weight

and visual

but like it effecting gameplay this much

like why does it effect handling man..

it leads to just such a skewed vie wof the game

its not that fun to experience

[trail wave]

We start out as beggars. We should still be hardworking men, we're just starving. With that in mind, the weight system should be controlled by how much money you pump into food, and not running out of stamina as that just leads to bad gameplay in my opinion

[thorn oar]

they completely broke slums on dx11 the terrain is destroyed

[jagged hinge]

yes so it increasing weight makes sense

but like

why though

why not just make handling good

instead of making it this ass

aty the start

and then increasingg ittt

[ashen sentinel]

I get what you're saying but it's not even about that, it's different in its essence, i really truly know the demo physics and how they feel (i have gauntlet speedrun world record), and after 47 hours on ea, trying every poleaxe type and weight, trying sword ofc and a bunch of other weapons, that there's a generalised issue affecting every weapons no matter their weight/character strength, as well as a big issue in the character physics (constantly falling down for no reason and taking too long to get up), demo is truly more realistic and accurate in terms of combat system, also has better physics, compared to ea. Now i still believe the devs will eventually fix everything, i still don't understand why the big downgrade for the heart of game wich is the combat system, maybe something wrong happened during developpement idk.

[trail wave]

Well I like a weight system, but currently the best strategies for gaining weight are not fun. If it was controlled by money it would be controlled by winning matches, and harmed by losing matches

This is the best way to gain weight in the current system

Thats pretty lame ngl

[ashen sentinel]

I don't even see the issue with low weight strength tbh i can equally swing accurately and cook oponents

The weight and strength system arent an issue and i don't think it's the reason behind the current state of the game

[tawdry gorge]

I like the muscle system and think it adds to the game, but only if properly implemented. Weight is a large factor in sword fighting, and strength is obv important to move more weight. I like that this game doesn't allow a peasant to simply pick up a knights weapon and swing it no problem, like literally every other game. The muscle system is unique, and I think once tweaked properly it will be very enjoyable

[tawdry gorge]

The character physics are abysmal I will agree on that. Standing still your character will idly step randomly with both feet, just shuffle there like some drunk dude without a place to go. I still maintain that adding the muscle system and custom weapons is the root of a lot of the problems with weapons physics. The demo was more realistic in mechanics, but it also simulated a lot less...so in essence, it behaves more realistic but isn't actually more realistic, if that makes sense? Now I know you said you tried a lot of weapons at different weights and strengths, but that does not account for balance of said weapons. I doubt anyone can really factor that in, but using an unbalanced 3kg polearm vs the 0.2kg polearm found in freemode has a huge difference in controllability and damage, so I am not really sure I can agree the issue is generalized to all weapons and characters regardless of weight, strength or balance

[ashen sentinel]

https://youtu.be/y7V4UbHtRJs?si=LyWn2-QYEPBmluhi
Just putting this here so that you can see the balance point i use for poleaxes

It's at the very start of the video i show a bunch of builds that i use in the video

I use always that balance point wich i don't believe is wrong, seems accurate for poleaxe

I'd like to add on that that the balance point for polearms is broken, it's impossible to make a spear, balance point always ends up at the end of the weapon

I think it's a real issue the way a weapon that is not minimum weight will slow down mid air, twist the arms after every miss, and just behave badly overall

It's like we're swinging a 15kg poleaxe when it's just 3kg, i mean the average human can swing a 3kg poleaxe faster than a 93kg ea character

Also on the ea the wrists twist like crazy, making swording way worse, unless you make a sword that weights nothing, in comparaison on demo i can be perfectly accurate even with a greatsword, it's also a lot more accurate and smoother.

It also affects other weapons but swords are the most impacted by this imo

But i believe you could be right about the weight and strength system being responsible, it's possible that when they created this somehow it broke physics for weapons that are more heavy

[unkempt hedge]

core memory unlocked

[tawdry gorge]

I'll be honest, that video kinda just solidifies what I am trying to say I think

[ashen sentinel]

But i mean playing demo vs ea is night and day, every weapons handles so much better, is a lot smoother, won't twist arms/wrists, the swings are perfectly accurate on demo the weapon goes where it's intended, we already mentionned it but the character also has a more realistic balance on demo and doesn't fall constantly.

[tawdry gorge]

I like to place my balance point 2-3 inches past the guard, and ajust length so my top hand rests right under the guard. Seems very balanced in both half sword and full extension swings

[unkempt hedge]

i hate how in the demo willys tend to spider leg before falling to the ground. i wish i could have EA's physics on demos gaulent mode

honestly i dont mind the randomized gear if it means i can get a smooth framrate

[ashen sentinel]

I do it in the last 1/4 of the weapon

[tawdry gorge]

Agreed on this. I hope they fix the muscle system and character balance soon

[ashen sentinel]

I hit accurate headshot constantly, weapon also doesn't tilt when being swing so basically the front head connects accurately not sideways like baron beak (not balanced right)

It's kinda why i'm not putting the balance point any lower

I don't wanna lose power

[jagged hinge]

it seems they maybe messed with air resistance and wrists? or just wrists and strength is the issue

[trail wave]

lining up the edge on your blows was super smooth too, you just had to draw the weapon back and swing straight, but now that feels pretty inconsistent especially with swords, maybe due to the floppy wrists

[jagged hinge]

me when every issue is related to one thing and they dont change it at all

[ashen sentinel]

Yeah actually you could be right, i definitely see this as a possibility now, that somehow the new system broke some physics

[tawdry gorge]

We need wrist muscles...

xD

[ashen sentinel]

Once they fix the wrists we are so back

[tawdry gorge]

Honestly tho fixing the balance, adding some sort of rigidity to wrists and making the muscles actually work could do so much for the game. I don't think it will fix it outright but it would make it much more playable

[jagged hinge]

574 or less are about floppy wrists

[jagged hinge]

and maybe toggling down air resistance?

[ashen sentinel]

Exactly, this alone would make the game way more enjoyable

[jagged hinge]

then they could maybe give collision to some parts of willie rather then making it all not collide like it shouldnt be phasing through your chest

and then option to make wood heavier or smth

so you can balance out spears

[tawdry gorge]

Yea not a fan of the no collision with player weapons. Seems like a cheap fix

rather than fix a system they just removed it entirely

[ashen sentinel]

Stabbing in general feels harder with certain weapon, example pitchfork, became very innacurate, unless they fixed it bc i didn't try it in a while

[tawdry gorge]

The only way I can stab accurately now is to lower my dpi to like 800 lol

[trail wave]

Yeah seriously my biggest gripe. You cannot add flails and remove collisions

Thats like literally the entire point of a flail. its an easier to swing mace that might knock you tf out

[ashen sentinel]

Yeah man no more run and stab lmao, for gauntlet speedrun the strat is litteraly pitchfork running and stabbing until soldier boss, on ea gotta be standing still or barely walking or it goes sideways etc

[tawdry gorge]

yes I want to see players knocking themselves out with long weapons 😂

[ashen sentinel]

I didn't try to stab with other weapons tho

[trail wave]

Self damage also isnt a thing though so its a moot point but I had complete faith that it would soon be a thing

Until now that is

[tawdry gorge]

Self damage is not a thing? Does that mean via player weapons? I am pretty sure I have killed myself by tripping over my polearm and running head first into a wall hard enough to knock me out...

[trail wave]

Oh yeah if its in your hands it cant hurt you

On the ground it could though

[tawdry gorge]

ah ok good to know

[trail wave]

And also your weapons can collide with other things in your hands

So if you have a polearm or something long it will clip through you into your other hand preventing you from picking anything up

Namely goblets which sell for a lot

[tawdry gorge]

yea I have had some annoying experiences with that as well. Sucks the poleaxe is so meta too xD

[tawdry gorge]

I see what you mean now

[trail wave]

I wonder how that works. Before the patch I could sorta do that, as long as I pulled the weapon over my head fast enough, but after the patch it was the first thing I tried and i was unable to do it

I may or may not have switched weapons after though i should try my other pollaxes

[hushed leaf]

im getting crashes with headshots after it came too

[sudden lagoon]

I was getting that sometimes before even, dx11 helped for me

[hushed leaf]

it seems willy doesnt like holding his poleaxe anymore

[ashen sentinel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/X5Gtkp61nHM

[stark summit]

Bro go back to your shitty shack where you make up conspiracies, buntàta amadan

[winter jolt]

same

[mortal harbor]

Nah there is reverse grip it's just for one knife

[sudden lagoon]

Never thought I’d get called a stupid potato by a Scot hahah man you’re an imitation potato

[compact anchor]

its without a doubt an elaborate scam to a degree

its bullshit, no no.. its indie dev bullshit, you gotta watch out for that..

theres always a rolling agenda, whenther you see it or not

[sudden lagoon]

The counter thought I’ve been having is maybe they made such good progress over the last year+ then realise there’s not much more that they can add to the game during EA period > 1.0 release so maybe game seer opted to have them give us this old build for EA to draw out the whole process for more money maybe? And when 1.0 comes around we’ll get what they’ve actually been supposedly working on all this time, that’s another way of looking at all this among many others, they need to tell us something themselves

[pure dove]

😭

Mf

[sacred spear]

guys let's just all play exanima instead and kiss

💖

[somber moss]

Yeah but what's fucked up is all the new players who would've came in now won't. Which means no more money which means the build we have now might be all we get. I mean we are sitting at mixed reviews on steam. We aren't even at positive, that's really bad. An hour after this game was released the reviews were mostly negative. They should've just told us the truth. Hell even if they delayed the game another year or 6 months and released this as an update to the demo I would've been disappointed but happy to have something new that I know isn't the hyped up EA we been waiting for. Idk I just don't see how they could change almost every single system in the game to be different then it is right now the shape of the game right now is what we are going to get; Which is not what I expected compared to the trailer and the playing I've been doing. I'm at the Knight tier right now. I've cheesed this whole game because you can steal armor off of enemies lol. So I will let you know if the game modes exist. I agree with your theory I would have just liked some more transparency and to not charge $20 for this. Hell I would've donated 20 dollars to them if they had told us the truth so that they could release the game like the trailer vs paying 20 dollars for this and they've now sullied their launch. Most of the time indie games can't recover from that like AAA studios can.

[heavy mirage]

NO UPDATES IN 2 YEARS WOOOOO

[sacred spear]

misinformation final boss

[heavy mirage]

Fed

I'm not sacrificing a lamb so I can play their private updates

[sacred spear]

what}

are we deadass

the "private updates" are avaible for everyone to see in the discord server

💔

with the code for the experimental branch and everything

[heavy mirage]

I wouldn't know, I don't play Exanima 💔

[sacred spear]

very niche game, objectively better than half sword in every aspect

but like

that's kind of an unfair comparison

[heavy mirage]

Hydrogen bomb versus coughing baby

[sacred spear]

let's wait a few years to see how hs develops and if it beats exanima

if the full half sword game is going to just be the current progression mode

ehhh

not very good

[heavy mirage]

If that ends up being the full game then the devs are not gonna live this down

I really hope we get more though

Major updates will have to make or break it

[brittle torrent]

in a fully polished story game the progression would be fuckin lit

[sacred spear]

we need HS lore now!

[mortal harbor]

Half sword story mode NOW!!!!

[sudden lagoon]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1256270/Kinstrife/

Have yous been following this?

[upbeat sleet]

They are however very transparent on what they are doing and why. Though remaking the entire muscle system will take a while.

The only advantage i saw in half sword over exanima is the greater degree of freedom of control on your swings and weapon, which has suffered greatly in EA.

[sudden lagoon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfSword/s/7DbGG1TUoH

Fully rendered Earth with shadows, what the fuck is going on

[upbeat sleet]

what the fuck

[tight matrix]

wondering if this is actually maybe true at this point because theres a fair bit of overlap between demo (or playtest) issues that were fixed that suddenly came back

like auto parry being too strong, wrists being wonky, characters arent steady. i just dont really get why they'd go back on the feedback if it is a modern version

[humble island]

It seems like the premade polearms switch sides when held in half sword grip, might be a simple bug

[limpid flicker]

Don't lie to me dude lmao

[worthy axle]

Half world

[pure dove]

It's a skybox

[sudden lagoon]

I know, still one of the trippiest things I’ve ever seen hahah

[sacred spear]

Yeah, whats the point of having different heads if you can only use one

[sudden lagoon]

Did bro lie hahah

[sacred spear]

Hey guys

Is it true that if you delete the demo files you get a performance boost

[warm gull]

agreed whaats the point of being able to customize both ends if we can only use the one side

[leaden seal]

Drop link

[leaden seal]

LOOOLL

[sudden lagoon]

No, I uninstalled everything with revo uninstaller and reset progress, still the same

[sudden lagoon]

There’s probably only a handful of mods on the HS page anyways

[leaden seal]

Thanks twin

[sudden lagoon]

I was using that method with the demo and at launch with EA, it doesn’t help anymore after the new blood & gore that’s unoptimised as fuck

[winter jolt]

I hope they fix the fatal error whenever I headshot someone

[solid flame]

The only thing that has technically helped me with that was zero'ing all the settings in the config file, as it reduced the crash rate from "running 2000s game without Digivoodoo or any compatibility" to "highschooler's game project".

[hushed leaf]

this is the worst part

devs, yall can make mistakes, or have feature creep, or just need more time, just tell us dude

dont get our hopes up with EA and all the shit we've been dripfed over time and then just NOT have it in the game

[limpid flicker]

Unfortunately, it seems someone is starting to lose love,trust and hope.

[winter jolt]

why is the poleaxe phasing through people

[trail wave]

https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1470340605849763933 Apparently cpu is why poleaxe is the only viable weapon for some people

[limpid flicker]

I was saying it might be. We can't sure where they are coming from unless we unpak this game

I'm just making theories and predicting for theses problems "precisely as I can"

I'm not expert, I'm just a gamer who loves game. What I can do is only prediction and giving some idea.

Just possibility "that problems are coming from them" could be there.

[humble island]

Weird, i usually cut, not necessarily dismember but i cut, and i cut well

That looks like a you problem somehow, ny polearms hit and kill, my swords slash and bash, do you forge your own weapons ? Are you using weapons too heavy ?

[warm gull]

this has to do with the ever so strong spaghetti that the devs gave us for wrists

[humble island]

That seems too heavy, you usually put the COM at the general location of the guard, about 1 to 1.8kg

[warm gull]

my 93 kg character struggles to switch hands with the 2.79kg poleaxe i have but i can swing it freely

[humble island]

At the genral location of the crossguard, be generous

That includes a bit down the blade

[warm gull]

letting go causes the weapon to settle on its own without guideance so wherever the center of gravity is will be how it pulls

[humble island]

I have a sword thats just above the crossguard and it swings pretty damn well for a 1.8

[warm gull]

i come to realize removing the gaurd completly on the poleaxe seemed to help

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/m5sRv4GSJZ_SBcJcB?invite=cr-MSxNU0EsNDc1MDYwNTI0&v=30

maybe wind resistance physics i have no idea

I can swing my poleaxe 10+ times in a row while running but switching weapon side standing still wastes more stamina 🤦

[winter jolt]

I remember seeing footage of this like half a decade ago

[celest needle]

this shit is on my steam wishlist. gonna make waves when it eventually comes out

[sudden lagoon]

Here’s hoping

[winter jolt]

probably 2028

[celest needle]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-confused-gif-15712129875520007531

[balmy hatch]

oh so anything thats not rtx 40 or 50 series is considered a potato? great
$25 definitely enough to get a new graphics card for sure

[stray brook]

You sound 19 whilst also sounding like you're in your mid 30s

[craggy sandal]

and you don't? "just save up" 😭😭

[solid flame]

Intel B570 is a potato?

[frigid briar]

this guy might be an agent trying to sell computer parts

[jagged hinge]

There’s something wrong with the wind

[mortal harbor]

why did they even remove commoners having swords

[lilac narwhal]

It's been over two weeks and still no communication about this

[humble island]

Might be a chance of it being wrong then, or dev just have another priority rather than answering a theory

[stark summit]

I wouldn't bother with this crap

Is just a kinda shitty theory aunyway

[brisk ferry]

Hypothesis*. Hypothesis and theory are not the same thing even though it's commonly used in an abuse of language.

[stark summit]

My idea how about we stop making theories and complaints that don't help the Devs at all

After all it is early access

And there's a little something about how the game may be subject to change at this stage

So I say we close this

As it doesn't help anything

At ALL

[hushed leaf]

clearly you're cherrypicking

even the main post here is built off of in-game evidence of lower quality features

direct feedback to devs, that stuff needs to be changed

[humble island]

Can we get more potential proofs anyway, or just focus on anything else, like giving feedbacks and stuff

[celest needle]

https://tenor.com/view/cringe-hanni-new-jeans-stinky-face-ew-gif-14900207989535810402

[midnight star]

Communication about what? This is a literally just a random players theory that people are latching onto for some reason as if it’s a true. The devs dont have time to focus on responding to some random people’s theories about the game build when they have a game to develop

[stark summit]

finally somebody rationable

[jolly pier]

yeah, also it was said by a dev that only the gameplay you see in the trailer is content you get atm (on EA release).

[craggy sandal]

literally, they'll complain how bad the game is, and when devs work their asses off to make it better they're like "no communication? huh"
almost like they're busy or something

[lilac narwhal]

What's the justification for the gameplay thoroughly regressing then? Communication of the matter would be the bare minimum (they also have a publisher and community manager that should handle these things).

It's not something to ignore either as it's the primary criticism besides the performance.

Half Sword didn't need to launch to negative to mixed reception like this without any communication.

[craggy sandal]

get real, everybody would've also been suspicious if they waited any longer. they already did, actually, a week or so before release. I don't think you'll end up happy here

[lilac narwhal]

??? People would've been much more understanding of a delay with an explanation or just any communication altogether

They released the game in this state without any explanation and faced the subsequent reception

[midnight star]

Okay Thats great and all but im talking about the theory that started this whole thing. Yeah they could communicate more. Addressing some random theory is not on their priority list, as it shouldn’t be.

They have much more important things to do than address THEORIES

[craggy sandal]

they delayed it once and the amount of people I saw who thought it was a scam go crazy

they cant keep everyone happy

[coarse marten]

comparison of blood from the demo vs from the ea release

[stark summit]

I think the EA release has the more realistic volume of blood but not as realistic in the physics of hitting a blood vessel and stuff

[light monolith]

Jesus. I know this is about blood but just looking again at how stable the sword swings are in the demo compared to EA makes me sad

[coarse marten]

in the demo it def wasnt precise but it was super stable in the ea you can hit a part you want more directly but its not really useful if you cant cut anything

[humble island]

You can though, just gotta let the sword rest inside the limbs sometimes

[oblique lotus]

There are things that now impact weapon movement; just take an extremely long weapon, it's very difficult to control because of its weight. And guys, they had to change things about blood for performance reasons. For me, the blood is great, why complain about something like that? My game is much more optimized than in the demo because of the blood.

[humble island]

And if you're complaining about the wrists, ive looked at mcwonder's old messages

[jolly pier]

Who is that handsome green name guy?

[heavy mirage]

Idk

[jolly pier]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-ooh-oooh-ooooh-oooooh-gif-19977128

[light monolith]

That puts me at ease

[light monolith]

this image

[jagged hinge]

interesting

that might explain why falling and the wrists are such a problem

(and why they havent just made wrists better)

they should really really still try it

[humble island]

Im fully betting on it being a small change thats gonna be dwarfed by how big the next hotfix might be

[spice tartan]

Wait but whats so bad about how they did the tech demo? The only thing i had a problem with was the stanky leg glitch that you can only fix by closing and reopening the game. Tired of still playing the demo waiting for them to fix it

[hushed leaf]

nothings wrong with the demo

i dont think it was even mentioned here

unless ur askin about how the demo had the same issues as EA rn at launch but got fixed in like 2 days

[unkempt hedge]

I dont think i have ever had a "stanky leg" glitch

[quasi prism]

me neither