Fast Arbalest

Reduce the reload time of crossbows and Dundr

Loaded crossbows stay loaded while slung across your back.

Pause loading while running or jumping.

Options for realistic recoil.

Can't stand waiting for the your crossbow (or Dundr) to reload? Fast Arbalest allows you to change the reload time.

Includes an option to reduce the damage proportionally to keep the DPS balanced.

Recoil, knockback, and stagger are scaled proporitionatly to damage, with an options for realistic recoil (which is essentially no recoil), and knockback/stagger.

Allows reloading to pause while running or jumping (no restarting!), and crossbow to stay loaded while slung on your back!

New

• Updated for BogWitch
• Added 'realistic' recoil and knockback/stagger options.
• Reduced knockback and stagger to match proportional damage.

Configuration

General

• Reload Rate: Percentage of 'normal' time to reload the Arbalest, from 10 to 100, e.g. 50 is 50% of the reload time of the 'regular' Arbalest.@
• Proportional Damage: Reduces damage proportionally to the Reload Rate to maintain DPS, e.g. a 50% reload time results in 50% of full damage. Also reduces recoil by same proportion.@
• Pauseable Reload: Pauses reload action when running, jumping or dodging, rather than restarting it.@
• Sling Loaded: Allows slinging a crossbow on your back (show/hide or swim) while loaded. Unslinging does not require a reload before use.@
• Realistic Recoil: Removes recoil (except for a small jolt), in line with the actual physics of a crossbow.@
• Realistic Knockback: Adjusts knockback and stagger to be more appropriate to a sharp projectile weapon.@

Utility

• LogLevel: Controls the level of information in the log.

In-game reconfiguration

You can use Configuration Manager (or similar) mod to change the configuration without exiting the game. The configuration will reload if you make changes to the config file.

Compatibility issues & defects

• If you find a compatibility issue you can post it on NexusMods. Be sure to include the mod name and version you think may be incompatible.
• If you have a bug please report it on NexusMods. If you do post a bug report, please make sure to include the following:
  • Your version of this mod
  • What you were doing, or attempting to do when it happened
  • If it's repeatable - i.e., can you duplicate it?
  • The exact behavior you observed (or didn't observe)
  • If possible, post a capture of the log file with errors (errors always begin with this mod's name) on Discord

Notes

• All config settings whose description ends with an asterisk(@) are server authoritative.
• Notes on 'realism':
  • Arbalests cannot be 'half-cranked'; it's all or nothing. However real heavy Arbalests also cannot be cranked without a windlass and foot stirrup, so set Pausable Reload based on your own preference!
  • Arbalests do not generate significant recoil. Unlike a gun where the energy is stored in the bullet and the reaction force is backwards, with bows, the energy is stored in the bow limbs, which release their energy forward. Realistic Recoil uses a more realistic reaction which has a very slight jolt. For anyone interested, there's an excellent video with a slo-mo at 6:50 where you can see that recoil is virtually non-existent firing a 1250 lb. crossbow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMoL_SBD6gw
    • If Realistic Recoil is enabled, proportional recoil is not used.
  • Arbalests don't typically provide the degree of knockback or stagger Valheim gives them. The knockback of the Arbalest is about 5 times that of an bow at the same level. It's fun to watch creatures get thrown backwards, but not particularly realistic. Realistic Knockback will scale back the knockback and stagger significantly, but still more than a bow of the same level, allowing for the momentum of a heavier bolt.
    • If you use Proportional Damage and Realistic Knockback, they will stack, reducing knockback and stagger from both settings.
• Sling Loaded will allow you to load your crossbow and have it stay loaded as long as it's slung on your back, e.g. using the show/hide key, or while swimming. When re-equipped using the show/hide key, it will still be loaded. Once it's unequipped or swapped for another weapon, you'll need to reload.
  • • If you set Realistic Knockback < 100%, proportional kn is not used.

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