cannot load bolts into the crossbow

[darkshar]

for some reason i can not load the bolts into the crossbow, tried o few times over the last week and it just will not load,am i missing something, crossbow in worn state

[etwas]

i have no issues loading all 3 variants of the bolts - unless they are ruined ofc.
holding "r" to load bolts from the inventory, or tapping lmb to recover and instant reload bolts from dead infected/players/animals.

[darkshar]

nothing seems to work,carnt drag them onto the crossbow , hot bar not loading them , R not working ? thanks for you time buddy

[etwas]

if its not a vanilla server, maybe a mod interferes? might try another server then.

[Lufty]

If you are on a server with the modded crossbow, and they haven't bothered to remove the "official" crossbow bolts/bow from the items.xml loot table, then yeah the bolts are not universal. Some of the crossbow mods have the ability to craft a crossbow bolt, some do not. If ALL three are in the community server, well, good luck with that. This wouldn't be unusual on lazy-admin community servers. Having only ONE either one of the mods, OR the official is they way to do it as they are not all 3 compatible.

Old crossbow mod (best one IMO): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2536349467

Newer version (no crafted bolts and crappier version): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947913512

[darkshar]

just verified game files to see if that helps, been on two servers both modded so could be that, back to the 22 for now lol, thanks again

[Lufty]

As a side note: If you are an admin looking at these 3 options, I highly recommend going with the original GDZ Crossbow mod. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2536349467

It takes both the reflex AND the pistol scope (which is deadly btw), craftable bolts can be made in 5-pack batches, and it is size proportional...the official one is WAY TO LARGE...it looks as if your character is 10 years old holding an adult-full-size crossbow.
Don't forget to REMOVE the "official" crossbow from your loot-cycle if you run a modded crossbow!

Plus the "official" crossbow bolts are super-nerfed in 1.22 so it's basically back to useless again. Thanks BI! Just what we needed after 1 patch since the crossbows return! Useless bolts!

[Mule]

Hold R? Tapping R just draws the bow. You can hold R after doing this to place a bolt too.

[Lufty]

Originally posted by Mule:

Hold R? Tapping R just draws the bow. You can hold R after doing this to place a bolt too.

That should work.

[darkshar]

the bow wont draw, just lifts up and makes a clicking sound must just be the modded servers i am on, thanks for all the help everyone

[🅼entalpatient]

Originally posted by darkshar:

nothing seems to work,carnt drag them onto the crossbow , hot bar not loading them , R not working ? thanks for you time buddy

I think you can make the button to grab and reload an arrow off the ground assigned to "hold left click' in your config ...and that makes it work