Crosshair for bow, how to

[Beast King]

Open console and type inn wh_pl_showfirecursor 1 to get crosshair for your bow !
You gota re-equip your bow for the HUD to show up.

[Daedi]

i get a dot showing all the time now, but it dissapears when i try to aim with the bow, lol. Can't get rid of the dot either. Even if i change the 1 to a 0

[Ivarukฅ(^•ᴥ•^)ฅﾉ彡]

Lol why learn when you can console command. Sucks that it can be subverted

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Ivarukฅ(^•ᴥ•^)ฅﾉ彡:

Lol why learn when you can console command. Sucks that it can be subverted

For one because the aiming in the game is inconsistent as hades.

[Ivarukฅ(^•ᴥ•^)ฅﾉ彡]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Originally posted by Ivarukฅ(^•ᴥ•^)ฅﾉ彡:

Lol why learn when you can console command. Sucks that it can be subverted

For one because the aiming in the game is inconsistent as hades.

Because you need to learn it...starting out it took me 10 shots to kill a Stationary rabbit. Not even that far along with archery and I'm able to reliably get serious damage output

[Jel0sh]

Yeah the use the console command & sure I'm subverting the system & you could say I just need to learn it. But unlike lockpicking & everything else the aiming of the bow is not realistic at all so I didn't mind going around it. It probably gets easier to aim without crosshair once your high enough level to not swing the bow around like a drunken sailor but until then I'm using the console command so I can stop wasting my shots trying to get the jump on people only to miss & then continue too miss as they charge at me lol

[Daedi]

wh_ui_showcursor 0 seems to solve my problem. But i guess the crosshair dot is supposed to show during normal gameplay? For some reason it have not shown for me. There has been no crosshair whatsoever.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Ivarukฅ(^•ᴥ•^)ฅﾉ彡:

Not even that far along with archery and I'm able to reliably get serious damage output

You need a hilarious amount of "training" to get Archery to a point where you have a chance in hades of hitting the side of a barn - with the crosshair enabled.

At early levels, the draw makes it highly unlikely to hit anything consistently - And it certainly doesn't help that you need to hit live targets to get anywhere, meaning lots and lots of woodland hunting.

[Kaleckton]

I don't understand how I can kill a deer in real life with a bow, but in game I can't even hit a human 20 feet away. The bow is inconsistent compared to real life shooting.

[Cajun Rabbit]

honostly i use the dot too.... it helps slightly but with as much as your arm tremors and shakes you still miss any long shots easily.



I love archery in Real life... and own an english longbow style bow... i have to string it manually, etc etc.

its roughly 70lb draw weight... so a bit lower then the 100-150lb warbows of old... but enough to give a good idea.

and this game makes archery way too hard imo. I can hold a full draw for a solid minute without shaking. and aiming isnt that hard once you get a feel for it.

[Dimossa]

does using a console disables achievements?

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Doom:

You're a trained archer.. Henry has never held a bow in his life. For my first few months of firing a recurve my arm would shake a bit, it's tought now add 80 pounds to your draw strength.....

That argument flies for about an hour of gameplay time - Also you're forgetting his employment.

[Bordric]

Originally posted by Kaleckton:

I don't understand how I can kill a deer in real life with a bow, but in game I can't even hit a human 20 feet away. The bow is inconsistent compared to real life shooting.

Using what a modern bow with holographic sights?

[Chikuwu]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Originally posted by Ivarukฅ(^•ᴥ•^)ฅﾉ彡:

Not even that far along with archery and I'm able to reliably get serious damage output

You need a hilarious amount of "training" to get Archery to a point where you have a chance in hades of hitting the side of a barn - with the crosshair enabled.

At early levels, the draw makes it highly unlikely to hit anything consistently - And it certainly doesn't help that you need to hit live targets to get anywhere, meaning lots and lots of woodland hunting.

uhh... you can literally kill everyone in a bandit camp using just a bow even without a crosshair. with lvl 2-3 archery.

I emptied the whole place in SPOILERS: mission where you should report back the bandit camp location to the captain, i ended up attacking them and killing everyone with a bow and arrow, only having ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ASH BOW in my inventory and 30 arrows

Back off all the time. They dont know jack on how to proceed. AI is dumb and will just line-up for your shots.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Doom:

A blacksmith did not craft bow's, fool. Also, yes you get better at it so maybe you should stop whining.. and raise your archery stat and learn how to shoot in game?

The topic of draw strength keeps coming up - Guess what relevance being a blacksmith has to do with this. Maybe you should think a bit harder before giving up on forming an argument and resorting to childish insults.

I'd love to train my skills at Archery in a realistic manner - By shooting at targets, not just live things. Last I checked nailing a rabbit to a target didn't make the training excersise any more real or relevant.

More importantly aiming in the game is subject to RNG, not skill - You have no control of the sway, and it has zero consistency. Spend half an hour at the Rattay archery range early on and see how much you improve in half an hour.

[Bordric]

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Originally posted by Doom:

Originally posted by Bordric:

Using what a modern bow with holographic sights?

A recurve bow is wood,*MINE* has just a shelf and no sights. I fire from the shelf.. no bow has a holographic sight.. more peopel chiming in without knowledge..

I would never figure out a recuve can be wood without your word. I hunt Alaska with holographic sight so shut it if you don't know what you are talking about. I asked him a question not your snide sarcasm, nor your opinion.