Hey, I Think I just had a idea for the hand positions guide, try adding mouse cursor trails when swinning in 3rd person perspective, As for the fist person view, Use some glent light effects at the edge of the screen, showing which way your swinning hand is, you know, just like simulating the sun flare on your weapons, It much more realistic, and uses much less UI, I hope these ideas will help.
Heyy mantisguys. You will download zipfile you don't need winrar but It's a handy app that will help you unpack zip files. You right click the zip file and press extract all. Then you will get a normal file which you click on, now click on that file you will get another file click on it also. Now you should see something called: "halfswordUE5" click it and enjoy!
If you see HalfSword.exe inside the folder with the game, open it.
Looks like windows 11 is not displaying .exe files (as I have been told). So if you are using win 11 the best way would be to use itch.io/app to download, install and update our game
I hope there's a round review strategy to auto-replay the move in real-time speed after using slow motion during the fight. You know, just like the game "Superhot" did. And by the way, straight-cut and trust attacks are kind of difficult to achieve, especially dealing with an enemy laid down,
I think adding a weapon direction guide like Meyer's Square underneath the mouse cursor, showing which direction the player's hand position is, or anything similar to the "For Honor" style of combat will be a great improvement,
My computer turns off when i start the game up. I already checked and no it isnt something else. I also checked the task manager and everything was normal. It just turns off when i started the game, btw this does happen sometimes not always. And also i would optimize the game. Fucking great idea though and fun game too
Comp specs: CPU: i7-2600 3.4 ghz mem: 12 gigs Disc type: HDD GPU: GeForce GTX1050 imma have a better one tomorrow
Turns off??? Damn…. I am running it on weaker system and it kinda works (on potato settings at least)
We will optimize it later, once we figure out all the systems. We can’t do it now, because we are changing too much every week and optimizing it just to scrap it all next week would be a waste of time. But yes, we will do it soon
and btw sometimes the sword just noclips through you or your sword i had slomo on too and that didnt rly help. Maybe its just my computer being slow af but i would also look into that. And btw wheres the big wooden shield?
I seem to be unable to run the game. I get two error messages each time.
"GPU Crashed or D3D Device Removed.
Use -d3ddebug to enable the D3D debug device. Check log for GPU state information."
"Fatal error: [File:D:\build\\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Util.cpp] [Line: 868] CurrentQueue.Device-> GetDevice()->GetDeviceRemovedReason() failed at D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Submission.cpp:910 with error 887A0006"
I'm no good with computers so all of that means nothing to me so if someone could help that would be much appreciated since I am rather anxious to play this
hmmm.. I run it on Intel Core i7 4th Gen 4710HQ 2.5GHz, 8gb RAM. Although it’s below min requirements for Unreal Engine 5. Are you using Windows 10/11? Also what’s your graphic card?
Hey i have a question i have an rtx 3060 and i can run alot of big games but the epic graphic settings on this game lags me alot any idea why its not my pc since i can run star citizen
Yes, we have not optimized the game yet. Right now we are focused on implementing new features. Once we figure out what we use and what not and how we use systems we have, we can start optimizing them. Also, GPU should not be such a big problem, most of las come from CPU
also this game requires rtx 3070 but stills going bad.you need to play it on high,medium,Xbox360 or potato settings,if you want that the game goes fluid
Playing on High should be a better option. I am not sure we need Epic settings tbh, they don't change anything visually. I just left them, because Unreal has them
i dont know if you have this on your plans but will you someday add facial expresions,i mean the characters looks hell goofy whit that non-expresions face lol.
Actually we usually have more updates every week (: now I am just making small adjustments.
There will be a REALLY HUGE ONE in couple of weeks. Until then I only upload minor tweaks and bug fixes.
Also I strongly advice everyone to use itch app https://itch.io/app to get our patches and updates, because we are making them frequently, and you probably don`t waht to download the whole game every time (:
hi man i will like that if you can fix the problem whit the arms physics. when i play whit two-handed swors or axes the arms are like jelly,i spect you can fix it.Good game man.
There is controller input already. Xbox controller works as intended, just plug and play. Dual Shock 4 needs app called DS4Windows. I havne`t tried Dualsense yet
man, I loved this game, I can't give money now, but as soon as I get it I'll give what I can. I love games like this and it's been a while since I found one. really good. sorry for the bad english, I'm brazilian
Amazing game, I've been playing this before the winter map was a thing and the closest thing to a blunt weapon was a shield. I love physics games and honestly this has to be one of the best ones. However, there are some issues, the biggest one being just how much strain it puts on my PC. I have a new 3050 RTX NVIDIA and it gets it really hot in a minute or two. I know this game is pretty detailed and due to its physics it would put quite the strain on a PC, but I think you should try to at least optimize it so that it doesn't become my houses heater for winter lol. Other than that, I'd really appreciate more weapons, like a flail or a polearm/poleaxe, and different types of shields. Will gladly follow this game and its many updates, hopefully I'll be seeing this on steam too in a complete package!
Thank you! Yeah, we know, performance is an issue right now... but we are focusing on adding features and many of them are quite demanding.... BUT once we have a vertical slice, we can start optimizing it!
Body Density determines how much resistance a blade meets when it cuts through a body. Zero Body Density will make it feel like you are cutting through air... but you will still need to penetrate the body first (:
Ok so i played it for not that long and i enjoy it so much. But the thing is i'd like to do some finishing moves like with an axe lets say like chop the head or something when they are down and cant get up but when i swing my weapon i keep wobbling around is there any fix to this so that we are a little bit more stable enough to finish the job. Anyway absolute FIRE game keep it up dude!
Ye, we know, finishing the opponents is not the most handy thing rn... but, believe me, it's better, than it was before))) and it will get even better.
Try swinging up -down. Also try holding alt and stabbing with down - up motion.. or also you can try double clicking and holding to stab (:
Next weapon type to come will be polearms. Those will most likely include spears, halberds, pollaxes, bills, lucerne hammers, partisans, glaives, maybe bardiches and... maybe I forgot something... We will start working on those soon, so its all not set in stone yet
We will have falcions for sure. Our goal is to have all the weapons you could expect from game set in 15th century Europe. Flails (both ball on chain and the two handed ones) are a bit tricky, but we have functionality for them already. So we may add them at some point too.
looks like there is some issure between your GPU and post processing in the game. Hall map uses different post-processing settings, so it might explain why it works fine, when other maps don`t. Can you also try to set graphics settings to potato mode? That will probably turn off some of the effects. Meanwhile I will try to understand which part in partucular makes the difference.
Thats VERY difficult given our physics system. Maybe we can thin about it it but muuuuuuuch later. First we need to nail all the mechanics and gameplay
I think is Ragdoll's arms too weak to hold a sword, it looks like it is mushy , can I change it? if not... why did you decide to make this change in the player's arms
They were always like this (if I get it right). BUT I will change it some day.. I hope...
Now physics don't work as well as want. Heavy objects feel weird in hands. That mostly applies to Greatswords and Great Axes, because that the heavies weapons we have so far
2.) Improve two-handed weapon handling, both with two one-handed weapons and the two-handed weapons
3.) Make vertical, up-and-down strikes easier or more intuitive to perform
4.) Optimize, my CPU is heating my room enough for me to turn off my space heater on settings above Potato
5.) Add more points for dismemberment or injury, as in hitting someone in the middle of the forearm would either sever it at that point or cause a blunt injury that is less severe than a broken bone
6.) Make thrusts more intuitive, at the moment its usually either luck or speed that gets the job done unless the enemy is already down
7.) More guts, more gore. Hitting a limb sufficiently hard with a blunt weapon could cause a compound fracture and massive bleeding, and cutting someone in half should definitely expose more viscera (OPTIMIZE)
8.) Add clarifications to the game settings, its not very clear what "Body Density" is supposed to mean
9.) Add brain damage, hitting someone in the head with a great mace at the right distance and speed would almost certainly dent their skull and fuck something up. Would make helmets more useful too
← Return to game
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Hey, I Think I just had a idea for the hand positions guide, try adding mouse cursor trails when swinning in 3rd person perspective, As for the fist person view, Use some glent light effects at the edge of the screen, showing which way your swinning hand is, you know, just like simulating the sun flare on your weapons, It much more realistic, and uses much less UI, I hope these ideas will help.
Thank you! We will probably add something like this!
Amazing game! I got one question, when using the longsword is right click for blocking?
dude how do i open the game after i download??
It does't do anything yet.. But it will soon!
im stuck on how to run the game in files i dont know what im doing
it says the code execution cannot proceed because tbb.dll was not found.
i got windows 11 and i says in propertys it only works on windows 8
Heyy mantisguys. You will download zipfile you don't need winrar but It's a handy app that will help you unpack zip files. You right click the zip file and press extract all. Then you will get a normal file which you click on, now click on that file you will get another file click on it also. Now you should see something called: "halfswordUE5" click it and enjoy!
I haven't seen this error before. Did the solution below work for you?
Thank you ver much!!
We will try to change NPC behavior a bit in the next update (:
At the beginning of this year, I was looking for exactly this type of game, and I did not find it, but today I am lucky .
Please develop more of this type of game, we want a storymode and onlinemode ........
hehe
Same here, but I had to actually start developing it, coz no one else would do it otherwise it seems(:
We can’t add online here, because physics don’t work in online multiplayer, unfortunately
how do u play it i downloaded it already
Are you using windows 10/11?
If you see HalfSword.exe inside the folder with the game, open it.
Looks like windows 11 is not displaying .exe files (as I have been told). So if you are using win 11 the best way would be to use itch.io/app to download, install and update our game
I hope there's a round review strategy to auto-replay the move in real-time speed after using slow motion during the fight. You know, just like the game "Superhot" did. And by the way, straight-cut and trust attacks are kind of difficult to achieve, especially dealing with an enemy laid down,
I think adding a weapon direction guide like Meyer's Square underneath the mouse cursor, showing which direction the player's hand position is, or anything similar to the "For Honor" style of combat will be a great improvement,
maybe maybe. I prefer to use as less UI elements as possible, but there should be a way to know where your arms are in first person
When I'm using the great mace, I just can't make the enemy explode with the swing like the demonstration did tho, how may I achieve it?
I changed some limb damage settings. They were too insane before. Now you need at least several good hits to do that
Reworking whole biomechanics now to allow for better thrusts and not only. Replay cam seems complicated, maybe we can think about it later
THIS GAME IS DOPE... KEEP IT UP MY MAN!!
hehehe!! Thank you!! Onward and upwards!
I hope you keep on going! This game is so fun!
My computer turns off when i start the game up. I already checked and no it isnt something else. I also checked the task manager and everything was normal. It just turns off when i started the game, btw this does happen sometimes not always. And also i would optimize the game. Fucking great idea though and fun game too
Comp specs: CPU: i7-2600 3.4 ghz
mem: 12 gigs
Disc type: HDD
GPU: GeForce GTX1050 imma have a better one tomorrow
Turns off??? Damn…. I am running it on weaker system and it kinda works (on potato settings at least)
We will optimize it later, once we figure out all the systems. We can’t do it now, because we are changing too much every week and optimizing it just to scrap it all next week would be a waste of time. But yes, we will do it soon
and btw sometimes the sword just noclips through you or your sword i had slomo on too and that didnt rly help. Maybe its just my computer being slow af but i would also look into that. And btw wheres the big wooden shield?
hmmm… so all swords do this? There was 1 dagger with broken collisions, but you probably don’t mean that
well ive only had it happen with the twohanded swords
CAN YOU ADD MULTIPLAYER PLSSS.and this is so nice game
Thank you! but we can’t add it now :(
Physics just don’t work in online multiplayer.
I seem to be unable to run the game. I get two error messages each time.
"GPU Crashed or D3D Device Removed.
Use -d3ddebug to enable the D3D debug device. Check log for GPU state information."
"Fatal error: [File:D:\build\\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Util.cpp] [Line: 868] CurrentQueue.Device-> GetDevice()->GetDeviceRemovedReason() failed at D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Submission.cpp:910 with error 887A0006"
I'm no good with computers so all of that means nothing to me so if someone could help that would be much appreciated since I am rather anxious to play this
Ok ok, lets see...
Can you tell me whats your machine?
It's just a laptop with a "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHz 2.49 GHz" processor and about 8 gb of RAM
I'm guessing that's not powerful enough
hmmm.. I run it on Intel Core i7 4th Gen 4710HQ 2.5GHz, 8gb RAM. Although it’s below min requirements for Unreal Engine 5. Are you using Windows 10/11? Also what’s your graphic card?
Windows 10 and I have no idea what graphics card. As I said before I don't really understand computers
Hey i have a question i have an rtx 3060 and i can run alot of big games but the epic graphic settings on this game lags me alot any idea why its not my pc since i can run star citizen
its not your pc i think the game is very badly unoptimized i have a Rx 570 not very good but great and it lags as hell
Yes, we have not optimized the game yet. Right now we are focused on implementing new features. Once we figure out what we use and what not and how we use systems we have, we can start optimizing them.
Also, GPU should not be such a big problem, most of las come from CPU
My cpu is also great
also this game requires rtx 3070 but stills going bad.you need to play it on high,medium,Xbox360 or potato settings,if you want that the game goes fluid
Playing on High should be a better option. I am not sure we need Epic settings tbh, they don't change anything visually. I just left them, because Unreal has them
i dont know if you have this on your plans but will you someday add facial expresions,i mean the characters looks hell goofy whit that non-expresions face lol.
Grabs?
yes!!
i feel like this could be is a better default prospective . feels better than looking towards the ground to me.
maaaaybe(:
Hi, are there update logs so that I know what's changed? Quite a lot of updates this week lol
Hi! I am posting change log here https://discord.gg/y5yRDG3hhP
I will write new one in several minuetes.
Actually we usually have more updates every week (: now I am just making small adjustments.
There will be a REALLY HUGE ONE in couple of weeks. Until then I only upload minor tweaks and bug fixes.
Also I strongly advice everyone to use itch app https://itch.io/app to get our patches and updates, because we are making them frequently, and you probably don`t waht to download the whole game every time (:
if offline splitscreen is possible and if its someday on steam, its possible to use remote play. which is very nice and should most likely work.
Yes, this might be possible. But still, first we are focusing on singleplayer experience (:
Add a black knight that would attack you even when all of it's limbs are separated
Or make him a boss that gets stronger with every dismembered limb
Your project looks quite interesting…were you inspired by Die by the Sword or this movie scene?
25% that, 25% this,25% Exanima and 25% my own life (:
hi man i will like that if you can fix the problem whit the arms physics. when i play whit two-handed swors or axes the arms are like jelly,i spect you can fix it.Good game man.
Made a quck fix for that. Arms get a bit stiffer when you swing a weapon or parry
ok great,this game is fire man i hope you can take this game much further.
amazing game, would like to buy it if release on steam. by the way, are you going to add controller input?
Thank you!
There is controller input already. Xbox controller works as intended, just plug and play. Dual Shock 4 needs app called DS4Windows. I havne`t tried Dualsense yet
you should add this on steam
Soooon sooooooon (:
Thank you!
Thats fine (:
This is just a demo, so you can play it for free anyway!
was wondering if you were planning on adding any roman type armor think that would be awesome
hehe I understood 2 things --- we should make our roadmap clearer and I should put it somewhere here as well (:
But answering your question: we are focusing on 15th century Europe for our base game.
BUT we are also planning to release expansions with different time periods and cultures.
How many expansions we make and which cultures we choose mostly depends on our budget (:
Maybe we can do Romans as well
this game is a masterpiece cant wait for future updates
Ow an! My new most favorite comment (:
can you add it to mac
aaahhh.... working on that..... slowly...................... problem is that I don't have a mac (:
Amazing game, I've been playing this before the winter map was a thing and the closest thing to a blunt weapon was a shield. I love physics games and honestly this has to be one of the best ones. However, there are some issues, the biggest one being just how much strain it puts on my PC. I have a new 3050 RTX NVIDIA and it gets it really hot in a minute or two. I know this game is pretty detailed and due to its physics it would put quite the strain on a PC, but I think you should try to at least optimize it so that it doesn't become my houses heater for winter lol. Other than that, I'd really appreciate more weapons, like a flail or a polearm/poleaxe, and different types of shields. Will gladly follow this game and its many updates, hopefully I'll be seeing this on steam too in a complete package!
Thank you! Yeah, we know, performance is an issue right now... but we are focusing on adding features and many of them are quite demanding.... BUT once we have a vertical slice, we can start optimizing it!
And yes, we will add "Weapons of War" soon!
Can somebody PLEASE tell me what body density is love the game otherwise though!
Thank you!
Body Density determines how much resistance a blade meets when it cuts through a body. Zero Body Density will make it feel like you are cutting through air... but you will still need to penetrate the body first (:
that actually makes sense thank you so much i love your game
Ok so i played it for not that long and i enjoy it so much. But the thing is i'd like to do some finishing moves like with an axe lets say like chop the head or something when they are down and cant get up but when i swing my weapon i keep wobbling around is there any fix to this so that we are a little bit more stable enough to finish the job. Anyway absolute FIRE game keep it up dude!
THANK YOU (:
Ye, we know, finishing the opponents is not the most handy thing rn... but, believe me, it's better, than it was before))) and it will get even better.
Try swinging up -down. Also try holding alt and stabbing with down - up motion.. or also you can try double clicking and holding to stab (:
Thank you for your time to reply. Ill try to follow what you said and i can't wait for the future updates I'm sure this game will go far. Good luck!
I indeed, shat myself.
plans for chopping weapons like falchions and the maciejowski? if not do you have like a list or an idea of what weapons are to come?
Next weapon type to come will be polearms. Those will most likely include spears, halberds, pollaxes, bills, lucerne hammers, partisans, glaives, maybe bardiches and... maybe I forgot something... We will start working on those soon, so its all not set in stone yet
We will have falcions for sure. Our goal is to have all the weapons you could expect from game set in 15th century Europe. Flails (both ball on chain and the two handed ones) are a bit tricky, but we have functionality for them already. So we may add them at some point too.
Ranged weapons will come later.
for me, theres a bug which makes the entire screen yellow when i try to play on any other map aside from the hall, is there any way to fix it?
Hi! Can you upload the screenshot?
Also what is your system?
Also, latest versions of UE5 (which I use) require latest versions of graphic drivers. Make sure you have them!
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz 2.42 GHz
Installed RAM 12.0 GB (11.8 GB usable)
Device ID B31A1FDE-9DC2-427A-B3BA-4557E53A5618
Product ID 00356-02654-35762-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphics card intel IRIS XE
thanks for responding btw)))
looks like there is some issure between your GPU and post processing in the game. Hall map uses different post-processing settings, so it might explain why it works fine, when other maps don`t. Can you also try to set graphics settings to potato mode? That will probably turn off some of the effects. Meanwhile I will try to understand which part in partucular makes the difference.
yo So in Half Sword\HalfSwordUE5\Saved\Config\Windows is file calld GameUserSetting make shure that sg.EffectsQuality=3 and problem solved
please add multiplayer
Thats VERY difficult given our physics system. Maybe we can thin about it it but muuuuuuuch later. First we need to nail all the mechanics and gameplay
lol i perfectly understand, i only suggested this cuz my friend wanted me too, but yeah trust me it makes sense
You probably get asked this question a lot more than I thought when I asked you.
I think is Ragdoll's arms too weak to hold a sword, it looks like it is mushy , can I change it? if not... why did you decide to make this change in the player's arms
They were always like this (if I get it right). BUT I will change it some day.. I hope...
Now physics don't work as well as want. Heavy objects feel weird in hands. That mostly applies to Greatswords and Great Axes, because that the heavies weapons we have so far
i wish there were anime girls to kill in the game (joke)
damn..... I already started adding them...
I wish there were anime girls here too... that would make our game x100 more popular instantly
yeah true lol btw it would be funny if we could kill anime girls in this game lol
and also BE an anime girl...
uuuffff
and if they are also naked.... $$$$$$
👀
can you bring back force ability where you press space and it sends enemies flying?
hmmmm... maybe I will add it as an easter egg
I`m back! Lets see new comments hehe)
please add a story mode i know it sounds weird but it would be cool to fight a battle and trying not to die but please add it.
Wow thats a big one ((;
Not so sure about story mode tbh, but there will be some more things to do except just arena, yes!
1.) Rerelease the old version as a separate game
2.) Improve two-handed weapon handling, both with two one-handed weapons and the two-handed weapons
3.) Make vertical, up-and-down strikes easier or more intuitive to perform
4.) Optimize, my CPU is heating my room enough for me to turn off my space heater on settings above Potato
5.) Add more points for dismemberment or injury, as in hitting someone in the middle of the forearm would either sever it at that point or cause a blunt injury that is less severe than a broken bone
6.) Make thrusts more intuitive, at the moment its usually either luck or speed that gets the job done unless the enemy is already down
7.) More guts, more gore. Hitting a limb sufficiently hard with a blunt weapon could cause a compound fracture and massive bleeding, and cutting someone in half should definitely expose more viscera
(OPTIMIZE)8.) Add clarifications to the game settings, its not very clear what "Body Density" is supposed to mean
9.) Add brain damage, hitting someone in the head with a great mace at the right distance and speed would almost certainly dent their skull and fuck something up. Would make helmets more useful too
Working on that!
Old versions... New version is just updated old one. We are building on top of it, so Im not keeping the old ones.
Brain damage is added already.
the rest off it is something we are working on, naturally. But it takes time