been playing for more than 10 hours at least now, super fun so far. you can pull off some insanely satisfying swings, and when the right combo connects, my neurons start firing lol. Definitely would like to see more heavier armor though, and more armor for the legs, shoulders and arms. I also was thinking about maybe the implementation of spears? I think spear and shield would be a fun combo. Looking forward to the next update, thanks for the good time so far!
will this ever be mobile or console? Console would be great because I don’t have a pic to plug my controller in but also phone would be great but it’s fine if you don’t I’ll get a pic or laptop eventually
hello, will you please add support for directx 12, i really wanna play this game, its so good, but i dont have directx11 supporting card, it says you need d3d11 support card, thanks in advance if you reply.
REVIEW: I really think with some more gameplay, this can really become a very popular and fun medival physics game that you can save on steam, some things that need work is, the injury system, more simple then i thought, but still really close to perfect, more gameplay, like muliplayer or some sort of campain as it really feels like a sandboxy game. But i give this a 7/10 stars on mechanics, a 100/10 stars on the feel and goryness of the game, and a 3/10 on the game, but the game has a lot of replayablility, once i got this game i spent, around 3 hours strait just killing people, now there are some modes, like free for all, or team vs team, or duels. But still a little short on the game modes.
Amazing project where I hope for a best future possible :). Thx to my KCD skill practice, this game feels like a fresh air. Combat is intuitive and so BLOODY fun. What I think would make this game even better for longer playtime is video Replay or Photo mode so I'll be able to capture all that limbs falling of :D. Edit: Oh yea and I forgot about kicking, that could be fun if added:P.
Looking forward to it! But nowadays I'm sadly scared to play game until get I better machine :(. Last time I tried to play something happend and turned my PC completely off( like one comment I saw down mentioned), so I'll patiently wait for some optimization :). Praying all best for development!
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
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heya been having issues where randomly when i launch the game the lighting gets very saturated as i go up or down on the graphics scale?
heya the game is amazing i cant wait to see it grow!!!one suggestion, maybe make an extra slow mo option!!
this is already fun to play. Cant wait to see what awaits in the future
been playing for more than 10 hours at least now, super fun so far.
you can pull off some insanely satisfying swings, and when the right combo connects, my neurons start firing lol.
Definitely would like to see more heavier armor though, and more armor for the legs, shoulders and arms.
I also was thinking about maybe the implementation of spears? I think spear and shield would be a fun combo.
Looking forward to the next update, thanks for the good time so far!
will this ever be mobile or console? Console would be great because I don’t have a pic to plug my controller in but also phone would be great but it’s fine if you don’t I’ll get a pic or laptop eventually
this game would turn a phone into a pipe bomb
unless you got one of those
overpricedgaming phones lolI don't think those would survive a game like this either. My PC with an RTX3070 is struggling with this game.
my gtx laptop runs this game just fine
y wont it launch???
make it steam game
Still in dev + YOU CAN ADD IT BY YOUR GOD DAMN OWN + This game requires more, AND MORE development for that, and more updates and optimization.
ur such a whiny baby lmao
comment extraire le fichier
i dowloaded the file but how do i open the app?
First find this file:
double click the bottom one.
you will now find more files. click on the one that says (without quotes) "HalfSwordUE5.exe" and there you go! (if this doesn't work, please say so.)
for some odd reason the game has really ugly lighting for me?
go into settings and check there. maybe you have it set low?
yeah. seems it fixes on Xbox360 mode. otherwise, potato mode is sorta unplayable.
ok. Weird, because potato mode for me isn't that ugly tbh
hello, will you please add support for directx 12, i really wanna play this game, its so good, but i dont have directx11 supporting card, it says you need d3d11 support card, thanks in advance if you reply.
constantly crashing
Does it happen when you open the game or during gameplay?
Quick google search show that it might be somehow related to DirectX12. Will try to solve it in next update
THANKS alot
REVIEW: I really think with some more gameplay, this can really become a very popular and fun medival physics game that you can save on steam, some things that need work is, the injury system, more simple then i thought, but still really close to perfect, more gameplay, like muliplayer or some sort of campain as it really feels like a sandboxy game. But i give this a 7/10 stars on mechanics, a 100/10 stars on the feel and goryness of the game, and a 3/10 on the game, but the game has a lot of replayablility, once i got this game i spent, around 3 hours strait just killing people, now there are some modes, like free for all, or team vs team, or duels. But still a little short on the game modes.
Thank you!
Working on that! Right now working on injury syste. The game itself will become better over time too (:
updtae when
Soon)))
cool game, but add default settings button
the settings go back to default once you restart the game.
i already know
Amazing project where I hope for a best future possible :). Thx to my KCD skill practice, this game feels like a fresh air. Combat is intuitive and so BLOODY fun. What I think would make this game even better for longer playtime is video Replay or Photo mode so I'll be able to capture all that limbs falling of :D. Edit: Oh yea and I forgot about kicking, that could be fun if added:P.
Thank you!
Yes, we will probably add photo mode in next update. Not sure about video replay, thats a bit tricky.
Kicking... one day..... maybe)))))
Looking forward to it! But nowadays I'm sadly scared to play game until get I better machine :(. Last time I tried to play something happend and turned my PC completely off( like one comment I saw down mentioned), so I'll patiently wait for some optimization :). Praying all best for development!
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