One handed Spear Spellsword Bug

[cschnake]

Description
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*From what I can tell, when you wield a spear the game tries to treat it as a two handed weapon AND a one handed weapon at the same time.

For my Spellsword, I was not receiving my "Weave Shield" effect when using a spear.

I was able to "Trick" the game by attempting to wield a dagger in my off hand- forcing the spear to be a 'one handed' weapon for a split second. *The coding wants only a 'shield' in the off hand, but this works because the game is forced to recognize spear as a one handed weapon at least for a minute or so.

This will raise my AC (granting the 'force weave' AC bonus) for a few moments, but it goes away once I do anything.

Steps to reproduce: Each time I equip a spear- game text says it loads as a two handed weapon, then it says it is a one handed weapon (immediately afterward). However, with no shield in the off hand it fights as a two handed weapon only. *I can reproduce the 'trick' (with the off hand dagger) to temporarilly gain my weave shield bonus but it does not 'stay' for long.
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Expected result: Spear as a one handed weapon should allow a Spellsword to gain their "Weave Shield" effect for an AC bonus.
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Actual result: The AC bonus is not applied.
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Screenshot(s)
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I have some screenshots which show the engine trying to load BOTH two handed data and one handed data for the spear simultaneously. Comparing the two pictures it shows my characters AC changing to +2 more AFTER I have tried to 'trick' the engine as described above.

However, I can't seem to upload the images because they are too large....then I tried "shrinking them down" and got a "Board Attachment Quota" error instead.

Maybe email me at ConradSchnakenberg@gmail.com and I can send them to you?


Notes
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Great game! Enjoying it very much so far. Thank you all for all your hard work!

Thank you

[msheeler]

How long has this been occuring?

[cschnake]

I've only been on Arelith since Friday, so I can't really say. Sorry! It's happened very consistently everyday I have played.

*Its possible that spears default into a "Two handed mode" when nothing is in your off hand (this would explain the engines confused response of displaying both modes at once). As a spellsword however that removes the weave shield.

The fix might be to A) just make spear a one handed weapon. B) give Spellswords a 'Toggle' that forces "multi-hand weapons" (like spear and bastard swords) into a one-handed mode. C) Edit the Weave Shield so that it always works with "multi-hand" weapons like spear.

Thought: halflings using longswords as a two hander might generate a similar issue too.

[garrbear758]

Did using -twohand not make a difference?

[Scurvy Cur]

Just tested on my spellsword, and it appears that toggling -twohand is the answer. This is because -twohand is coded by default to activate any time your offhand is empty and you're using a compatible weapon, however the default behavior can be overwritten manually by using the -twohand command to toggle between 1h and 2h mode. Thus:

1, Equip your spear. By default, -twohand will be considered active if your offhand is empty.
2. Type -twohand. This will deactivate -twohand mode.
3. Receive shield AC.

[cschnake]

Thank you for the tip, I will try the -twohanded command.