Thank you! It's been a while since I've done any modding, I love this project though and I'm glad people are still enjoying it after all this time!

nice Mod keep up the good work! i hope to see more Mods from you in the future

@The Krieg Dont use the iron sights on the bow. Use your instinct. Keep messing around with it you'll see. Its a really fun weapon!

@seagull any that use map addons are a no otherwise it should be fine depending on how the modder set them up!

can you figure out specifically which addons this doesn't work with? quite big task im asking you to do but i just wanna know if i can keep my custom gloves

quite difficult to aim, but I guess it's because of my lack of archery skill.....and probably my slightly shorter-than-average arms

@H3000, sorry about that. The way I got this to work back in the day makes it not very compatible with other stuff especially map addons!

Ok it works when i unsubscribed all other mods.
Nice mod, although shooting from a far distance makes the arrow shoot kinda tilted, and that makes me feel like im shooting with a toy bow, but not in close encouinters though, that feels nice.

My game crashes after a short while playing in every chapter.

After subscribing to the mod, my game keeps crashing early within chapter Northeren Star.

I actually thought about that when I made it! I tried finding a way to get the normal weapon laser effects working but couldn't figure it out. When I used debug lines to see what it would look like I actually felt like aiming was then way too easy!
If I had more time it would've been cool to figure out if the bow could be upgraded with resin to add things like this as optional upgrades.

have you thought about adding laser sight for bow?

I've not seen this message before Wile-e, maybe this is something new they've added since I made the mod? It's been a while. You might have to start a fresh save from that point sadly!

Enabled the addon, tried out the bow for a while, then wanted to remove it so I turned it off in the addons menu and unsubscribed but now I cant load my Alyx saves because it seems to have become dependant on the recurve bow addon saying "The following addon(s) are missing. Please resubscribe to load this file - Recurve Bow - Campaign Addon" - is there another action I missed to properly remove the addon (over and above deselecting it in addons and unsubscribing)? Thank you.

i can pick up the bow just fine, but i cant grab the arrow out of my backpack. this a problem for any of yall?

i can't load the room it spawns in after you open the quarentine zone. its not playable atm. it this just a me problem or is anyone else having this problem?

The bow works for the left hand, but this one doesn't

Having the arrow tip rest out on the side instead of the middle kills this mod for me, it just makes aiming impossible. If it were to rest in the middle (live every other bow) would be a great, tho I suspect its a little late for it now.

@MarioWalrus Usually only started happening in the big antlion area with the timed gate at the end.

That's a new one to me @Jack. Did it happen multiple times or was it an isolated incident in one level? The command is a bit of a hack, can't imagine all those arrows were good for performance!

If I use the "respawn_bow" command the bow spawned spawns multiple arrows when trying to grab one, it makes the area after a fight littered with unused arrows.

Sorry to hear that @ALV, do you have any other addons installed and is it happening in a specific level?

The bow keeps disappearing, making it impossible to proceed ㅇㅅㅇ;;;

Great work, this bow is fun and super lethal. I found it perfect for playing the game through with the voice over commentary on. Once familiar you can quickly wipe out the threats and then listen to the devs and explore at ease.

Hey, @Mr.Meme7485. It acts like any other item you can pickup and hold so you can put it in a wrist slot like med-pens and grenades. It should transfer between levels (other than the ones it isn't setup for like the Jeff and finale chapters).

i havent played half life a whole bunch so this might be a stupid question but can and how do i put it in my inventory, and if i do, then does it transfer between levels. again, sorry for the dumb question but if you do answer thanks a lot.

Thanks For The Help!

Hey @dangerhunter29, first bow spawns at the start of the quarantine zone (once you open the large door). Easiest way to check the mod is working: start a new chapter from 3 onwards (except Jeff and the last one) then it should be there at the start of the level. Let me know if you decide to give it another shot!

@MarioWalrus I've Played Through Half Life ALYX A Bit And Not Seen The Bow At All I've Tried What You've Said In The Description Where Is The First Spot That You Can Find The Bow Bc I'm Unable To Find It

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This is the best use of a bow in vr and the best mod in any game i have ever played and i refuse to play Alyx without it! Its so much more enjoyable than the guns in the game and requires more thinking and planning and i love it!! BUT there is one BIG problem that makes me mad every time i play with it: It despawns sometimes when loading a game after dying/leaving the game! This happened in the area before Jeff's chapter and at the last chapter before going in the vault. I tried loading previous saves, spawning in with console but its just gone until i go to the next chapter! When i load in its in the screen for a second and then its gone. And when i try spawning it in with console, it either spawns a tin can or pistol ammo! I love love this mod but thats the only problem with it! :)

@hailmikhail, Not sure how I'd achieve getting it in that other map add-on but the rest might be doable. It's been over two years since I've done any modding though so I'm not really in a position to do something like this, sorry. I can give you the prefabs and source code if you want, I should have them around somewhere.

Hi MarioWalrus.

I'd like to replay the Alyx campaign and map add-ons with a bow but, I'll need to make the following changes to the Recurve Bow. I prioritized needed changes as follows. 1 represents the highest priority. I need my first change to be easily achievable and may swap 1 & 2.

How does this plan sound?

1 find a way to tie the available arrow count to pistol ammunition (maybe hlvr_getresources ???)
2 with hlvr_setresources, deplete pistol ammo. after firing an arrow
3 matching add-on 2404913699, help with aiming through a sight reticle
4 with vr_energygun_dmg or equivalent, limit an arrow's power
5 matching add-on 2774673203, allow bow activation with button
6 add bow to the "007" map add-on

Thank you MarioWalrus.

For greater immersion, I pair bow game-mechanics with resistance bands.
- resistance band setup (discord link) [discord.com]
- resistance band usage (discord link) [discord.com]

Glad you've enjoyed it! Sadly it requires a prefab in a map already to copy objects in order to function so I'm not sure if that would work. If I ever get around to working on this again, it would be the first thing I change.

Can I spawn this bow in spawn menu addon?
This is my favorite addon, and favorite weapon, so I want use it in any maps!
Thanks for greatest addon in HL:A

@Furet, sorry to hear that. Have you tried the steps in the description? Disabling addons, starting a new game with addons in a level with the bow in it etc. Do let me know if you give it another go!

not working

They called her Alyx.

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hi

unlimited arrows? seems balanced xD

Sorry to hear that, I'll keep those things in mind

No worries, they didn't ruin my experience because I had none. I couldn't use it, so I stopped trying it after the first minute.

Hi Sic_, sorry I've not got much time to invest in making changes like this. Maybe in future I'll get some.
The draw distance was a tough one to manage since people had varying arm lengths, I changed it a couple of times to find a sweet spot that most people can use but it doesn't work for everyone.
The side was also controversial, I found the majority expected it on the left (when right-handed) since that was the convention for bows in VR (and other games) at the time. Thanks for bringing these things up though, I hope they didn't ruin your experience!

Also maybe take the arrow to the right side rather than left?

Can you make a smaller scaled version? I'm playing sitting and my elbow hits the couch when I pull the string.

"-console -vconsole" in the launch options for the game
press "~" key (under escape) when in game

how do you open the console?