Villager Shield/Equip Models

[Tal'Rarity]

Why has almost every attachment/shield to fit a unit mainly the villager been designed wrong? Seriously only a epic few would ever fight with a shield as their main weapon... Just curious why it was overlooked since so long ago.

In most maps I see villager models swinging a shield instead of a sword.

Your suppose to attach shields to the right hand... not the left like most models have apparently been designed/rotated too.

Yeah this fits here because I am honestly asking and not trolling as well asking about "The Hive Workshop's content."

Thanks for reading.

 

[Veritas 117]

The villager model's attack animation is with his left hand so apparently he is left-handed and therefore the shield is technically on his offhand. (The right hand)

 

[Tal'Rarity]

The villager model's attack animation is with his left hand so apparently he is left-handed and therefore the shield is technically on his offhand. (The right hand)

Excuse my big mess of an attempted several edits, I kept messing up. I am so visually troubled it appears...

Yeah your right Veritas however most shield models still fit to the left hand therefore he is sadly attacking with his shield instead of his weapon.

 

[Veritas 117]

I just looked at the model in the model editor and attack uses his left hand... weird

Hahaha. I guess that's to be expected

 

[Tal'Rarity]

I just looked at the model in the model editor and attack uses his left hand... weird

Hahaha. I guess that's to be expected

Sorry about that, what is weird though is why almost everybody made shields for the left instead of right.

 

[Ralle]

When you design the model you look at it from the front. From the modeler's perspective it IS the right hand. I am left handed and I am a noble warrior too, so what's wrong with that?

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Well I like seeing my characters hit stuff with their weapon and not their shield or offhand unless they're dual wielding or magic-casting or healing. =(

It's more of they should of provided both hands, really that's how people look at and design? Interesting, I work a bit differently which is why I guess I found this flaw. Though it's more of a problem for about 10% of mapmakers.

Nothing wrong with being a noble left handed warrior Ralle. =) Though how would you hit stuff with a shield? Would you dual-shield and attempt to get 100% bash?

Thanks for posting as well, definitely value anyone's input onto this.

 

[Ralle]

Well, can't you just switch the shield and the sword around?

 

[GhostWolf]

One could add an animation that rotates the attachment by 180 degrees on its Y axis, so it could be configurable in-game.

 

[Vinz]

Or the modeler could upload two versions with the right version as main and the left version as the portrait.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Well, can't you just switch the shield and the sword around?

The shield model would need to be edited to fit the other hand.

Thanks GhostWolf and Mythic, that's the only way I know of as well, those 2 that is.

 

[Kwaliti]

As far as I recall, most, if not all, shield attachments have two versions -- right handed as a default model and the left handed provided as a portrait model.

Not everybody might want to attach it to a villager.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

One could add an animation that rotates the attachment by 180 degrees on its Y axis, so it could be configurable in-game.

An animation is more trouble than it's worth, as it is not easy to play a specific animation animation of an attachment model.

As other have said: the easiest way is to upload two model variants. Most shields submitted to the hive have those two variants already.