That's because compared to normal light and heavy X-bow: Code: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_2HAND_REQUIRED Mastwerwork has: Code: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY This should be fixed in next Co8 patch.
Noted. Any ideas on helping out Shin on his thread: I was trying to make a light crossbow 1-handed so that I can dual-wield it, problems Might make a nice mod.
Regarding: -Masterwork Crossbows can be used with a shield. I've rechecked all crossbow entries: {4096}{Light crossbow} {4097}{Heavy crossbow} {4130}{Wonnilon's repeating crossbow +1} {4177}{Masterwork light crossbow} {4178}{Masterwork heavy crossbow} All are designated as: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_2HAND_REQUIRED Please recheck your findings and clarify.
I think what he means is that the Masterwork Light/Heavy crossbow are missing some flags in the Equip Slot Flags column. Checking weapons such as Longbow, I found this in the column: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_2HAND_REQUIRED In the normal Light Crossbow, it has the following: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_2HAND_REQUIRED However, the Masterwork Light Crossbow has: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY Masterwork Heavy Crossbow has this too.
Ok, I think I've figured it out. You see, the protos.tab in ToEE4.dat has equippable slots for Masterwork Light Crossbow noted correctly and so does ToEE3.dat. However the protos.tab in v2.0 Co8 patch has those values as: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OI F_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY I'm not sure how this change got in, in which version or the rationale behind it but Troika has stated in their .pdf file that they intend to make all crossbows as 2 handed weapons and they indeed implemented it so in their original data files. The Co8 change should allow a person to wield the crossbow with 1 hand. However according to 3.5e SRD you will still need the other hand to reload it, which is probably why Troika decided to make them all 2-handers. IMHO, the Co8 change should stay as a mod and the original fields: OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_PRIMARY OIF_WEAR_WEAPON_SECONDARY OIF_WEAR_2HAND_REQUIRED kept in the upcoming 2nd official patch.
Well, the point is that in Co8 patch you can use masterwork X-bows with one hand AND shield included (it should never be allowed to be used with shields, sound cheesy), while same can't be done with normal X-bows. As for Co8 patch, better make this modifcation an option (which presonaly I would never use), not a rule, and then apply it to all X-bows, not just masterwork. P.S. Firing two X-bows is not the same as reloading two X-bows (which can't be done by normal humans).
