Melee/Combat animations

[xerxes106]

I remember this being one of the big advertised things about medieval 2, the soldiers parrying and stabbing and doing finishing moves on each other....my problem is, I barely see any of it, at best ive seen maybe 1 feudal knight per battle stab someone whos down or an axemen trip someone, nothing like what I see in the videos....is this common or for some reason am I the only one who just sees the guys mob into each other and poke into the guy in front until he generically falls on his back? I was really hoping to see some cool stuff.

[miccofl]

They get those videos using the game's Cinematic Editor. You can find out more about it here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=139646

[masterbaker]

I see it all the time, just look closely at individuals in a melee unit, unless you have an old gpu, maybe it disables some of the animations.

[eggthief]

I've seen plenty of finishing animations, it would be great if they would actually hit each other correctly instead of stabbing the air.

[Razbojnik]

Maybe you need to set your video setting to higher.i think it worked for me...

[eggthief]

They're at the highest, the problem is, is that the other soldiers will push the ones doing those animations away from each other.

[N3rull]

I've seen a spearman stab the ground a zillion of times but I can't recall any other cool move.
The worst thing is that 'two men who make a combo together' (i.e. one being the killer, second - the killed) are not bound in any way during the animation. This makes the gore scenes MUCH less effective - the swords cut air behind the target instead of the target, spearmen stab the ground, etc.

[Snizel]

I've seen a spearman stab the ground a zillion of times but I can't recall any other cool move.
The worst thing is that 'two men who make a combo together' (i.e. one being the killer, second - the killed) are not bound in any way during the animation. This makes the gore scenes MUCH less effective - the swords cut air behind the target instead of the target, spearmen stab the ground, etc.

Thats so true. I've seen the spear man animation so many times that i don't even recognize it amidst the chaos anymore. It looks like the men are only doing fake moves like wrestlers and battle rein-actors .

[Johan217]

Try SigniferOne's animations pack here:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=127708

Also, processor power seems to matter, possibly more than graphics card. I hardly ever saw finishing moves in M2TW until I upgraded my pc (from AMD XP1800 to Intel 6400).

[eggthief]

It looks like the men are only doing fake moves like wrestlers and battle rein-actors .

Wash your mouth right now!

[Ozy]

Yeah they do the animations all the time, but they tend to miss and just hit the air/ground most of the time.

[Idaeus]

Yes its the same for me. You see them doing their moves sometimes but its nearly always one-sided, ie slashing through the air or stabbing a fellow soldier.