sword wielding units missing something

**dougmadman** · March 20, 2011, 11:04 PM

I feel like it should be mentioned here that katana swordsmen and well basically all other sword wielding units dont have a sheath for their sword and to me at least makes the unit look naked or like somethings missing...for example bow samurai and yari samurai just look so much better with a sword at its side. does anyone else feel this way? Def could be something to mod into the game in the future

**Death_Sheep** · March 20, 2011, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by dougmadman

I feel like it should be mentioned here that katana swordsmen and well basically all other sword wielding units dont have a sheath for their sword and to me at least makes the unit look naked or like somethings missing...for example bow samurai and yari samurai just look so much better with a sword at its side. does anyone else feel this way? Def could be something to mod into the game in the future

Its a waste of ingame processing. Otherwise, I agree, if it can be done without providing additional drain, then cool.

If not, its not that necessary.

**12976** · March 20, 2011, 11:07 PM

This has been brought up before. While alot of people are quite upset about this, I think the general consensus was that this would be a GPU hog trying to model swords independent of scabbards.

I think we should keep in mind that as a game that needs to accommodate a wide range of computer specs, CA has to make certain compromises unfortunately

**belgolas** · March 20, 2011, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by 12976

This has been brought up before. While alot of people are quite upset about this, I think the general consensus was that this would be a GPU hog trying to model swords independent of scabbards.

I think we should keep in mind that as a game that needs to accommodate a wide range of computer specs, CA has to make certain compromises unfortunately

This is not what I like to hear. I like it when games try to be the best they can be even with the small details.

Plus I completely disagree that it would be a GPU hog at all. I mean bow and some spear units have swords/sheaths

So hopefully modders can mod it in. There are those of us that can easily run Shogun 2 with higher details.

**Alkarin** · March 21, 2011, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by 12976

This has been brought up before. While alot of people are quite upset about this, I think the general consensus was that this would be a GPU hog trying to model swords independent of scabbards.

I think we should keep in mind that as a game that needs to accommodate a wide range of computer specs, CA has to make certain compromises unfortunately

how hard is it to add a scabbard when units have different crests etc on them. a scabbard can be purely cosmetic and just part of the model. i dont see how it would take up any more GPU than anything else in the game.