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  • Scoped Bows Development History

    Scoped Bows Development History
    To me archery was always the most appealing combat style in skyrim, and because i am an immersion freak i always played with completely disabled hud (no crosshair, sneak eye, healthbar... nothing). I noticed that with some practice i had no problems to hit enemies at close range, but lining up perfect head shots at long range was almost impossible. That's when the idea of bow sights came to my mind.

    I did some research on real life bow sights, but instead of focusing on realism i decided to go into a complete different direction.
    Skyrim is a fantasy game and so i tried to invent fantasy scopes which should fit into the Elder Scrolls universe without breaking the lore or the design of the corresponding bow, and of course the goal was ...

  • Troubleshooting

    Scoped Bows Troubleshooting
    This is an Extension to the "Compatibility and Issues" section in the description. I highly recommend to read the description.


    Crashes:
    When starting the game (right after the bethesda logo):
    Crashes like that happen if you are missing a masterfile. This happens either after installing a mod that depends on official DLC's or other mods that you don't have or if you messed up your loadorder (masterfiles always need to be above the mods depending on them! ).
    Fix: Follow the instructions in this video: Skyrim Crash on Startup FIX. Use Loot to optimize your loadorder.

    When scrolling through in-game inventories:
    In most cases crashes like that are performance related. If your pc is ca...

  • Scoped Bows 4.0 Final Edition

    Scoped Bows 4.0 Final Edition

    Back in 2016 i officially announced the end of development on Scoped Bows (3 Years Anniversary - A journey comes to an End) but then the skyrim Special Edition came out and before i let someone else port my mod over i decided i'd rather do it myself. Since i was already on it, i released a few small updates that added, fixed and changed stuff which made the SE version (Scoped Bows SE) all around superior to the original release.

    This update combines all those changes and brings them back to the original mod where they belong.

    Changes:
    -Imperial Legionary Bow added (level listed: appears at level 15+ on imperial soldiers and city guards)
    -Stormcloak Hunting Bow added (level listed: appears at level 15+ on storm...

  • 3 Years Anniversary - A journey comes to an End

    On 23/05/2013 the Dwarven Sniper came out which laid the ground stone for the Scoped Bows project.


    Today we have  23/05/2016. 3 Years Anniversary and Scoped Bows 3.1.1 has been released which is supposed to be the final version.


    Yep, FINAL.
    Well, let's just say i don't have any plan to develop this mod further.
    There is plenty of stuff that should keep me busy the next years to come.

    Things like:

    .)finishing university (i hope i manage to do that sooner than later LOL)

    .)doing social work for 9 months (either this or going to the army (every male in    Austria has to do this) -complete bullshit and a waste of time if you ask me. I  already shifted this a few times.)

    .)...

  • Scoped Bows 3.1

    Scoped Bows 3.1

    -Gauldur Black Bow added (custom dark textures)
    -Froki's Bow added (custom textures and meshes)
    -Dravin's bow added
    -Four custom Loadscreens added
    -When acquiring auriel's bow the pedestal now shows the scoped bow instead of the vanilla one
    -Changes made to the Scoped Hunting Bow (lowtech/no glass)
    -The Bow of the Hunt now uses the same lowtech model like the scoped hunting bow
    -Changes made to Angis Bow (textures changed)
    -Imperial bow renamed (acordingly to vanilla naming)
    -Longbow renamed (acordingly to vanilla naming)
    -New level lists added (imperial soldiers and city guards should now randomly use the scoped imperial bow/ stormcloacks the scoped hunting bow)
    -Aela now uses a scop...

  • Scoped Bows 3.0

    Scoped Bows 3.0




    Naming Changed:

    Scoped Bows_Marksman Edition 
    This is the complete version. Aside from containing all bows the included optional files are tweaked to provide the ultimate sniper experience.

    Scoped Bows_Ranger Edition
    This is the cut version. Aside from leaving unique bows untouched and not adding bows to level lists this file is tweaked for vanilla settings.


    Changes have been made to all of the bows.
    All bows are now using two different reticles.
    When having two different sights you end up using the one that is better suited for the ongoing situation which gives it a purpose rather than just having 2 sights because the vanilla animation requires it. Makes it more...

  • Scoped Bows 2.2.2

    Scoped Bows 2.2.2

    Ok guys, i know what you are thinking: "Hey outlaw, haven't you told us that this mod is finished and that you stopped supporting it?"
     
    I did... every new update since 2.0 was planned to be the final one, but a few months post release i always took a look at my "finished product"  and found another thing or a few that needed to be changed.
     
    One thing is for sure: This mod is in a pretty finished state since version 2.2 and one day i will stop supporting it, but since Scoped Bows is (still) a very popular mod and downloads and endorsements show no sign of running short, i think this mod and its users deserve a continued support or at least this update.
     
    Measured on endorsements Scoped Bows is ...

  • Scoped Bows 2.1

    Scoped Bows 2.1

    Changes

    In case you missed the release of the big 2.0 update, you can find the article here: Scoped Bows 2.0...

  • Scoped Bows 2.0

    Scoped Bows 2.0

    This update brings many small changes to make the sights look more "solid" and "realistic" while also improving the usability. It also fixes many small mesh, texture and uv-map errors. Most of those changes are only noticeable in direct comparison. take the pictures of the hunting bow below as an example

    The stats of each bow have been rebalanced.
    They damage stats where completely off in previous versions (dwarven did 5 points more damage than normal, daedric 1, hunting 3...ect.) Now they are all doing just one symbolic damage point more than the vanilla counterpart and have a reasonable value.


    I leave the details for the Change Log. 

    Just let me tell you this:
    I took version 1.6...

  • 10 000 Endorsements!

    10 000 Endorsements! 10k! :D

    -wait, what am i still doing here?
    Final Version - A happy new year, and Goodbye!
    Birth of a Legend...

  • Scoped Bows v1.6

    Scoped Bows version 1.6

    main changes:

    All target lenses are 40% more transparent.I tweaked and tested the value with different enb presets and figured out this works best. The textures are still visible but not obstructing any more.You will love it! It makes the bows a hell of a lot more useful.

    All textures are compressed and mipmapped.This improves the performance significantly. People who run skyrim on low end systems can be happy, all the problems you reported (like: ctd in menu, lag spike when equipping,...) should now be fixed.

    Because my current hunter character does not like the "bling bling" i had to add a second hunting bow which uses vanilla wood textures and steel textures instead of gold. (Note: actually i changed...

  • Scoped Bows v1.5 released

    Scoped Bows v1.5 is available
    Now with Refracting Target Lenses (please read: Topic)

    All final missing bows have been added.
    This update also fixes, improves and changes a few things.


    Here are the changes in detail:

    .)Final Bows Added:
    -Forsworn Bow - Scoped
    -Improved Wooden Bow "Longbow" (primitive iron nail sights pointing to the hitting spot)
    -Falmer Bow - Scoped
    -Nord Hero Bow - Scoped

    .)Reticle Design improvements:
    -Hunting (crosshair added)
    -Elven (horizontal reference points added)
    -Ebony (horizontal reference points added)
    -Stalhrim (horizontal reference points added)
    -All craftable dwarven Bows (dwarven inspired reticle to the glass ring added)

  • BIG UPDATE

    Hey folks,version 1.4 of Scoped Bows is available!




    Besides of many improvements for a better usability it contains 5 New bows which are following a new design (two scopes no clipping). bows from previous versions have not been changed (except for hunting and iron)

    That means you get scoped versions of all vanilla bows!
    Orcish, elven, stalhrim, ebony,... all the bows you have missed, now you can have them all.

    read: Change Log


    Updating from previous version:
    "Clean save" is not required. Just uninstall the old version and install the new one. You won't lose any bows.

    Greetings,
    Outlaw

    Ps.: Thank You! More than 1600 Endorsements! -that'...

  • Scoped Bows v1.3 available!

    The Nightingale Bow is now part of the pack and the dwarven sniper bows are having a bit more unique reticles. Besides of that this update comes with a few improvements and Changes.





    Greetings,
    Outlaw...