Help build weapon

[Maroon]

I've helped someone else recently with vertex animations, maybe this will explain it a bit:

In Warband, all objects, be it bodies, buildings, or weapons, are static by default. This means they can only exist in one shape (for example, a spear will never change the way it looks; its shape will always be the same regardless of what you do with it). However, certain weapons, like bows or crossbows, have to change their appearance somehow, because their string has to be drawn back. To do this, Warband uses what are called "vertex animations".
These vertex animations are basically different versions of the same object in a different pose. If we take a look at a bow, you need to have three separate (static) objects for the bow, one where the bow is in a resting position, one with the string drawn halfway back, and one with a fully drawn string. The game then uses these three versions to piece together what parts of the bow should move when you draw the bow.