Throwing animations

[Outis]

Are there animations created for axe throwing or knife throwing?

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

3 hours ago, Outis said:

Are there animations created for axe throwing or knife throwing?

That would be nice. Or throwing rocks, so we could allow melee units onto walls and give them a short-range rock throwing animation. 

[Outis]

2 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

allow melee units onto walls

I was thinking mainly for Millenium AD but this sounds cool.

[Alexandermb]

On 01/04/2025 at 2:07 PM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

That would be nice. Or throwing rocks, so we could allow melee units onto walls and give them a short-range rock throwing animation. 

I totally forgot how to export, but maybe @Stan` can help you with the file:

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0.A.D_Attack_Ranged_Throw_Rock.dae

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

We need alternative attacks and then I can definitely envision allowing melee troops onto walls and giving them this very short range "ranged" attack. 

[Outis]

20 hours ago, Alexandermb said:

I totally forgot how to export, but maybe @Stan` can help you with the file:

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0.A.D_Attack_Ranged_Throw_Rock.dae 654.63 kB · 5 downloads

Man oh man that rock is heavy...

What about interest in the throwing axe? This is both about the throwing animation as well as the rotating axe animation.

[Perzival12]

11 minutes ago, Outis said:

Man oh man that rock is heavy...

What about interest in the throwing axe? This is both about the throwing animation as well as the rotating axe animation.

Probably just animate an axe to spin in place, then set it as a projectile (though it might keep spinning even after it’s landed in the ground XD).

[Lopess]

I have axe thrower in Endovetico, and I used a javalineer animation there, but with a hissing sound instead. It worked well until we have a proper animation.

[Outis]

10 hours ago, Lopess said:

I have axe thrower in Endovetico, and I used a javalineer animation there, but with a hissing sound instead. It worked well until we have a proper animation.

Do you have animation for the thrown axe mid-air? 

[Lopess]

3 hours ago, Outis said:

Do you have animation for the thrown axe mid-air? 

No, it goes like a projectile, with a straight trajectory.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

20 hours ago, Lopess said:

No, it goes like a projectile, with a straight trajectory.

I'm thinking a vertical "twirling" animation--which should be very simple--would really sell it. 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

Throw torches. You forgot.

[Ultimate Aurelian]

1 hour ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Throw torches. You forgot.

Perhaps use for short range anti building attack like in Age of Empires 3

At least for regular buildings.

For walls and forts undermining with reused villager pickaxe animation might be more accurate (palisades, gates and wooden forts get axe instead).

That is if weapon switching is implemented ofc.

 

Edited Monday at 00:52 by Ultimate Aurelian

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

On 04/10/2026 at 6:52 PM, Ultimate Aurelian said:

weapon switching is implemented ofc.

Someone should pick up that patch again.

[Ultimate Aurelian]

11 hours ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Someone should pick up that patch again.

I think the DE mod managed to have the Xiongnu champion cavalry switch bows and spears but im not sure.

Edited 4 hours ago by Ultimate Aurelian

[Perzival12]

12 hours ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Someone should pick up that patch again.

Grapejuice has this iirc, albeit in a different way than might be expected (bowmen automatically draw swords/knives when enemies get within their minimum range)

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

31 minutes ago, Perzival12 said:

Grapejuice has this iirc, albeit in a different way than might be expected (bowmen automatically draw swords/knives when enemies get within their minimum range)

It's good to know that that ticket has been given continuity.

[Thalatta]

41 minutes ago, Perzival12 said:

bowmen automatically draw swords/knives when enemies get within their minimum range

Something similar could be implemented in vanilla as optional (it's a mod, @Nicolaus_von_Kues). For example, on top of having units switching weapons like now (Immortals at least), doing so with a modifier (CTRL?) could "lock it", activating automatic switching according to range. Doing the same when producing units could then be the shortcut for "Activate Auto-Queue", and in that way it could be done per unit and not in general, like that button works now.

Edited 2 hours ago by Thalatta

[Ultimate Aurelian]

2 minutes ago, Thalatta said:

Something similar could be implemented in vanilla as optional (it's a mod, @Nicolaus_von_Kues). For example, on top of having units switching weapons like now (Immortals at least), doing so with a modifier (CTRL?) could could "lock it", activating automatic switching according to range. Doing the same when producing units could then be the shortcut for "Activate Auto-Queue", and in that way it could be done per unit and not in general, like that button works now.

I'd like to see if there can be automatic spear throw before melee.

For thureos units, Romans, Gauls, Iberians, Germans.

Edited 2 hours ago by Ultimate Aurelian

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

1 hour ago, Ultimate Aurelian said:

like to see if there can be automatic spear throw before melee

That would be excellent. 

Also, ranged units defending with daggers.

 

Speaking of which, there was also skirmisher infantry that was used for close combat, right?