Mounted Crossbowman AI is broken

[leo]

Quite literally, a crossbowman on a horse won't move. They won't do anything on their own and they don't respond to orders. If enemies charge them, they continue to not move and get slaughtered.

Thought this was interesting, because you'd think they'd at least charge forward and fire their one shot.

Note: My crossbowman did not have any other weapons. It's possible that they would behave differently if they had melee or throwing weapons in their inventory.

 

[Iceman]

You can't fire a crossbow from a horse, can you? Thus with no other weapons a crossbowman is dead meat on a horse.

 

[Ingolifs]

You can fire a crossbow from a horse, but you can't reload it.
I give marnid and borcha crossbows and horses, and it doesn't seem to affect them in any way. But they have swords too.

 

[DaLagga]

I remember hearing about this a long time ago. And from what i remember, if they ONLY have a crossbow while mounted, they just sit there and never move. If they have a backup melee weapon, they will switch and all is good.