I've got a guige strap for my character's shield and it works fine out of combat. I am able to sling and unsling his shield with no problem. Inside of combat, it does not seem to work though. I enter the command 'unsling heater left' and I get the echoes back of:
You bring your shield to bear.
You prepare to get heater guige...
You prepare to wield heater left...
You do not have that item.
I'm not sure if the "preparing to wield..." is overriding the "preparing to get..." and causing it to not find the item because it hasn't pulled it from the guige strap, or what the case is, but I thought I would post it.
Guige strap in combat
Re: Guige strap in combat
The issue here is that the program on the guige strap predates the new combat mechanics and needs an update. I will tinker with it.
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
Re: Guige strap in combat
Temporary fix: If you try "sling shield" and it gets interrupted, do a "sling shield" again followed by "unsling shield <hand>" and its prog will continue to work as intended. Been wonky for a bit. 
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Re: Guige strap in combat
There are some problems with the mechanics of this, but I will go with the popular choice:
A) Leave it as is
B) Change it so that unsling shield just gets it out of your guige strap during combat; you would have to wield it separately
A) Leave it as is
B) Change it so that unsling shield just gets it out of your guige strap during combat; you would have to wield it separately
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
Re: Guige strap in combat
It could be left as is, if caught without my shield readied I'll just have to remember to type in the two separate commands to ready it. Not really a big deal. That's my opinion at least.
Re: Guige strap in combat
I'd prefer left as is, honestly, and I only use the thing so often. For preparation and all that, it's still pretty wonderful. It'd be nice if shields could be fit to the draw mechanic (along with a few other tweaks to the draw mechanic) but I understand that's a bit more complicated.
Jamais arriere.
Re: Guige strap in combat
Okay. I reverted my changes to it on the test port. No changes made on the game port. Thanks for the report.
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons