The original bows mod throws an arrow item through the air. It looks and sounds horrible and not satisfying at all. The arrow absolutely needs to be left of the bow in the hotbar or it won't shoot. It's bloated and adds material variants of bows.
X Bows is bloated and you need to put the arrows in a separate tab in the inventory. It adds material variants of arrows. It has a terribly annoying hud indicator of how many arrows you have with you.
NextGen Bows adds a bow adds a bow and an arrow. It shoots. It has good sounds. While it's based on X Bows, it doesn't add a hud indicator and takes the arrows from anywhere in your normal inventory.
The original bows mod throws an arrow item through the air. It looks and sounds horrible and not satisfying at all. The arrow absolutely needs to be left of the bow in the hotbar or it won't shoot. It's bloated and adds material variants of bows.
X Bows is bloated and you need to put the arrows in a separate tab in the inventory. It adds material variants of arrows. It has a terribly annoying hud indicator of how many arrows you have with you.
NextGen Bows adds a bow adds a bow and an arrow. It shoots. It has good sounds. While it's based on X Bows, it doesn't add a hud indicator and takes the arrows from anywhere in your normal inventory.