First, as regards the bow. At the moment, all weapons in the game hit multidirectionally, that is, if you press attack, an animal gets hit no matter which way your facing or where it is.
Unfortunately, the bow's rate of fire is very slow, so your best bet with the bow, and indeed with most weapons is hit and run. usually, I wait to hear the animal, start swinging with a weapon and then take a few steps ninety degrees away from where the animal is coming from, EG I go left if it's coming down.
Actually, if you stand still, swing and dodge you can kill animals quite successfully, using most weapons, the times I found I most often got hit was when runing after items, since running in a straight line automatically puts you in an animal's range, indeed when going for an item, if you hear an animal, I recommend stoppig and dealing with it first, the item won't be going anywhere.
of course, I don't know what Tunmi has planned in terms of other weapon types, but it'll be interesting to find out.
Okay, the virus flag preventing downloads thing is a BGT issue, it doesn't occur with all BGT programs, (crazy party downloads fine for me), but it does occur with some, why I am not sure, indeed I did once ask philip Bennifall to at least contact Microsoft and point out the BGT scripting language was not associated with viruses, but he doesn't seem to which is irritating.
Fortunately it is possible to get around.
First, if you haven't already done so, create an exceptions folder in windows defender.
to do this: 1: Open window's defender's antivirus.
You can find this in control panel, or more easily by right clicking on the "actions needed" button on the taskbar and selecting "security dashboard."
2: once in widows defender hit down arrow and find "antivirus protection", then tab around until you find "manage settings", within settings tab to "add exclusions."
3: tab to the "add exclusion" button and hit enter. You'll then be asked if you want to add a file or folder.
4: Go to "add folder", then just find the folder in the standard open dialogue as in any windows program. I recommend creating a specific folder on your hd for gams, (I have one called audiogames", you might also want to add the downloads folder to stop Windows defender deleting stuff upon download.
That will give you a safe place to run BGT programs.
Now, to those occasions when windows Defender balks at a download, like this one.
Theoretically, there should be a way to enable the download after the alert pops up, or tell windows defender to go ahead with the download anyway, unfortunately, if there is I haven't found it yet, even looking at the scan history and downloads area in chrome.
Fortunately there is a simple way around.
go to "antivirus protection", and then "manage settings" as described in step 2 of the above instructions. You'll find a box saying "real time protection", toggle that to disabled, and vuala! no more objections to downloads.
I'd recommend turning it back on once you've downloaded the game.
The other bit of good news, is that as long as you allow the ap through the firewall, getting updates directly in the game should be okay as well.
Why this happens I don't know, and I really wish there was a better way around, but at least this should hopefully make it possible for people to play the game.
I'm personally very much looking forward to the updates.
With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)