Arrow trails

[Pdguru]

Can anyone tell me - How do I turn off arrow trails (lines behind them in flight)

[Landwalker]

While we're on arrows, is there a way to turn off the "all arrows stay on screen in the ground" thing and, if so, does this have any noticeable impact on performance?

Cheers.

[Pdguru]

YEs, those permanent arrows are a big performance hit. You can turn them off in the descr_effect_impacts by adjusing the play_time number. Remove any semi colons ( and set a tiime that works for you.

[MiiKLL]

Landwalker, goto the Data folder in your Stainless Steel MOD and find the file "Descr_effects_impacts.txt". Open it with notepad or a similar program. Goto "edit" and do a "find", type in "play_time". Everytime you see this : ;play_time 5 it means that the program will skip that command. The semi-colon ; needs to be deleted or the event such as arrows will last forever. The number after "play_time" is how many seconds it lasts if i remember correctly.

Here is a small sample of my modded file, notice i have shortend the times down from 5 to 1. Also remember to make a copy of the original before you play with the file, just in case.

Hope this helps.


effect_set arrow_impact_ground_set

{
play_time 1
lod 1000
{
arrow_ground_impact
bullet_impact_ground_small

}
}


effect_set bolt_impact_ground_set

{
play_time 1
lod 1000
{
bolt_ground_impact
bullet_impact_ground_small

}
}

effect_set steel_bolt_impact_ground_set

{
play_time 1
lod 1000
{
steel_bolt_ground_impact
bullet_impact_ground_small


As far as the arrow trails I'm not sure which file that is...sorry.

Sorry Pdguru, I didn't scroll far enough down to see that you had answered Landwalker already.

[Pdguru]

Hey - no prob MiiKLL. You gave all the details I couldn't!