Arrows will last for a full 60 minute battle in Divide and Conquer v3.
With a small tweak of a single file you can have permanent arrows on the battlefield. This mod will make it so that arrows and crossbow bolts that strike the ground do not immediately despawn as they do in the base game. They will now remain for an entire 60 minute battle. The exceptions are flaming arrows, which have been tweaked to stick around for about 45 seconds instead of 5. Arrows that strike walls will also still disappear, pin cushion walls were a bit too much in my opinion.
The image above is what you can expect the aftermath of a battle to look like with this tweak. You will be able to see first hand just how accurate or inaccurate your archers truly are!
I really enjoyed this option in my Stainless Steel campaigns, so I thought I would bring it to my favorite TATW submod!
Warning: This is a very cpu intensive tweak. If your computer can barely handle Med 2 as it stands then forget about adding this! Your computer must exceed Med 2's recommended specs. Because of this, I have included the unaltered vanilla files so that, if it causes unbearable lag on your computer, then you can easily and safely revert back to the original arrow settings.
I've tested this extensively on both my and my friend's computers. We both have older gen i7's. It works just fine, the only times it caused noticable lag for us were in custom battles where two armies of 20 archer units are duking it out. In a real campaign that will pretty much never happen.
This can be added and removed mid campaign with no problems.
Installation: In the download you will find two files; Permanent arrows and default non permanent arrows. Everything has been packaged into Data folders. To install, simply drag the Data folder from either option into your DAC installation. MERGE the data folder in my mod with the one on your computer. Say yes to any overwrites. And that's it! I recommend you immediately play a custom battle with lots and lots of archers and see just how your computer handles this. If you are unsatisfied with your frame rate then you can easily follow the same installation process to reinstall the default arrow settings. You literally have nothing to lose by trying this out.
Can I include this mod in the Elder Scrolls: Total War mod?