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	To force arrows to never stick in an entity, set the spawnarg '''arrowsticking_disabled''' like so: "arrowsticking_disabled" "1"		To force arrows to never stick in an entity, set the spawnarg '''arrowsticking_disabled''' like so: "arrowsticking_disabled" "1"

			* Usage example: There are sometimes instability problems with certain ragdolls (AFs) when they have arrows fired into them. arrowsticking_disabled provides a quick and dirty way to get around this.

	To force arrows to always stick in an entity, ''provided that the surface type is soft'', you can set the spawnarg '''arrowsticking_forceenabled''' like so: "arrowsticking_forceenabled" "1". However, arrows will still break rather than sticking into the entity's hard surfaces, if it has any.		To force arrows to always stick in an entity, ''provided that the surface type is soft'', you can set the spawnarg '''arrowsticking_forceenabled''' like so: "arrowsticking_forceenabled" "1". However, arrows will still break rather than sticking into the entity's hard surfaces, if it has any.

			* Usage example: Suppose you've given an AI a wooden shield to carry. Since the shield is attached to the AI, arrows won't normally stick in it, according to the rules above. To fix this, you can set "arrowsticking_forceenabled" "1" on the shield.

	AI heads are usually separate entities from AI bodies, so if you change these spawnargs for an AI entity make sure to also change the spawnargs for its head entity (if it has one).		AI heads are usually separate entities from AI bodies, so if you change these spawnargs for an AI entity make sure to also change the spawnargs for its head entity (if it has one).

Crispy: New page: Broadhead arrows will stick into some objects they hit. Here is a description of the logic behind whether or not an arrow sticks in. * The most important thing is the [[Surface_Types#What...

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New page: Broadhead arrows will stick into some objects they hit. Here is a description of the logic behind whether or not an arrow sticks in. * The most important thing is the [[Surface_Types#What...

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Broadhead arrows will stick into some objects they hit. Here is a description of the logic behind whether or not an arrow sticks in.

* The most important thing is the [[Surface_Types#What_surfaces_do|surface type]] of the object. Arrows will only stick into "soft" surfaces; for example, flesh, wood, and dirt, among others.
* Arrows will not stick into living AIs. This is to avoid guards sauntering around with dirty great arrows sticking out of their chests, which looks silly. Note that an arrow which kills an AI ''will'' stick, even if the AI was alive before being shot.
* Arrows will not stick into objects attached to living AIs, principally because this includes AI heads.
* You can override some of these rules using two spawnargs, '''arrowsticking_forceenabled''' and '''arrowsticking_disabled''', which are documented below.

==Overriding arrow-sticking behaviour==

To force arrows to never stick in an entity, set the spawnarg '''arrowsticking_disabled''' like so: "arrowsticking_disabled" "1"

To force arrows to always stick in an entity, ''provided that the surface type is soft'', you can set the spawnarg '''arrowsticking_forceenabled''' like so: "arrowsticking_forceenabled" "1". However, arrows will still break rather than sticking into the entity's hard surfaces, if it has any.

AI heads are usually separate entities from AI bodies, so if you change these spawnargs for an AI entity make sure to also change the spawnargs for its head entity (if it has one).

==Info for coders==

This logic is in tdm_weapon_arrow_result_base.script. The active() method is called when an arrow hits a soft surface; dud() is called if it hits a hard surface.

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