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Fancy Arrows V3

A Mod for Helldivers 2
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To clarify, I did not develop this mod; the original Creator is loregamer/Oyster Sauce (Original mod name: Customizable Cheat Arrows) from the rpghq site. Credits go completely to him; I've not seen them Reupload/Update this mod for months, sooo.. I took it upon myself to run it through a repatcher tool. Samples should no longer crash the game when explosions demolish them. (except squids, read below) Clips and Screenshots are from the original mod uploader. (This mod will not be posted on any other platform. cause... KARENS!!!!)

Still working for Patch 7.2.0


So what does it do?
- Adds color-coded arrows with Respective 3D Symbols over Samples, Medals, Requisition Slips, & Super Credits with a simple Mesh Swap.

- Features Customizable toggles in the Deployment Options Window, Such as deselecting an Arrow on deployment & optional High/Low Arrows.

- The arrow will not replace the sample model itself; it'll hover directly over it. Each sample has an opposite-side arrow in case an explosion flips it over!



Purpose.
- Shortening tedious grind sessions or as a training tool to reveal & help memorize where samples spawn, they can be seen across the map; you'd be surprised where some samples are tucked away by developers that (possibly!) couldn't be found without the mod! Some even require explosives to flush out! :O

~ If you believe it's too cheese, Fair Enough! Everyone has their own way of playing the game & opt to figure it out themselves!

Note: If the Mod Breaks again in a future patch, I can try repatching, buuut.... don't expect it to work! I cannot provide maintenance in future patches or add more features. Enjoy it while it lasts!


Some users may experience a black screen on the first launch after enabling the mod.

If this occurs, try launching the game once with Fancy Arrows disabled. Then enable Fancy Arrows with Common Samples → Low, launch successfully, close the game, and switch Common Samples back to High.

This workaround has resolved the issue for some users, but does not appear to work universally.

If the problem persists, clearing/deleting the Helldivers 2 shader cache may help.
Shader Cache is located:

C:\Users<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Arrowhead\Helldivers2\shader_cache




If you're playing Illuminates, please use the Low Common Sample Arrows to avoid crashes! I cannot fix High Arrows for Squids! Explosions have a chance to cause a crash if (High Arrow) Common Sample is in proximity!



The mod is Completely Client Side! Nobody can see the arrows in the lobby but you! (unless others using the same mod ofc, heh~)

If loregamer/Oyster Sauce sees this, thank you so much for giving us a Legendary QoL Mod to us Divers. I'll remove this mod post immediately at your Request! <3
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Vhuz

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Alright sad news. I've tried many approaches to the problem, none have seemed to repair Illuminate High (common sample) Arrow Crashes. So with great sadness I'm announcing my withdrawal from Fancy Arrows.

If someone who is great with Modding skills and have what it takes to maintain it, message me! You'd probably have to re-create Illuminate Sample mesh from scratch to fix the root cause. Am more than willing to share more intel/files! once I have a confirmed volunteer, I'll ask Site Moderators to transfer ownership. <3
 

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unfortunately the high arrows still cause the common illuminate samples to crash the game. (specifically when picking up a sample after an illuminate barrel explodes)

(could be just me, unless others encounter the same crash as i do.) (the low arrows remain more stable and have yet to crash my game)

note: haven't tested every other prior crash cause due to them being more out of my control/random without clear cause for the crash occurring/trigger.

Barnacles.. Welp, back to screening more illuminate binaries, I think mothership crash has been fixed at least! Tysm for test feedback!
 

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I suck at this, but progress being made. So long grok maintains communication to me, a fellow beep boopie, progress will continue!
Certain hours of the day Grok is too loaded to respond >:l


Edit: Spent the entire day trying to find a solution, I have one last idea to push forth a fix possibly tomorrow, if that beta also fails. I'll make a pinned post to yield this mod to whoever can service it better.
 
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Vhuz

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Alright sad news. I've tried many approaches to the problem, none have seemed to repair Illuminate High (common sample) Arrow Crashes. So with great sadness I'm announcing my withdrawal from Fancy Arrows.

If someone who is great with Modding skills and have what it takes to maintain it, message me! You'd probably have to re-create Illuminate Sample mesh from scratch to fix the root cause. Am more than willing to share more intel/files! once I have a confirmed volunteer, I'll ask Site Moderators to transfer ownership. <3
 

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Hasn't worked for me in forever, so I've just been using Treasure Map which marks super credits on the map + map always on
 

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Hey man
just some further clarification:
the mod we don't really know who the original dev was.
it was fixed and reposted on modhq but loregamer mentions in the forum that he repatched the mod, but did not create it.

for the crashing texture problem, go back to modhq and find the "racist" SDK fork, it has an instruction manual on which loregamer mentions how to work with the arrows specifically, but you need to read the forum.

this mod is also reposted in Nexus under a different name and tag, however the credits are displayed once the mod gets installed.
 

Vhuz

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Hey man
just some further clarification:
the mod we don't really know who the original dev was.
it was fixed and reposted on modhq but loregamer mentions in the forum that he repatched the mod, but did not create it.

for the crashing texture problem, go back to modhq and find the "racist" SDK fork, it has an instruction manual on which loregamer mentions how to work with the arrows specifically, but you need to read the forum.

this mod is also reposted in Nexus under a different name and tag, however the credits are displayed once the mod gets installed.
Oh interesting, Yeah my scanners couldn't find anything mentioning a manual on the forums. Closest I've seen was something about him figuring out Swap IDs. Wait I went back 1 page and found the txt of all LoDs. Will run it through grok and see if we can go off that.

Negative, LODs intel couldn't change anything. i'tis unfortunate. We'll just have to wait till someone wants to take over the mod.

As for nexus post, Aye the original name was Customizable Cheat Arrows, Me just renamed it Fancy Arrows to be cleaner branding.
 
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thislink

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Oh interesting, Yeah my scanners couldn't find anything mentioning a manual on the forums. Closest I've seen was something about him figuring out Swap IDs. Wait I went back 1 page and found the txt of all LoDs. Will run it through grok and see if we can go off that.

Negative, LODs intel couldn't change anything. i'tis unfortunate. We'll just have to wait till someone wants to take over the mod.

As for nexus post, Aye the original name was Customizable Cheat Arrows, Me just renamed it Fancy Arrows to be cleaner branding.
if its called cheat arrows evil foid youtubers will eat you alive
 

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if its called cheat arrows evil foid youtubers will eat you alive
Mhm. also how did mod not work for you? Crash or arrows not popping up ingame?

The only crash right now is happening in Illuminates if High Common Sample arrow is set, explosions, particularly squid barrels have a chance to crash game within proximity.. The only way to avoid that crash is setting illuminate common arrow to low.

Otherwise, was the installation incorrect?
 

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Mhm. also how did mod not work for you? Crash or arrows not popping up ingame?

The only crash right now is happening in Illuminates if High Common Sample arrow is set, explosions, particularly squid barrels have a chance to crash game within proximity.. The only way to avoid that crash is setting illuminate common arrow to low.

Otherwise, was the installation incorrect?
game just won't launch with it, probably my other mods
 

Vhuz

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game just won't launch with it, probably my other mods
Try making a test profile in your manager, launch by itself and verify it launches.

If Yes, then indeed a confliction happening, Something that messes with glowy emmissiveness in squids could be a prime suspect. One user reported that problem already.