Updated for the November 11 hotfix (7.2.3, build 26568081). Same changes as before; the hotfix re-sealed the game files, so the previous version refused to install. Download the new zip, remove the old one from your mod manager, add this one and deploy.

Updated for the October 29 game update (7.2.2), which changed the stratagem file, so 1.0.3 was rejected ("does not match your game's stratagem_settings").

1.0.4 makes the same change on the new file: stratagem balls stay where they land. In Medic File Mod Merger: remove 1.0.3, add 1.0.4, press Apply with the game closed.

1.0.3

• Now uses the shared installer of our file mods, so it works side by side with Consistent Vaulting (tick both). Same stratagem change as 1.0.2, byte for byte.
• Backup and log names changed: HD2FileMods.generated_stratagem_settings.dl_bin.original and HD2FileMods.log (1.0.2's backup is taken over automatically).

Update: replace the zip, keep both options ticked, Purge and Deploy, then launch, exit once and relaunch.

1.0.2

• Fixed "payload not found" (log: ERR payload not found) with HD2 Arsenal and large mod lists: the mod's data now lives in its own small archive, so its position no longer depends on how many other mods you have. Tested with Arsenal 0.37.1.
• Mod managers tick every option when you add a mod, and with 1.0.1 that meant "uninstall" - nothing got installed. Options are now "Stratagem Balls Stay Put" (the mod) and "Uninstall helper": with both ticked it installs. To uninstall: untick "Stratagem Balls Stay Put", keep "Uninstall helper", deploy, launch and exit once, then disable the mod.
• The version is now in the mod's name in your mod manager and in every line of StratagemBallsStayPut.log.

Update: replace the zip, keep both options ticked, Purge and Deploy, then launch, exit once and relaunch.

Works on the October 22 hotfix. The hotfix re-encrypted the stratagem file without changing it, so Steam put the stock file back and 1.0.0 refused to touch the new one (log: REFUSE). If your balls started rolling off again after the hotfix, this is why.

The installer now recognises several known versions of the file, so uninstalling also works with a backup made by 1.0.0.

Update: replace the zip in your mod manager, keep Install ticked, Purge and Deploy, then launch, exit once and relaunch.