My custom horse archers are so accurate they're inaccurate? Help?

[kayosetsu]

Whenever I try to make a horse archer unit I give them very high archery stats as well as horse archery and riding. The problem here is that the new units become so accurate that the arrows literally end up flying just above the enemy's head almost every time. When I use vanilla Khergit archers they do their job better than the units that should be my ridiculously OP horse archer unit. Any idea on the possible cause?

 

[kayosetsu]

I first discovered this issue while trying to make a new High Elf horse archer unit in Warsword Conquest but the problem happens in vanilla warband as well.

Here's a picture if that helps of how I set their stats.

 

[Kragen]

Give them bows with less arrow-speed))

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Archers aim for the head. This is hardcoded behaviour that can't be changed, but results in problems like the one you're mentioning. What you can do however is keep their proficiency below 150 and reduce their horse archery skill.

 

[kayosetsu]

I gave them a bow that doesn't have 99 accuracy (Well in it's stats it says it's 99 but it's actually inaccurate as hell) and the problem got solved. Thanks!

 

[kayosetsu]

Well actually now they're just genuinely inaccurate because of the bow.

 

[Kragen]

decrease the missile speed of the bow your horse archers are using

 

[kayosetsu]

decrease the missile speed of the bow your horse archers are using

Is that the vanilla game? I'm trying to do this on a mod and the mod doesn't provide the python files.

 

[Kragen]

you only need the ItemEditor and the item_kinds1.txt :p