DarthMod: Shogun II

The DarthMod series of mods continues to improve the AI and gameplay of Total War games.
As always, the mod’s main scope is to destroy the “weak” arcade factors and replace them with realistic features.
Witness now Total War: Shogun 2 as you have ever wanted.

Arrows spread realistically and are powerful according to the skill of the bowmen,
but still no match against the matchlocks.

Sieges are really challenging because the new morale, melee and projectile system
create a chaotic and difficult to handle environment.

Even the naval battles are much improved and are a joy to watch,
fun to play and, most importantly, difficult to master!

All Total War: Shogun 2 DLC and Campaigns are supported
and the realistic battle atmosphere becomes complete
 with super effects that do not decrease FPS but increase it!

Do not get lost in Feudal Japan's war turmoil!
DarthMod Shogun is the mod you were, are and will look for!

Credits:

Thoal for gifting me the game through Steam, for his Rise of the Samurai DLC gift and for his Fall of the Samurai gift.
"Total War Greece" for gifting me the retail version of Fall of the Samurai.
PlacidDragon for too kindly gifting the game to... the wookie hip63 who abandoned the project.
Syntax for our old and valuable forum cooperation.
Mr Kami for his special donation, his Sengoku Jidai DLC gift, his Rise of the Samurai DLC gift, his very helpful feedback and the moderation of the forum.
Edward Reynolds for his very kind donation.
Fracchione for gifting me the Ikko Ikki DLC.
BayonetFodder-San for his always helpful feedback and his moderation of the forum.
Diadok, wrcromartie for their epic screenshots.
aion2006 for his super screenshots.
taw for his valuable mod tools.
Lord Maximus, Porphyr, davidallen, daniu, DaFranker for the upgrade of the PFM Tool to work with Shogun 2.
Swiss Halberdier for his all around assistance.
IGdood & kungfuserge for their relieving bayonet mod.
Thorn for his Oda Boost mod (available only in the launcher version of DMS).
ToonTotalWar for the usual perfect cooperation, his lite graphics mod and his special horo removal mod version.
Voice of Treason for the beautiful artwork.
JFC for the beautiful artwork and his excellent unit cards.
The Hedge Knight for the Horo removal mod, the excellent Unit Variety Mod and his general support to all modders.
Jane for the Clan Color Mod (no longer used because it is not updated).
Wind for the Japanese Speech Fix.
Ftmch for his fantastic and massive unit retexture mod.
Superghostboy for his Epic Texure mod that increases perfomance and FPS (No longer used).
La De Da Brigadier Graham for his music mod and his all around assistance (Generic all around good music which can be found here Twcenter.net).
Twosocks for his traditional music + sound mod (Based on atmospheric Japanese drums which can be found here Twcenter.net).
Ying, Duke of Qin for his great portrait mod named Furinkazan.
Gallus Domesticus for his Oda-Tokugawa alliance mod.
Elvasat for his beautiful portrait and event mods.
ordinary for his better encyclopaedia map (No longer used).
CoconutFred for his unit icon mod adapted for clan retexture mod.
Radius for his Sashimono removal mod and his other contributions to the TWCenter community.
akp for his ambush deployment zone mod.
freelancerX for his extra ambush & deployment zone mod.
hip63 for his help at the early stages of the mod (The current DMS Launcher uses some of his ideas).

How to play:

Just launch the game by the official game shortcut or use the Launcher shortcut for more options.
To use the launcher:
-First Open the Steam Client
-Choose some options, if you want, and press the PLAY button

Troubleshooting:

*I REPEAT...MAKE SURE YOU LOGIN AS ADMIN TO YOUR SYSTEM AND NOT AS A GUEST*
if you anticipate CTD at start up:
-uninstall DMS
-Verify game integrity with Steam
-install DMS
-restart your PC