EDIT as of 2019-02-09 - Patch added including video with fix for the Vrykul crashing in battles, and for the random purple captain portraits of the Human factions.
EDIT as of 2018-12-08 - First Patch added to the 1.5 version fixing the following issues and maybe more:
- Armored Scorpions in use by the Farraki Trolls have 8 riders - not 50. They will not be invincible on the strat-map as the AI.
- Wrong armor levels for Argent Dawn units in the Scarlet Crusade EK armies in the "Grand Campaign" which is the Frozen Throne campaign - has been fixed, used to cause CTD when attempting to enter battles in the Hearthglen area where they are located.
- Fixed pop growth for real this time, you need to build population growth buildings and such. Not more bonuses than bonus 1 in all the settlements.
- Inquisitor projectile changed to mage_fire to make it deadlier. It doesn't need the same projectile as the Priest.
- All the casters fixed and no longer has "cannot skirmish" unless they are both melee and skirmish like the dwarves, Medusas or Druids. This means that Dreadlords, Warlocks, Priests, Liches and mages won't go into melee all the time and get themselves killed off.
- Scarlet Crusade improved in both campaigns by giving them one unit of Mud Golems in both their starting areas. In the old campaign they did also get Argent Dawn units from the start for one of their commanders instead of the elites - and i've added one unit of mounted paladins to each of their Northrend armies in the old campaign.
- I've playtested as the Naga attacking Arkkoran, as the Burning Legion attacking the Kolkar camp and as the Gurubashi attacking Booty Bay - no ctd and worked fine for me. - Might be the installation or computer causing crashes for the guy reporting those issues.
- Burning Legion can crash in battle some times - just try the same battle again. At least twice, because with the Legion it usually works the second try.
I've made Marshtide Watch a Stormwind settlement, instead of a Gurubashi one. It is held by Bandits after all.
- Fixed the rebel Orc Raiders wolf-mount - it is now the Legion skin and not the ordinary Horde one.
- Added more ammo to all the dragons because they stoped to fire after a very short while.
The 4gb patch found in the Warhammer: BotET-mod - it's required for the Warcraft beta to work i've been told. I have decided to upload it here so people won't have to download the entire BotET (Beginning of the End Times) submod for Call of Warhammer.
Patch your kingdoms.exe, and only do it once. It will make all heavy mods work and be more stable. Without the patch you may experience alot of crashes.
Warcraft: Total War: Official PUBLIC BETA V 1.5!
Download Warcraft: Total War: Official PUBLIC BETA V 1.5! - Mod DB
The Official PUBLIC BETA RELEASE of Warcraft Total War - UPDATED dec 06 2018, worked on heavily since march 29 2017 - CD-version of Medieval II is what we developers are using, and so it is recommended - but mod should work for Steam as well - even though we may not be able to help you with issues then.
To install the mod using the CD-version, move the mod-folder named "WTW" inside of your Medieval II Total War/mods-folder - after first using the latest version of winRAR to extract the folder - by moving it out manually by draging the folder with your mouse. And start the mod by clicking the .bat-file - for Steam use the ordinary method. Be advised that you must move the entire SEGA game folder out of program files to prevent issues on new computers, also you'd have to deactivate the UAC (User Account Control) as it interfere with mods making them not work. - Read more about disabling the UAC at TWC (Total War Center) or just shut it down totally).
Also, you'd need to download the 4gb patch i've uploaded since before and patch the Kingdoms.exe with it in order for the mod to work, or you'll face crashes a lot and might not even be able to start the mod - using Steam you should patch Medieval2.exe instead i've heard.
Also, download the MedievalII.Preference-file that i did upload a few days ago & place in main Medieval II Total War folder - replacing the old file there. This will enable you to play defensive battles in hotseat, as well as prevent a bug causing CTD when clicking buildings on the campaign - it will also make FMV's work.
WARNING: DO NOT PLAY THIS MOD WITH ADVISOR ON, NEVER CLICK ADVISOR - mod will CTD!
For Steam watch this video:
Mod changelist is huge, and here are some of the changes made:
Version 1.5 changelist:
1. A NEW Radar-Map on the campaign map view by WarcraftHero:
2. New battlefield textures in orange areas on the map such as Uldaman and Durotar, in grey areas on the map such as Desolace and Deadwind Pass - and in the Dark Iron Lands - by WarcraftHero:
WarcraftHero did use the textures from the strategic map - made by TheHappyCrusader - to create the new battlefields.
3. New units for all the factions as well as the Minor Factions/Rebels - plus a new faction named the Trade Coalition (Goblins) - units riged by Bantu Chieftain and implemented by me through coding:
The Trade Coalition is playable in custom battles only for now - but they are in the campaign as NPC rebels!
4. New custom settlements from other mods with unique reskins for most factions - implemented by me:
Khaz'Modan castle types - from Warhammer BotET and used with permission - unused updated version:
Khaz'Modan city types - reskinned BotET Dwarven skins:
Ahn'Qiraj city types - custom settlement from the Great Sea beta without water:
Ahn'Qiraj Castle-types - Ontheon from Hyrule Total War:
Scourge village/town - Scourgeholm from the Elder Scrolls: Total War:
Scourge large town/large castle - Beorn's Halls from Leo_civil_Uef's Alternative Patch for Third Age:
Scourge castle/fortress/city/large city - Ikanian Capital from Hyrule Total War!
Scourge citadel/huge city - the Shadowtemple from Hyrule Total War with a new reskin from Bantu Chieftain, and i did edit it some with help from Makeayane.
Quel'Thalas city/castle type reskins from Warhammer BotET but reskinned by Bantu Chieftain with new symbols and banners added by me:
Blood Elven reskins of the BotET High Elven settlement skins for all city/castle types by Bantu Chieftain - with new symbols and banners by me:
Troll custom settlement citadel - non-cursed Ikanian capital from Hyrule Total War:
Most Troll settlement types - Aztec vanilla settlements using reskins by Bantu Chieftain:
Most Dark Iron castle-types - custom settlements from the Alternative Patch:
Dark Iron city Types and wooden castle - Dwarven reskins from BotET but reskinned by Bantu Chieftain:
Horde/Dark Horde village/town/mottle&Bailey/Large Town/Wooden Castle - BotET Orcs & Goblins custom settlement village - reskinned by Bantu Chieftain for the Dark Horde:
Horde/ Dark Horde higher levels of castles/cities - reskinned Moblin Capitals (destroyed and undestroyed) from Hyrule Total War - reskinned by Bantu Chieftain:
Naga cities - reskinned Lanayuru Province/Storm Zora custom settlements from Hyrule Total War - reskinned by Bantu Chieftain:
Night Elven city/castle type custom settlements from the Elder Scrolls: Total War - reskinned by Bantu Chieftain:
Kingdom of Azjol'Nerub custom settlements from Hyrule Total War - reskinned by Bantu Chieftain:
Burning Legion custom settlements from Hyrule Total War - reskinned by Bantu Chieftain:
5. New reskins of the Theramore and Stormwind vanilla settlements:
Plus lots of fixes, gameplay changes such as lowered population growth, made it harder to recruit giants/dragons as they now can only be recruited from certain areas on the fifth level of a settlement, and they also do have a long time between each recruited unit - play the game for more info!
Mod went from 2.6GB to 4.48GB so it says a lot.
Enjoy the new version!
Version 1.5 CREDITS:
Mr_Nygren and Bantu Chieftain - for the bigger part of all the work done in this update!
WarcraftHero - For the radar-map, battlefield textures, some fixing, the historical battles editor, many of the portraits for the new units etc.
Zerg93 - For the new Trade Coalition banners used in battle.
Elder Scrolls: Total War and LordNazgul for the Night Elven custom settlements (skins by Bantu Chieftain) and for the Undead village/town in use by the Scourge.
Hyrule Total War and Undying Nephalim for lots of custom settlements in use by many factions (skins remade by Bantu Chieftain)!
DBM and it's creator for the Aztecs vanilla settlements that he/they did have available as files in their mod used by the Troll factions in this mod (reskins by Bantu Chieftain)!
Great Sea: Total War Beta and Undying Nephalim for one of the custom settlements (water removed by me) in use by the Ahn'Qiraj faction!
Third Age: Total War and the Alternative Patch by leo.civil.uefs for the custom settlements in use by the Dark Iron Dwarves (reskins by Bantu Chieftain)!
Naga Royal Guards and the Drakkari Mammoth models created by Eges96 - the creator of Warcraft3Rebirth - they were riged by Bantu Chieftain for this mod and implemented through coding by me.
Warhammer BotET custom settlements in use by Khaz'Modan created by Tomdoof - implemented by me!
Warhammer reskins of vanilla settlements by Call of Warhammer/Beginning of the End Times - reskins by Bantu Chieftain, banners and symbols of Elven/Blood Elven reskins edited in by me!
- Link to his thread over at TWC as requested from him in order for me to use his stuff:
Twcenter.net
Enjoy the update as it's vast!
Don't forget to vote on this mod in the MOD of the YEAR competition:
2018 Mod of the Year Awards via Mod DB
Old credits:
Mr_Nygren, Eoghan Wolfkin, Bantu Chieftain, TheHappyCrusader, Sulfurion Blackfyre &WarcraftHero - all the work on the mod itself turning things into Warcraft style, adding units, adding new menu, new scripts, new animations, the whole EDB, EDU, descr_strat etc - all work on turning the map-only alpha into this version.
Warcraft3Underground fan-site for Warcraft 3 moding - lots of models that we riged for the mod.
Undying Nephalim and Hyrule Total War - Animations and Undead siege engines.
Myth Total War - Animations.
Akhtross Total War - Animations and projectiles.
Call of Warhammer/The Sundering/Beginning of the End Timess - Animations, strat-models for elven princesses, projectiles, Siege engines, ship strat-models and base models for our new models.
Elder Scrolls: Total War - some of Eoghans Undead units were based on Undead from this mod.
Bare Geomod - UI textfiles.
East of Rome - Marka Horse basemodel and texture
Europa Barbarorum 2 team - Skynet Battle AI and campaign script.
Stainless Steel - Savage Campaign AI.
Changes since the demo are too many to list here. Enjoy!
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PS: Don't use too many Mountain Giants, Sea Giants, Molten Giants or Infernals in the same battle or it will CTD due to polygon hardcoded limit in Medieval II being breached - and try not to have too many big demons in the same small area neither.
Otherwise strat-map is fully stable and battles may only CTD randomly. Always save before a battle. CTRL S will create quick saves.
Congratulations!
Thank you man :).
Edit: And congratulations on the Elder Scrolls: 1.6 release as well!
Well done guys, just out college so i will try when i get home but this has madee my day 👍
I already voted for you guys for mod of the year, but from what ive seen you deserve it anyway
Aww yeah i do love me custom strat map settlements 🎉 i know they dont seem a big deal in gameplay terms but i just feel it really brings the map to life
Thats me just played, didn't realise the changes to the settlements were only in the battle map. Bit disappointed bout that if i'm honest, would have been as well adding the strat maps models from the various mods as well as the battle maps they would have fitted the game pretty well
The mod isn't finished yet, hold your horses. One update at a time, my friend.
I'm aware of that, I have took the liberty of adding in custom strat map settlements for the Naga, the Dark Iron, Khaz Modan, the Night Elves, the Ahn Quraji and I have changed stormwind and theramores cities back to their original colours(sorry I just preferred them that way.
I can zip them into a patch and send them to the team if they are interested, or if you want i could take some screenshots and let you guys see if you like.
I did remove the Human settlements reskins on the strat-map to open up for the coming Trade Coalition strat-generals.
If we add anything without removing things the mod will still start. But one can expect CTD when exiting to the game menu from the campaign, from battles to the campaign and while browsing the map randomly.
We'll see about replacing settlements but no more can be added if we want to keep the mod stable.
Medieval 2 cannot handle any more strat-map material. We have reached an hardcoded limit. If we add more the mod will start to CTD all the time.
We could replace older ones by us but we like the teams own work. Also, strat-models of Hyrule cities etc aren't reskinned.
fair enough man I get that, I have noticed what you mean about the crashes on exit. I didn't notice that was a issue until it just now there :/ its a shame that happens though
Yes, that is actually the reason mods like Westeros 1.0 and DBM ctd at random so much.
It's a shame.
Downloading. This is my mod of the year.
Thank you :).
Impressive ! Keep it up :)
Thanks, at least one other major update adding the final units and voices are planed. Hopefully the old Forsaken/Scourge roster will get an update and the old orcs as well.
Great mod! I love all the updates but it appears that it always CTD's whenever I try play a battle on the campaign map (It works smoothly when i just do a custom battle from main menu) I believe I installed it correctly but it always crashes whenever I attempt to play a battle in the campaigns
Then you didn't install it correctly because it works for many thousands of people.
De-activate the advisor in the selection screen, and make sure the game is patched with the 4GB patch.
The campaign battles are the very focus for this mod. If they don't work you've failed somewhere.
Alright will try reinstall completely and patch to be sure thanks! But also weird because in custom battles it never crashes and works well
Edit: would I need to redownload the base game or just the update in case of complete reinstallation?
The base-game has nothing to do with any mod-issue.
Sorry meant base mod* also will keep you updated on progress!
There is no base-mod.
There is just the new version of the mod - the old version should have been deleted - not overwritten.