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CBE | Cinematic Battle Effects - Version 3.5

CBE 3.5+ Important Notes :

This mod no longer use external movie pack files, You must delete all older related external files before using any versions equal or higher than 3.5.
You need to enable "@mov_cinematic_battle_effects2_dummy.pack" into your launcher now.

If you want to use an older or a WIP Alpha/Beta version, you now must rename it as "@mov_cinematic_battle_effects2_dummy.pack" before to put it into your data folder or steam workshop mod folder, that they can overwrite the subscribed main file that now contain the mod.

I regularly search how to improve the graphical aspect of my games, I love to give more depth with a consistent and realistic feeling through particles or effects. After to tried the Attila' Gunpowder mod, I felt pleasantly surprised by his great work.
Finally, after some discussions and tests, we decided with Attila to combine our works in one pack to have an easily exchangeable common base.


Cinematic Battle Effects has for final objective to make your battles more cinematic and visual, like more persistent black powder smokes, new trails and impacts or more dust.
So, here we are, you can see all details bellow.

Dust Details :
Improved dust settings for various units (heavy on running and charges impact).
*You don't need my other "Thicker Dust and Smoke II" mod, this one contains already all of its settings.

Smokes Details :
Improved the gunpowder to something more dense and persistent that dissipating naturally.
This add also new smoke and fire effects to some units like Hellcannon or Flame Cannon.

Trails Details :
A lot of trails are changed to something more discreet and pleasant, a various new effects are also applied to give a more coherent or realistic look.
Trails of dwarf blasting charges are removed because they don't need it.

Concerned reworked trails.
- Arrow (small, medium, large, burning, poison, wood elves, high elves)
- Rifle (all)
- Sling (all)
- Blowpipe (all)
- Throwing Star (all)
- Javelin (all)
- Salamander (all)
- Razordon spike (all)
- Warp Jezzails & Ratling Gun (all)
- Cloud Trails (poison and wind globes, poison wind globe mortars)
- Smoke Trails (hellcannon, queen bess, small)
- Rogue Idol boulder. (all)

Impacts Details :
Improved various projectile impacts for something more visual. (mainly for close looks)
Add also additionnal ground blood decals and spurt effects for some special arrows.
*Blood decals depend of your other blood libraries, except for bret burning arrows.

Concerned reworked impacts.
- Arrow (burning, poison, special wood elves, special high elves)
- Cannonballs (grass, mud, rock, sand, snow)
- Vampire Coast bombs (all)
- Spores (melee, big ror)
- Globes (poison, death)
- PlagueClaw Catapult (all)
- Warp Lightning Cannon (sand)
- Poison Wind Globe Mortars (all, water on next update)
- Queen Bess (all)


Install instructions :

1. Subscribe to the default Steam Workshop version.
   
   
2. Download the necessary external movie files below.
   
3. Extract and overwrite the existing .pack file by one of its alternative version into your Steam Workshop mod folder, you can found it by its Steam ID : 1226038468.
   ( On the same drive that your game repertory,
                 by default : "...\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\594570\1226038468" )
   
   
4. Open the launcher, enable the mod and enjoy !

[ Download Link ][drive.google.com]

Light Version 3.5

• No dust changes.
  
• No infinite decals, they disappear with time. (cannonball, blood and burn decals, ..)
  
• No residual gas after Bretonnian poison and burning arrow impacts.
  
• No dynamic burn decals for fire arrows.
  
• No residual distortion on Elves arrow impacts.
  
• No additional wisp trails effects on starfire and hagbane Wood Elves arrows.
  
• Shorter particles lifetime on smoke effects for Poison Wind Globe Mortars impacts.
  
• Lighter smoke effects for pirate bombs' impacts on close camera view.

You can use my Thicker Dust and Smoke II mod if you want the dust parameters with this version.
*Also compatible with other dust's mods.

Vanilla Trails Version 3.5

• No trails changes.
  
• No arrow impacts changes.

*Compatible with Improved Arrow Trails

MediaFire Mirror Link : /folder/f1tk35si17jl3/Cinematic_Battle_Effects
Older Versions available here[drive.google.com].


Yes this addon contain VFX files. However you don't need additional external files because the new CA launcher support movie packs now, that's why it's requiered. So you must enable it into your launcher like a regular mod.
I don't know about unofficial launchers.

You can use these external movie pack files instead, available here[drive.google.com]
Put one of them into your game data folder, by default : "...\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War WARHAMMER II\data". Delete it to uninstall.
You must repeat the operation after each update. (no actions into the launcher required)


[ Tables and VFX changes from Vanilla to v3.5 ][docs.google.com]
- CBE Proper Effects Addon submod is highly recommended but not necessary.
- Designed for v1.9.x of CA game version. (The Total WAAAGH! Update & DLCs)
- Requiere the new CA launcher to works.
- Savegames compatible.

- Compatible with Blood mods.
- Compatible with VFX: Realistic Particle Effects.
- Compatible with Mother of All Bombs.
- Compatible with Proper no trails.


- This mod impact your framerate, recommended for beefy setups
Depending of your setup, some effects can disappears if the engine is overloaded during very big battles.


- Thanks to DrKing for permission to use his "wh_main_lib_muzzle_flash.xml" settings.
- Thanks to daniu and Frodo45127 for their respective PFM and RPFM tools.

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