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CBE | Cinematic Battle Effects 3.8+ Blood Addon - BETA

Beta 5 Important Notes :

This version require now Cinematic Battle Effects main mod and is incompatible with mods that use "battle_entity_effects_junction_tables" for blood and dust effects and partially incompatible with mods that use "projectile_display_tables" and "projectile_impacts_tables".
If you don't use Cinematic Battle Effects you have alternative versions compatible with Vanilla.

If you see units without or with too heavy blood effects, feel free to tell me their name. (except on cavalry because I can't figure out how to display their blood decals for now)

The video don't represent the current Beta 5 version anymore, I will update it when major changes will be finish. If you want to use Beta 3 or older versions, you can found them into "Alternative Versions" section under the "Older Versions" link.

CBE Blood Addon is a submod of Cinematic Battle Effects which aims to make battles more bloody. This Addon is mainly possible due to the awesome works of Neutz on his "More Gore!" mod for Total War Warhammer 1.
It's a merged pack between a resurrect of V1.3 blood textures of Neutz, textures that change the amount of bloods on units provided by "Less Blood, Less Gore! - II" made by bigsur, and personal tweaks and textures.
It also affect blood spurts and other effects to something less exaggerated than vanilla.


You can found here external alternative versions that are more perf friendly over time.
Keep it mind these versions have always an important impact on your performances.

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 : 2043509327.
   ( On the same drive that your game repertory,
                 by default : "...\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\594570\2043509327" )
   
   
4. Open the launcher, enable the mod and enjoy !

[    Download Link    ][drive.google.com]

Fade Decals Version

This version is the same version as default one without infinite decals. It's a first try and I'm not sure to keep it because on my side the gain is very small or inexistent, tell me on your side.

Vanilla Compatible Versions

If you don't use the CBE | Cinematic Battle Effects main mod, you can found here all versions compatible for vanilla.

Beta 3 Versions

These versions are based on the very first beta versions and don't use any tables, so they are probably compatible with every mods except other blood mods. They don't use the new textures so they have heavier performances impact over time.
You can see them on the screenshots or into the video.

MediaFire Mirror Link : /folder/xx5ntcm1cajns/Cinematic_Battle_Effects_-_Blood_Addon
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)

If you want more blood on corps and units like vanilla or More Gore!, you can follow this
very easy tutorial[drive.google.com].



- Requiere Cinematic Battle Effects 3.8 or higher.
- Designed for v1.12.x of CA game version. (The Rakarth Update & DLCs)
- Requiere the new CA launcher or KMM to works.
- Savegames compatible.

- Compatible with CBE | Cinematic Battle Effects Thicker Dust.

- Partially Conflicting with mods that use "projectile_display_tables" and "projectile_impacts_tables".
- Conflicting with mods that use "battle_entity_effects_junction_tables" to change blood or dust. As you can expect, it's also Conflicting with other blood mods that use the same VFX.


- Performances
This mod is heavy, you must have a solid setup to run it in huge battles for now.
Take note that Beta 3 Extreme version can completely overload your game on big and long battles, due to its amount of infinite lifetime decals that stacking over time.


- A big thanks to Neutz for his permission to use the old More Gore! v1.3 textures.
- Thanks to bigsur for his textures, I'm always trying to contact him for his permission.
- Thanks to daniu and Frodo45127 for their respective PFM and RPFM tools.