Total War: WARHAMMER II News

Stop micromanaging your Total War: Warhammer 2 aerial units with this mod

Flying units are one of the things that have made Total War's adventures in the world of Warhammer so much fun, but they can be a bit frustrating to manage in the heat of battle. A new mod for Total War: Warhammer II takes out a lot of the micromanagement involved in fielding air units in the strategy game - all you've got to do is point them to an area, and they'll take care of bombing it to smithereens.

Aerial Pursuit by paperpancake adds a new toggle button to Total War: Warhammer II's battle screen. Clicking it will activate the mod, and the flying unit you have selected will travel to an area you select and hover above the enemy closest to the point you've clicked for the move order. After that, your unit will continue to follow that enemy unit around until it's told otherwise or either unit dies.

Once your flying unit is in place, you can manually order it to use abilities or bombard the target. However, you can edit the mod's configuration so that your units will bombard automatically, too.

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This Total Warhammer 2 modder has turned Archaon's frown upside down

With all the Warhammer III hype and the introduction of four distinct chaos factions, it can be easy to forget about Archaon, the original everchosen of Chaos from Total War: Warhammer and the mortal empires game mode. If you're worried the iconic Chaos warlord hasn't been getting much love recently, Total War modder Okoii has come to brighten your day.

Archaon is one of the principal leaders of the Chaos Warriors faction, and is considered a rather grim fellow. You would be, with that much anger and self-entitlement. Now, thanks to this truly cursed Warhammer 2 mod, you can experience a happier Archaon by turning his frown upside down!

Not literally, but Okoii has essentially flipped Archaon's helmet model a full 180, keeping the eyes in place but causing the glowing recess in his forehead to look like a mouth. While using this mod, Archaon walks about the world in a perpetual state of mild bemusement. The Chaos Warriors are prominent in Warhammer 1 and the mortal empires campaign available in Warhammer 2.

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Creative Assembly reiterates stance on Total Warhammer mods in wake of Games Workshop IP changes

Aug 5, 2021 A previous version of this story stated that Games Workshop contacted Team Radious. The mod lead has been in touch to inform us that this is not the case. The copy has been amended.

The Warhammer community is currently dealing with Games Workshop's recent changes to its intellectual property guidelines, the main thrust of which is a "zero tolerance" policy towards fan animations and unlicensed games or apps, as well as the usual suspects of 3D printing and counterfeit or imitation models.

So far, the 40k fan animation community on YouTube has felt the biggest impact, but players of Creative Assembly's Total Warhammer games have been wondering how these changes could affect the user-generated content that's always been so important to Total War. Things especially came to a head when noted modder Radious, posting in various channels such as the official Total War discord as well as their own mod pages, stated they had been asked to remove Patreon links from all mods associated with Total War: Warhammer and Total War: Warhammer II.

This caused a bit of a stir. Responding on Discord, a Creative Assembly spokesperson reiterated the company's existing stance: "Hi folks, I know that there are a lot of questions relating to modding for Total War: Warhammer. I wanted to assure you that the stance has not changed in any fundamental way from what was outlined back in 2016."

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Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Silence & The Fury out now for Linux

After a few weeks of waiting, porter Feral Interactive has updated Total War: WARHAMMER II to support The Silence & The Fury DLC along with the latest huge free update.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/total-war-warhammer-ii-the-silence-a-the-fury-out-now-for-linux

Here's a breakdown of Total Warhammer 2's complex web of damage resistances

We've still got a few months at least to wait until Total War: Warhammer III's release date - whenever that is - so in the meantime let's enjoy Warhammer II while it lasts, even if cavalry may be in a tough spot right now. If you're excited by the hype for the new game and have decided to try out the second entry, you might want to take a moment to bring yourself up to speed on things, such as the complex web of damage resistances.

Active Total War Youtuber LegendofTotalWar has recently put together a tutorial-style video on exactly this topic, breaking down every unit stat in the game to try and give you a clearer picture as to how to interpret the information from the game.

Of specific interest is an infographic he slowly builds throughout the video, the final form of which you can see on the Total War subreddit, although we recommend watching the video as well to get the needed context. There's a number of basic binary stats when it comes to damage. For example, damage is either physical, or it's magical in nature. Within those two categories, you also have a separation between missile and melee damage.

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