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Better Blood Textures for Blood & Gore DLC (Update 21.11.2013)

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Content Descriptors: General Mature Content, Frequent Violence or Gore

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4 Nov, 2013 @ 11:24am

27 Dec, 2014 @ 4:23am

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Total War: ROME II - Blood & Gore

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Description

Hi guys,

Here is a small enhancement for the blood Textures coming with the Blood DLC. I remade blood on bodies and blood on floor as well. Also the blood color is toned down a bit. This is just a small part of my actual "Special Effects Enhancement Mod" https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=193968352
Note: It is necessary to set "Terrain Quality" to extreme to see blood on the floor.

To get this mod to work, it is necessary to enable "outdated mods" in the Mod Manager.

So what do you get with this version?

- better blood textures on bodies and for blood on the ground (obviously)
- toned blood color down a little bit to a darker, more realistic blood color
- blood on the floor stays almost forever
- added ground blood splatter to spear-hits
- ground blood splatter also for slingshot hits

Here is a review video by DogSoldierSPQR showcasing the blood part of the in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSV9AW0c19o&feature=c4-overview&list=UUqxS8RVc8W4Jx0gM0HXT8_Q

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!

There is one important thing you need to know! With one of the latest patches, CA has implemented a system for the ModManager to change automatically the mod format. That means that my mod will be converted from movie format to mod format. But particle mods won't work anymore in mod format. Steam also does not accept the uploading of mods in movie file format. That was all done by release of one of the latest patches. Nice work CA!

So what can you do?

First: You need my mod subscribed and you need the Pack File Manager 3.1.7 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/packfilemanager/files/Release/). Just copy and paste the link into your browser.
Then, open your Windows Explorer and go to your Rome2\Data folder. In there, you'll see my mod "md_mod_xxxx".
Open it with Pack File Manager.
Go to File -> Change Pack Type -> check "Movie"
Save the file.

Due to the automatically converting from movie to mod format by Steam, it is now necessary to set the mod file to read only. To do so, right click on the file, choose properties and check read only. That's all.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but it's not my fault. It is due to the protection of editing particles by CA.

Have fun
Mech

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Illegal FQ 30 Mar @ 6:48pm

@valky
pretty sure your method worked. saw lots of blood
used your file and enabled the movie and script stuff in the settings menu, very simple method, thanks!

Illegal FQ 27 Mar @ 7:49am

Does the fix in the description still work? I tried to open the ifle with data pack manager but it was already checked on "movie". I sitll proceeded and saved as overwriting the file..

valky 20 Dec, 2024 @ 7:21am

https://wicked-chibi.ninja/stuff/md_blood_textures.zip

(temporary, will up it to google some time later. Ignore certification-error; use it only for silly stuff and haven't updated the certificate in a while)

That's the proper TWCenter version, that you just put in your "\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Total War Rome II\data\.." folder - and disable it in the mod manager. Will still be loaded....CA uses the method in each TW game, before workshop was a thing and such.

Make sure, movie & script files are enabled in the mod-options in the game.

hth

valky 20 Dec, 2024 @ 4:49am

should work, but the method is weird/tricky.
- goto "\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\214950\192112624\"
- copy the 31854937517491277_legacy.bin over to "\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Total War Rome II\data\.."
- rename the *.bin to *.pack (or the whole file to some common name)
- check in rPFM if its set to movie or change it
- save

Should not be enabled in the mod manager, else it can conflict!
Movie-files in the data-folder are still preferred and auto-loaded and don't appear in the mod list.

IIMATIRiX 21 Dec, 2023 @ 3:32pm

i can confirm this dont work anymore ive modified the pack as instructed texture's still the same the only blood mod that works for rome 2 now is rivers of blood gore edition its a shame CA had to mess things up the textures way too dark