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Iron Dragons

>>>*This mod is part of the Zerg Collection Volume I, DO NOT use this mod along said collection or you'll crash. Choose one.*<<<

*NOTICE* All of my screenshots are taken with my certified potato pc™.
This means (at least in theory) that my custom units will look better on your high-end machine (if you do have one).
So don't be scared off by my horrible screenshots, thanks.

*NOTICEX2* All of these custom models are LOD 0 only.
This means that (aside from the units' impostor models generated at long distances) these custom units will not lose details when zooming out.
This may result in a minor or moderate impact on your FPS.

*Please consult the Known Issues and QA sections before commenting, thanks.*

Please notice that the units' stats screenshot was taken with the unit size setting set to large, so expect more HP and unit models if you are playing on Ultra.

This mod adds the following units for The Dwarfs, respectively:

-Iron Dragons [Capped at 4]
-Iron Dragons (Great Weapons) [Capped at 4]

They all have access to officers.
You'll find them in the Dwarfs' main barrack building chain.
You'll also need a tier 3 Dwarf smith as an additional building.

Ok, presentation over: let's dive into the technical stuff!

*COMPATIBILITY*

As far as I know this mod works with pretty much everything that do not mess too much with vanilla units.
Should be usable with an ongoing campaign but in my opinion You should not take any chances and use this mod on a brand new campaign to avoid any problems.

*KNOWN ISSUES*
-If You are experiencing weird glowing effects on the units then please use this mod https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2922534576 until CA officially fixes that issue.
-Missing textures with certain graphic settings/while looking from certain angles: LOD issues/missing textures issues can be caused by low settings, LOD mods, Immortal Empires BETA bugs and/or even some faulty version of H3ro asset editor.
Translated= I generally can't do anything about that.
If you are experiencing low poly models+missing textures related to the current state of the game there isn't a common solution that works for everyone, but I managed to fix that by doing the following:
-Disable Sharpening
-Enable FXAA
-Enable Unlimited video memory

*UPDATES POLICY*

Let me be straight with you...when the mod status change from updated to outdated....if you start to spam in the comment section things like "update pls, OMG UPDATE, can we have an update my good sir?, UpDaTe!1!1!1" and similar stuff....know that https://media.giphy.com/media/e3URFlLQywEPC/giphy.gif


...But jokes aside: please don't do that.
When it becomes necessary, and when I can, I will update my stuff, do not worry.

*QA*

-"Those custom models are kinda similar to Toumaï's Dwarf Phalanx mod though."
Because these ARE Toumaï's models.
I used those models as a base and then modified them to my liking to create these units.
You see, initially I was planning to release this mod back in Warhammer 2 as a submod for one of Toumaï's mods but since I was already late with making the jump to Warhammer 3, I just decided to put this one on ice and to finish it in Warhammer 3, believing that Toumaï would eventually made the jump as well.
Fast-forward to today and I have nothing but bad news regarding that.
Toumaï is currently ignoring all the port requests under any of his mods and on top of that he's also refusing to communicate through discord.
You see, I once got his discord contact to help him fix minor stuff related to his Dwarf Phalanx mod, we had a nice little chat and overall he seemed like a nice guy.
So a few days ago I tried to get in touch with him again through discord and asked him if he could confirm to me if he was going to port his Warhammer 2 mods to 3 since I also do have some of my Warhammer 2 mods tied to his Dwarf Phalanx mod and all I got was...a whole lot of nothing.
And I'm pretty sure that he just completely ignored me since he had plenty of time to reply to my question and he has also been multiple time online since then.
Kinda disheartening, to be honest.
Putting all of that aside though: I'm not friend with Toumaï, I don't know him well and I can't possibly know what is going on with him.
So take the following statement with a pinch of salt: From what I'M seeing and from MY perspective, it seems like Toumaï doesn't care about modding anymore and will not port his stuff from Warhammer 2 anytime soon.
So if you are familiar with Toumaï works and skilled enough to port his stuff (you should have prior experience with custom animations and scripts) you might just want to consider porting his stuff here on the Warhammer 3 workshop (with proper credits of course).
EDIT: Since 04/10/2023 Toumaï made the jump to the Warhammer 3 modding scene.
He still didn't get in touch with me though.

-"Lord's Red line?Tech buffs?"
I gave them generic Dwarfs' infantry and Ironbreakers unit sets so they should get buffs related to those sets.

-"SFO/Radious ecc. ?"
As a matter of fact I'm officially retired from SFO/Overhaul related mods.
As always: If you already have previous experience in SFO submodding feel free to make an SFO version out of any of my mods that are currently missing one, I will link your submods if you provide me with a link.

-"Your mods are ugly and janky, why? just why?"
Here's a friendly reminder: I'm just an amateur and nothing more.
If you want beautiful stuff with no jank then stick with CA and/or professional modders and avoid my mods, simple as that really.

- Runes of the Karaz Ankor Submod here https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2968554980
- Capless version here https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3024211412

And that's all I guess!
Credits time!

Thanks to Toumaï https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198199533173 for his Dwarf Phalanx mod https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2613006061
Thanks to Phazer for RME editor!
Thanks to H3ro and his great tool!
Any of this would not have been possible without Frodo45127's RPFM which is still updated to this very day, thank you!
I would also like to thank Sebidee and Caligula for their great modding guides!
And I would like to thank you!
Whatever you liked my mod or not thanks a bunch for giving it a try!

Let's be brutally honest now: there are countless modders that are WAY more talented than me and that would deserve your money more than me.
That said, If you have grown to like my works so much to the point that you want to express your appreciation or just put a smile on my face...well: I will not stop you ;) .
You have my gratitude for all the support you can throw at me, independently by the donation's sum: you are all equals to me and I do thank you all.
From my part I can assure you that your donations will not be wasted, in fact I would mainly use them to:
-complete the Total War Warhammer DLC collection and thus expand my modding possibilities
-PC related things

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