Total War: WARHAMMER

Total War: WARHAMMER

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How to get music back into the game
By pickmeister
You need to download pre-2021 update game version. The 2021 update somehow managed to mess up the audio.

To download previous version of the game, you'll have to use Steam Command Console.
A nicely written guide can be found here:
https://wiki.fireundubh.com/kingdomcome/steam-console
It's for another game but the same principle applies.

1) With Steam running, press Win+R and enter this URL: steam://nav/console

2) Now you will have to enter commands to download specific packs. Below I wrote which ones with a comment what it is for.
I don't know whether it works if you paste in all commands at once, so if it doesn't work, let each pack download first after executing another command:
download_depot 364360 364361 1489944334910904953
- executables
download_depot 364360 364362 133707410635705034
- data
download_depot 364360 364363 6302171885122410507
- english language (for other languages, find relevant depot and manifest id on steamdb https://steamdb.info/app/364360/depots/ )
download_depot 364360 404010 5869785787341940567
- Warrior of Chaos DLC
download_depot 364360 404011 4442248490685021124
- blood DLC
download_depot 364360 404012 2721201886515333534
- Beastmen DLC
download_depot 364360 534331 1952285242570697710
- Wood Elves DLC

3) Once downloaded, the console tells you so.

4) Navigate to the download folder - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\content\\app_364360\" by default

5) Put all content from every depot_* folder into Total War: WARHAMMER installation folder - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War WARHAMMER" by default

6) Go into "data" folder inside the installation directory and delete every packfile that starts with "audio_" as those aren't compatible with the old version of the game.

7) You're done. Enjoy the game.
   
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12 Comments
pickmeister  [author] 27 Feb @ 9:45am 
@Fizzle: Awesome! Happy to help.
Fizzle 27 Feb @ 3:19am 
Many thanks! it works! :)
pickmeister  [author] 27 Feb @ 2:50am 
@Fizzle: The last time I did this I had map in Turkish, for some reason. What helped is deleting all .pack language files except English. Try to do the same, and leaving only German.
Fizzle 27 Feb @ 1:56am 
As it often the case, the Problem is in Front of the of pc. :D apparently the Depots were not conpletely downloaded. I tried again and now it works. :)
There is still a small Problem. Altough i added the Depot for the german Language, all screen text are in Englisch. But the Voice Output is in german.
Fizzle 27 Feb @ 12:02am 
i run the game from steam before i downloading the old depots and it runs fine (except for the non-existent music, of course).
From the dlc depot i only download the old blood dlc depot. I dont have the other dlc and when i download it i got the message no license. Another difference is that i used for the language the german depot.
It is not a new windows installation.
pickmeister  [author] 26 Feb @ 11:34pm 
@Fizzle: Sounds like something is missing on your system. Did you run the game from Steam before downloading putting the old depots? Is it a new windows installation by any chance? I am not familiar with this error but sounds to me like DirectX or VCRedist libraries are missing.
Fizzle 26 Feb @ 11:40am 
I downloaded the packs and inserted them as described but now I get this message when I start the game
"this app cannot run on PC
Contact the software publisher to find a suitable version for your PC"
pickmeister  [author] 7 Jan, 2024 @ 11:22pm 
It doesn't support Vulkan officially as far as I know. Only with DXVK.
In any case, can't help you with your issue, unfortunately, as I haven't encountered it before and my game runs fine.
Glass Bones 7 Jan, 2024 @ 7:42pm 
I am playing on DX11, although it happens in DX12 as well. Does the game support Vulkan? If so, I had no idea.
pickmeister  [author] 7 Jan, 2024 @ 3:46am 
Strange. I don't encounter such issue at all.
Are you running the game in Vulkan or DX12 by any chance? I remember encountering similar issue when messing around with DXVK.