It could be really cool to use a recolour of the carmine dragon's model, as if I remember correctly the carmine dragon model on tabletop could also be turned into an imperial dragon. Plus, it has a much nicer texture than the old High Elf dragons :D

Great mod! One thing I noticed though is that Karl Franz's portrait and unit card is a bit bugged when he's on his dragon and is shown as a goblin in the card and is also missing his name. He's also shown using his game model in his portrait before a battle starts instead of his artwork. A fix would be much appreciated!

Also: I have not really found the time or energy to develop this mod any further besides small fixes between updates, especially because I haven't really been playing WH3 myself lately. I would still like to develop this mod further by adding some cool new features like the ones you all suggested in your comments or by updating the model to fit the empire aesthetic a bit more, but I probably won't have a lot of time to do so in the coming months. So leave me a message if anyone wants to make contributions or help out in any other way. I don't regularly check discord, but I sometimes look through the Modding Den server, so you can also reach out to me there (but again, I only check Discord once every two weeks or so). Cheers

Mod has been updated! I can never promise if and when I will have the time to fix it, but feel free to let me know if it breaks again in the future.

please update this lovely mod for 5.2

Not sure if this helps, I will credit CA for verbose error reporting -

The following mods cause a crash to the Database:
imperial_dragon.pack

The first invalid database record is
wh3_default_land_flying_heavywh_main_emp_cha_karl_franz_5 in table
cdir_military_generator_unit_qualities_tables
and pack file imperial_dragon.pack

The application will terminate now.

Good Ser Snijders, please update as soon as you can. Naturally because this is one of the best mods available for the Empire, the Dark Gods of CA saw this and grew jealous and envious of it's majesty - rending it asunder with their latest blighted Nurgle patch. Franz cannot truly be more glorious and radiant as the sun without this. Thank you again, Son of Sigmar.

Could we get an update on this? With 5.2 it's crashing the game to desktop. Apparently it conflicts with the ability table generation.

"Mom, can I get the Thorns of Decay DLC?"

"We have Thorns of Decay at home."

ToD at Home:

Love this but can you change the armor on the dragon so it would more like an empire made armor not a high elf one ???

I have checked the mod files and adjusted some minor things so it should now work in the newest version. Will probably test it soon, but if someone else can confirm if it is working that would be great too.

As for all of your suggestions: I have very little time to work on this, as I am very busy with other things in my life. This is why I can't promise that I will make any compatibility patches for this mod myself, but feel free to make and upload them yourself. If you notify me, I could add some links to them in the description of this mod. I do still want to see if I can add a feature where you can summon Deathwing/the dragon if you are not mounting them, but again I can't promise when or if I will add this. I will first have to see how long it would take me to implement it. If it is not a lot of work I might do it soon, if it's a lot of work it might take a while (if I get to it at all).

Thanks anyway for playing and let me know if there are any issues.

Oh, and yes: I'm sorry for being such a nerd and just confirming whether this will be fine to use right now will already make me happy <3

I'd also be interested if this works in 5.0.3

Also, it would be great if this was by default compatible with the 2 Deathclaw mods for Karl as they are pretty cool as well <3 One has the word "Elder", one "Loyal" in the mod name. If you want to take a look. Thanks <3

In an ideal world, any Empire mount mod would also not interfere with biubiu's "Mount Expansion" mod and the new Chinese "bodyguard" mount mod for the Empire (add the EN submod!). These 2 work together and offer a huge variety of cool mounts (but not this one, obviously).

is this work at 5.0?

So yeah, somehow I managed to figure it all on my own how to fix the compatibility between the two mods, good luck with the mod!

@AASnijders - Can you help in making your mod compatible with this one:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2974227802

So I can ride the Imperial Dragon and Summon Deathclaw to the battle and have best of both worlds? (It should be quite simple like changing 1-2 lines table entries right?)

I downloaded RPFM and have both mod enabled. Can you help me with this ?

Many thanks! (Liked and Favorited)

I think what kilovanh suggested is a great idea, it wouldn't make Deathclaw irrelevant and you could continue to use Deathclaw but also summon a dragon.

Hi kilovanh, that actually sounds like a cool idea. Might look into doing that sometime soon!

If you are still keeping an eye on this, or if you are waiting until patch 5.0/Thrones, is it possible to make it like the Sisters of Twilight? Where he can summon The Imperial Dragon if Karl is on Deathclaw and vice-versa?

Hi all, sorry for not really keeping this updated. I'm quite busy and haven't been playing that much lately. Still, I've taken a quick look at the files and made some fixes. From my quick testing it seems to work again, but let me know if there are any more issues! Cheers.

Can't see the dragon mount. Is this bugged or do I have to wait for an event?

Still shows in Skirmish vs AI as a selectable mount, but recent patch removed it from skill tree. PLEASE update, this is one of the most singularly best mods for the empire and you're a legend for making it.

Dragon no longer showing in skill tree, please update.

I love that :)) - please update

Hello, this mod has been fun but it seems like it has nerfed Deathclaw from a Griffin to merely a Demigryph with Karl's BFF now unable to fly. It's not the worst since Deathclaw should still be able to put up one helluva fight, but If you could fix this that would be lovely.

This mod has a bug that makes Deathclaw unable to fly. However, dragons are very powerful and attractive, so it is bearable.

I made a German translation for your mod. Can you update them please?

Could you create a mod that gives Franz a steam tank mount?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2915611167 this mod is not copmpatible with yours it makes the dragon at gampaing look like the ice dragon of this mod. can you make it combatible please?

@WolfLordPurp For me it works fine. The skill is not available at start, as it will unlock at level 21. At that point it should be allocated automatically, just like any other mount, so no extra skill points are required. It probably doesn't work because you already were past level 21.

Hi all! Sorry for not being active for these past months. I've been quite busy with some other things. I've updated the mod and the skill now has localisation, so the title and description should show up correctly.

An Update Sir

Update

The skill is locked for some reason it seems bugged and does this mod automatically give you the dragon mount or a skill point is required? i already maxed out my franz before using this mod.

An update is always healthier and better.

amazing

Wee neeeeeed an update sir

Wee neeeeeed an update sir

Update sir ?

快更新啊

快更新啊

快更新啊

how hard would dragon mounts for brettonia be?

update please

Great Job !!

Awesome! I've been pestering a few modders to make something like this, I'm excited you're working on it. Plus now I can stop being 'that guy' in the comments. Thanks for your work!

like the armor, reminds me of Eragorn

Finally

"Oh look it's the Imperial Dragon! I'm gonna go see if I can pet its horrible face :D"

Finally... the Imperial Dragon!