Formations Full version

If you have this one, you don’t need any other version of formations addons.

This is Battle overhaul to make melee units more relevant and range units to fulfill their support or specialized roles while keeping the vanila game feel.

All "line infantry" style units with shields, spears and halberts got eather shieldwall, spearwall or phalanx formation.
Bestial and monstrous units excluded.
Dwaf- special formations unlocked by tech tree (testudo formations) renamed from shieldwall to shieldscreen.

Swift attacks are better with formation off. When you attack with formations on units will charge out and breake the formations.

Be avare of enemy artilery and magic as it is more potent to close formations.
Missile units have to attack from flanks and rear to harm close formations (apart from phalanx)

AI usage is on. However…The AI use them mainly in melee fights but does not triggers them every time. Thats Game Developer problem, I tired every single possible setting with AI usage.

Animations changes: No more spinny, jumpy animations that cataplut soldiers into enemy ranks where they die. They fight in ranks and use atack animation on place or with one step out and back.

Why did you created this mod?
-because I like the backbone of my armies build by regular units to make it more lorefriendly. I use hight tier special units as elite support or special task force. The current META in the game is sadly to spam high tier units which makes battles extreemly boring for me personaly (the doom stacks). Formations give you room and time to maneuver or make shieldet units actualy work against missiles.However! If you just keep you soldiers in front on attack agains better units long enough, you will loose!

1.Base Version: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561979869

2.Animations: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561229824

3.Stat Buffs (defence, Mass): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3567919282

4. Formations for Chaos and Norsca: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3567919026

5.Formations for Lizzardmen: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3567919194

(the ones that I run this with), they are all compatible together and with my mod as well:
1. Shorter weapon trails
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2857602959

2. Resized lords and heroes
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789865816

3. Distinct faction towers
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2978043725

4.Better Camera
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789858755

5.Better Sound Levels Mod v7.3
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2963986848

6.Thundering Cannons (Appropriate firing sounds for Dwarf, Empire, and Vampire Coast cannons)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2868333328

7. No more Yeeted Units
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808726207

Main inspiration for this mod was "Formations 3"

I used the art and some scripts from Formations 3 mod. Huge Thanks to its authors without them, I would not be able to create this as I learned a lot while studying their mod.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2822827945

For Other Modders: Feel free to use any of this in your work 🙂

1. Is the mod save-compatible?
-Yes, at least vanila save safe. Probbably with many other mods as well as long as they don’t add new stuff that would be missing when you load that savefile.

2.Does AI use the formations as well?
-Yes. It is not perfect but it use them in melee combat now and then.

3. Could you bind all formations for all nations to skill tree like vanila dwarfs have theis vanila shieldwall(testudo) formation?
-Sadly no. I don’t know how to do it.

4. Submod for my favourite mod that adds aditional units?
-No as well. I would love to, but I don’t have time for that. Its extreemly time consuming. Its not hard just time consuming. So maybe its time for you to shine and create it for the rest out there. They would love it 🙂 all you need is Rusted Pack File Manager made by Frodo: https://github.com/Frodo45127/rpfm/releases, if you plan on edditing animations as well which is absolute black hole sucking your entire lifetime you need Asset Edditor https://github.com/donkeyProgramming/TheAssetEditor/releases, and its lot of work!

5. Is it Multiplayer compatible?
-honestly I don’t know as I don’t play MP. Theoreticaly if your oponent has it installed it should work. But I am not sure. Try it! Let us know.

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