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Hold the line.pack

Running without crashes with 4.1.1 version
This is Battle overhaul to make melee units more relevant and range units to fulfill their support or specialized roles. No more Range doom stacks.



I like a bit of realism even in a fantasy setting. This makes the dynamic of battle more like it used to be. Backbone of every army should be stout line of Infantry to hold enemy for short or longer period, depends on nation. Units clash in real lines of pitched battle. No more solo duels and mixing.



Battles take longer, and you have a few more minutes to enjoy the spectacle or use the time to maneuver before one side gains the ground. However! Your basic infantry still gets slaughtered by superior infantry, they just hold them longer at bay.



Main inspiration for this mod were 2 mods: "Proper Combat mod" and "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.



Features:

1 Formations:

Problem with Warhammer III is that formation does not work properly. So to simulate formation I added formation attack attribute to disciplined nations like empire dwarves elves etc. and gave them proper bonuses based on the unit's character. For example Spearman with long spears and no shields get phalanx, Shielded spearwall, shielded swordsman shield wall. There are some minor penalties to attack major to movement speed but big buffs to shield missile block chance, slight defense and mass buffs. Doubled the unit size but made the formations more compact



Swift attacks are better with formation off, defensive stance with on.



2. Animations:

Removed silly animations like jumping attacks for humans and spiny ballet attacks. Rampage like units for example orcs still jump into the fray.

Dwarfs with shields have one attack animation, so they stay in line when fighting (if you have experience with animating I would welcome some stationary attack animations for dwarf warriors with shields)



Added bracing/combat ready animation for units that just stood casualy there. For example dwarven warriors, Tzars guard. Corrected Animations of some shielded units while talking cover, so they cover their whole body with shield, same when braced (chaos warriors marauders). Change the weapon holding for chaos halberds, so they look like a forest of Halberds not like regular 2 handed axemen (couldn't tell them apart from longer distance)



3. Magic and Artillery:

I gave the dwarf bolt throwers proper antilarge boost to make them more useful against singe entity colossal units. Reason for this is that singe hard hitting entities are more potent to infantry due to their dense formations same with magic. More strategy is needed in battles. If you have some elite unit in frond line it can happen that they get slapped pretty hard by vortex spells or other AEO magic. But they are better against another melee fighters. More immersion and lore friendly gameplay.



4. Use of Archers etc.:

Do not shoot shielded units front on, AI uses Formation buffs as Shield wall as well. Shoot them from flanks or rear. Use your archers on more lightly armored units or flying units etc.



5. Cavalry does not propel enemy to the moon after charge, they fall 1-2 meter, Cavalry can after a charge inflict melee damage that don't have to run around looking for units hat flew 50 m away (original mod No more Yeeted Units)



This mod started as a private mod for myself, but others convinced me to upload it here. Therefore, it is not perfectly balanced nor are every faction perfectly covered (I don't have the DLCs). I could use some help to keep some stats up to date after every patch.

List Of Mods That I used to create this or got Inspired by:
1. Propper combat Mod
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790056353

2. Formations 3
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2822827945

3. Formations Attack for others
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2859147713

3. Every Chaos Warrior, Marrauder and Longbeards wears a helmet
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2853592240

4. No more Yeeted Units
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808726207

5. Double unit size formation width
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2920388330

Huge thanks to The autors!!!


Recomended Mods (the ones that i run this with)
1. Shorter weapon trails
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2857602959

2. Resized lords and heroes
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789865816

3. Distinct faction towers
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2978043725

4.Better Camera
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789858755

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