DAWNLESS DAYS TOTAL WAR: Huge Campaign & Beta Testing News!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Like I said I can't say exactly when it's going to be released, but SO MUCH progress has been made and especially if the mod is going to be made available to Closed testing for select players then I am very hopeful indeed! Check out the Discord for more updates (linked in the video description) and if you've got skills & experience to support the development in 2D, 3D work and Writing!

[@maxstyles087]

Guess its for Sure that you'll make an Video on the Mod as soon as there is a propper release.. right ? Cant wait for it! And thx for all the great content!!

[@agonsfitness7308]

I used to hope that the campaign would be released before my wedding in 2016. Then before I return from living abroad. Then before my kid was born. Well, she turned two about a month ago and here I'm still waiting.

[@TheDawnlessDays]

next kid when?

[@MrChrisBurrows]

Its like cold fusion, its always just a few years away. Doesn't mean I am not excited to get it but.... I am not actively waiting for it anymore.

[@TheDawnlessDays]

@@MrChrisBurrows to be honest, we've always been very clear about it all. We're a team of volunteers, who don't have a lot of time and do it for hobby, whose lives have been conditioned by war (yes), personal tragedies, personal joys and just the mundane issues of life that prevent you from doing something you love or make you lose interest in it. We needed something to happen to be able to start active development, and that thing only happened last year (April 2023). Everything we did before that (for the campaign) was us being as eager as you to play it, only to realise *after* development began, that we had to scratch a ton of things because they weren't done correctly, *because* that thing we needed (the tool to edit the AI properties in the map) to do them correctly was not available yet. And I get your point, I get that people are "less excited" about it, but I just wanted to be clear: we never promised any date or reported some false informations. We slowly chipped away for years at a game that didn't want to be modded until it was finally moddable. And now we can finally see it: a far green campaign map, under a swift sunrise.

[@anonymussicarius8899]

@@MrChrisBurrows I mean, it is a project of volunteers who have to endure all different kinds of hardshiip in life as we all, PLUS before victimized finished his tool in April 2023 the campaign map was unmodable. And now, a little bit after one year after the team is already having their testers check the campaign map. They are fast considering that till 2023 they were basicaly chained down on the campaign development side!

[@agonsfitness7308]

I'm afraid to tell you. You might use it as a guideline for a campaign release date ​@@TheDawnlessDays

[@Epic_Quest99]

I've been waiting years like most since I was 17, I am 25 now but I'm still hyped for this mods full release. It's the only reason I bought Attila all those years ago lmao

[@davisouza4702]

Eu tinha 18 anos, hj tenho 27 hahahahaah

[@KaiserBelisariusSantos]

Same

[@94korre]

Same

[@saulslauge3834]

Haha omg same! I joined the waiting list a little later but I’m 24 now and waiting for about 4 years now haha.

[@Enfurarious]

Same, our lives wasted away waiting…

[@prometheus_tdd]

We cooking with this one. Pure joy to make some models for this mod, love the team atmosphere!

[@HerrLindstrom]

Dont ever get sucked into CA's studio. They don't deserve your talent for how they treat their staff! Stay free friend ❤

[@Gyrosmeister]

:whipy:

[@prometheus_tdd]

​@@Gyrosmeister :whipy: you too

[@Ratich]

​@@prometheus_tdd :whippy: to the both of you

[@SchettiNButter]

Ah, Battle for Middle Earth voice lines 🤌🏻

[@yansideabacoa6257]

right? add more lol *pokes with stick*

[@charlesmiv3842]

This will be the first mod to actually add custom dialogue to a newer total war game then

[@nexe9468]

Voiceovers are truly impresive. Most mods can manage artwork and gameplay but it's so rare that profesional voice is implemented.

[@wulfgraad3857]

The voicelines are from the Battle for Middle Earth games

[@tuna1960]

I think they would fit better in the battles

[@wulfgraad3857]

@@tuna1960 I'm sure they will be in battles too

[@awegjlappenaeofgihn]

Never have i ever clickt on a video that fast :D I buyed Atilla years ago JUST to play the LotR Mod. Im patiently waiting for this Masterpiece of art :) Keep up the great work!

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

When finished, the mod will be great. I would advise a lot of patience. Middle Earth was not built in one day. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

[@shipmcgree6367]

Those updates are astounding. And the voice lines are crisp 👌🏼

[@agonsfitness7308]

Those voice lines immediately take me back to my childhood. They are taken from Battle for Middle Eart.

[@huantruonginh2946]

MK1212 campaign map is basically vanilla with added regions and yet it hasn’t come out, so I don’t have high hope in this one coming out any time soon.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Like I said mods go up and down in progress, MK1212 is one I definitely feel you on. DD though has regular comms and updates which at least keeps people relatively in the loop :)

[@user-bt1pm7wo7o]

My parents showed me Lord of the Rings at 4, and I fell in love with it instantly. For that Christmas I got the entire first wave of LEGO Lord of the Rings sets. At 6 I found Third Age Total War on KZbin, and after about a Year my Dad bought Medieval 2 so I could play it, but it wouldn’t work the game. About a Year later at 8, I learned of Rise of Mordor, and kept up hope for a few years, before forgetting about it. Than when I turned 11, I got Attila Total War, and played the heck out of it, and one good thing about Quarantine was that Rise of Mordor’s Alpha pack came out. Now here I am at 16, still waiting for the Campagin to arrive, but I’m happy to make due with what we have until then.

[@TheBranchez]

It is such a shame that it takes literally years, sometimes more than a decade, for immensely talented people like this to create something. I wish they could actually afford to do this as a full time job and not a hobby. After Bfme released all those years ago, we still haven't gotten a proper Lord of the Rings strategy. I wish that CA makes it their next fantasy game. Not sure how possible that is, considering the immense and limitless greed of what is now Tolkien estate.

[@nomooon]

I always held the unpopular opinion that BFME is not that suitable in presenting the epic battles of LOTR. I always imagined something like a total war type of game would be more suitable.

[@k-nugget1783]

Wow, this looks so good! Many thanks to the modders. Cant wait for the release!

[@fabiang.2163]

I am so hyped for this mod! Just one thing that I would like to see a change in is the textstyle, because every time I see it, it reminds me of Rome Total War or Attila which takes a bit the imersion away...But this is just a tiny detail and I might be the only one who is bothered by that haha

[@daniellikes122]

I’ve got like 4000hours in third age total war regular and DaC. I’ve been following this development since it was announced and I can’t wait to see it come to life

[@adamek1503]

Battle for middle earth shadow will haunt me with that voicelines ...

[@jubilee5642]

really glad they didnt give up on this these people make no money and have lives probably not much free time yet still put years into it much props

[@inakipedrosa6534]

God!!! I hace been waiting this for months!!!! Siuuuuuuuuuu

[@nietzscheshorse7713]

I can't wait. Its gonna be so awesome!

[@md_master]

Anything for LOTR is the most welcome here

[@Zfast4y0u]

knew since rome 2 total war, there was an issue with modding a game where cities were hard coded and not being able to mod it, basicly you could mod just units. cant wait to see this finished, im big fan of elves.

[@ricelovinasianricelovinasi7127]

I can’t wait for this

[@450b]

The voices are such a great addition!

[@noshaconoparty]

First. Rings of Power sucks

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha agreed there mate

[@agonsfitness7308]

First commenter, we've got a first commenter over here.... See, no one cares. But I do agree with you about RoP.

[@noshaconoparty]

@@agonsfitness7308 just was proud of stating a fact as a first comment

[@deonte9014]

It doesn't

[@shipmcgree6367]

Even the Gollum game is better than woke Rings of Power

[@bjornjanssens-x8t]

I'm so hyped for thisi bought Atilla for this, hope it wil come out soon

[@0786RICARDO]

The modding community is the best thing that's ever happened to gaming

[@lochstockrevolver]

loving the BFME 2 voice line throwbacks.

[@alexandru-h5w]

FINALY GOD HEAR MY PRAYERS!!!!!!!

[@johndelandy9923]

hope it is not comiing o late :'( already have 2children now and i want to play it before they can play it themself and beat me haha :( just a little quick question, there a lots of mods like GOndor subfaction, would they be into the game? or re they just all gondor? or nonplayable factions?

[@number8385]

I'd rather receive it later but as a masterpiece rather than receive it early with mediocre quality. hope they keep going until they feel its perfect for the release

[@justmyrandomstuff]

Dwarfs actually being smaller would be the icing on the cake

[@wulfgraad3857]

Bfme voicelines? oh heck yes!

[@LukeSmith-zc9xg]

would be a great Christmas prezzie!

[@total_war_lex]

It is gonna be a masterpiece for sure

[@georgeflorea9780]

It does look amazing 😊

[@adammuniz6614]

You know what? It has been years, yes! So I think I could start learning some modding. By the time we get some custom voicelines so elven don't sound so human I actually might be supporting it!

[@rwan3583]

Did they keep the civilians bystanders wandering around from Attila, it would be incredible to be able to recreate the scenes from lotr (lootings from the rohirrim villages, battle for minas thirit etc)

[@SBbigbird]

I’m looking forward to this mod don’t get me wrong… but the BIG issue with Attila’s engine is that with massive late game battles (especially with mods) it’s extremely glitchy and the game can’t keep up. Regardless of your PC build.

[@xben9216]

I just hope the transition from Attila to Britannia won't take the same amount of time like it takes to release it into Attila first.

[@shepardcommander6811]

I wonder how long this mod has been in development for, feels like almost a decade of hearing about this without ever actually playing it

[@TheDawnlessDays]

We've been out for a while, and in development for longer, but the campaign could only be modded since last year.

[@pauloamaral6069]

Man this is lockinf FCKING COOL!!! Can we download the Beta at least? I cant wait for this game!!

[@Jpcraque]

So in more 5 to 10 years we will have this campaign Go it!

[@bdvisuals_]

By the time the campaign comes out, CA will have already made this game official :D

[@johnbulla2978]

So is there a timeframe to when full release happens ?

[@socialMedia-es9gc]

Please do an update about the Last Alliance mod for Shogun 2. I really like your videos mate very well done and informative. :)

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks, will do!

[@boris4491]

Creators of this mod are giga chads, i am waiting for the campaign release so i can spend hundrets of hours playing this mod and it´s submods and restore Arnor one day!

[@ramazankafdal5822]

Hello total war attila Dawnless Days mod is installed, it does special battle but does not start the campaign

[@nomooon]

Been waiting when I first bought my current PC, now my current PC is almost dead and I am about to buy a new PC...

[@doctoronishispsychosislab1474]

can you turn off them unit icons ? There was nothing wrong with flags which also fitted thematically

[@Amadourrr]

good mod coverage as usual mr terminator, i'm greatful to all the modders doing all of this work out of sheer passion, but you seem to have forgotten to cover something important about DD's feature, WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND BREAKFAST??????

[@GekkeHenkie1313]

The bfme sounds makes me strangely nostalgic

[@longarrowthegreat5230]

Will there be a Multiplayer Campaign?

[@zockenmitFeanor]

Verstehe ich das richtig, das es noch nicht für die Allgemeinheit spielbar ist (Die Kampagne)?

[@RealJus]

great. what about Kingdom of Arda? works need to be done alright xD

[@tuna1960]

So... the mod that can be considered as the spiritual successor of one of the most legendary mods in the Total war series is about to make a closed beta and in the total war subreddit,the biggest community in reddit dedicated to total war, they haven't said anything about it 😑. They surely have their priorities clear, at this point they may as well rename themselves warhammer

[@gammer0016]

Hahaha, the shouts are from BFMEII :D

[@Antero94]

1:49 This guy is probably, definitely not the leader of the Rohirrim 😉

[@b4ckgames618]

hello, can you make playlists for different total war games? thank you so much

[@John333Scout]

Can someone explain to me what these followers are and their function in the campaign ?

[@TheDawnlessDays]

In vanilla Attila, each general gets some skill points that they can spend to gain abilities. Instead of those, you have followers, which feel more Middle-earth-y than a bunch of traits that nobody knows where they come from. Instead, here, the emphasis is put on your faction's uniqueness and the people who would follow the general.

[@John333Scout]

@@TheDawnlessDays oh thats a cool function. Love to see how it plays out in practice

[@victimized1]

@@TheDawnlessDaysor in simpler terms, followers is a replacement for character skills tree. Instead of a skill, you get a follower. A linear structure, as opposed to a tree. Much more intuitive and easier to use

[@Neptun1127]

Is the campaign playable?

[@StalwartTirith]

0:20 Oh no I forgot it'd have the stupid mechanics of limited building slots and having to have a general to move around :(

[@mephisto279]

Will our Faction leaders be immortal like in later TW entries or will they be killable, or die of old age?

[@Kenanhower]

They took that audio straight from BFME2. I'd know those lines from anywhere

[@eduardoanzolch6078]

SSHIP Total War comment:Picture this: "Yu are playing with Portugal the Mongols invade! " YU:Not a concern....

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Unlikely I would get access any time soon considering the volume of applications to test the mod! But great progress, as this shows what total war modders have always done: making total war above and beyond. And also saving the franchise. Total war is very lucky to still have a dedicated modding community for its games after all these years. Credit has to go to them for not abandoning it and giving us fans plenty of time to enjoy their modifications. Especially when total war for me right now is kind of stagnant in terms of content while CK3 gets a new dlc…

[@muslimstrategistgamer2849]

Anyone know on how to download mods from steam workshop without owning the game I already tried workshopdl and steam cmd

[@muhammetsenel4705]

When will it come out? still waiting :)

[@svencarius8603]

I thought it wasn't possible to edit the map in newer Total War parts! Is this a fake or how come it is suddenly possible?!

[@peterjoyfilms]

But will it make Attila run at more than 12fps?

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

I wished we had a second age or first age mod...

[@caledoniusmonti5617]

FINALLYYYYYYY

[@tristangruetter3005]

I can't wait to slaughter hobbits with ✨The fighting Uruk-Hai✨

[@historychillasmr5623]

It's getting a bit annoying to have this mod to be in a constant state of "allmost there"

[@jordanmartinek5069]

They don't owe you anything, bub. You ain't paying them for this...

[@williamrice71]

At least this mod wasn't shadow-abandoned or shutdown by a legal team like 99% of mods are....Good things are worth the wait!

[@Badnercalabrese]

Cant wait to try this! ...although I hope we can get some skin submods that have more book lore Gondor troops with prinarily mail clad over plate.

[@Neodreth]

There is more chance for a WW3 to happen than for this mod to be ever released.

[@therealchillax3045]

crazy

[@erfangholamipour6991]

The campaign camera is too high make it closer to ground

[@Juliana-f4i9w]

can i play this usando total war from fitgirl? hehe

[@David_RdH]

So maybe this is a dumb question. But why is this mod built on Atilla? In my mind it would make more sense to build in on the Warhammer TW framework. Anyone with insight care to explain this to me? Props to the modders! Can't wait to play it on Atilla.

[@MegaFklm]

Attila good for modding

[@aselliofacchio]

Warhammer scks ahh

[@Dasheek_]

4:04 thats like 20 FPS...

[@JasonOrr-m5l]

*UHG... ofcourse the rapture is to happen first --------

[@bacontv9423]

i am losing patiencce its been 10years

[@dvmegrnbk2032]

how many decades are we away from release?

[@victimized1]

Hopefully enough for you to learn to respect volunteers

[@jimmydasani8922]

6:07 *Sigh* back to Third Age DaC i go.

[@maximusdecimusmeridious3784]

Funny how this channel never offers easy ways to get these mods

[@Klargus]

Oh no plz not the province system. Why not everyone doing what mk1212 did. Each settlement it's own province

[@prometheus_tdd]

Did you know that the vanilla game also uses the province system? It has been quite the staple of Total War Games

[@Klargus]

@prometheus_tdd and if was terrible in all of them. I can tolerate it in WH3 because province management is not a big part of the game. But for any historical game or even I would argue for LOTR it offers no advantage whatsoever. Just makes the game look smaller. I want the old Rome of Medieval settlement management over the province system but mk1212 is the closest it can get to it in modern TW games.

[@victimized1]

The reason for that is because 1 region per province comes with its cons too (it introduces boring micro management that modern players would rather skip). We did polls back at a tile and people voted for a hybrid system, which we now use

[@Klargus]

@victimized1 well if that is what the majority wants then I have nothing to say. That is what submods are for. Maybe one day someone make 1 turn per province submod

[@winston8195]

OK?!

[@Fismajster101]

As much as I am looking forward to this mod coming out, I dont think any mod will ever beat the absolute beast of a mod that divide and conquer is. At least for the LotR universe speaking.

[@TheDawnlessDays]

Don't forget that DaC is a submod built on top of a mod, Third Age, both of which took years to make and to be finessed campaign-wise. We hope that we will enjoy the same "submod environment" once the campaign is out and the tool to edit the AI is out as well.

[@victimized1]

Look, original Third Age came out in 2009. DaC, that initially was fully based on TATW first came out in 2014 and continues receiving updates to this day. They roughly spent 14 years on their mod. For a much older game with a much lower visual quality standards with a much shorter development time for those assets and with all modding capabilities already unlocked for them by others. We had to pioneer every modding direction on a new game with a much higher quality standards for a shorter period of time. Give us time and don’t compare TDD v1 against DaC v5 that was built on top of TATW v3

[@Fismajster101]

@@victimized1 Didnt mean to touch a nerve. My appreciation for DaC lies purely in their dedication to detail and to lore accuracy. I think given how old medieval is, what they managed to do compared to any other medieval 2 mod is astounding. Didnt mean any offense to the Dawnless Days team, just think that it is healthy to appreciate someone elses work. Im sure you guys will do a cracking job and I will enjoy the mod regardless. Doesnt mean I cant point out that in the realm of LotR mods, the bar was set high by another great modding team. Lets try to be nice.

[@victimized1]

@@Fismajster101 no offense taken, just wanted to make sure you understand the difference and different challenges that both mods had to solve. Also, as an offtopic, isn’t third age 3.2 more lore accurate than DaC? I do remember some made up factions in DaC but don’t remember any in TATW

[@EGAWEF]

Really? Based on how small the camagin map is overall in cw, I think the mod itself was a good product serving as a game itself for the best of both worlds. Dont wanna get stuck in stupid lying CA environment again. Modders do not waste your time for total war!

[@damn5987]

Can't say I really like the cartoonish artwork

[@AmonUser]

Its sad that they dont let people whom they dont know to try the campaing

[@TheDawnlessDays]

How did you get that? 90% of our Campaign Testers were unknown to us before joining.

[@AmonUser]

@TheDawnlessDays I'm on ur f discord server that's how I know

[@anonymussicarius8899]

@@AmonUser So your application was rejected? If so, then maybe reflect on the content of your application, for the team is not rejecting applications for no reason. I am on the Discord too, and fro mwhat I see the ppl need to make a trustworthy and somewhat competent impression to pass the tester recruitment process.

[@Gyrosmeister]

@@AmonUser And? All tester applications were on discord. Out of all people that got accepted into campaign testing, I only knew *one* person, and that is because he was a tester on a different mod I had contributed in. If people who just joined the discord apply with "Lol I want to try out campaign", they shouldn't be surprised that they got rejected.

[@TheDawnlessDays]

@@AmonUser Sorry, that is simply not true. Most campaign testers are taken from the appropriate recruitment channel. I'm counting heads: out of 10 people who are effectively Campaign Testers (some are just developers who have gotten access to the channel, they are NOT testers), 2 of them come from previously testing the mod in custom battles / were known to us in other capacities.

[@Mihnea-h6o]

HUGE CLICKBAIT.

[@lavordavor7738]

Still dont know when it get out, 2 months, half a year, year?

[@TheDawnlessDays]

We won't know until we're close. There's no estimation because this is a volunteer job.

[@DANKUSH7]

Honestly by the time they get this out to us, there will probably be a legit Lord of the Rings strategy game that will take most of the attention. I just hope I’m still alive by the time this actually releases lol

[@TheMcMiodzio]

Bruh the unit voices were from Lotr Bfme XDDDD