THIS IS HUGE: 5 Total War Mods That Will BLOW UP In 2024

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

These are my top 5 but I'd love to hear yours, let me know below! Honorary mentions for RTR Imperium Surrectum, I think there will be some great things happening this year for that one, plus Anno Domini 1051 AD & I've yet to try this one, but I've been very VERY interested in what Steam & Steel for Medieval 2!

[@3musketerantidbd174]

Hey you should check napoleon total war mod called Napoleonic era mod.

[@ethanchen4504]

Medieval 1212AD is literally unplayable, and the devs haven't cared to fix the issue at all. It's a simple bug fix, and because of that, very few if any people have been able to play since Oct/November.

[@SeaLion8488]

@@ethanchen4504 Oh interesting. So for some one new to TW Mods I should just avoid?

[@ethanchen4504]

@@SeaLion8488 No it's a must try. It's just unplayable right now ;-; It really depends what you mean by playable. If you play on very hard difficulty, you'll shift between 3 mid-sized armies defending your borders and them getting sick so they're all half-dead 80% of the time while 2 provinces are on the verge of rebellion, so you rotate your armies to the cities to increase PO.

[@zhcultivator]

I would like to see a "total war: stone age" game tbh and a Chalcolithic setting-based "total war: copper age" game too.

[@HPS-Wes]

Honestly don't get why CA does not simply invests a bit in modders (say, make 3 people responsible for helping specific mods with potential). It would greatly boost sales of even older games and does not require (a lot) of their own developing capabilities and even responsibilities.

[@chico9805]

That makes too much sense.

[@Don8Maverick]

sadly it doesn't make sense for the financial dep of the company since its just an idea where they can't calculate the reward of it, but the risk man oh man they always calculate it and they see the older games as rivals to the new ones. they don't want you to boot medieval 2 again to play a bronze age mod when they can sell you another game and producing another game means the shareholders are happy since the company is producing "something", basically there's a reason why 99.9% of gaming companies are detached from the modding community because they have a financial dep who only believe in numbers.

[@nobodyknowsimgay]

I'm not so sure about it greatly boosting the sales of older games. I think all those games have their audience. Mods are not going to be attracting enough new people to old games for it to be worth to pay any number of people full time. Those games are cheap. Would be cool to see that kind of direct support but there is a reason no one does that. It doesn't make a ton of sense financially from what I can tell.

[@moinda7059]

Or even ezer, they should give us some kind of the ability to access old games files ezer with an price of 10-20€. Means, modders wouldn't have that much of problem creating their fantasies/ book fantasies into the game! Cuz even thought I'm not a modder I heard about alot of total war games that are pain in the ass to mod so it would be a win win situation in this "crisis" (they called it crisis at least)

[@Dexusaz]

It's not in CA's interest to keep playing playing the older games. Most people don't buy these games solely for mods.

[@moonsovermyhammy4729]

When Dawnless Days drops you will not see me for at least a year

[@Kenanhower]

One day..... one day....

[@TheDawnlessDays]

Thanks for the shout-out Terminator! ❤

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

♥♥♥

[@joshuahiatt9064]

CA is totally missing out here... these are the kinds of things they should be making themselves.

[@christopherpoet458]

Should but that died when Steam came out.

[@kineuhansen8629]

if these modders from what ive seen so far should make thier own total war style game we need players to do that to show ca what they are missing out off

[@mrhenrik7472]

The "Ultimate General" game series is made by some modders i think. Ultimate General: American Revolution is comming out soon and it shows promise :)

[@private_jakub]

Gentleman responsible for "Darthmods" is one of the creators of "Ultimate General" series.

[@christopherpoet458]

This has, though not for TW, been done before by modders, and not to a high volume of success. Good thought, but it is easier to mod a game than it is to built one from the ground up, even if you are duplicating an existing game to modify to your desired specifications. You might be thinking that it should be rather simple, having a fairly objective idea of what the game needs to do, support, how it functions, etc. But in reality, it is only a fraction of the effort going into the project. One you start to change things, update the engine, etc, you are going to be thrown to the wind and you won't have the OG game as a guide anymore to keep things straight. Not to mention the nuances to testing, altering, and pushing new features. The same thing can be done with an easier workflow via modding. And that is not to say that modding is easy, it is just easier than making a whole new game from scratch.

[@jakoporeeno4654]

Make Total War great again. It's gonna be YUUUUGE

[@And2Handles]

Must suck at beeing CA atm, cause their costumers are producing stuff people wanna play for free while CA cant sell shit with their own projects nobody wants. The community has reached a level of professionality that CA can only get people to buy their stuff again if they improve on the fundamentals, the engine.

[@Milan74]

Only a few things i'll be waiting for in 2024: Completion of the Dawnless days mod & the announcements of Empire 2 and/or Napoleon 2 on global maps and Medieval 3.

[@JakubKaczmarczyk103]

Sadly i stopped believing in mk1212. There are no sign of any progress with extending campaign map.

[@djmustang000]

The only sad part, is that lots of great mods are made for Atilla. Hopefully, the modders somehow manage a breakthrough that makes it run smoother.

[@Berlioz1991]

Why is it the sad part?

[@djmustang000]

@@Berlioz1991 because Attila runs poorly in general, which is a turn-off as far as I am concerned.

[@callogan2482]

I mean my Attila has run fine on 2 different PCs and now my laptop lol@@djmustang000

[@brada3731]

​@@djmustang000need 64 bit beta update like coh2

[@estiux9183]

Great top, but personally I would add the 1100AD mod for Rome 2, because if the tool that you said that could help expand the playable map get to that game it could increase the possibilities for gameplay and storyline. Invasion from nomadic tribes from Africa, Central Asia; Nordic kingdoms invading in Viking style; reconquest of Byzantium land, ext.. and I consider that is a mod that is overshadow for the 1212 mod for the years Thanh as, but 1100 is more early medieval

[@huantruonginh2946]

Not possible to use that tool for rome 2 atm, it will crash when do battles on new regions from what i heard.

[@huantruonginh2946]

I just wish more mods will make use of the campaign modding tool, and somehow breaking the 256 settlements limit to create more awesome campaigns.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Same! Honestly if more modders pick up the tool and run with it we could see some insane mods come out in the next few years. Though to your second point I don't think the 256 limit will ever be broken unfortunately :(

[@christopherpoet458]

@@TheTerminatorGaming A new engine might give way to break that 256 limit. I am willing to wager that Unreal Engine, which is not dedicated to this style of game, could break that limit and not sweat. For modding, probably stuck at 256, but CA could 100% break that barrier with an updated engine/new engine.

[@clarkrovin8241]

A good honorable mention should go to the Crusader Wars mod that allows CK3 battles to be fought in Total War Attila, it combines what I would consider the best aspects of boths games and with the updates scheduled for the next few months including more fleshed out systems and the addition of siege battles, I think this will be a major mod for both communities.

[@zacklabella4238]

Was very excited about this but it's way too much of a headache to get it it work. I've given up

[@alexkerr5804]

I would add medieval 2 total war steam and Steel to this list. It still has some crash and bug fixes but with the latest update it’s an awesome late 19th century mod with the entire world and some cool factions. I’ve had fun with a few campaigns so fair (when it doesn’t crash). I think it still has a lot of potential though.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Yeah I've been checking it out as well, it's excellent. Made an honorary mention in the pinned comment, but I'll be giving it it's own video very soon :)

What they are managing to do, after so many years, with Shogun 2, is impressive; Maybe we will finally have, with all that progress, the Empire 2, the Victoria or the Pike & Shot Total War that we have always wanted, especially with those mechanics that have fascinated us so much since 2011 and that Creative Assambly failed to give us. Hopefully this year they can unlock the edition of Japanese castles, so that we can achieve the result we want with each MOD.

[@parthiaball]

I'm a tester for the Caesar in Britannia mod, and it's amazing. We can't wait to share this mod with you all! (also I'm learning to mod and have some big plans of my own for the future that I know you all would love, including an Attila mod that remakes the map to an underappreciated part of the world that's full of fantastic history and unique empires)

[@Flicky669]

Thank you!

[@basileusp5494]

Can't wait to see what you are planning!

[@mrachwal]

My top mod of the year so far is Insularis Draco for Medieval II! It’s so lovingly made and has so much excellent detail and fun, it’s the most fun I’ve had in total war in years!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Oh hell yeah man Insularis Draco is so good. Every time I play it, I keep going 1 more turn and the mod keeps slapping me with historical knowledge and an uber challenging AI. Definitely in my top 10 mods of all time

[@ProfilusMaximus]

Whenever I want some news about Total War mods I just come to your channel. The best one there is on youtube in my opinion. Thanks for your work! And guys if you want to support this guy just don't skip commercials! It's the simplest way you can contribute to his work.

[@camille2881]

Happy 2024 ! Looking forward for your videos this year !!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks! Happy new year!

[@МенМаатСет]

wait. Where is the Pike & shot mod?

[@steyn1775]

0:51 wait, since when do horses back kick and kill? I never saw that happen before haha

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha yeah I've seen it a few times. Quite chuffed I captured that :D

[@nageladon9091]

Love the positivity in this vid bro! Easy to forget the good when everyone talks about the bad so much nowadays. Thanks.

[@Centurion1993]

Should have given the Age Of Bronze mod for Rome 2 a mention doing what CA didn't with pharaoh :)

[@branwhite5141]

Thanks! Termy how are you? Please play Pharaoh expansion. Please…

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hey man! Thank you for the donation! I'm good thanks been a wild couple of months but good to be back. Happy New Year! I will be checking out the new expansion for sure, The Sea Peoples have always fascinated me so would be interesting to see how CA tackles them.

[@zhcultivator]

I hope Total War games get made one day for the Copper Age, Southern India, Sahelian Empires, Southeast Asia, Inca Empire/the Mapuche, Pre-Colonial Maori New Zealand, Australian Aboriginal history, Papuan New Guinea, the Aymara, Tupi-Guarani speaking peoples, the Pre-Columbian American Southwest, Great Zimbabwe and the Stone Age. 😊

[@jasperverbrugghe3933]

i hope that they one day make attila run smoother

[@lexiouse5357]

so youre telling me they found out how to add regions and functional cities in attila?

[@1992zorro]

it looks like they finally broke that wall set up by CA to block modders

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Yep!

[@lexiouse5357]

@@TheTerminatorGaming is this gonna turn into that total war rome mod with 1000 regions honestly i hope it does one of the reasons i play dei rome 2 instead of attila is cause the attila campaign map is a huge dissapointment for me.

[@tannerflowers5257]

Where was the Napolionic eras chapters mod that is so good

[@famousaustrianpainter3018]

You should have included the Dragon Age mod for Medieval 2, it's gonna add so much and will likely come out this year.

[@svencao7793]

Right now I only get the basic for 3d modelling, will it be enough to help the Dawnless day modder team? I can spare 3-5 hours/ day modeling. If I'm qualified, pls tell me how to join them

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Join the Dawnless Days discord and ask them :) If you go on the nexus mods page you'll find a link to it

[@ste886]

I now adding in mythological elements are controversial but...can we get a "Ragnorok: Total war" mod :) ?

[@cal2127]

when will the map modding tool be released publicly

[@redempire824]

Nice video...i hope in this year we gonna get late campaign in MK 1212 AD

[@Miamcoline]

Very well said! Thank you for being the champions of these heros keeping our favourite games alive!!!!!!

[@AnimeFan-dl4qd]

6:50 please, no more mechanics as long as the current ones dont work - for example the HRE system 7:00 If we are lucky, then the new map will be released in 2025. I dont believe this year.

[@elijahbrooks1472]

The fact that they’re working on a tool that lets them edit the maps on all TW games makes hopeful for a LoTR or GoT mod for Thrones of Britannia

[@mrkaradogu]

Im looking forward mk1212 especially cagatays maybe late campaign surprises

[@milly623]

Is this an old video? At 6:20 he says “I don’t know if we will see any of this in 2020.” ???

[@Fielion]

some days ago i started the medieval kingdoms mod... and after years on and off with this game, i was finally able to make it good looking, to make the lighting right! I really loved the medieval kingdoms mod, was allways playing ancient empires before, its so unfinished and unpolished, so i like mk 1212 way more only in today i found out that there are no fleets in mk 1212 :( , this was a devastating blow!

[@WalkingLegacy]

If CA wanted to print money again, like WH series, they should do a Middle Earth game too. I'd do a big no no and preorder the moment I saw it. Also, Terminator, you need to do a few let's play of Divide & Conquer mod for Medieval 2 with V5 out.

[@josephdoria5237]

In honor of the original Battle for Middle Earth games, I would also commit the grave cardinal sin of preordering.

[@jimboniusmaximus6018]

When you're actually MORE excited for modding content than new releases from CA for the Total War franchise.

[@agonsfitness7308]

Would have added the coming updates for Crusader Wars. Seriously bud, you have no idea how perfectly that mod scratched my medieval 3 itch.

[@1992zorro]

Could you please tell me a bit more? I have a feeling this mod will be something big, I don't what it is But I have a feeling we have our hands on something special

[@irgendeinname9256]

Are there already modders working on thrning shogun2 into empire? Would be awsome

[@riccardocorradini6713]

about Dawnless Days, are the mods making models for trolls and other monsters of LOTR? i did not see any of those for now

[@TheDawnlessDays]

The trolls are already in game. We're planning to add Wargs and Mûmakil as well. Currently there's a placeholder for the Mumak, the Baby Mumak! We lack animators, so work on these custom creatures are slow.

[@robertewins1112]

God's work indeed! Lets hope so! Thanks for the update mate.

[@michaelmontana1198]

Will there be a pike e shot 2 campaign release soon?

[@Lagmaster33]

Personally I wait Rome overhaul for RTR: Imperium Surrectum the most. Not guaranteed that it will be done this year but fingers crossed! The mod as it is, is already very enjoyable

[@garde1815]

Love total fots but the flashbacks I got were from how different the install was. Kind of threw me off. Excited for the upcoming Carlist Wars!

[@kckaz4453]

is there a ui upgrade for 1212AD to make it visable on larger monitors? thanks much for any help.

[@adammac4960]

Moders are saving the franchise. These kids would make creative assembly a fortune because they know what people want

[@tovarishlumberjack2356]

cant wait for dawnless days, i´d pay money for that!

[@TheDawnlessDays]

Imagine, you don't need to 😉

[@johnmascardo7047]

Mods are the only thing keeping me in Total War.

[@crmesson22k]

Is the Caesars in Britannia mod released yet I can't find it in the workshop?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Not out yet, but if you join their discord you can access the testing version with all the unit rosters for battles. They are sublime!

[@crassusofrome6386]

Modders are so, so, so much better than the official CA team now.

[@DJsDomain_]

Got a pc a few months ago and finally got Rome 2 Total war. Its literally like a dream to be playing this game. Used to watch people like "PrinceofMacedon" and i just cant bekieve im playing this game. Loving playing as Pompeyes Rome since i actually know a lot about that period in history. Loving that DEI and 1100AD Mods so far.

[@olivini193]

Why can’t dawnless days be downloaded through steam?

[@huntclanhunt9697]

Does the map tool work for Empire and Napoleon? If so... Victoria TW when?

[@agonsfitness7308]

Two videos in a week? It's good to have you back bro!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Aww thanks mate! More to come :)

[@lazunleashed1]

What's the base TW game needed for Dawnless Days?

[@kineuhansen8629]

i will for sure look out for the carlist war mods i am a massive fan of that era of warfare special the ships and its why i love to see on NEW ENGINE a prober total war in that era

[@MarkHoppusy]

Does anyone know if Dawnless Days will be able to run multiplayer campaigns?? Would love to play that with friends.

[@TheDawnlessDays]

Yep, MP campaign of 2 players will be supported.

[@MarkHoppusy]

@@TheDawnlessDays danke schon!

[@lewisharmer4797]

I can't seem to get my 1212 Ad mod to work, it keeps saying the order is wrong, any help?

[@Fisherman6383]

Hey man do we need any dlc to play medieval kingdom 1212ad?

[@Another_opinion_]

My dream...a map with 1000 regions

[@tonled6960]

i have never seen a horse kicking a unit....lmao! thats great!

[@winsbo1]

great vid, cant wait for the mods.

[@shogunPg98]

Are there any new mods in development for RTW remastered?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

There are a few, and I'll be making a big video to cover it all soon :)

[@zeldov5735]

where can you download carlist wars?

[@Naturewalkingthrough]

Here was an idea was after the end for total war atilla or medieval 2.

[@gaborholotajr.4427]

No RTWR mods mentioned? :c

[@SaraTemer]

It's a surprise to be sure to see OWO in this video, but a welcome one. Thanks! ❤ Also, yesterday we released new version of OWO, together with RAW files of the mod. So now it's available for other modder to usage in their projects ^^ PS. We didn't work on this so long >.< Whole development of OWO was more like few weeks xD

[@GusingtonOne]

Great video. CA should pay you for rekindling interest in their games.

[@1992zorro]

agree

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hahaha thanks man :) To be completely honest the intentions have always been 1. Show people who have no clue that the world of mods exist and that dabbling in even just one major mod will change their perspective on it all forever. 2. Show CA that people still care about and enjoy Historical games like these, and that interest is enough to warrant another official game just like them. Hopefully one day they get the memo :D But either way I still enjoy playing these games and their mods, and I doubly love making videos about them. It's actually insane fun to montage all the cinematic footage together. I've been thinking about making some cinematic battles.

[@GusingtonOne]

@@TheTerminatorGaming I feel both your pain and your hope :)

[@benjamin_w.]

When Dauntless days comes out I’ll finally buy Attila.

[@Gabrialhajji]

These are mods for Rome Total war 2 ?

[@skjoldursvarturskikkjan7860]

CA is going to freak out about this. They cannot make a good game and now modders are finally having the modding tools to actually mod the games properly (and make good games out of it), basically making new TW releases obsolete unless CA knocks it out of the park like they did with Shogun 2.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Great to see a Termi video! Q. Will 55 BCE have custom Roman cities? I need that mod to have it!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Not that I know of, thanks!

[@lebaum8689]

I mean it´s about Caesar in Britain, so I guess with a bit of creativity the original ToB settlements could be seen as ancient british. If I recall correctly Caesar never was in Britain long enough to "romanize" any cities there, could be wrong on that though.

[@pizzaman6784]

@@lebaum8689 You’re right about that. Setting the mod during Claudius reign would’ve been a way better choice, I’m pretty sure that’s when the Romans got really serious about settling Britain.

[@markushuber214]

What i m really really waiting for, is a LOTR Mod like Dawnless Days. Honestly said I cant understand, why CA dont take that opportunity and releases a own game as it would be a strong must have for medieval, fantasy, totalwar and lotr-fans.

[@syahnazjais3766]

have you try medieval 2 mod steam and steel? if you have try it what's your opinion on it?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I have been playing it lately yes :) I won't spoil anything now but I'll be making a video about it very soon. But essentially: It's excellent

[@syahnazjais3766]

@@TheTerminatorGaming oh!! can't wait for it

[@iyeetsecurity922]

Total War needs: -Vikings -LotR -Dungeons & Dragons

[@josej-f2j]

Why do the Gauls and the british appear half naked??? , they had loads and loads of furs and leather

[@TheBonzobonzo]

Wow, really amazing mods here!

[@SeaLion8488]

Very, very new to TW Mods. If there's one historical mod I should play, what would it be? SS in MTW2? DEI for Rome? MK1212? Would love suggestions. Thansks!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Oh dude hell yes! Welcome to TW Mods, what an exciting time for you. I would say if you enjoy Rome 2, it's either Para Bellum or DEI, Medieval 2 try Stainless Steel Historical Improvement Project or Tsardoms Total War. Attila, try Ancient Empires or MK1212. And if you want to explore more I've got over 300 videos covering the biggest and most popular mods in the series with plenty of detail!

[@SeaLion8488]

@@Teo-Teo2110 Thank you! I'll try MK1212 first then Para Bellum. Appreciate the recommendation!

[@SeaLion8488]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Ok Subbed! THanks for recommendations. There's comments about MK1212 being unplayable? Is that true as I don't want to go down a rabbit hole? Maybe I'll stick to Para Bellum? IDK.

[@SeaLion8488]

@@Teo-Teo2110 Correction. After some research it seem Para is the better choice for stability and playability. Thanks!

[@pablopablo3834]

When 1212 AD and Dawnless days are 100% complete they will be amazing and they are both on Atilla which is my least favourite game released from the Original Rome - Atilla.

[@질럿세마리]

0:17 cool skin what is the mod?

[@Magnito88]

Fireforged Empire

[@pizzaman6784]

Those are some bugged out Roman shield textures in the beginning 😂

[@nicheva417]

Its clear now that CA has lost it's way and the best of this great brand is behind it.

[@bobdole0525]

Just downloaded Empire Total War 2. Really enjoying it

[@Coalball]

Bro how to get a Carlist War mod????!🤩

[@timothygourley5690]

Someone should make a American Civil War mod on fall of the Samurai

[@154Kilroy]

Check moddb, I feel like I remember seeing something like that. Not 100% sure though.

[@anathardayaldar]

I need a total war mod that allows far east asian factions to colonize the americas, WITHOUT having to first fighting through europe. There is one old whole world mod but the map does not allow asia to be close to americas.

[@TenienteNegro]

Un mod de las guerras carlistas. Estoy chillando

[@eduardoanzolch6078]

MR. you're the Transmitter Spreading Information And I am The Antenna Receiving Vibrations.(vice-versa).

[@gui3777]

Looking forward to all of them.

[@SultanHam-ql2ev]

Medieval 1212ad was amazing and is amazing.

[@owenrawlins7979]

The Carlist mod for shogun 2 looks awesome. However....it's not on steam workshop but in moddb. Still was able to download successfully. Simple from this point? No. The last update for shogun 2 removed the original mod manager for shogun 2 and replaced it with the creative assembly one. I then discovered that rolling back on beta to the linux pre 2022 update would enable the restoration of the old mod manager. Yay!.........nope. Upon selecting the linux mod, steam did....nothing. It wont roll back, I can't get the old manager back, and I cannot play the Carlist mod. Very disappointed. Will the mod be appearing on steam workshop at all?..... if not. Then there's no way to play it, unless you have a backup of a previous version of shogun 2, which I dont 😔

[@owenrawlins7979]

Edit. The modder for Carlist wars has gotten back to me. Will be appearing on steam workshop this year

[@SaraTemer]

Why just don't use new mod manager? New mod manager allow to run non workshop mods without problems. Also, Castlist Wars aren't released yet, on moddb are available only legacy versions of Total FotS.

[@robinwolstenholme6377]

the dawnless days total war campaign????

[@ParabolicGains]

I wished I was rich and could just legit pay the Dawnless Days devs 100k each to push that baby outtttt

[@joereilly1519]

Wow, that a great new discovery, that Heathrow Airport was around in 54-55 BC..... just kidding

[@drnick647]

Mods are great and all but I really need a NEW game like rome 3 or med 3 to get back into it full time 😊