Total War: ROME II patch 8.1 hits today

CraigTW

Total War: ROME II patch 8.1 hits today

A patch focused on further improving ROME II’s campaign and battle gameplay is now live. Patch 8.1 will download automatically via Steam for ROME II players.

As standard, players should ensure they have any mods uninstalled and have fully restarted Steam before starting the updated game.

A number of campaign parameters have been rebalanced, resulting in a more aggressive and tactically-focused AI. Players will also find opponents raiding their territories more frequently.

The patch also brings new improvements to battle. For example, towers and battering rams are used more effectively, and interact with city walls more realistically. Boiling oil now no longer causes incendiary damage, and the AI now selects the most appropriate artillery type in sieges.

For full details please visit: http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_ROME_II:_Patch_8_1. Work is also now underway on patch 9, which is expected to enter public beta soon.

imperiator

Thanks

Dodo

Second.
Rome 2 is lost.

VeniVidiVicix

If we've done the 8.1 beta, this is the same patch correct? I just want to be sure my friend and I's co-op campaign won't be affected.

Sotanakki

I'm impressed by the amount of these patches and the fact that they're not DLC's with a price tag of 25$. Good work

Kensai

Thumbs up!

Audax

Dodo wrote: »

Second.
Rome 2 is lost.

perfect the exit is over there.


and for the patch.
FINALLY, i hope you added something for all of this time.

tuffgong_jamaica

Are you going to release a DLC to fix carthage ?, because it's really weak , barely no mercenary units.

dark prens

I am asking just one question Craig Ca; 8.1 live patch is different than beta? Are you developing 8.1 beta or live and beta version are same?

CraigTW

VeniVidiVicix wrote: »

If we've done the 8.1 beta, this is the same patch correct? I just want to be sure my friend and I's co-op campaign won't be affected.

That's right. Maybe a couple of minor changes based on last minute feedback, but essentially the same.

Rook

please for the love of God patch multiplayer campaign, not being able to merge units is a freaking pain in the a$$!

kfrizz35

CraigTW wrote: »

Total War: ROME II patch 8.1 hits today

A patch focused on further improving ROME II’s campaign and battle gameplay is now live. Patch 8.1 will download automatically via Steam for ROME II players.

As standard, players should ensure they have any mods uninstalled and have fully restarted Steam before starting the updated game.

A number of campaign parameters have been rebalanced, resulting in a more aggressive and tactically-focused AI. Players will also find opponents raiding their territories more frequently.

The patch also brings new improvements to battle. For example, towers and battering rams are used more effectively, and interact with city walls more realistically. Boiling oil now no longer causes incendiary damage, and the AI now selects the most appropriate artillery type in sieges.

For full details please visit: http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_ROME_II:_Patch_8_1. Work is also now underway on patch 9, which is expected to enter public beta soon.

If there haven't been any changes to the most recent 8.1 beta, then there's not too much to get excited about. At first it will seem like a vast improvement, but as you play, you still see the same ****: troops not going up ladders, units lagging in huge fights due to pathfinding issues, siege equipment not being used correctly (IE rams doing circles in front of gates).

I wouldn't get too excited. The patch notes look good, but that's about it.

Smoke and mass bodies still cause a LOT of performance issues.

I can't believe you guys are pushing this live today.

Shinay

Have you people fixed the ballista bug in siege battles?
if not...ZzZzZzZzZ

FrozenmenBG

Keep up the good work !!

MaximusDecimus91

Is COOP Desync fixed?

Prince-Of-Macedon

VeniVidiVicix wrote: »

If we've done the 8.1 beta, this is the same patch correct? I just want to be sure my friend and I's co-op campaign won't be affected.

Same patch, man.

Hopefully the community's feedback has been listened to and fixes to the beta have been made. However, I'm not holding my breath!

avVE

I have very poor room for disc space on my PC. This patch is how big exactly? i have 9 GB of free space and i cant seem to update this patch. From what i understand the patch is only 38mb or so big?

Edit: Seems like rome 2 or steam demands that you have atleast 10 GB of free discspace to be able to update the game no matter how small the update is..

nick-rorschach

I'm actually at the stage now where I would pay more money to make the game work with the AMD 290 series. Can anyone tell me if the game will EVER work with these cards?

ConcretePanda

My game still doesn't work

AlainYncaan

avVE wrote: »

I have very poor room for disc space on my PC. This patch is how big exactly? i have 9 GB of free space and i cant seem to update this patch. From what i understand the patch is only 38mb or so big?

Jep, it is only 38MB big. Log out and in again from Steam, maybe the download then starts

CraigTW

ConcretePanda wrote: »

My game still doesn't work

Try uninstalling mods.

RealWarfare

Craig, what will be the focus on patch 9?

Snappera

Thanks, I can't fault this patch in any way. Looks good

I'm rather hoping patch 9 will be the one that does the formation attack and pike fixes that were broke in patch 7

The janissary

Could you make the AI siege? As in wait a few turns to starve the defender and build more equipment? Right now even if you make the AI more likely to use battering rams, towers etc it will still Instantley attack rendering all these 'improvements' useless.

dark prens

RealWarfare wrote: »

Craig, what will be the focus on patch 9?

Yes, this is the day's question. I am really wondering the answer. I hope we will get an answer.

avVE

AlainYncaan wrote: »

Jep, it is only 38MB big. Log out and in again from Steam, maybe the download then starts

the thing that takes up space is not the 38MB. Its something else from Rome 2 that takes up space or "borrows" space as a deposit. I looked into the steamApps folder where there are a downloading folder that is currently over 9GB. What that is i have no idea...

Darren

I haven't got it yet, I tried logging out of steam and restarting. Still says I'm in the beta and there is no option to update.

Weirdly, shogun updated though.

Bless

Then was this, good, was going to start a Shogun 2 campaign but i think i'l try a Rome 2 now.

Darren wrote: »

Weirdly, shogun updated though.

Shogun updated here too.

jaunetajabe

I am sorry but it is the same as always, AI gets a ladder and try to reach walls,

If AI reachs wall climbs and fight until death or retreat, then all the AI army goes to the gates with the torches
If AI doesnt reach wall, all the AI army goes to the gates with the torches..

I cannot believe that nobody in CA realises about this during test

ranknfile

Thanks for the update and for all the work done on the patches. I am also curious about Patch 9, but will wait to see what you guys do. I trust CA will do the right thing. Despite all the negativity directed towards Rome II, some us enjoy it. In many respects, the game is brilliant, and much improved over previous games. Now, back to subjugating the hairy Barbarian hoards.

TMOS Zealot

The update is great when it comes to the campaign map, the AI is a lot better now. The Siege AI is still utterly broken though, and needs serious improvements. But I have to say that the work in this minor update is actually pretty big when it comes to gameplay, so good work!

Also I really would like to see the return of FFA in MP, please CA