RELEASED Death Animation Tweak Mini-mod v1.1 (Updated on 5/3/2013)

[Hofan]

This mod is for tweaking the death animation of infantry after being a single-stabbed or single-slashed.
(P.S. Not the dueling animation )

I start this modification as I'm really unsatisfied with the animation for which a soldier must "shake" his body so many times until he falls. That is silly enough when someone directly smashes into one's face with gunstock.

Explanation:

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You may not understand what I'm talking about, so please take a look with this example:

Some original animations take so long like that↓

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Even the animation for a slash attack of cavalryman take less time than the animation for a death of the infantry, the cavalryman must wait for the completion of the death animation before he can move on to the next target. This is a well-known core problem of Empire: Total War, but it is totally unrealistic!

Certainly nobody has time to certify each kill during the heat of battle. For a gameplay, this is absolutely not a smooth fight with such an unnecessary lag!

Nonetheless, the game still has some good animations which take much less time, like this one:

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New Version - 1.1 (Updated on 5/3/2013)
including:

- Replaced 2 old animations with these two new:

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- Added back the missing death animations for units with swords and shields, as well as units with axes, when being stabbed by bayonets

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So the idea of this simple mod is to direct the game using only the shorter death animation for a single-attack kill, while the original dueling animation remain the same.

Some features and benefits that you can notice after the change of death animation:

1. Being a single stabbed or slashed
2. Being charged
3. Kill with gunstock
4. Faster response after killing a target during the melee fight
5. Slightly improve on chasing down the routing enemy, as they have more time to retain the formation after each kill

Installation:
It is now in "Movies" format, so just unzip and put death_animv11.pack into :

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\empire total war\data

Compatibility:
It should go well with DME 8.0.1 , as well as the old versions or vanilla Empire

That's it. Enjoy it!

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

this looks chief Boss

+rep

The Cap

[Barkhorn1x]

Sounds good. +1 rep.

[Senshi]

Such a basic change, but true, this is one of the very small quirks (the vanilla animation suggests more of an electrocution) that definitely could be improved. And you did it . I'll download and try it out right away. Thanks and rep to you for this.

[MatrixStorm]

I'm surprised that nobody else came up with this idea.
But on the other hand, I didn't know it was moddable either.

I haven't tried it yet, but I will in my new campaign after DMUC 7.0 is released (not the beta).

[Massive_attack]

This is amazing for fights with large armies. In 10,000 man battles, long complex animations arent really something people can afford to enjoy. I think its actually indirectly helped with my lag issues.

[Freakwave]

Great, hope this will help with the lag.

[Ishiro]

Fascinating idea, could this work for NTW as well?

[dimnjacar]

working perfectly!

[Hofan]

Fascinating idea, could this work for NTW as well?

I can't see any problems while I'm playing with Darthmod Napoleon.
So, the answer is YES

[laijka]

Brilliant.


One question. Do they still have varied death animations when getting shot? I'd hate it if they all just fell down in unison the fastest possible way

[Hofan]

Brilliant.


One question. Do they still have varied death animations when getting shot? I'd hate it if they all just fell down in unison the fastest possible way

Yes, they do.
In fact, they fall in less varied way, in what you mean, only when they are shot in combat ready pose. In other poses like shooting, reloading, kneeing, their death animations are exactly same as vanilla.

[Ishiro]

To be auto-activated what pack format can i convert this mod?

[Hofan]

To be auto-activated what pack format can i convert this mod?

Just change the pack type from "mod" to "movie" by using PFM.
It should be fine.

[Ishiro]

Thanks, but you recommend movie over patch format?

[Hofan]

Thanks, but you recommend movie over patch format?

Either of them .

[alexanderswift]

Hey great work mate, finally chasing enemies down with infantry and melee is possible. Bravo!

[Logik]

Outstanding job man.Rep+ for this.Great job...

[jan_boruta]

Yes, it speeds up some battles and makes them more dramatic. Especially sieges are better, as it reduced some of the lag for me, soldiers die more quickly and there are less movement calculations, so it frees up some processing power Good work!

[Trailhog250]

Just 2rep for this guy?! I am disappointed TWC members when 250 people have downloaded (unless ofc my internet is lying to me as it does sometimes)

+rep for this great idea, I always loved it when a solider would start to 'dance' after getting stabbed with a bayonet