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Total War: WARHAMMER III›Events›Hotfix 8.0.2
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Hotfix 8.0.2

Total War: WARHAMMER III · published 3 months ago · build 23523763

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Hey folks,

We have another Hotfix for you today, including some cost balancing to Tiger Warriors and some crash fixes, as well as some additional bug squashing and adjustments.As always, if you run into any new issues after updating please report them over in our bug reporting forum.See you on the battlefield!— Steve // Senior Community Manager


Campaign

Cathay/Tiger Warriors:

  • Reduced campaign costs for some Tiger Warrior units:

    • Tiger Warrior Iron Claws:

      • Recruitment = 1700 > 1600 per unit

    • Tiger Warrior Stalkers:

      • Recruitment = 1550 > 1400 per unit

      • Upkeep = 300 > 275 per unit

    • Tiger Warrior Dual Axes:

      • Recruitment = 1200 > 1000 per unit

      • Upkeep = 250 > 225 per unit

  • Changed the Desert Tigress Insignia for Jade Crossbows benefit to Armour-piercing missile weapon damage; Increased effect benefit from 3 to 4

  • Increased Desert Tigress Insignia for Jade Infantry Armour-piercing effect from 3 to 4

  • Made completing Zhao Ming’s goals more rewarding by increasing the drop chance for higher tier units when accomplishing them

  • Fixed a crash on end of turn while playing as Bhashiva

  • Fixed a crash that would occur when opening the Armies of Shang-Yang panel

  • Fixed an issue so that the Clawspeaker Hero provided to Caravan Lords by the Deeply Devout trait now correctly start with spells and abilities unlocked

  • Fixed an issue that would occur when capturing settlements from rebels with Bhashiva

  • Campaign movement range bonus has now replaced "Strider" from the "Fleet of Foot" traits since "Wayfarer" under the same trait already provides "Strider"

  • Tiger Warriors now receive proper recruitment cost reduction from Prophecy of the White Tiger buildings

  • Fixed a bug so that benefits targeting Melee infantry provided by Zhao Ming's skills and faction effects now include Tiger Warriors

  • Fixed an issue so that Bhashiva's direct allies are no longer targets of Zhao Ming's Goals

  • Fixed caravans being counted towards the army count in the faction summary screen

  • Fixed the banner upgrades menu closing instantly after opening if you have an agent selected before opening it

  • Improved consistency when generating Zhao's Goals

  • Fixed error in mission execution for Bhashiva around the Chaos Invasions

  • Interacting with Zhao Ming's end turn goals now opens the missions tab instead of the default units tab in AoSY

  • Fixed an issue where the text pointer would not fire as intended on the Armies of Shang-Yang panel

  • Fixed a rare post-battle crash after Miao Ying’s Realm of Chaos Battle

  • Fixed an issue with an animation where Auto resolving battles with Lord Magistrate while he is on a Sky Lantern mount

  • Fixed an issue where Armies of Shang-Yang missions were not displaying unit cards for the relevant unit requirements

  • Fixed an issue where the Insignia assign menu loses functionality if it's opened whilst the army is moving

Other:

  • Fixed an issue where some Norscan homeland settlements were incorrectly set up, causing Warriors of Chaos factions to be unable to vassalize their respective Norscan factions when conquering the settlements

  • Fixed an issue so that When playing as Skarbrand in the Realms of Chaos campaign, the mission "Chaos Invasion: Despoilers" should now spawn a fully functional Cultist of Khorne. Note that this will not affect save games where the mission has been already started or completed

  • Fixed an issue so that Epidemius' Tally of Pestilence should now properly count plagues that spread to settlements


Battle

  • Resolved a problem where the AI was constantly prioritizing single entity targets for AOE spells

  • Fix a softlock that would occur when opening the Unit & Spell browser after a Mirror of Madness battle

  • Fixed an issue so that the Sky Lantern Gunner crew's effective range is now aligned with the sky lantern's

  • Fixed an issues with Bhashiva's teleport attacks not playing their sound effects in quest battles



⚠ IMPORTANT



If you experience any issues after downloading the update, please take a moment to Verify the integrity of the game files first to ensure there were no issues when downloading. A step-by-step guide can be found in this article.If the issues persist, please visit our support site for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.



🧱 MOD WARNING



Please note that user-generated mods may have compatibility issues with new game updates. If you are encountering performance or stability issues following a release, is recommended that you disable any mods you're running. If you continue to experience issues, please visit our support site for additional troubleshooting steps and assistance.

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