Total War: Warhammer
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Developers | |
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Creative Assembly | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[1] |
Linux | Feral Interactive[1] |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive[1] |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 24, 2016 |
Linux | November 22, 2016[2] |
macOS (OS X) | April 18, 2017[3] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
OpenCritic | 86 |
IGDB | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Continuous turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS, Strategy, TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Total War: Warhammer |
Total War: Warhammer | |
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Subseries of Total War | |
Subseries of Warhammer | |
Total War: Warhammer | 2016 |
Total War: Warhammer II | 2017 |
Total War: Warhammer III | 2022 |
Total War: Warhammer is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS, strategy and TBS game in the Total War: Warhammer series.
General information
- Official forums
- Official support page
- Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | ||||
Steam |
- All Steam versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[4]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | The game features extensive paid DLC; if you play only the base game, you will miss a substantial amount of overall content. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Blood for the Blood God | ||
Bretonnia | Free. | |
Call of the Beastmen | ||
Chaos Warriors | ||
Grey Wizard | Free. | |
Grombrindal The White Dwarf | Free. | |
Isabella von Carstein | Free. | |
Jade Wizard | Free. | |
Krell | Free. | |
Norsca | ||
Realm of The Wood Elves | ||
The Grim and the Grave | ||
The King and the Warlord | ||
Wurrzag | Free. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | Blood for the Blood God DLC is cosmetic only, in that it adds gore effects. |
Finite spend | Each DLC can be only bought once, putting a cap on total spend. |
Unlock | You get a set of races in the base game, but the remainder of the races are locked behind real-money transactions. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam | %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer\Scripts\ |
Epic Games Launcher | %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer\EOS\Scripts\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Total War Warhammer/preferences |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer\Save_Games\ |
Epic Games Launcher | %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer\EOS\Save Games\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Total War Warhammer/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/The Creative Assembly/Warhammer/save_games/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | [5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | Scaling is added with a patch, however you might get issues with fonts depending on in-game language | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Already borderless if windowed mode is set at native resolution | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Trilinear, and anisotropic filtering (2-16 samples). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, MSAA (x2, x4, x8) | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Main Menu is locked to 30 fps, rest of the game is unlocked by default | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, music, speech, and effect sliders | |
Surround sound | 5.1, 7.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Co-op, Versus Multiplayer campaigns only support 2 players. In Custom Battles, up to 8 players can play at the same time. |
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Online play | 8 | Co-op, Versus Multiplayer campaigns only support 2 players. In Custom Battles, up to 8 players can play at the same time. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Totalwar Warhammer [DX11]. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 | |
OpenGL | Linux only. | |
Metal support |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 7, 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i5-4570 |
System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 5770 Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | AMD Radeon R9 270X Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.12.4 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.0 GHz | Intel 3.3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 37 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon Rx 200 series Intel Iris Graphics 540 2 GB of VRAM | 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.10 (64bit), SteamOS 2.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz |
Intel Core i7-4770 3.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 29 GB | 35 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon R9 270 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB of VRAM |
- Intel graphics cards are not officially supported.
- AMD graphics cards are not officially supported on SteamOS.
- AMD graphics cards require the Mesa 13.0.1 driver compiled using LLVM 3.9 or newer.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Conquer this world with Total War™: WARHAMMER®, coming to Mac and Linux in the autumn | Feral News
- ↑ On 22 November, two colossal forces will unite in Total War: WARHAMMER for Linux | Feral News
- ↑ On April 18th, Total War: WARHAMMER launches for Mac powered by Metal | Feral News
- ↑ Denuvo: Questions and Answers - Total War Wiki - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Total War Warhammer 21:9 Support Review (3440x1440) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023