Total War: Rome 2 Patch 8.1 Available Now

Just a few weeks ago, the Total War: Rome 2: Caesar in Gaul Expansion became available.

Now, the Creative Assembly has announced that the Total War: Rome 2 Patch 8.1 is now available.

Patch 8.1 further improves the campaign and battle gameplay as well as includes balances to campaign parameters, ensuring a more “aggressive and tactically-focused AI.”

You can read up the full Total War: Rome 2 Patch 8.1 notes below, taken directly from the official website.

Patch 8.1 – Build 9066.483605

Technical and Performance Issues

Battle

Fix for dark squares which appeared on the battle terrain, whilst using the “Shader Model 3” graphics setting.
Improved performance on the medium Rome siege map.

Campaign

Resolved an issue that caused the UI to become unresponsive when the Triumph video plays at the end of a campaign.

Gameplay Improvements
Campaign

Improved AI parameter balancing: increased tactical focus and aggression, especially for major factions in both Grand Campaign and Gaul Campaign.

Improved campaign AI raiding behaviour. AI factions are now more likely to raid during campaigns.

Battle

Siege artillery now uses flaming projectiles appropriately (when attacking walls and towers).

Fixed an issue in siege battle AI which could lead to the general’s unit exposing itself to attack when trying to use its special abilities to support assaulting units on walls.

Fixed a range of issues with the AI’s interaction with walls in siege battles, enabling the AI to conduct a more effective assault using siege towers and ladders.

Improved the tactical co-ordination between different sub-groups of units when assaulting the walls in siege battles. When the AI attempts to enter the settlement via the gates, it is now able to do a better job of first eliminating the threat of boiling oil.

Fixed an issue which caused units to march off in a random direction when reforming on a siege tower.

Improved the behaviour of units when a unit on the ground is ordered to melee-attack a unit on the walls.

Boiling oil no longer causes incendiary damage (so won’t burn battering rams for example).

Improved pathfinding when attacking units on walls with units on the ground or vice versa.

Improved attacking siege AI’s interaction with walls, and its use of battering rams.

Usability Improvements

Campaign

Fixed a bug that made it impossible to exchange units during a multiplayer campaign, unless the “Turn time” option was set to “unlimited”.
Fixed a progression blocker in the Grand Campaign, which occurred when a “Triumph” video played (celebrating a high ranking Roman General). This prevented the player from continuing the game, by making the games UI become inactive.

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