Ancient Warfare 3 Update — Mod Compatibility Status & Broken Mods List
🧠 What This Means for Modders
Update 1.12.1 — a general update — most mods survive, but check the broken list below. 4 mods flagged as potentially broken below ↓.
📋 Patch Notes
Increased vertex limits Maximum vertex limits have been increased for nearly all custom item types. For most items, the previous maximum is now the recommended limit. Staying within this recommendation is strongly advised to avoid performance issues. Models exceeding the recommended limit are now accepted up to the new maximum, but display a performance warning in the Steam Workshop browser. Warnings also appear in the item creator and when loading battles containing affected custom items. Custo
✅ Mods Updated for This Patch (0)
These mods were updated after the patch — safe to use on the current version.
None yet.
⚠️ Mods That May Be Broken (4)
These native mods may not work until the author updates them. Everything else is unaffected — .esp, texture, and Papyrus-script mods are version-independent and survive patches.
↩️ How to Roll Back / Downgrade
Steam: open the Steam console (steam://nav/console) and run `download_depot <appid> <depotid> <manifestid>` to download the pre-update build, then copy those files over the updated ones. Set the game to "only update when I launch" (Properties → Updates). Always back up the game folder before a patch.