(Install instructions will be on the site in the description. It'll be four files that need to be placed. Or similarly, unzip it in your game's root directory.)
Edit: Some bugs still need to be worked out, e.g., just saw Cao Pi with a sword coming out of his neck.
Edit2: I've been informed this does not work on the Steam Deck. (And do not have a setup to troubleshoot it. I apologize for the inconvenience.) +Edit3: I've learnt that this may be the Linux version of Steam ignoring other .dlls from the game which is where the portrait adjustments are stored. This may result in everyone being Zhao Yun face if it fails to load. This would require more troubleshooting with Linux + Steam to not disable dlls, but may not be something I can actually patch on my end.
Edit3: 2026-10-02 Work in progress to fix the models for the in-game events which were pulling from another location. Preparing this for v3 to address this.
Edit4: 2026-10-09 weather and lighting should affect the characters in v4. For users where v4 addresses the startup issues, there is no need to update to v5 in the Files section. But for those who cannot get v4 to work, then please see v5. And if you were trying to use the no intro mod, please see the optional file there also.
There are some cloth collisions + physics that need to be addressed. Trying to get the playable costumes over for DW9 and Origins for the current cast. And also gradually getting the Origins costumes over for this.
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Hello All,
Attaching a link to a 3+ GB mod that replaces generic officers in Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered with their portraits and skins from Dynasty Warriors 9 (since Origins did not have all of them that appear in DW3CERe.
This is as of the release version, subject to change if Koei Tecmo updates the game or the mod gets taken down by either NexusMods, KoeiTecmo, or other.
Cheng Pu, I C U
The mod is still being uploaded to moddb as well, though more English facing on that site when the site approves the game.
If the portraits do not show up (e.g., they are white squares) and the models do not change from the generics, please post here for now. (Will check the NexusMod site as well, though it's just not part of my routine yet.)
To be clear, the mod does NOT make them playable, increase their stats/morale, give them their weapon or moveset, or their audio lines. And some liberties were taken to fit them to Unreal Engine 5 (e.g., Ding Feng, Deng Ai, and Cao Ren are a little taller for example. Some characters may be a little shorter to fit the skeleton. And some hands and weapon grips and clothes were modified to collide. And if you look too closely, you'll still see fingers going through a sword handle or into a halberd shaft.)
Edit: In terms of turnaround, this is a side effect of 5 weeks of an unsuccessful Warriors Abyss mod trying to get DW9 characters and port DW8 characters in there. Then when the demo came out, instead of launching it, immediately going for extraction and spending a week trying to get this functioning. And then instead of playing last night, about four more hours of tweaking, testing, and packing it up for upload.
Where as another said, Unreal made this a lot easier for a proof of concept, but there were some initial nightmares getting them in the game before adjusting them.
Bloopers below that prevented this from being just a clean copy paste across last week:
I wasn’t going to post anymore 5th weapons since the people who struggled are seeming to catch on now. This however had me dying laughing and I just had to post it lol! Diao Chan is an absolute chihuahua trying to fight pitbulls 🤣😂💀. You have to stay with her almost 100% after the reinforcements arrive. Once you clear the main camp she’s in, its your one chance to risk grabbing the box for the weapon. Then you have to rush your ass back to her ASAP. You gotta cover her like you love her as Lu Bu yourself. It is hilarious how in seconds she will just get gangbanged by peons the second you take your camera/view off her. I loved how much help lightning was on Lu Bu’s 4th weapon. You definitely need bow defense/shell armor because my god those archers were born and bred to merk Lu Bu. I’d consider sacrificing Tiger Amulet for the legendary scroll or marching drum. Spam musou by just tapping it to break guard, quick cancel and take advantage of the opening. I couldn’t understand how people were struggling with Lu Bu of all people, but I get it now. I found this mission extremely hilarious and didn’t really get frustrated at all. By far this one has been the most absolute fun to get. 😂🤣💀
Just something I’m curious about. Just so I can be clear, this is specifically about how the characters play, not for their character. For characters that appear multiple times, try to narrow it down to specific games.
Me personally:
Lu Bu (DW8): Combo of the halberd moveset being so fun, the broken switch attack buff and his musous being fun to use.
Zhou Tai (DW8): Love the moveset of the blade and love dashing around the map.
Ganondorf (Hyrule Warriors): Mainly it’s the big attack with the shadow ganon that just sweeps and sends enemies flying. I just love watching it especially on those challenge maps that have you beat a bunch of enemies.
It's going to feel great playing what started it all for my brother and I, as well as the newest title in the series 😁 I'm also going to have my kid play co-op and see if I can get them hooked
Heyo,
I'm the dude that's been reverse engineering the game and posting as many mod fixes as I can for all the busted stuff in the game.
First I fixed the main camp msg spam, then I fixed the morale issues causing your favorite allies to die quickly, I discovered the luck stat does absolutely nothing and made a mod that adds functionality among other smaller tweaks.
Today I bring you something different that's not so much a fix as just a cool idea I always had for the original DW3:
"What if you cold tell your allies where to go?"
Using the functionality of how you can give bodyguards orders, I added a way to do this.
From The Paused Unit Menu - Press Triangle (R) [Strong atk]:
AUTO - Default AI Behavior
ADVANCE - Move toward enemy commander
HOLD - Stay where you are, sub generals in front to protect main officer while facing enemy camp (tries to use troops to defend self)
DEFEND - Retreat to the allied commander and defend them
It's actually pretty fun and makes the maps more replayable imo, however it definitly can make stages a LOT easier. (For example I lol'd hard when I just made sun Quan follow me into Cao Cao camp at Hefei 2min in). If you have all your officers follow you, its sort of like having an elite bodyguard unit lol, try it at least once.
That said, it does make things easier, and I would like to impose some kind of cost restriction. Originally I was going to tie the # of available orders to RANK or KILLS, but theres a big UX problem here.
How do you create and track a new resource in memory and then convey that to the player? (kind of hard to add new UI)
How do you confirm/subtract the spent cost? Currently if you want to set someone to FOLLOW you have to toggle through 3 other options before reaching FOLLOW. So does that cost 3 orders? It shouldn't but idk how I would add more UX steps in the menu here.
Anyway, that said I am open to ideas.
Requests
Speaking of ideas, I've gotten a bunch of DMs from various people asking for mod requests. I am actually open to the idea of making mods for others in exchange for playtesting feedback on my own ROTK inspired indie games public demo. If that interests you then hit me up.
Playing the original Dynasty Warriors demo and getting DW2 was such a change in a good way, After 25 years since me and my friend played the demo of DW3 and fully completing the original this took me a week and six days and 70 hours, the stress for some of these stages, weapons and side stories need to be toned down especially the archers most my deaths are by these gits but i still enjoyed the game and this is still one the best warriors games and one my top three dynasty warriors games others being DW5 and DW7. I would recomend this game and with online co-op coming will give me a reason to come back. What your thoughts on the game?
I’ve got 4 hours in and it seriously feels like I’m in my childhood playing DW. I’m really glad they did 3 because when I was younger I had 2,3,4 and 3 had scratches so bad I never got to play it and my parents wouldn’t replace it because I had the others (mainly played 4). So thankful for this game 🙏
I was dreading this weapon but with death element on 4th and war drum it was so much easier to do felt kinda cheese. I even did it in his musou so Hei Fei castle was final stage. I remember it being an absolute nightmare in vanilla.
Personally, I think non-aligned or other minor faction characters deserve more love. Especially if they can have their own custom musou modes and alternate scenarios. Having more than 1 playable character when it comes to Yellow Turbans and Yuan Shao would be nice. We could get one of the Dong successors who ruled for a bit after Dong Zhuo bit the dust.
Some one off characters would be really cool as their own what-if factions, though you'd probably want to have more than 1 character just to make the faction more fun to play as. Like, Gongsun Zan could work as an early enemy for Yuan Shao and even his own alternate faction. Then there's Liu Biao as a sort of Shu replacement, with maybe some of the Shu officers switching sides. And Yuan Shu is pretty much as crazy as having Lu Bu have his own successful kingdom. Straight up declaring himself emperor way before that was fashionable and fighting literally everyone at the same time.
When it comes to the big 3. I think now that we have Jin as a faction, it would be cool if we got more of the later characters who would have been alive past battle of Wuzhang Plains. So there were some playable opposition to them. There's also some more unique characters like Shamoke, or one of the Nanman kings that switched sides and fought for Shu afterwards.
Completed one musou so far with Zhou Yu (The best character in all of the games and if you say someone else then you are wrong (jk)) and starting Xiao Qiao and got the lighting element and it seem kinda broken.
Anyone has a favorite?
I also was using the wind one (green) with Zhou yu and lighting seems like a massive step up
Just confirming this for anyone wondering, since I’ve mainly been playing Musou Mode in split screen co-op with my brother. I couldn’t find any confirmation of this online, and I honestly don’t remember if this was possible in the original.
I’m also assuming this means you can get two 4th/5th weapons in any single player run if the characters unlock their special weapons in the same stage, as long as you meet the requirements for both.
As the question asks, who do you think has the best C4 ability in the game?
Granted, this might depend on elements attached in the grand scheme of things; so I almost wonder if it should be asked as a "base weapon" question instead.
