Please note this mod requires Warband Version 1.143. No, you do not need to downgrade. You can simply use multiple installs. You can use your steam key (if it doesn't work, use this to convert your steam key into a usable one).
If you are not comfortable creating a second Warband installation, there is a step-by-step guide at the bottom of those post.
1.143 mirrors:
http://download.taleworlds.com/mb_warband_setup_1143.exe
http://download2.taleworlds.com/mb_warband_setup_1143.exe
ftp://anonymous:anonymous@208.43.68.152/mb_warband_setup_1143.exe
Hello, everyone!
Secession is an American Civil War mod for Warband with an emphasis on historical accuracy and realism. Please note that we're in alpha, expect very large changes very often.
Important! You
must run Warband through WSELoader.exe! If you're unsure of what this is, check the installation guide at the bottom of the post. Otherwise you will not be able to join servers.
Features!Factions- Fight as one of the two combatants - the Union or the Confederacy!
- Many differences between factions while remaining balanced!
Artillery- Cannons with an accurate loading process.
- Requires a 3-man crew to operate.
- Multiple ammunition types to use!
- Shell Shot
- Case/Shrapnel Shot
- Canister Shot
- Double Canister
Uniforms- A large amount of high-quality, historically accurate uniforms for each side!
- Many uniforms of famous regiments and brigades! Fight with the maltese cross of the 20th Maine on your kepi, in the uniform of the iron brigade, and many more!
- Wear your rank! Wearable uniforms for privates, corporals, sergeants, first sergeants, sergeant majors, lieutenants, captains, and colonels.
- Mix and match! Choose your hat and uniform.
Standards- A large amount of high-quality, historically accurate uniforms for each side!
- A large variety of in-game banners for each side!
- Color sergeants can play fife and drum cadences!
Weaponry- A wide array of historically accurate weapons!
- Fight with smoothbore muskets, rifled muskets, shotguns, breechloaders, revolvers, and repeating rifles!
- Reloading while walking is possible!
- Bayonets can be fixed and unfixed with the B button!
- There's a good variety of swords to use as well!
- Smoothbores fire buck and ball, shotguns fire buckshot!
Also- Firearms with realistic accuracy and damage!
- Crouching!
- Bleeding, with the ability to bandage your friends to stop the bleeding!
- Warcry with the V key!
As well as much more!
Latest Versions: Secession v0.45
Version 0.45:Download Mirrors:
(Mediafire) Manual Install: 0.45 -> 0.45a PATCH(Mediafire) Manual Install: 0.45
List of last versions-Admin Tools (server chat, slaying, etc).
Selnix' Open Source Admin Mod-Drowning when you are underwater
-Crouching added - hotkey is Q
-Bowie Knife added, model & texture by Rigadoon. Confederate Knife removed
-Added breechloaders. Note that breechloaders can't use rifled musket ammo, they need to get their own ammo type. You move slowly while you have the breachloader equipped - switch to melee mode (x) or draw a knife to move faster. This is to stop people from firing and running away while reloading.
-Added Enfields for the confederates, model and texture by Hinkel
-Merrill model by Rigadoon added, no more placeholder.
-Union infantrymen get black slouch hats
-New union textures (coporal and sergeant coming in a future update), textures by Hinkel
-Sharps Carbine, Sharps Rifle, Sharps Rifle (Scoped) added - models and textures by Tessius
-Confederate officer's kepi removed from Infantry and given to Officers
-Warcries added - hotkey is V
-New main menu added by Hinkel
-New loading screens added by Hinkel
-Smoke is slightly thicker
-New stake scene prop added for mappers by Rigadoon
-New idle animation
-Probably a couple other things I forgot
-Several bugfixes
-Several rebalances
-New map by Sven: The Road to Vicksburg
-Added a 'fix bayonet' option. The hotkey is B. **Please note that there's no animation yet, it'll be in a future release as well as a system to notify you when you can fix/unfix the bayonet**
-Crouch key changed to C.
-Crouch glitch (hopefully) fixed.
-Fixed the shader glitches
-Added and replaced some guns by Tessius
-Added a gun randomization system
-USA officer's uniform and kepi by Hinkel
-Reskinned Confederate uniform and CSA infantry kepi by Hinkel
-Lots of new scene props by Rigadoon (10 houses and a half-shelter)
-New map by Sven: Little Round Top
-Many rebalances
-Probably some other stuff that was forgotten
-Made rifles handle a bit more realistically
-New weapon sounds sent in by Tessius and Moody7CMBG.
-'Spawn with no weapons' glitch fixed
-Some hats repositioned and rescaled to look better
-New textures for the Merrill and Bayonet by Rigadoon
-New stake model and texture by Rigadoon
-Added the spencer rifle
-Added the whitworth
-Sergeants seperated from infantry: They have lower weapon stats, slightly more health, do not get the fancier rifles, and have a chance at a revolver and an 1840 NCO sword.
-Lowered Musketoon accuracy slightly and made it more rare, upped Merrill accuracy to the point where it's not stupidly useless.
-A song plays after each round: Battle Hymn of the Republic for Union win and I Wish I was in Dixie for a Confederate win.
-Fixed First Manassas spawns and renamed it to First Battle of Bull Run
-Two new maps by Gokiller: Blood at the Brigade and Death at the Road
-Added some dirt being thrown up where a bullet hits
-Rebalanced weapons... General trend is more accurate with much more bullet drop, so sniping takes skill and close range is even more deadly.
-12 new guns!
-Zouaves reconverted, they look much better now. Louisiana Tigers also have a fancy new weapon to play around with...
-NCO sword positioning fixed
-Updated many maps, Fredricksburg renamed to Town Defense
-Round end music cropped
-Hay bales added for mapmakers by Austro
-Added ammoboxes for mapmakers. Not interactable yet, but in future patches you'll be able to use them to refill ammo. Model by Austro.
-Added some cover to Field by the River so the bridge team isn't so one-sided.
-Most of the uniforms retextured by Hinkel to look less like they have been worshipped with cleaning powder.
-Improved melee weapon, merrill, and stake textures by Rigadoon.
-Both the cavalry sabre and the NCO sword increased in speed so they can't be spammed to death.
-Cavalrymen can now choose the color of their horse
-New UI stuff by Hinkel
-Zouave USA officer and two new varients of the CSA officer by Hinkel
-Union troops can now choose a black slouch hat
-Added some cactus scene props by Tessius
-A new hat for Confederate cavalrymen by Tessius
-Weapon spawns work correctly on duel mode, so pre-lb organization should be easier.
-1840 NCO sword scabbard fixed... Not 1860 Sabre yet.
-Added a M1840 Dragoon Sabre.. It's a badass sword. Made by Rigadoon.
-Musket reload speed decreased to 16 seconds (was 23 seconds)
-Added 4 naval models for mappers (CSS Virginia, CSS North Carolina, USS Monitor, Ironsides)
-Gun sounds made louder
-Fixed the bug where guns would sometimes shoot arrows.
-Fixed the glitch where your calves would stick out of your pants if you didn't choose shoes
-3 new maps: one by Brookmanz, 2 by Gokiller
-Added the following scene props by Austro: Gate, tracks, tent
-Added the following items by Austro: Top Hat, Derby Hat, Forage Cap
-New textures from Hinkel: Multiplayer Profile screen, 6 new horse textures, and retextures for all the houses.
-New fence model from Hinkel and his team.
-New facial hair by Austro
-M1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword by Rigadoon added in
-Many new scene props by Rigadoon added, incuding 7 new houses, a gabion, an updated stake texture, and an improved half-shelter.
-Straw Hat added in, made by Rigadoon.
-You now walk by default
-Due to the above, you can now reload on the move.
-Sergeant uniform edited to actually be a sergeant. The current uniforms are kept in the game as a 'Sergeant Major Uniform' choosable by sergeants. Also added a first sergeant.
-Some uniforms reworked. This means more variations for nearly everybody, and the equipment looks right now.
-New death sounds sent in by Hinkel
-4 new houses by Rigadoon
-New Gabion scene prop by Rigadoon
-Straw hat for CS troops by Rigadoon
-Some new banners added (the ones that float above your head). Many more will be added in future versions.
-Added an Iron Brigade uniform. You spawn with a hardee hat automatically if you choose the iron brigade uniform.
-Made many changes to hats (specifically their availability). Added a Havelock Kepi for the confederates.
-6 new maps.
-Changed '1st Battle of Bull Run' to 'First Manassas' (name change only)
-Removed some native maps from battle mode to clean up the admin panel. YOu can still run the maps from the console manually.
-New CSA Sergeant textures by Hinkel
-Some more texture reworks by Hinkel
-Removed the duplicate sumpter horse for cavalry
-Fixed the glitch where CSA officers would rarely spawn with swords
-Rebalanced unit stats.
-Added infantry corporals.
-Cavalry corporals and sergeants added.
-New signpost scene prop by Austro.
-Color sergeants added.
-Musket idle animation touched up.
-A couple other things I forgot because I'm terrible at keeping changelogs.
-Fixed transparency on all uniforms. There should no longer be any black or white boxes around belt buckles or medals or what have you.
-Zouaves are now even more clown-like with little pom-poms on their fezzes.
-6th Pennsylvania "Rush's Lancers" uniform added to Union cav, complete with lances.
-Irregular clothing for Confederate cavalry with a new loadout so you can finally be one of those crazy ranger/bushwhacker types.
-Bleeding system added.
-1st New York Dragoons uniform added.
-Smoke can now be seen at any distance.
-Traded your plug bayonets in for proper socket bayonets, I hope you don't mind. To avoid glitchiness you can only fix or unfix your bayonet while your gun is loaded.
-Realistic Colors by Lucke189 added to the mod.
-Melee attack damage rebalanced across the board.
-Pulling out a dagger is now much faster.
-Confederate sergeant hats fixed.
-Fixed the 'crotch cam' when attempting to zoom in while on a horse.
-Added 2 drum cadences to the color sergeants accessed with the 1 and 2 keys on the numpad.
-All new artillery system!
-You can no longer spawn with less than 10 ammo for rifles and 6 ammo for revolvers.
-33rd Virginia "Emerald Guards" flag added.
-New main menu music
-Standardized ammo to pave the way for a misfire/jamming system & given all ammo inventory pictures
-You are no longer a clay model. Dirt does not spray out of your chest if you die now.
-New banner icons for the top-left of the screen.
-Horses are now slightly varied stats-wise.
-Tweaked the stats of troops for better balance.
-neil_V's Blood Enhancement Tweak
-Fixed the horse fatigue problem.
-3 new maps!
-Time between spawn waves on conquest lengthened from 30 seconds to 120 seconds.
-Fixed the big red error codes. There are unfortunately some visual bugs when firing at extreme angles, but this will be fixed a bit later on.
-Fixed a problem where you might be inundated with error codes on holding the zoom key.
-Fixed the two broken maps.
-Fixed a bug where you could use a carbine on horseback.
-Fixed the bug where you couldn't use Parrott Rifles (the black cannons) with the new artillery system.
-Fixed the bug where artillerymen didn't spawn with swords.
-Several map fixes by Gokiller.
You no longer have to be within 23 meters of a person to hear his gun go off.
-Warband Script Extender is now in use. Run the game through WSELoader.exe, which is included in the download.
-Smoothbore muskets are now given proper buck and ball shot.
-Troop prefixes removed (instead of Union Infantry, it's now Infantry)
-Item prefixes removed (instead of Union Infantry Uniform, it's Infantry Uniform)
-Shotguns added in 8 Gauge and 11 Gauge varieties.
-Boosted the accuracy of the Hawken Rifle.
-Added a civilian weaponry preference for CSA infantry for those that prefer the type of weaponry you bring from home.
-Fixed a bug where you could equip gloves in the first weapon slot, or first weapon slot items in the glove slot.
-Threshold for bleeding to begin is 25 damage instead of 15.
-Removed those ridiculous-looking blood decals until I make better ones.
-When your horse is shot out from under you, there is only a 1 in 3 chance you will take damage.
-Your calves no longer clip through your leggings when you're not wearing shoes.
-Bandages added to staunch bleeding (but not heal you). They currently use a placeholder model/texture, and they can spawn near a corpse when somebody dies. If somebody's bleeding, hit them with the bandage.
-Fixed the bug where Union Sergeants would sometimes spawn with two guns or two swords.
-Shrapnel has been added to shell shot.
-Ramrods can now attack.
-Fixed respawning on conquest mode - infantry can't spawn on a horse, etc
-There are now messages at certain intervals for dead players in conquest mode showing when you will respawn.
-Tophats are free, yay!
-You can no longer use cannon functions while crouched.
-The horse fatigue system has been redone to be compatible with different horse speeds, is now much better optimized, and should have far far less bugs.
-Elevation is no longer taken into account when loading a cannon. You should be able to load a cannon even if you're on a hill now.
-Fixed some typos in the text of some admin functions.
-When you choose the telescope as an artilleryman, you also spawn with a brass cannon sight. When holding this, point your reticule at something, and hold the DOWN arrow key until the cannon stops moving to dial in the range. Then use the UP arrow key until it stops moving to aim the cannon at that spot.
-New tent textures by Rigadoon
-28th Massachusetts and 1st Maryland flags both added. No, 5th Michigan, we havn't forgotten about you - a guidon is being modelled for you guys. Just need to wait a bit longer.
-All of Sven's maps have been removed on his insistence (River Shootout, Town Defense, The Road to Vicksburg, First Manassas)
-Two new maps by Gokiller: Forest by the River and Line Battle 1
-All maps are now fitted for conquest mode.
-Fixed an error code that occasionally appeared upon firing a gun.
-Mississippi Rifle by Rigadoon added. It's favored by Confederate zouaves and sergeants.
-New cannon emplacements added to several maps.
-Changed the partisan cavalry's loadout to be less ridiculous.
-The Enfield P1853 bayonet is now rotated to the proper direction.
-You can now fix and unfix bayonets even if your gun isn't loaded.
-Springfield M1842 Muskets now have bayonets.
-The Mississippi Rifle now has a slightly faster reloading speed, a slightly flatter trajectory, and slightly more accuracy to make up for the fact that it has no bayonet.
-Three new item preferences which give you a 100% chance to spawn with their respective item: Springfield Rifle Preference, Enfield Rifle Preference, Mississippi Rifle Preference.
-Improved particles for firing smoke and bullet impacts.
-Splashing effect added to bullets that hit water.
-The crouch key is now rebindable. Change the binding by changing the Character Window keybind. By default it's C.
-Fixed smoke coming out of barrels at odd angles.
-Fixed a bug where cavalrymen would sometimes spawn with 0 ammo depending on the gun they got.
-Fixed a bug where if you got a message when rearing or reversing with a horse, it would say the nearest player's name or the last chat message instead of the proper status message.
-Shells can no longer explode in water.
-There is now a GUI for cutting shell fuses instead of waiting for 14 seconds with the down button held down.
-Items are no longer saved between rounds.
-Bleeding deaths count as a kill to the guy that began the bleeding instead of a suicide.
-Breechloaders no longer load through the muzzle.
-New GUI for choosing types of cannon ammunition.
-Case shot added.
-Canister shot added as a 'panic mode' ammo type, it only takes 4 seconds to ram down the barrel rather than 12. Sponging out still takes 12 seconds.
-Reduced sensitivity on ramrod actions, you should now be able to use a ramrod from the same range you can use a shell.
-Bullet impact particles appear much more consistently.
-Added a GUI for ammunition boxes, with the ability to take ammo types out of the box directly instead of just refilling what you already have.
-Ammunition boxes added to many maps.
-The installer now puts a shortcut on your desktop.
-Added a proper 5th Michigan Cavalry guidon.
-There are no longer razorblades embedded into bandages. You can't die from getting hit by one while at 1 health anymore.
-Fixed the bug where indian heads were invisible at a distance.
-Optimized texture sizes & cleaned house with some unused ones. Textures folder filesize reduced by 73mb, this should also make the mod easier on lower-memory systems.
-Changed the system for choosing hair color. Instead of choosing it as its own item, go into the escape menu, and there's a new option there called 'Choose Hair Color'. Click that, select the color you want, and if the hat you spawn with has a version with hair, you will spawn with that.
-Many hats now have hair versions, totalling 50% of the hats available for Confederate Infantry and 75% of the hats available for Union Infantry.
-There's now an animation for fixing bayonets.
-Fixed the 'chest bumping' when loading a carbine.
-You can now only reload while walking slowly. Walk slowly by holding down the left shift key. Revolvers are exempt from this due to the insanely long reload times.
-Fixed a rare bug where you'd heal yourself when reloading with a carbine while bleeding.
-Increased the rarity of a bug where you'll sometimes lose 2 cartridges when loading a carbine. I havn't been able to totally stomp it out yet.
-Redid admin chat because the old one mysteriously broke. Hit U to bring it up, type into the box that automagically pops up, and hit enter.
-Confederate mounted color sergeant added.
-You should now get better framerates with large amounts of players than you did last patch.
-Double canister shot added. Does what it says on the tin - fires 2 canisters at once - but it takes the full 12 seconds to ram down.
-Fixed a bug where under some circumstances the bag would not show up on the canister shot.
-Fixed the wierd bug where custom barrels would fuse with native barrels.
-If you have no hat selected you will not spawn with a hat, even when you're wearing a uniform that forces a certain hat.
-Sergeants now have access to Enfield, Springfield, and Mississippi Rifle preference.
-There's now a rather pleasant sound when you're killed by a direct hit with a cannonball.
-There's now an effect when a cannonball hits the ground.
-Bandages no longer float in the air if you're killed while jumping or something.
-(Hopefully) fixed an error message that clogged up the server console and was exceedingly annoying, but seemed to have no effect on anything else.
-The anti-zoom is now improved further, it should feel much more natural.
-New map: Battle for the River, by RebelGeneral.
-Some particles reworked.
-Specularity on the cavalry guidons fixed. They're shiny now.
-Fixed the bug where confederate cavalry would spawn with maynards 80% of the time and merrils 20%... It's back to normal now.
-Fixed the M1855 Colt Revolving Rifle not spawning with ammo.
-Admin chat no longer has a 'u' in it when its first brought up.
-Master of the field should now be defunct.
-Fixed the disturbing bug where confederate mutants had four feet.
-A couple balance changes.
-Added a new map by Bacon - Dried River
-Fixed new features not working on any game-mode other than battle.
-New reticule, created by Moss. If you want the old reticule back, go into your textures folder and delete ui_gadgets.dds.
-Cleaned up some code for slightly better performance.
-Fixed the triangular holes in some hats.
-You can no longer strafe or walk backwards at full speed while reloading. Need to move slower.
-Morale system added. It's disabled by default, you must enable it in the admin panel.
-Only the cannon barrel moves up/down, not the whole cannon.
-Holding up with the cannon sight will adjust both vertically and horizontally now.
-Adjusting your aim with the cannon sight is now much more accurate.
-You can now slew the cannon with the telescope much faster.
-Monkeyed around with the stats for shells. Case, canister, and double canister are now just as useful as shell shot.
-Adjusted cannon loading times.
-Smoothbore preference now gives a 100% chance of an M1842 Springfield. No more springfield rifles or ugly flintlocks.
-Memory optimizer for WSE enabled by default.
-Master of the field now totally removed.
-There is now a kill counter that sounds out at the end of battle rounds.
-Admin commands redone.
-The Minstrel Boy and Stonewall Jackson's Way added to the color sergeant's selection of music.
-Time of day and fog level is now randomized. Cavalry scouts will be much more important on low-visibility maps.
-Once you run out of ammo, you can pick up stones off the ground with the N key.
-Battle for the River has the spawns on each team's respective cannons now.
-Revised tent textures by Rigadoon added.
-Virginia Cavalry uniform added.
-Lorenz Rifle added.
-There is now a message for when you're attempting to reload a cannon while crouched.
-All-new firing sounds for muskets, carbines, spencer rifles, henry rifles, and revolvers.
-Fixed a bug that caused multiple firing sounds per firing.
-Fixed two game-breaking bugs, including one that caused the game to freeze up a majority of the time.
Dev team!-Azrooh: Coding
-Hinkel & Co.: Models & Textures
-Austro: Models & Textures
-Rigadoon: Models & Textures
-BarnesBL: Historical guy
-5arge: Gun info
And Credits to-Penis Colada: Nearly all guns.
-Shredzorz: Smoothbore flintlock model
-DOMA_: Gun firing sounds, ricochet sounds, pass-by sounds. Check out his Cinematic Compilation.
-Pikkon (MG): Historical advice
-Picton: Historical advice
-Moss: Reticule
-Gokiller: Maps
Step-by-step for server owners:
-Find the WSE folder talked about earlier.
-Copy the contents to your dedicated server folder.
-Open the .bat you run the server with.
-Replace mb_warband_dedicated.exe with WSELoaderServer.exe in the .bat file
-Save, close out, run the .bat. You're done!
Reccomended map rotation for public servers:
set_map brookmanz_vaughtshill
add_map gokiller_town
add_map gokiller_ghettysburg
add_map hinkel_penn_farm
add_map multi_scene_7
add_map gokiller_forestbytheriver
add_map gokiller_railroad
add_map hinkel_mcphersons
add_map brookz_brentwood
add_map gokiller_blood
add_map gokiller_road
add_map brookmanz_vaughtshill[/list]
FAQ
Q: What are the shortcuts?
A: C for Crouch - V for Voice - B for Bayonet.
Q: WSE is saying I don't have the correct version even though I have 1.143!
A: Your Warband .exe is infected with a virus or has been modified. Verify the game through steam, or reinstall it if you don't have steam.
Q: I can't join any servers! It's saying I have an incorrect warband version.
A: You
must run Secession through the shortcut that appears on the desktop on install.
Q: A shortcut wasn't put on my desktop after the install! What can I do?
A: Go into your Secession folder, inside that folder is a WSE folder. Go into the WSE folder, and run Secession through WSELoader.exe.
Q: Why are the guns so accurate?
A: The American Civil War was fought mainly with rifles. These are different from smoothbores because they have rifling, which causes the bullet to spin and gives it greater accuracy. These new rifles paired with outdated Napoleonic military doctrine resulted in an obscene amount of casualties for both sides.
Q: How do I operate a cannon?
A: You're going to need a coordinated group for this. One person needs to grab the telescope, one person needs to grab the ramrod, and one needs to grab the lanyard.
- 1: Have everybody go up to the cannon and use it holding F. You should get some green text.
- 2: The one with the ramrod needs to go to the muzzle of the cannon and hold the down arrow key. This is sponging the cannon, and it is optional - but not doing this is dangerous.
- 3: Grab a shot from the ammunition chest of the nearby caisson.
- 4: If the shot's fuse can be cut, hold the down arrow. Move the slider to the desired time (1 = 1 TENTH of a second) and press Cut Fuse!
- 5: With the shot with the newly-cut fuse in hand, head to the muzzle of the cannon and hold the up arrow key to load it in.
- 6: Have the guy with the ramrod ram the shot down by going up to the muzzle and holding up.
- 7: Have the guy with the telescope aim with the arrow keys with the telescope equipped.
- 8: Once you've aimed, take out your brass cannon sight to fine tune the aiming. Hold down to dial in the range, and hold up to aim at the correct spot.
- 9: Have the lanyard guy hold the up button to fire the cannon!
- Hint: You cannot do any cannon actions while crouched.
- Hint: If you have the lanyard, you can check loading progress at any time by holding the down button.
- Hint: Coordinate everyone so they're doing their jobs at the same time to make the loading process go faster.
Q: I can't do anything with the cannon even though I've used it!
A: Crouch down and stand up again. That should fix it.
Q: The smoothbores seem useless, what are they good for?
A: Smoothbores fire buck and ball shot - that's a .69 caliber ball and 2 pieces of buckshot. Each smoothbore is a mini-shotgun. They're also very good in a melee.
Multiple Installation Guide
1: Find where Warband is installed. If you're on steam, skip this step. If you're not, you know how to do this.
2: Download Warband version 1.143 from any of these 3 mirrors - they are all official Taleworlds links, do not worry about viruses.
http://download.taleworlds.com/mb_warband_setup_1143.exehttp://download2.taleworlds.com/mb_warband_setup_1143.exeftp://anonymous:anonymous@208.43.68.152/mb_warband_setup_1143.exe3: Install the .exe. Steam users can skip the rest of this step. When it asks for an install path, make sure the path does not point to where Warband is currently installed.
4: You can rename the new folder anything you'd like. I'd recommend Secession just to keep track of what it is.
5: Download Secession version 0.45 and put the contents in the Modules folder of the second Warband you just installed.
6: Go into Secession's WSE folder. Select everything inside it, copy it (control + c), go to your Warband install (the new one), and paste it (control + p).
7: [Optional] Right click the WSELoader.exe you just pasted, click create shortcut, drag it to your desktop.
8: Download the .45 to .45a patch here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?jhbzy6692a84v7l9: Extract the files inside the archive into your Secession_v0.45 folder
10: Rename the Secession_v0.45 folder to Secession_v0.45a
11: Run the game through WSELoader.exe or the icon you just created.
This may look complicated, but not counting download times it should take less than five minutes.
If you have any issues, feel free to PM me (Azrooh), start a thread, or post on the bug reports thread.