http://www.twcenter.net/forums/ Post any questions relating to problems installing or using Medieval II: Total War/Kingdoms here. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:52:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images_bward/misc/rss.jpg http://www.twcenter.net/forums/ http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=312090&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:47 GMT okay. I just uninstalled medieval 2, so that I can try a new mod (third age) ... okay. I just uninstalled medieval 2, so that I can try a new mod (third age)

However... something has happened. I reinstalled and the mod didn't work properly. I decided to check, and kingdoms isn't even loading anymore.

I have at this point reinstalled 3 times, and I get the same error each time.

I use Windows XP professional, if that helps.

Upon loading a mod (stainless steel/third age) It will go to the main screen, but crash with an "unknown error" upon a second or so into loading a custom battle/new campaign.

Upon using the launcher-- same thing.

Kingdoms.exe-- I get a second or two of loading of the MEDIEVAL 2 TOTAL WAR screen (the one with the knights charging out at you) and then I get a wierd error, I can't read what it says, but it's a tiny box. Then I have to click "ok" and it dies.

I was just playing yesterday, when I wanted to try the new mod, mods and kingdoms both worked fine!!

I install the game, then kingdoms (I have gold, the one with disk 1 medieval 2, disk 2 kingdoms) and isntall one campaign (teutonic) and directx. I restart, then install the 1.05 patch (necessary for the mod)

Then I test it, and it breaks each time.

Finally, medieval 2 works fine-- only kingdoms is bad.

My next step will be to redownload the patch, it's ancient, so maybe that's it.


This is frustrating as blazes! ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Evilbookworm http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=312090 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=312085&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:04 GMT Here's the thing. Whenever I play M2 or Kingdoms or a mod, it crashes randomly during a battle. Bad pc you think ? Not at all, the game runs like a charm, high framerates, can run Empire without too much problems, RTW works as well, just M2. I only had this problem from a few days ago, should I just fully reinstall ? ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Mr.Blackadder http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=312085 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=312051&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:04 GMT I scanned my computer with the windows 7 upgrade advisor and it says M2TW isn't compatible with windows 7 so im wondering, if I upgrade to windows 7 can i run this game? ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help FuzzySecurity http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=312051 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311830&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:52:33 GMT No matter what I play, vanilla, kingdoms or a mod some units always have... No matter what I play, vanilla, kingdoms or a mod some units always have torches, and most of the torches are hovering off the ground void of contact with the unit. Can anyone tell me a way to fix this without reinstalling, also installed Crimson Tide for a few mods so I might have clicked the wrong directory if that might of caused it. ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Evil Bunny http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311830 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311536&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:45:51 GMT Hey all, Yea i know how stupid. But i would like to know if theres any way... Hey all,

Yea i know how stupid. But i would like to know if theres any way i can play medieval kingdoms without the Cd.

I also have the medieval original disk, if that helps for anything lol.

cheers. ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help DuDe|Total:war http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311536 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311320&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:02:17 GMT But in the options of the Gold Pack I just installed it says V 1.02.....so does... But in the options of the Gold Pack I just installed it says V 1.02.....so does that mean I don't have to DL the patch?
:duh: ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help DekuTrash http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311320 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311300&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:21:31 GMT Hi, I cant play the game at all because the CD is not recognised by my PC. It... Hi, I cant play the game at all because the CD is not recognised by my PC. It recognises every other CD I put in the drive, except M2TW, it just shows an empty drive. It's a legal copy. ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Pannonius http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311300 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311294&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:52:22 GMT This has really been bugging me. Ive got Medieval II Total War GOLD, and every... This has really been bugging me. Ive got Medieval II Total War GOLD, and every time when I try to play the campaign it randomly crashes ob me saying an unexpected error has occured. Ive tried several things from uninstalling the game to reinstalling it. Ive even tried installing just Medieval II and not kingdoms. Ive also tried installing both and patching to 1.5. This only happens in the campaign not the combat simulator. Im not sure where the sytemlog file is at. any help would be greatly appreciated. ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help kwatk0 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311294 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311194&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:33:18 GMT Hello. I have recently downloaded the mod Third Age: Total War version 1.3 and... Hello. I have recently downloaded the mod Third Age: Total War version 1.3 and ever since then there have been no banners on units on the battlefield. This goes for vanilla, Kingdoms, and other mods. I have tried editing the medieval2.preferences but this is all that is there:

[video]
widescreen=0
[game]
allusers=1

If anyone could help me that would be great. ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Dragonknight30 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311194 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311172&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:48:04 GMT I'm hoping someone can help me out with a problem I recently encountered. I have been using an original copy of Medieval II: Total War for about three years now on the same computer and never run into any problems until tonight. I recently got DSL and decided to download the v. 1.01, v. 1.02, and v. 1.03 patches for the game so that I could try out the 100 Years War mod.

All the installations worked fine, and after they were completed (but before restarting my computer after the v. 1.02 patch was installed, as the setup recommended) I even was able to run both Medieval II and The 100 Years War mod with no problems. After rebooting my computer, however, something changed and both Medieval and The 100 Years War now are in the wrong resolution, cutting off the top and right sides of the screen (if I try to play now I can't even see the next turn button). This problem can not be fixed by changing my monitor's resolution outside the game (tried that), or by changing the resolution on in-game graphics using the Video Settings menu (tried that too). As I said, this effects both versions of the game, making me believe that the problem is related to the patches I installed, although I can't say for certain.

For reference, I am running an AMD Athalon 2.3 GHz processor with 1256 Kb RAM and a Radeon 9250 videocard. Please help me, this is my favorite game! ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Brando http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311172 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311156&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:58:08 GMT *Medieval 2 total war.. what keeps happening?* owight guys.. ive just... Medieval 2 total war.. what keeps happening?

owight guys.. ive just signed up to your forum, its very helpfull with some really good advice, but i cant seem to find any help for my little problem, did i say little prob, i ment bloody huge prob....lol

somet keeps happening on medieval 2 total war, and it driving me crazy, no matter what i do i cant stop it..

ok, well every other turn one of my captains/generals whatever, gets the traitor to his people message up and i lose him and the entire army along with him.. in the past 15 maybe 20 turns, i have lost 13 full armies because of this and im not sure why.... im losing them faster then i can build them now.. does anybody know why this is happening?? ive lost the odd one every now and again, since i started, but nowt to cry about, but recently there droping like flies... its driving m crazy,

i first thought maybe its cause i cant afford to pay them so it the games way of keeping my money flowing, but as im earning nearly 75000 profit per turn, and have nearly 3 million in the bank it ain't that, and seeing that i own 75% of the map, it cant be because i dont have enough cities to keep em.. if that makes any sense...

ive taken all the map up to russia and wiped them out, now im currently holding my position down towards where the Timmurids region is, and same on the other side of the map, ive taken all of it to where ive wiped out the mores as well, and to where the Timmurids start up again... pretty much blocked them in on all sides, as were the only 2 factions left, and i find it difficult to beat them back.. i need serious renforcements.. im getting attacked by the Timmurids and there damm elephants and getting battered by em.. and as long as i keep losing my armies to some stupid rule they have, im gonna lose my foothold on them.... and odviously it wont be pretty if there break through my defences and start spreding out round my region.. if you know what i mean

i really need some help here guys... anyone knows why this keeps happening or how i can stop it from happening...

any help will be really apperchated..

thanks ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help scooby689908 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311156 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310925&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:30:21 GMT Right so. I constantly play M2TW, addicted. I started it up and it said it had... Right so. I constantly play M2TW, addicted. I started it up and it said it had encountered an unspecified error and had to exit. I uninstalled Kingdoms, then uninstalled M2TW, and then reinstalled M2TW. I then went on to install Kingdoms, and it was patching M2TW when it froze, so I aborted that. I rebooted the installer for Kingdoms, and then it said something like the version wont work. Bottom line, it wont patch M2TW anymore. So then I said, hey, who cares? And tried to boot up regular M2TW and the original unspecified error happened again. Help! ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Pendragon http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310925 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310851&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:02:48 GMT I just installed 2 mods, SS 6.2 and TATW 1.3, but when I want to play any... I just installed 2 mods, SS 6.2 and TATW 1.3, but when I want to play any campaign (even vanilla), the banners donīt show up anymore. I looked at my medieval2.preference.cfg file, and saw this:

[video]
widescreen=0
[game]
allusers=1

Thatīs pretty empty, isnīt it :hmm:. But when I try to add in the line show_banners = 1, it doesnīt work.

Help? ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Highi http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310851 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310784&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:31:38 GMT Hello Im new to this forum and I seem to have a problem with diffrent mods that... Hello Im new to this forum and I seem to have a problem with diffrent mods that install such as Broken Crescent I was able to install it ,but when I start it nothing happends when when I try the shortcut nothing happens

I have the game on steam both the medival total war 2 and kingdoms also I have vista 64 ultimate

so I was woundering what execly is stoping the game from starting? I mean i tryed the "run with admin" but It just wount start

Please help

Thanks ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help MeHoW http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310784 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310726&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:59:20 GMT I rescently came back to M2:TW and for some reason my game wouldn't launch. As such, I uninstalled and reinstalled both the Vanilla and Kingdoms. Now all the kingdoms's options launch fine, but the original wont launch.

If it helps, im using Vista, previously had TLR mod installed... oddly enough, the TLR options still appear to be available tho they obviously dont work either (as I assume they were removed with the uninstal). I'd really like to get back to the original vanilla version, and I'm totally at a loss... any and all assistance would be uber-appreciated.

Edit: On more in-depth review, I've noticed that Kingdoms campaigns aren't auto-saving. Don't know if its linked to the other problem, but its obviously not WAI ]]> Medieval II: Total War Technical Help Keyzzz http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310726