Online Multiplayer Campaign: Medieval II Kingdoms (Setup Guide)

[Armatus]

did you update kingdoms to 1.5?

[Makedonomachos]

no. Must i update it to 1,5 in order to play the hotseat campaign smoothly?

I want to ask and something else. Do i have problem if i transfer the campaing.sav via an usb stick?

[Armatus]

upload your preferences.cfg file here so we can check it out. Also if you're playing others I'd have everyone update to the latest patch. The save file is just .txt so you can pass it anyway you like.

[Makedonomachos]

[audio]
enable = 1
master_vol = 66
music_vol = 100
provider = Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio
sfx_vol = 100
speech_enable = 1
speech_vol = 100
sub_faction_accents = 1

[camera]
default_in_battle = rts
move = 33
restrict = 1
rotate = 23

[controls]
campaign_scroll_max_zoom = 30
campaign_scroll_min_zoom = 30
keyset = 0

[game]
advanced_stats_always = 1
advisor_verbosity = 0
ai_factions = skip
allusers = 1
auto_save = 1
blind_advisor = 0
campaign_map_game_speed = 99
campaign_map_speed_up = 0
campaign_num_time_play = 122
chat_msg_duration = 10000
disable_arrow_markers = 0
disable_events = 0
english = 0
event_cutscenes = 1
fatigue = 1
first_time_play = 0
gamespy_save_passwrd = 0
label_characters = 0
label_settlements = 1
micromanage_all_settlements = 1
morale = 1
mute_advisor = 0
no_campaign_battle_time_limit = 0
pref_factions_played = 36895
tutorial_battle_played = 1
tutorial_path = norman_prologue/battle_of_hastings
unit_size = huge
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1
use_quickchat = 0

[hotseat]
turns = 0
scroll = 0
autoresolve_battles = 0
disable_console = 0
disable_papal_elections = 1
save_prefs = 1
update_ai_camera = 1
validate_diplomacy = 1

[network]
use_ip =
use_port = 27750

[ui]
SA_cards = show
buttons = show
full_battle_HUD = 1
radar = show
show_tooltips = 1
unit_cards = show

[video]
anisotropic_level = 16
anti_alias_mode = off
antialiasing = 8
assassination_movies = 1
autodetect = 0
battle_resolution = 1920 1080
bloom = 1
building_detail = high
campaign_resolution = 1920 1080
depth_shadows = 2
depth_shadows_resolution = 3
effect_quality = highest
event_movies = 1
gamma = 120
grass_distance = 75
ground_buffers_per_node = 4
ground_cover_buffers_per_node = 4
infiltration_movies = 1
model_buffers_per_node = 4
no_background_fmv = 0
reflection = 1
sabotage_movies = 1
shader = 2
show_banners = 1
show_package_litter = 1
skip_mip_levels = 0
splashes = 1
sprite_buffers_per_node = 4
stencil_shadows = 1
subtitles = 1
terrain_quality = custom
texture_filtering = 2
unit_detail = higher
vegetation = 1
vegetation_quality = high
vsync = 1
water_buffers_per_node = 4
widescreen = 1

[Armatus]

seems someone else is having similar issues with the M2 set up. I would need to reinstall the games. I can't do this right now possibly sometime next Tuesday, unless someone here would be kind enough to swap you their preferences config.

[Makedonomachos]

Any news?

[Armatus]

I'm sorry, I got tied up messing with mods for another game. I have some time off next week so I shouldn't have much excuse to look into this then.

[darquan]

Hi I read in this post that you can make it so that you can play tactical battles when the AI attacks you bu I don't understan quite how to do this for XP or vista. Can someone direct me to how this is done please? Thanks

[Vaktus]

I Dont Get This Thread For Some Reason It Keeps Saying "Administrator Password Does Not Exist" I Did What The Thread Said, But I Just Cant Figure Out Why.
Am I Like Doing Something Wrong?

PS: I'm New To TWCenter, Please Help!

[Armatus]

Well if I knew what you did I might be able to offer a suggestion, but I don't. So what did you do?

[Nesimî]

I have updated my game and the preferences file looks like this:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[video]
widescreen=1
[game]
allusers=1
[multiplayer]
playable = true
[hotseat]
turns = 0
scroll = 0
autoresolve_battles = 1
disable_console = 1
disable_papal_elections = 1
save_prefs = 1
update_ai_camera = 1
validate_diplomacy = 1

but I still cant see a hotseat option, what do I do?

[Armatus]

try swapping the file with someone who is running the same OS and game version.

[Gimli]

This is regarding the admin password enablation.

How do you access the CFG file with Notepad? I have no clue how to do so as it has no such option to "Open With".

Help would be great.

[Armatus]

When I wrote this I was using Windows XP.

I don't have Vista and unfortunately don't a system that can run games at the moment.

[Nesimî]

Allright I got hotseat working but it seems whenever I get I save file it shows me the faction that played before the last player
If its Lannister Stark Arryn, and Stark has played and my friends see Arryn, I see stark when I load the game up

[Armatus]

Is this a mod? What version of the game are you running? What OS are you running? Are your friends updated and running the same version as you?

I'm just throwing things out because without having M2K installed I can't help you test or give you my file to try.

Maybe someone else can chime in?

[Fernandez_1492]

Anyone know how to disable the " load" option when pressing the esc key?

[megells]

Finally a straight forward tutorial

[Empire57]

Recently, I bought Medieval II Total War disk version, and I set up my medieval2.preference so I could play hotseat and it worked fine. Then my computer crashed so I had to buy the game again, but I downloaded it instead of getting the disk because it was cheaper. Now when I try to enable hotseat, it doesn't work. And for some reason, my medieval2.preference file only has 2 lines, my old MTW2's preference file had about 20. Here is what is in my medieval2.preference file:

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

[Armatus]

I assume things have changed with the downloadable version.

Why would you have to buy the game again if you already had it on disk?