Divide And Conquer - An Expanded Faction Mod - Beta released! 3.99* series Sept 1st Oct ## NEWS! We have reached 31 faction limit !!! ##

[Elphir of Dol Amroth]

That would be a bit difficult, because the four Dwarven clans lived beyond the map that Tolkien gave us. We would need to create a whole lot of new regions and also add new factions, but our faction roster is already filled. From what I understood though, at least some of the dark Elves will be part of the Dorwinion faction.

[Comandertony]

im confused on what to download...i have third age so do i need to download the old version first or the old version then the new or just the new...???

so if someone would tell me the steps for the downloads id like that...sorry for the noob question...

[GrumpyBean]

Correct me if I'm wrong.......The DaC mod is a separate mod from Third Age technically. So you don't even need to install Third Age: Total War.

Edit: wait i mis-understood your question NVM
But i think you'll be able to download the new one without the old one

[Comandertony]

oh...thought it was related...nevermind..but still what are the steps to downloading it...first thread confuses me...

[Skeleton Of The West]

You only need to download this mod and just play, you dont even need TATW for it.

[GrumpyBean]

oh...thought it was related...nevermind..but still what are the steps to downloading it...first thread confuses me...

OK, so you download both parts (It doesn't matter where you download it, preferably another folder on your desktop called modifications or something like that). After that:

1.) Create a folder in your C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods called "Third_AgeDAC"

2.) Put the 7-Zip files in the "Third_AgeDAC" folder

3.) Right click Third_AgeDAC.7z.001, Under 7-Zip, click Extract Here

4.) Then you should be all done. Click the bat file to play

Hope this was clear enough

[Comandertony]

ok thanks alot i get that....

[JohanEA]

Hey Guys.
I've got a problem with playing the DaC game. I haven't got vista, but I've got Steam installed.
I think steam might be the cause of my problems, however i'll brief you on the problem.
I had Stainless Steel mod installed before, but somehow I couldn't remove all of it(deleted all the files i could find, but somehow Stainless Steel is still listed as one of the options, when launching the kingdoms mod, alongside teutonic and the rest.)
Well I've followed the install guide, and everything seemed fine(using the 3.99 version btw), i've downloaded the Thirdage.bat but when I launch it the black window with numbers pops up, and then the kingdoms launch window opens and then I can choose between the usual teutonic, crusades, britannia and stainless Steel. I can imagine that the stainless steel thing shouldn't matter, but I can't really think of anything else that would make me unable to install the game.
I've also tried the "Dummy.Exe" trick where i put the launcher(file) in another folder, and rename the kindoms.exe to launcher, that resulted in the game popping up with "Medieval total war 2: Kingdoms is unavailable at the moment(roughly translated)". Can anyone give me an input on what to do? I've already deleted the entire game, and reinstalled it, however when I checked it still popped up with the Stainless Steel option in kingdoms launcher.

[Leckan]

Hey Guys.
I've got a problem with playing the DaC game. I haven't got vista, but I've got Steam installed.
I think steam might be the cause of my problems, however i'll brief you on the problem.
I had Stainless Steel mod installed before, but somehow I couldn't remove all of it(deleted all the files i could find, but somehow Stainless Steel is still listed as one of the options, when launching the kingdoms mod, alongside teutonic and the rest.)
Well I've followed the install guide, and everything seemed fine(using the 3.99 version btw), i've downloaded the Thirdage.bat but when I launch it the black window with numbers pops up, and then the kingdoms launch window opens and then I can choose between the usual teutonic, crusades, britannia and stainless Steel. I can imagine that the stainless steel thing shouldn't matter, but I can't really think of anything else that would make me unable to install the game.
I've also tried the "Dummy.Exe" trick where i put the launcher(file) in another folder, and rename the kindoms.exe to launcher, that resulted in the game popping up with "Medieval total war 2: Kingdoms is unavailable at the moment(roughly translated)". Can anyone give me an input on what to do? I've already deleted the entire game, and reinstalled it, however when I checked it still popped up with the Stainless Steel option in kingdoms launcher.

I have had the exact same problem, with the computer somehow sensing that the game is left even though I uninstalled it. I downloaded Ccleaner and got rid of all temporary files that are hidden, then it worked!

[JohanEA]

Thanks Leckan, I'll give it a try.
Would it be safe to just make backups of Med2 and kingdoms from steam, or do you think it would keep the Stainless Steel bug then?

[Leckan]

Thanks Leckan, I'll give it a try.
Would it be safe to just make backups of Med2 and kingdoms from steam, or do you think it would keep the Stainless Steel bug then?

I made a new folder called "najs" only and put all TW games in there, then I used Ccleaner, it has worked ever since that.

However, I didn't put my steamgames there, if you have steam which you did (?) then I would try to use ccleaner without moving anything. I don't believe you can play the games if you got them via steam if you move them

[JohanEA]

I've used the CCleaner to see if it worked... it didn't :S So I'll make backups of kingdoms and med2 and uninstall the games through CCleaner. And well, then I'll reinstall. Crossing my fingers

[JohanEA]

Well.. It didn't work - I'll try downloading TATW and then the 3.75 DaC instead. Hopefully that will somehow overwrite the Stainless Steel Bug so that I can launch the game.

[OSDEA7]

Well.. It didn't work - I'll try downloading TATW and then the 3.75 DaC instead. Hopefully that will somehow overwrite the Stainless Steel Bug so that I can launch the game.

Wow,i thought i was the only one that got that Stainless Steel problem.I had to uninstall everything to do with MTWII to rid the problem.Plus i made sure nothing existed on my hard drive to make sure i had a thorough clean install. I love Stainless Steel but it interferes with other mods.So will not install it again.

[JohanEA]

Wow,i thought i was the only one that got that Stainless Steel problem.I had to uninstall everything to do with MTWII to rid the problem.Plus i made sure nothing existed on my hard drive to make sure i had a thorough clean install. I love Stainless Steel but it interferes with other mods.So will not install it again.

Hehe felt the same way. I've still got the problem however :S I've tried to uninstall everything and defrag the harddrive. But I'm suspecting that there might be some SS files in the backups that i made of Med2 and Kingdoms, however i didn't have time to download for 5-6 hours to get both games downloaded. "plus i made sure nothing existed on my harddive to make sure i had a thorough clean install" can you please write shortly what you did? I've already tried defragging the harddrive, enable so that i could see hidden files and thereafter use CCleaner to uninstall the game, without success though. Also i have to point out that I've already tried once to download a fresh game from steam, however the SS files somehow were kept and the ss launch options were still present -.-

[stoffi]

This thread is extremely messy and confusing. Perhaps a new one should be made instead of editing it continously?

I got seriously no idea what to download to play the latest patch. The Zip7 file is not working. Do I need tatw installed or not? Is it based on 1.1 tatw or 1.2 tatw? It's contradicting.

This mod seems a lot of fun but I think many ppl are hindered from playing it because of the mess in this thread, not to mention the initial post. I've looked at it before but gave up downloading it because it was too hard to find any information.

[GrumpyBean]

OK, so you download both parts (It doesn't matter where you download it, preferably another folder on your desktop called modifications or something like that). After that:

1.) Create a folder in your C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods called "Third_AgeDAC"

2.) Put the 7-Zip files in the "Third_AgeDAC" folder

3.) Right click Third_AgeDAC.7z.001, Under 7-Zip, click Extract Here

4.) Then you should be all done. Click the bat file to play

Hope this was clear enough

follow this oh and you dont have to have third age total war in order to play this......its a separate mod

[JohanEA]

follow this oh and you dont have to have third age total war in order to play this......its a separate mod

I've followed it and done exactly what it says. The problem is however that once I click the batfile, the kingdoms launcher pops up and I can't choose ThirdageDAC - stainless steel is listed instead. In case i choose the stainless steel, the game pops up with an error and exits. I've tried renaming one of the folders and then turning the Third_AGEDAC folder into one of the kingdoms folder - it says that kingdoms has found an error, once that i launch it. The problem is that there's somehow some Stainless Steel files left that prevents the Third_ageDAC launch from working, and instead makes me unable to launch the game properly. I've also tried the dummyexe solution, where you hide the launcher and turns the kingdoms.exe into the launcher - it says like with the other, that medieval has found an error.

[Sephirotgame]

Hi everyone
I am playing without problems to "normal" third age with 1.4 patch.
Then i downloaded "Divide and Conquer", i installed it (i think in the right way) but it can't work. If i clik on batch file, i can see the downloading page of the game then it return to windows..
what ccan i do? i really want to try this sub mod!!

[stoffi]

follow this oh and you dont have to have third age total war in order to play this......its a separate mod

Zip7 DL is not working. Thereby this mod can't be downloaded. :-/



I'm just saying that in order to make this submod available to more ppl, a lot of structural changes should be made. It's a complete mess with contradicting statements all over and a zillion links to god knows what. Constructive criticism.