How to have multiple installations of TATW (with different submods):

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 05:46 AM

Have you tried to see does vanilla TATW work?

What Windows do you have and is your M2TW a steam version or non steam?

If 7 or Vista, have you edited Security for M2TW? Go to How to fix it and apply step 3.

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · November 30, 2012, 02:15 PM

Windows 7, non-steam gold version, already edited security. Oh, and vanilla works fine too. It's just the submods.

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ethereal Lancer 916

Windows 7, non-steam gold version, already edited security. Oh, and vanilla works fine too. It's just the submods.

Ok, so, if you have vanilla TATW working, make a new folder there in \mods folder, name it as Call_of_Arms for example ( or whatever you want) open it, and copy\paste into it CONTENT of Third_Age_3 vanilla folder.
Then go to the Installer of the submod you want to install, browse its installation path to this Call_of_Arms folder for example. After installation is done, open or edit TATW.cfg file and add the line of this Call_of_Arms folder where is it supposed to go, and do the same for TATW.bat file. Some submods like MOS has more entries in its TATW.bat file and they have to be both changed:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

At the end of editing, right mouse click edited .bat file, send it to Desktop as a Shortcut, and I advise you to rename it to the name of the Folder where is it located ( example Call_of_Arms).

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · November 30, 2012, 02:58 PM

None of the submods have installers - they're all drag and drop installation. Will that be a factor?

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 03:03 PM

Then just do everything els except:

Then go to the Installer of the submod you want to install, browse its installation path to this Call_of_Arms folder for example.

And of course every submod needs its own copy\folder of vanilla TATW. Rename them before copy\pasting the content of the vanilla TATW folder.

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · November 30, 2012, 03:47 PM

It still crashes, same as before. Starts up, shuts down. Any other ideas?

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 03:56 PM

Try clearing the virtual store of any TATW related files, if you have any saved games, back them up somewhere.

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files(or x?)\Sega\Medieval2 Total War\ mods
(if u can`t find it, then it is hidden, so follow this How to Unhide hidden folders on Windows: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...59#post8287059).

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 04:07 PM

I don`t think that AUM is compatible with TATW 3.2,see here http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...2#post12228462

Gondor Armour Upgrade is for TATW 3.1 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...4#post10811064

Double post, please edit it dear Moderators

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · November 30, 2012, 04:53 PM

That knocks those two out, but I've already been through the whole Virtual Store process so there's still no reason for the third to not be working.

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 05:07 PM

Call to Arms? Well, I haven`t tried it, so can`t say for sure why it doesn`t work, or is it even compatible with TATW 3.2. You can backup the files which that submod is going to change (these ones in the picture)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

And just copy\paste it into your Third_Age_3\ data folder. But don`t copy\paste this Data folder, open it and copy\paste its content ( this on the picture). Overwrite and give it a try.

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · November 30, 2012, 05:21 PM

um... I'm sorry, I don't follow exactly.

Are you saying you want me to copy-paste the original Third Age files into the submod after backing it up, or what?

**ElvenKind** · November 30, 2012, 05:46 PM

No, make a backup of the vanilla (original) TATW files which are in that picture, cause those are the files which Call to Arms submod is going to overwrite after you copy\paste the content from Call to Arms \Data folder, so if you screw up you can revert to vanilla TATW files.

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · November 30, 2012, 05:52 PM

And when I do that try to install Call to Arms into the vanilla folder, right?

**ElvenKind** · December 01, 2012, 12:47 AM

Yes, into vanilla TATW\data folder.

**Ethereal Lancer 916** · December 01, 2012, 01:42 PM

Well that was a long-winded night. Didn't get a chance yet to try this next fix, though. I'll get to that shortly.

*EDIT*
It doesn't work either. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it is also incompatible.

**Pyres Δt Varanasi** · December 10, 2012, 04:33 PM

Really Usefull

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**alreadyded** · December 20, 2012, 09:22 PM

Nevermind, someone just named their mod folder wrong.

**sanchawebo** · January 21, 2013, 07:44 AM

Is there any specific information regarding a steam install?

**Dunadd** · January 28, 2013, 03:24 PM

Thanks very much for this info. If it copy and paste all my med II files into two other folders with different names - and then copy the third age 3 folder (patched to 3.2) into the mods folder of each before installing each sub-mod to a different medII/mods/third_age_3 folder to avoid renaming it in case that causes problems, will that still work?