Updated August 18th, 2015!
Welcome to the (unofficial) Installation Guide for Hyrule: Total War! If you have any questions or technical issues while installing or running the mod please post them here. (Only those two problems, all other issues go in the Bugs and Technical Issues subcategory)
Please note that this guide is coming from a person who uses the Steam version of Medieval II + Kingdoms. Your installation may be different depending on how you have obtained the base game.
Contents:
Step 1: Installing Medieval Total War 2 & the Kingdoms Expansion
Step 2: Downloading the Base Mod and the Hyrule Historia
Step 3: Installing The Mod
Step 4: Running The Mod
Common Questions and Answers
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Step 1: Installing Medieval Total War 2 & the Kingdoms Expansion
- First, make sure you own and have already downloaded Medieval II and its Kingdoms expansion. This should be self-explanatory, and if you are using Steam, just simply select the title and click the Install button.
Step 2: Downloading the Base Mod, the Hyrule Historia, and the Community Patches
- After installing the base game, it is time to download the mod. To obtain the mod, check the moddb page or simply follow the links below.
- Hyrule Total War is separated into several parts. The main installer will grant you access to the Freeform Campaign and Custom Battles, but if you wish to see the story and cutscenes of HTW, you must also download the Hyrule Historia files. The Hyrule Historia is further divided into sections based on the story arc, just download the ones you wish to experience (or download them all!).
- A note of caution, Hyrule Total War has large files and may take some time to download. During this time, if the Internet connection is broken or otherwise disrupted during this process it may corrupt or cancel the download, so be careful!
ModDB Downloads Page: http://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-total-war/downloads
Latest Release (3.8): http://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-total-war/downloads/hyrule-total-war-38
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Step 3: Installing The Mod
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember when installing new version of Hyrule Total War to delete any and all previous installations of HTW, or it may not work properly!
- After completion of the download, check your Downloads folder or wherever downloads are saved on your computer. Run the installer(s) and follow the directions as indicated.
- Attention Steam Users! Remember that you have Medieval II in your Steam directory and not Sega! However, there is an easy way to to install Hyrule Total War, it just involved one additional step.
-- First, install mod as the installer indicates to the Sega folder.
-- Second, cut and paste the entirety of the Hyrule folder to your Steam version. (...Steam/steamapps/common/Medieval II Total War/mods/Hyrule)
-- Congratulations, you have installed them mod!
Step 4: Running The Mod
- NOTICE: Steam Users!
-- Due to a Steam Update, you will no longer have kingdoms.exe which most mods run off of.
-- To fix this problem, just copy and paste your medieval2.exe and rename the copy to kingdoms.exe. This also helps when downloading other mods besides HTW!
- Navigate to the Hyrule mod folder.
- Create a shortcut to the Executable (windows batch file), and place it in in the location of your choice. (Desktop is a logical place to put it.)
- To make the icon look nice, right click on the shortcut, click Properties, then Change Icon, and then navigate back to the HTW folder and use the icon there.
- Now, just run the shortcut to play Hyrule Total War!
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Common Questions and Answers:
Q: Everything is installed but when I run Hyrule Total War it crashes at startup! Also, I have the Medieval II loading screen instead of Hyrule!
A: Double check your files across your Steam and Sega folders. Chances are you have missed transferring files from one location to another. Also, don't make the mistake of placing all your files in the data folder and renaming that Hyrule as that will mess up your install!
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I hope this guide proved to be helpful on your quest to install Hyrule Total War! If there are any questions or suggestions, please post them here, otherwise, have a good one!