Please Help

**jerry2dope** · July 02, 2009, 09:55 PM

I am having trouble playing Medieval II. I bought and installed the game today and it keeps freezing on certain spots. Whenever i wanna get into the battle field it freezes. I tryed playing a quick game and in the download screen it freezes. I tried the turitorial i saw the movie and when i tryed to battle it froze on me again. Please help I have a windows XP any more information just ask

Also another question How do you post screen pics on here. Because i keep getting a script error when i open medieval ii i wanna show you guys. Something to do with the polls and stuff if it helps or not.

Thanks in advance

**CasualPhil** · July 02, 2009, 10:17 PM

Im not an expert but maybe you dont have good specs. Check this site and tell me what the results are. http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Just click print screen and open paint and press paste. Then save as and upload it on some website. To post on the forums all you have to do is put [img][/img] in between your url (url where it shows only the image you took.

**jerry2dope** · July 02, 2009, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by CasualPhil

Im not an expert but maybe you dont have good specs. Check this site and tell me what the results are. http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Just click print screen and open paint and press paste. Then save as and upload it on some website. To post on the forums all you have to do is put [img][/img] in between your url (url where it shows only the image you took.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com...option_id=3974

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com...option_id=5389

It said i passed i bought the gold edition. What do i do now?

When i tryed to upgrade video card this is what it said
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/detect.htm
Product DetectedIntel® 945GCurrent Driver Installed6.14.10.4299A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause technical issues. Contact your computer manufacturer for the latest driver for your computer.

**CasualPhil** · July 02, 2009, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by jerry2dope

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com...option_id=3974

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com...option_id=5389

It said i passed i bought the gold edition. What do i do now?

Did you download the latest patch?

**jerry2dope** · July 02, 2009, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by CasualPhil

Did you download the latest patch?

downloading patch 1.3, and it says on run it

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com...option_id=3974

does this mean imma have to buy a new video card just to play this game???

**CasualPhil** · July 03, 2009, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by jerry2dope

downloading patch 1.3, and it says on run it

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com...option_id=3974

does this mean imma have to buy a new video card just to play this game???

I cant see the picture, but you did say you passed the inspection right?

**PoleCat** · July 03, 2009, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by jerry2dope

I am having trouble playing Medieval II. I bought and installed the game today and it keeps freezing on certain spots. Whenever i wanna get into the battle field it freezes. I tryed playing a quick game and in the download screen it freezes. I tried the turitorial i saw the movie and when i tryed to battle it froze on me again. Please help I have a windows XP any more information just ask

Also another question How do you post screen pics on here. Because i keep getting a script error when i open medieval ii i wanna show you guys. Something to do with the polls and stuff if it helps or not.

Thanks in advance

First of all if you bought the Gold edition then you won't need patch 1.3. Secondly, can you tell us what video card you have? This doesn't sound like a card issue to me but it could be.

Next, have you tried to modify any of the files in your Medieval 2 folder?

Lastly have you installed any patches at all? If you did install 1.3 then you may have screwed it unintentionally. If you did the full install of the Gold edition (i.e. M2 followed by Kingdoms) then it should automatically be patched to 1.3 on an XP machine. The ONLY patch you should need is a patch for kingdoms to update to 1.5. Important note: you must get the Gold version of the patch and remember that the patch is region specific(i.e. U.S. for N. America, EU patch for Europe etc.)

Otherwise check out the tech forums for M2 and see if you can find any help there. Good luck.

**jerry2dope** · July 03, 2009, 03:45 AM

Originally Posted by PoleCat

First of all if you bought the Gold edition then you won't need patch 1.3. Secondly, can you tell us what video card you have? This doesn't sound like a card issue to me but it could be.

Next, have you tried to modify any of the files in your Medieval 2 folder?

Lastly have you installed any patches at all? If you did install 1.3 then you may have screwed it unintentionally. If you did the full install of the Gold edition (i.e. M2 followed by Kingdoms) then it should automatically be patched to 1.3 on an XP machine. The ONLY patch you should need is a patch for kingdoms to update to 1.5. Important note: you must get the Gold version of the patch and remember that the patch is region specific(i.e. U.S. for N. America, EU patch for Europe etc.)

Otherwise check out the tech forums for M2 and see if you can find any help there. Good luck.

Thats my video card

Minimum: 100% compatible DirectX 9.0c 128 MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers
You Have: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family)

I didnt install kingdoms yet i just installed the gold and opened up the originial game. I havn't touched any folders. This is my 1st time ever installing a computer game so i don't know much about them.

**PoleCat** · July 03, 2009, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by jerry2dope

Thats my video card

Minimum: 100% compatible DirectX 9.0c 128 MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers
You Have: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family)

I didnt install kingdoms yet i just installed the gold and opened up the originial game. I havn't touched any folders. This is my 1st time ever installing a computer game so i don't know much about them.

I was wrong. This is a video card issue. The issue is that you don't have one - just a video chip built into your motherboard. Looks like this was used in Pentium 4 and Celeron D. This game is a bit too advanced for that to work. What options do you have to get a new card? Is this the family computer or your own for personal use? Is it a desktop or laptop?

Otherwise sorry but its never going to work as it stands.

**jerry2dope** · July 03, 2009, 04:13 AM

Originally Posted by PoleCat

I was wrong. This is a video card issue. The issue is that you don't have one - just a video chip built into your motherboard. Looks like this was used in Pentium 4 and Celeron D. This game is a bit too advanced for that to work. What options do you have to get a new card? Is this the family computer or your own for personal use? Is it a desktop or laptop?

Otherwise sorry but its never going to work as it stands.

its a family and i dont wanna fork over extra cash to use something i already bought. It's a family computer and a desktop. Guess imma have to return it first thing in the morning thanks for the help anyway.

**PoleCat** · July 03, 2009, 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by jerry2dope

its a family and i dont wanna fork over extra cash to use something i already bought. It's a family computer and a desktop. Guess imma have to return it first thing in the morning thanks for the help anyway.

Sorry I couldn't be more help. You might have to upgrade your computer to play some of the newer games.

**Yojimbo** · July 03, 2009, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by jerry2dope

its a family and i dont wanna fork over extra cash to use something i already bought. It's a family computer and a desktop. Guess imma have to return it first thing in the morning thanks for the help anyway.

you can get a video card that can run m2tw well for less than $50 just find a 6600 or a 7600gt they will be dirt cheap and you can play it. Don't return mt2w you'll be missing out on a very fun game. Your pc hopefully has a pci-e slot.

Download this the installer one and run it and tell us what motherboard you have i can look it up and see if you can get a video card.