Broken Crescent 2.02 Kingdoms Edition !! This is not proper Kingdoms portation !!

[Socal_infidel]

I. DOWNLOAD LINK

MEGAUPLOAD

II. REQUIREMENTS & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

REQUIREMENTS Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition requires an official copy of the Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms expansion.

Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition is a full stand-alone mod for the Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms expansion. It is completely mod-foldered and comes with its own installer to make installation quick and easy. It does not require you to have Broken Crescent 2.02 otherwise installed on your system.

In fact, it is strongly recommended that you install Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition over a clean installation of M2TW.


INSTALLATION To install Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition, simply follow the steps outlined in the installer, which by default installs the modification to:

C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War

Once installed, simply double-click on the bc_launch shortcut located on your desktop to play (or double-click the bc_launch.bat file located in your broken_crescent_kingdoms directory).

III. FOREIGN LANGUAGE VERSION

PLEASE NOTE if you are running a non-English language version of Medieval II Total War, you will need to download the non-English sound files to play Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition.

You can download them HERE

To install these files, simply follow the steps outlined in the installer.

These files will overwrite the default English-language sound text files. In addition, you must delete the .dat and .idx files in your mods\broken_crescent_kingdoms\data\sounds folder if you have already started the game previously using the English-language sound files.

IV. NOTES

PLEASE NOTE that at this time, permanent stone forts are not included in this version. These will be made available in a future separate upload as they may alter game mechanics and balance.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE that Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition is not officially supported by the Broken Crescent Team (so don't pester them!). For any support and assistance, please post in this thread and I will try to offer any support and troubeshooting I can.

V. CREDITS

THE BROKEN CRESCENT TEAM (obviously ).

GrnEyedDvl for his Kingdoms Barebones Mod Folder

The Creative Assembly for making everything possible

regards,
S_I

[wudang_clown]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, mister!! +rep!

EDIT: And yeah, it should be a sticky!

!!EDIT!! This version of BC isn't ported to Kingdoms in proper way. That's why it is suggested not to use it. Unless you are able to track what is missing and supplement it.

[Pawel The Crusader]

Thank u for this. I did one myself for my personal use, but will start using this in the future. Btw this should be a sticky.

[Douchebag]

bump

[DirtyACE]

I'm a long time player of Stainless Steel but would like to try out BC as it looks wonderful, however, I'm somewhat confused about the installation process. Here are my questions:

- Is the BC 2.02 Kingdoms Edition the same mod as the regular BC 2.02?
- Will the submods like New Castle/City strat models or Crimson Tide work with this?
- Do I need to install just one of the Kingdoms expansion campaigns in order to get this mod to work?
- I bought the Kingdoms Gold Edition, do I just need to download this mod, or do I have to follow some additional steps as stated here http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=271786 in order to get it to work?

[wudang_clown]

I'm a long time player of Stainless Steel but would like to try out BC as it looks wonderful, however, I'm somewhat confused about the installation process. Here are my questions:

- Is the BC 2.02 Kingdoms Edition the same mod as the regular BC 2.02?

Yes, but it's adapted to Kingdoms expansion.

- Will the submods like New Castle/City strat models or Crimson Tide work with this?

Yes, they will.

- Do I need to install just one of the Kingdoms expansion campaigns in order to get this mod to work?

AFAIK, yes.

- I bought the Kingdoms Gold Edition, do I just need to download this mod, or do I have to follow some additional steps as stated here http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=271786 in order to get it to work?

You mean: you bought M2TW Gold Edition? Install M2TW+Kingdoms, then install Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition, and then:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Locate the map.rwm file in Medieval II Total War/broken_crescent/data/world/maps/base and click "compatibility files", then delete map.rwm

Note: for me map.rwm is not locatable using any search features, had to do it manually. also, I did not need to restart the computer before playing game, but it might be a good idea.

[DirtyACE]

Yes, but it's adapted to Kingdoms expansion.

Yes, they will.

AFAIK, yes.

You mean: you bought M2TW Gold Edition? Install M2TW+Kingdoms, then install Broken Crescent Kingdoms Edition, and then:

I appreciate your help wudang, thank you very much

One more thing, I found this in the BC 2.0 sticky under installation for Gold Edition:
- The AOR recruitment scripts seem not to work correctly with the US Gold Edition, which should have patch v1.03 but displays v1.02 under options.

Do I need to replace the MTW2.exe with another one in order to fix this?

[wudang_clown]

Do I need to replace the MTW2.exe with another one in order to fix this?

According to these instructions - yes, because you have to patch the game to 1.5. I don't have gold edition, so I can't confirm it, but on the other hand it's stickied, so it's officially confirmed. Of course, you should read "BC 2.0" as "BC 2.02".

[DirtyACE]

According to these instructions - yes, because you have to patch the game to 1.5. I don't have gold edition, so I can't confirm it, but on the other hand it's stickied, so it's officially confirmed. Of course, you should read "BC 2.0" as "BC 2.02".

I have probably screwed up because when I start up BC and go into Options, it's says that it's 1.4 not 1.5. Apparently the Gold Edition comes with only the 1.4 patch and the 1.5 patch is a separate download.
In this case, should I uninstall BC and install the 1.5 patch and then re-install BC, or can I just run the installation for the 1.5 patch without removing BC?

[Strelac]

Sticked. Sorry, I didn't see it before SI.

[DirtyACE]

One more question: In the sticky about Gold Edition Installation Guide it talks about deleting the map.rwm file from one of BC's subfolders, however, in that sticky it seems like it's referring to the 2.01 version of BC. Does this file still need to be deleted with the 2.02 BC?

Btw, I'm running the game on XP if it helps.

[wudang_clown]

One more question: In the sticky about Gold Edition Installation Guide it talks about deleting the map.rwm file from one of BC's subfolders, however, in that sticky it seems like it's referring to the 2.01 version of BC. Does this file still need to be deleted with the 2.02 BC?

Btw, I'm running the game on XP if it helps.

Well, if you will have any problems with AOR (like availability of Afghan Hillmen in Jerusalem), then you should delete map.rwm, restart the computer, and restart the campaign.

[DirtyACE]

Well, if you will have any problems with AOR (like availability of Afghan Hillmen in Jerusalem), then you should delete map.rwm, restart the computer, and restart the campaign.

Are you saying that I may or may not have problems if I don't delete it? So I should not delete it, but if I notice problems, then I should delete it? Would it be safer to just get rid of it from the very start?

Sorry for so many questions, I'm just not sure what to do.

[wudang_clown]

Are you saying that I may or may not have problems if I don't delete it? So I should not delete it, but if I notice problems, then I should delete it? Would it be safer to just get rid of it from the very start?

Yes, it would be safer to delete it before you start a game.

[DirtyACE]

Yes, it would be safer to delete it before you start a game.

Thanks again wudang

[xeryx]

WOOT Hipp Hip HORAHHHH thank you !!!! SOCAL_ INFIDEL!!! (and of course the BC team)

[uri3l]

I increased by 60% all unit sizes. Battles are really HUGE now , and still balanced.
I uploaded the file here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UXVRL5D4 and here http://rapidshare.com/files/269566078/export_descr_unit.txt

i'm sure it will be useful for someone. Bc Kingdoms 2.02 is needed (you can find it in the technical section).
You have to put the file in medieval2/mods/broken crescent kingdoms/data.

[Jan III Sobieski]

I increased by 60% all unit sizes. Battles are really HUGE now , and still balanced.
I uploaded the file here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UXVRL5D4 and here http://rapidshare.com/files/269566078/export_descr_unit.txt

i'm sure it will be useful for someone. Bc Kingdoms 2.02 is needed (you can find it in the technical section).
You have to put the file in medieval2/mods/broken crescent kingdoms/data.

I think i should try it

[Birzeti]

Does any one know if BC will contain the Tokus Regional Heraldic Titles and/or Tokus Historical Events?

[Strelac]

Moving here Uri3L units size update for Kingdoms.