can't getThird age 2.1 for medieval 2 total war kingdoms to work

[Xandreus]

so i have ripped my hair out and to install kingdoms and everything
and my files are a huge mess.. But i can now start any of the expansion campaigns and the original from my steam medieval 2

now i try clicking the third age icon and it says can't find kingdoms. exe
it doesn't give me an option to browse and find the file for i know where it is. I searched the web and it says to put third age in the mod folder as americas. I do that and it starts!!!!!!!!!!! my heart leaps with joy only to find moments later the game just crashes.......

help.........


also, i have around 30 GB of Medieval II total war, on my computer so i might uninstall and delete everything and then reinstall again, maybe.....






Come on guys i have deleted all Medieval II things on my computer, (except my saves) and now im wating for step by step instructions

I have medieval total war on steam so i will commence downloading that. And after i will install kingdoms question should i add kingdoms as a non steam game to steam?

[irishron]

1. Vista or Win 7, disable the UAC.
2. Install is where Steam wants it.
3. If Kingdoms is also Steam, it downloads patched. If not you have other problems.

[Xandreus]

wait i have windows 7.

i said step by step

so 1 reinstall medieval II total war through steam
then i have kingdoms on disc not steam what should i do with that

After i install both of those how should i install Third age 2.0 and then 2.1?

[Gigantus]

There is also this tool: Kingdoms Launcher Editing Application designed for mods on the Steam installation

[Xandreus]

wait my medieval II Total war is from steam, my kingdoms is not, but they both work fine i get kingdoms to run no problem, all i have to do it open my Medieval II browser

and i don't get what that mod application thing does? i install it? and then what

[Gigantus]

As written on that page:

Run the program and you'll see the mods currently loadable through the launcher. You can add/remove/edit the mods available as well you can re-order the mods. The launcher seems to look for mods to be in a mods/XXX folder where XXX is the mod name.

[Massive_attack]

Okay, thats nice, but i have windows XP, and a retail (non steam) version of the game.

Soo...

[Xandreus]

ok so should i first install kingdoms?

since i have deleted everything of my computer connected to medieval II total war, kingdoms, and everything except the patch installation things for third age

[Xandreus]

ok so i have installed kingdoms. kingdoms works, installed that application also works i open it and there is teutonic, americas, crusades, brittania.

So i add new mod, Type in Third Age Config file TATW. cfg i opened it with adobe player before. language English

and path, for that i opened program 86 files, SEGA, medieval II, mods, third age,mods, third age

and then it syas registry key invalid...........

[Xandreus]

other things i've tried, i have searched the web and a wide spread suggestion is to rename third age a americas i did and it worked i see the loading screen and im liek this can't be real and surely it wasn't the game just crashed.........

other i try to just click the icon it says cannot find kingdoms .exe well i found it although it just had the little blue helmet icon and it was called kingdoms i press it, it starts loading medieval 2 and it crashes and says "medieval 2"

[irishron]

Have you installed the Kingdoms 1.05 patch? http://help.sega.com/index.php?_m=do...215&nav=0,1,19
I don't believe Third Age works without it.

[Jean=A=Luc]

1.05 isn't necessary though it doesn't hurt to have it either.

Basically the step-by-step instructions are:

-Install Medieval 2
-Install Kingdoms (just one campaign is enough, doesn't matter which)
-Install TATW, it has a straightforward installer
-Play

It's that simple. Since Kingdoms isn't on steam there should be no problems, I really don't think M2 being on steam would cause trouble here.

Also make sure tatw's install path is correct: "\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age"

[Xandreus]

ah ok now that is what i call help, ill try it out tommorow for right now its late and i will unisnstall third age, first patch kingdoms then reinstall

ok so the path i put it in is Medieval II Total War\mods\mods/Third_Age" and it says can't find kingdoms.exe

[Stylix]

ok so the path i put it in is Medieval II Total War\mods\mods/Third_Age" and it says can't find kingdoms.exe

The default install path is C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War

Do not attempt to install it in the mods folder. It will create this folder during install.

[Gigantus]

ah ok now that is what i call help, ill try it out tommorow for right now its late and i will unisnstall third age, first patch kingdoms then reinstall

ok so the path i put it in is Medieval II Total War\mods\mods/Third_Age" and it says can't find kingdoms.exe

- open windows explorer and browse to the mod folder of M2TW (C:\...\Medieval II Total War\mods)
- right click your desktop icon of TATW, choose properties
- click on 'open file location'
- cut\paste the 'Third_Age' folder from it's current location to the mod folder
- note down the new path for the TATW.bat file and change it accordingly in your desktop icon's properties (Target, Start in) and click apply.
- Enjoy the game

[Xandreus]

so should i just uninstal an reinstall?

[Stylix]

so should i just uninstal an reinstall?

In a word, yes. That would be the best solution. Also read carefully the install instructions in the thread by Legolose.