Just Arrived at MTW

[CrisGer]

I just got MTW gold edition and am starting to study the mods and the things needed.

any drastic things to watch out for? i have seen posts and lots of info about crashes...is that a problem? i run an Nvida Card, 9600 and see that it is Nvida cards that have the global issue with polygons that may cause some of the crashy stuff.

i see i wont need patches which is good. I will just proceed and study as i go along just wanted to thank the modders, the new skies look nice as are some of the other mods. Hello to all and thank you.

[Sitalkes]

never had a technical problem with M2TW that wasn't caused by a fault in my video card (I had a faulty ATI card and switched to an NVIDIA card). You only need 512 Mb of video RAM so you shouldn't have anything to worry about. AS your question is a bit vague, you may like to post it on the technical help forum (see below). Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions :

• How do I use/fix pikes?
  
  • How to Employ Pikemenhttp://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=316825
• What's wrong with two-handed weapons and how do I fix them?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=392651&highlight=2-handed+weapons+fix
• What's the best way to use bows and crossbows?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=375398
  • for crossbows only, http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=288136
• What's the best way to use light cavalry?
  
  • Cavalry Guide
  • http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?73479-Hunters-All-Their-Lives-A-Missile-Cavalry-Guide
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=188517
• What's the best way to use heavy cavalry?
  
  • Cavalry Guide
• I have a technical problem, where do I ask for help?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=270
• Will my computer work with M2TW?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107263
• Where is the M2TW (extended) manual?
  
  • Introducing the Medievalopedia
• Where can I find a guide to my faction?
  
  • Nazgûl Killer's M2TW Factions Guide
• Where can I find more information and a list of guides to M2TW?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=406671
  • http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?185-M2-TW-Guides
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52410
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=226869
  • http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Medieval_2:_Total_War_Portal
  • http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/118-Frequently-Asked-Questions-amp-Game-Fixes
• Where can I find information about units? Which units are better?
  
  • FAUST Unit guide for M2:TW and Kingdoms
  • Medieval 2: Total War Unit guide ver 3.0
  • Honga (Almost everything can be found here, like unit info, faction info and info on famous mods etc)
  • Warlore (for unit stats for vanilla and kingdoms campaigns)
• Where can I find information about buildings?
  
  • Honga (Almost everything can be found here, like unit info, faction info and info on famous mods etc)
• What's the best mod? Where can I find a list of mods?
  
  • Ask here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=159348
  • List of mods: http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Category:TWC_Hosted_Modifications_-_MTW2
• Why does my faction keep running out of money?
  
  • How to Manage an Economy
• How do I use merchants?
  
  • Merchant Guide
• Why does everybody want to attack me - how do I make diplomacy work?
  
  • Vampiresbane's Art of Diplomacy Guide
• How do I defeat the Mongols/Timurids and when/where do they appear?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=226869 (scroll down about five screens)
• Why do I lose so many troops in sieges? What’s the best way to attack a town?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=559747

• How do I get to America?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=538980&highlight=get+to+America
• How do I get xxxx guild or chapter house or special knight/archer unit?
  
  • A Guide for Guilds
  • or see the Medievalopedia or
  • Chapter Houseshttp://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=420806&highlight=crusade+%2Bguide or
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=163164&highlight=crusade+%2Bguide
• How do Crusades work?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196442&highlight=crusade+%2Bguide
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=78169&highlight=crusade+%2Bguide
  • see the Medievalopedia
• How do I win at sieges without losing most of my army?
  
  • https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_J...b2hFR0hKNDktdw (Click on the File menu to download)
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=534915&highlight=siege+guide
• Where can I get a list of traits/ancilliaries?
  
  • see the Medievalopedia
  • http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?87740-Governor-and-general-guides-Kob-Tsu-s-The-Art-of-War-and-Kobavelli-s-The-Prince
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=473515
  • http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/931592-medieval-ii-total-war/faqs/50116
• How do I get a M2TW screenshot?http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=248262
• How can I get El Cid?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=517561
• How do I change the number of turns per year?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=549596
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=419156
• Where can I build a fort?
  
  • http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=545773&highlight=forts

Also, don’t forget the Medieval 2 Total War Settlements and Sieges Guidehttp://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=559747

[CrisGer]

Fantastic, thanks so much that is EXACTLY what i needed. I like to dig deep and study a game hard and check out mods and other add ons once i have studied the main campaigns and story line. Good to hear re the technical side, I posted just to check to see if there were any major technical glitches, good to hear there arent.

I went ahead and bought Kingdoms too, so i will be able to check it all out. thanks again..much appreciate that detailed and clickable list. it is a game researchers dream