Need Help installing patch 1.5

[Sycilian]

Hey guys I am trying to currently play a mod for kingdoms but it says i need patch 1.5. I downloaded the .rar file for US Gold patch 1.5 but i dont know what to do next. Could someone please teach me how to update my game version from a .rar file, Thanks!

[irishron]

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm is what you need to unzip/open it or use 7zip.

[Sycilian]

I downloaded 7zip, so i downloaded the Total_War_Kingdoms_Patch.rar into my "Total War-Medieval II Gold" file which is in my SEGA file. I goto the .rar and when i hit extract here it creates a new folder instead of updating, what am i doing wrong?

[irishron]

You wil find a setup.exe whereever it unpacked it to. I have a temp folder for such things.

[Sycilian]

Ok so when I used 7zip it created a new folder called "Total War Kingdoms Patch" which is inside my Medieval 2 Gold folder, i go into the patch folder and hit the setup file which says application next to it and it starts to load but then says Kingdoms requires Medieval 2 Total War to be installed, im sorry and thanks so much for the help

[Sycilian]

Does anyone know what the problem is?

[irishron]

Do you have Kingdoms and its four campaigns installed?

what Windows version are you using?

[Sycilian]

I bought an online version of the game from Gamestop and it downloaded to my computer so I don't use disk or steam, could this be the problem?

[Sycilian]

Yes I have them all installed and I have windows 7 i believe

[irishron]

Start up one of the Kingdoms campaigns and tell me the version number on the Options page.

Edit: This may help more. http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...l=1#post391849

[Sycilian]

It says version 1.3 when i play normal M2TW and version 1.4 when I play Kingdoms, where should I 7zip the files to? the mods folder or just the Gold folder?

[irishron]

To your desktop and run the setup.exe from there.

[Sycilian]

Ok so I decided to start over, I downloaded the file that they give on www.forums.totalwar.com for US Gold version, i download it to desktop and unzip the file to desktop, I run the setup.exe and it starts to load but then says "Kingdoms requires Medieval II: Total War to be installed." I've played countless hours on kingdoms and regular so I definately have it installed...

[irishron]

Logged in as Administrator?
Disable the UAC assuming Vista, Win 7/8?
Take ownership of C: drive assuming Vista, Win 7/8?
Install the game outside C:\Program Files (x86) assuming Vista, Win 7/8?

[Mithridate]

Try placing it inside your installation folder before running it as well, and/or the detskop as irishron suggest

Usually helps when having patching problems Other than that:
Good luck irishron and Sycilian

[Sycilian]

Ok I bought my game off of Gamestop.com, could there be a different file i have to download to patch that? I tried everything else you have told me

[Sycilian]

http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/med...lection/105904
This is where I bought it if it helps

[irishron]

Did you try Sega? http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post12964640

Have you done this list? http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post12966261

Have you tried Gamestop support to see if they have one on their site? This is possibly the place to start.

[Sycilian]

This is honestly not worth all the hastle I am going through, I am giving up but thanks for all the help!