A guide to the preference.cfg file in the Demo

[HorseArcher]

This file can be found in the

Sega/Medieval2: Total War Demo / - folder.

You can open it with the Notepad by , right clicking on this file and on the drop down menu, select "open with" and from there select "notepad" to edit this file.

I'm gonna post what I know about the options.

Some places, it's either "true" or "false" or "1" (for true) and "2" (for false) and sometimes there is a numeric value for valid options.

Mind you, many of these can be changed within the game options screen with some special ones can be only turned on/off here (example= banners or the green circles on unit selection )

(not in the demo) - means, they do not have any known effect on the demo.
(should be set within the game options menu instead) - means, they are visible within the game options menu, and see explanation for it. I would recommend to set those options within the game instead, although if you got problems, you could try overriding them in this text.

HOT - is what you guys mostly looking for..

Here we go:

[audio]
enable = 1    - put 0 here to disable audio
master_vol = 100   - volume level  from 0 to 100
music_vol = 61  - music volume level from 0 to 100
provider = Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio   - currently selected audio driver
sfx_vol = 100     sound effect volume from 0-100
speech_enable = 1  put 0 to disable speech
speech_vol = 100  speech volume  from 0 to 100
sub_faction_accents = 1  disables the accents in the game, every faction speaks english (not sure if it works in the demo)

[camera]
default_in_battle = default  (not sure)
move = 50  - speed of the camera movement. 0-100
restrict = 0  - put 1 to restrict,  put 0 to disable the restriciton of the battle camera on the field
rotate = 50  - speed of rotation of the camera

[controls]
campaign_scroll_max_zoom = 30  - maximum campaign mouse scroll speed  (not in the demo)
campaign_scroll_min_zoom = 30   - minimum campaign mouse scroll speed  (not in the demo)
keyset = 0   - (there can be custom keysets, if you have saved some)

[game]
advanced_stats_always = 1  (not in the demo)
advisor_verbosity = 1   (how much advisory you want on the field ) (? not sure if that's correct)
ai_factions = follow    (campaign only- not in the demo)
auto_save = 0         (campaign only - not in the demo)
blind_advisor = 0     (not sure)
campaign_map_game_speed = 15     (not in the demo)
campaign_map_speed_up = 0         (not in the demo)
campaign_num_time_play = 0       (not in the demo)
chat_msg_duration = 10000         (not in the demo)
disable_arrow_markers = 1      - Disables or enables the arrow markers (with the green circles) under the selected  units on the battlefield (set it to 0 to enable)HOT
disable_events = 0      (not in the demo)
english = 0                  *( not sure, something with the language)
event_cutscenes = 0    ( not sure if this works in the demo)
first_time_play = 0           (not in the demo)
label_characters = 0      (not in the demo)
label_settlements = 0    (not in the demo)
micromanage_all_settlements = 0   (not in the demo)
mute_advisor = 0             (shuts up the advisor on the battle/campaign)
no_campaign_battle_time_limit = 1      (removes battle time limit - not in the demo)
pref_factions_played = 1             (not in the demo)
show_demeanour_value = 1          (not sure)
tutorial_battle_played = 1        (not in the demo)
tutorial_path = norman_prologue/battle_of_hastings   (selects the tutorial battle path - ...needs more info)
unit_size =120        (unit size - in numbers.  try different numbers to reduce or increase the numbers of units on the field. HOT  - try 10 or 20 for small unit sizes ,
The demo won't let you have "huge" battle size which would be 240 I think)
use_quickchat = 0   (not in the demo)

[multiplayer]
hotseat_autoresolve_battles = 0     (not in the demo)
hotseat_disable_console = 1          (not in the demo)
hotseat_disable_papal_elections = 0    (not in the demo)
hotseat_save_prefs = 0                  (not in the demo)
hotseat_update_ai_camera = 0          (not in the demo)
hotseat_validate_diplomacy = 1        (not in the demo)

[network]
use_ip =                (not in the demo)
use_port = 27750    (not in the demo)

[ui]
SA_cards = show        (don't know)
buttons = show          (turns the battle buttons - on/off
full_battle_HUD = 1   - set it to 0 to have minimal HUD (heads up display)
radar = show            -shows the radar on the battlefield/campaign)
unit_cards = show     -shows the unit cards on the battlefield

[video]
anisotropic_level = 16   -controls the anisotropic filtering  2/4/16 -options(should be set within the game options menu instead)
anti_alias_mode = off       - set anti aliasing "on" or "off"
antialiasing = 0                 - level of anti aliasing  2/4/
assassination_movies = 1     (not in the demo)
autodetect = 0                  - autodetects your hardware when you run M2TW
battle_resolution = 1280 1024   -screen resolution of the game (should be set within the game options menu instead)
bloom = 1                   -set it to 0 to turn it off, set it to 1 to turn it on
building_detail = high     level of detail of the buildings  (should be set within the game options menu instead)
campaign_resolution = 1280 1024  (not in the demo) 
depth_shadows = 0                    (should be set within the game options menu instead)
depth_shadows_resolution = 0      (should be set within the game options menu instead)
effect_quality = normal                  (should be set within the game options menu instead)
event_movies = 0                turn event movies on or off 
gamma = 134                                   (should be set within the game options menu instead)
infiltration_movies = 1            (not in the demo)
no_background_fmv = 0         (not in the demo)
reflection = 1                      (should be set within the game options menu instead)
sabotage_movies = 1           (not in the demo)
shader = 2                          (should be set within the game options menu instead)
show_banners = 1               - Put 0 here to turn off the banners/flags on the battlefield (HOT)
show_package_litter = 0       (don't know)
skip_mip_levels = 0             (don't know)
splashes = 1                    -Water splashes on/off
subtitles = 0                      -subtitles on/off 
terrain_quality = custom        -terrain quality  (should be set within the game options menu instead)
texture_filtering = 1                 (should be set within the game options menu instead)
unit_detail = high                     (should be set within the game options menu instead)
vegetation = 1                       (should be set within the game options menu instead)
vegetation_quality = high         (should be set within the game options menu instead)
vsync = 0                              (should be set within the game options menu instead)
widescreen = 0                         (should be set within the game options menu instead)

p.s. anyone please add to this if you find something incorrect or have new info on certain options.

[snuff]

Nice right up. +rep if it worked.