List of Bugs Introduced by New Steam Patch

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

These are the current list of bugs that are still affected by the new patch for steam users.


-Mod support broken (any mod that uses a bat and config file to run is broken, (but there is a workaround))
-Sound bug a lot sounds are missing (menu interface sounds, some projectile sounds arrows,crossbows, guns, artillery.... and so forth) There are perhaps more sounds missing.
-Multiplayer has frame stuttering issues in both the lobby and in battle (More so than usual)
-Black shadows around settlements in battles


EDIT: Latest patch has fixed the sound bug, and fix for mods was posted here http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...07-2014-update

Please post any bugs you find that were present prior to the patch.

[irishron]

Stickied.

[Black-wolf]

What do you have to do, if you want to use the mods that use bat and config file?

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

What do you have to do, if you want to use the mods that use bat and config file?

What they have done is basically combine the kingdoms.exe into the medieval2.exe. and updated medieval2.exe to 1.50 basically vanilla now runs on kingdoms (test it with experience upgrades you will notice defense won't be upgraded.) ALSO! any mods that used the kingdoms.exe just need to point their batch file to the medieval2.exe. No need to configure steam or rename mods, just edit the bat and create a shortcut.

[Jekzz]

I've tried that, but what ended up happening is that both my PCP files and my DaC files both just launch as the base game. I opened the .bat file and changed kingdoms.exe to medieval2.exe :3

[josephg290]

So they broke the game. I just got it working. Are the going to fix it?

[irishron]

A little patience right now will go a long way.

[RubiconDecision]

There's a report in MTW2 (the vanilla campaign) that settlements are partially black or the screen is partially black or both. It doesn't seem to be a local game verify issue post-patch. Does anyone else have that problem?

If you're experiencing an issue that you don't see addressed, it would be very helpful to state that here, and be part of the solution, so that it can be addressed. Post your issue in a formulaic way like stating:
1. Your OS
2. You Steam Client ID
3. Which campaign caused the issue?
4. What was the issue?
5. If you noticed it within a mod, what mod was it?

Doing that helps narrow it down.

EDIT1: Look at the trade status of your settlements after this patch. Some people are reporting a drop off or no trade even though there should be significant trade income.

Battle Replays not working.

Experience bonus only boosts defensive value of units.

EDIT2: There are reports (in Stainless Steel 6.4) that the Steam patch pretty well nuked reinforcement armies and added a ton of lag. If you're a custom battles fanatic, then you know you can configure MTW2 Kingdoms to fight multiple armies simultaneously, which was epic, but seldom actually happens in the campaign. However you can set it up to have your army overrun by several armies, or fight with two attacking armies versus two defensive armies. The limitation was the graphic board and the type of CPU and then all of that funneled through the antiquated programming. Even my old laptop could handle four armies.

Nope, something ain't right anymore. Thanks a lot, a patch that I didn't want, that breaks mods, and ruins the vanilla game.

EDIT3: Reports of Direct X installation of 9.0c not working from within Steam (it's included with the package).
Reports of missing text in diverse places like the diplomacy screen, papacy related items.
Reports of very strange Battle AI behaviour.

EDIT4: The Pope not recognizing that you joined a crusade within the time limit, then penalizing you even though you did.

The main two places people are complaining about bugs (in the vanilla game) can be found below:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/4700/d...507045653/#p16
http://steamcommunity.com/app/4700/d...658755047/#p15

[Boogie Knight]

Hi there, I have a problem that has only come about since downloading the new Steam patch. My OS is Windows Vista 32-bit, and I have no idea how to really even use Steam so what's a Steam id. I have no mods.

Anyway, the issue is that I can't play any of the Kingdoms campaigns. Not a one. If I try to open them via the new method of opening MTW2 from the Steam browser, it gives the option of which campaign to play. I select one, press play, and it gets to the very first screen (the one with all the cavalry) and waits a few seconds before crashing to desktop. Every time.

If I try to open it via the old method (via the shortcut for the Kingdoms campaign), these no longer work. "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application" is the message I get when I try this. Weirdly I can open the vanilla campaign via Steam and the shortcut. I don't yet have time to check if the game itself runs smoothly.

Does anyone know a workaround for this? If so, I'm all ears, but please bear in mind I know absolutely zero about modding or file editing or unpacking or any of that witchcraft.

[irishron]

I may as well bookmark this. http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...07-2014-update

[RubiconDecision]

Here are confirmations from multiple players about the shading error introduced with the new Steam patch. You'll see either black or gray shading across settlements during a siege.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/4700/d...0848537124902/

Remember to do a game cache verification after the Steam patch. Otherwise you have no idea if properly downloaded without errors. Why this isn't built-in to the process seems to be a genuine mistake. Regardless, there are numerous Steam users who realize that Steam's game cache has errors, and then they delete local content in order to get a total installation of M2TW, but the downloading stays at O % i.e. is stuck like that for hours or longer.

Go into your Windows control panel and select programs, then remove M2TW as a program, and this is supposed to remove it and the registry entries. Note that if you had a botched Steam installation at some point, then you might have a registry entry for Steam hiding in the registry too.

Some folks have deleted the registry entries in order to completely remove all indications that Steam is installed (you can do this with ccleaner or IObit's Uninstaller) and after you do that, then and only then will the Steam installer load the entire M2TW program. If you're stuck and it won't download, this is probably what you have to do.

Note that an odd error has crept into this as some consumers without realizing it signed up for Steam beta clients. In other words, you're a part of a test in which you somehow opted to use Steam clients that were not completely tested (betas) and they have their own issues. Why not see if you opted for this, and if so, then opt OUT, and then use a standard Steam client, and see if things work better? Note that the standard Steam client still has massive issues, but at least then most people trying to troubleshoot this will be more familiar with your problems.

Many kinds of software use beta clients like Firefox, but if you're having problems you shouldn't use them.

[RubiconDecision]

There are scattered reports of language issues in the Steam patch before the one released today. That being the Steam patch that was supposed to take care of MP. Anyway, if you're having language support difficulties please report that as most people are communicating that in their own language (not in English) and so it makes it difficult to track. I've seen several Italians with this issue.

The new patch came out today and it was supposed to handle sound issues, but nothing else. It's the one that was 1 gig in size. There hasn't been any reports of it being successful on the steam community, but there was confirmation by one player that his sound was working now. So we have almost no confirrmation if the new Steam patch was successful.

It's highly doubtful that we'll get official Steam responses as it's the weekend now in the USA. So it may be Monday before new updates about bugs are handled officially.

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

The new patch came out today and it was supposed to handle sound issues, but nothing else. It's the one that was 1 gig in size. There hasn't been any reports of it being successful on the steam community, but there was confirmation by one player that his sound was working now. So we have almost no confirrmation if the new Steam patch was successful.

It's highly doubtful that we'll get official Steam responses as it's the weekend now in the USA. So it may be Monday before new updates about bugs are handled officially.

The sound works for me, and it has worked for others I play with. Does it not work for you? have you tried running the latest patch? If not please stop using every thread to scare people away from steam, there are other places on the forum for that. If you find you are still having technical issues with the latest patches then please post them here respectfully and informatively.

[cody1]

I made sure the steam version of M2TW and steam Kingdoms were totally steam updated then verified cache then downloaded ss6.3 and ss6.4 from here to desktop (Thank you so much twcenter.net folks!!!) then exited all the way out of steam, turned off/UNPLUGGED my internet connection, Disabled my win7 UAC just long enough to do installations and installed them as administrator: ss6.3 is main patch so do it first and then install ss6.4 (remember as admin.) updates that+more. After I got everything installed for ss6.4--- then had to download/install the most recent M2TWlauncher replacement and the Kingdoms launcher/mod launcher, again from this site. I set M2TW to not autodownload updates (I'll monitor that manually since I only play single player)---Hopefully describing what worked for me a bit here will help others get this awesome game working the way they like it.

[EmeraldPhoenix]

I am running Win. 8.1. I don't know my Steam client ID. When I start up M2TW, a dialog box appears saying that the audio system failed to initialize, and that it will run the game with audio disabled. After I click OK to that, the game only plays in windowed mode. I have noticed this across Vanilla and all of my mods.

[irishron]

I am running Win. 8.1. I don't know my Steam client ID. When I start up M2TW, a dialog box appears saying that the audio system failed to initialize, and that it will run the game with audio disabled. After I click OK to that, the game only plays in windowed mode. I have noticed this across Vanilla and all of my mods.

You need to come up with your Steam ID and verify the game cache. You have something corrupted.

[EmeraldPhoenix]

I verified the game cache, and I am downloading the files that failed to be validated. How do I come up with my Steam client ID?

[irishron]

It looks like you're logged into Steam, then. This is the ID I was talking about.

[EmeraldPhoenix]

The files aren't downloading. It either says "Update Queued" or 0%. It doesn't seem to be making any progress.

[irishron]

Try changing servers.