Can't make this mod work...

**Boogie Knight** · March 14, 2015, 06:18 PM

Completely new to this mod and mods in general. Only mod I've downloaded before this was Third Age, and that worked without a single problem. So forgive me if I seem a little thick. I've downloaded 6.3 before downloading 6.4, as instructed. But now if I click on the launcher, I get a message saying "unable to locate kingdoms.exe. Is Kingdoms.exe in your M2TW folder?" Why yes good pop-up, yes it is. So why aren't you working?

Steam version of kingdoms&M2, windows Vista. Can anyone help?

Also, in various guides I found on this forum for downloading 6.3, I saw that a patch must be downloaded after for it to work. But no mention was in these threads of 6.4, probably because it wasn't released then. Will 6.4 suffice to fix these problems, or must I download a separate patch? If so, can anyone help with this?

**LusitanPlayer** · March 14, 2015, 11:34 PM

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...-for-mods-quot

maybe this will help

**Boogie Knight** · March 15, 2015, 05:28 PM

Thank you! It has helped. I tried following the instructions manually, renaming to kingdoms.exe and such, but that wasn't working. The bat file did the trick, though! Thanks very much for that. Still have a question, though. Do I need to download any other patches or anything? In one place I saw that one was necessary, but another post seemed to imply two patches were needed. Is this true?

Also, my only option on starting a campaign is Early Era. Shouldn't Late Era be an option as well? I seem to remember a screen, possibly after downloading 6.4, where I might have selected Early Era. Did I do wrong?

**Boogie Knight** · March 16, 2015, 05:45 AM

If a mod sees this, can they please move this thread back to where I can get an answer for my other questions? Thank you for getting me an answer to the first bit, but I really would like to get the other queries answered ASAP as patches sometimes aren't save-game compatible.

**Fred Putz** · March 16, 2015, 01:02 PM

6.3 had a late campaign too, but the submod manager looked a bit different if i remember right. Just start with installing 6.3 then install 6.4 over it. If You just want to have a first look to StSt i would advice to download the bugfix compilation as there are some critical bugs fixes. 6.4 is a very stable mod even without the compilation but as someone who is new to it and just want to have a look You don´t have to bother with other downloads or manually adding some files into folders. After You are addicted a few turns later You can always have a closer look to the different submods or submod compilations available.

**Boogie Knight** · March 16, 2015, 03:33 PM

Superb, thanks for the info. Do you have a link for the bugfix compilation you're talking about? I've had a look, and I'm pretty certain now that I'll be sticking with Stainless Steel. I originally wanted to try it as I was playing the Byzantines for the first time, and got a bit frustrated with how Western they felt in vanilla. So yeah, I'll be sticking with Stainless Steel and I reckon I should probably get it as patched as I can.

Also I've downloaded 6.4 over 6.3, but I'm still not seeing an option for late campaign. No biggie for now as my main interest is in early, but I'll want to play late eventually. Might the bugfix compilation fix this?

**Fred Putz** · March 16, 2015, 03:52 PM

The bugfix compilation is a sticky thread here in the bugfix forums.
Usually You should have the late campaign available. I can´t really say much about the installation, because i don´t have steam as many have - i use a different installation folder even a different harddrive for MTW and don´t have those problems - i even don´t know which problems could happen.
I would suggest reading the sticky threads about installation in the sticky threads here. There are two at my first view: Guaranteed installation with pictures and Problems with steam. If that doesn´t work just post back here.

Ah - wait. Probably You mean after starting Stainless Stell You only have the early campaign available. When You start the game there is only one campaign. In Your SS6.3 folder is a setup.exe. There You can choose the early or late campaign and also other options. But i´m pretty sure that all is covered in those threads mentioned. Would really suggest reading those guidelines first and asking here if those won´t work or any other problems occur. That´s why those threads are sticky - easy to find and important to read first.

**Navajo Joe** · March 16, 2015, 03:49 PM

The Bugfix complimation is at top of page in the Stickies and you might want to go into MTW2/Mods/SS6.3, select SS Setup and Right Click and Run as Admin, once you installed Bugfix