Total war and Vista and Win7

[Romanos IV]

Ehmm... where are the saves in M2TW?

[irishron]

In your virtual store/sega/ medieval ii total awr folder very well hidden from prying eyes. In my computer use the search function for it.

[Musthavename]

I just bought a new laptop with Vista preloaded. I'm trying to find the save game folder, and found a post in the first page of the thread telling you how to access it. I've gone on my user file and found the directory, but when I get to the folder entitled "Virtual Store" I just draw a blank (ie: it's an empty folder). Hidden folders seem to be enabled so why is there nothing there?

Nvm - Realised that this directory is only created if a save file is actually there.

Btw, anyone have any idea what possesses Vista to hide these files? Its godamn annoying that I should see hidden files and i'm not!

[irishron]

The answer lies in all the yelling at Microsoft about lack of security. This is Vista's security layer to pacify the rest of the world.

[Dewy]

don't know if this has been answered but i don't have unit_models and i unpacked the game. Is this a vista problem? oh yes i know about the hiddenfolder and i checked it still not there

[irishron]

Here is what it looks like in XP: C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\unit_models. In Vista, if not there, look in the virtual store folder.

[Dewy]

oh yes i know about the hiddenfolder and i checked it still not there

ok read all of it i said i looked there

[irishron]

Then I'll bet you it did not unpack all of it. Only about 24,000 of over 36,000 files that get unpacked. When it was unpacking, we're you watching it scroll by? If not, you probably missed it.
Vista is notorious for it. How to get them all, read this: http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showth...npacking+vista.

[Dewy]

thanks irishron it worked

[irishron]

thanks irishron it worked

Glad to hear it.

[Romanos IV]

But, it says there's nothing in the virtual store folder...

[irishron]

Do you have adminstrative rights to it?
Did you check your folder options to unhide all hidden and system files?
Believe me, it's there.

[OTTOMAN]

good vista no problem

[Romanos IV]

and another question: Where are all the files that will be needed to be deleted manually after the uninstall?

[irishron]

The Sega folder in program files and the Sega folder in the virtual store.

[Romanos IV]

I'm asking because I uninstall the M2TW and I can't find where are the files I have to delete manually. In these locations, there isn't a Sega folder or something like that. So, I installed again, but when trying to install Kingdoms that I can't upgrade to patch 1.2 or something like that.

[irishron]

This one is not Vista related.
Do you have the gold edition or buy them individually?
Are they retail box or download?
Are they the same language?
Did you modify a file before trying to install Kingdoms?

[Romanos IV]

Individually
Box
Yes
No

[irishron]

Then it just maybe a bad install if both set of discs are good. I would at this point uninstall everything all over again, delete the two Sega folders, the one in virtual store is hidden unless you unide it, clean the registry, and then install, Medieval, install Kingdoms, install the Kingdoms patch if you have it downloaded. The 1.2 patch and the 1.3 patch are on the Kingdoms discs all else fails.

[Romanos IV]

how to clean the registry?