Video Settings Bug?

**Checkers** · May 12, 2007, 05:52 PM

Does anyone else encounter a problem where you go in and change and apply new video options (resolution, vegetation quality, effects quality, etc), which successfully take, however, as soon as you close out of the whole game, and enter in again, the options revert back to the original ones you had before the changes? Can anything be done about this?

**The Reb** · May 12, 2007, 07:02 PM

Are you using a mod?

**Checkers** · May 12, 2007, 08:50 PM

Yes, Lands to Conquer.

**sapi** · May 12, 2007, 10:29 PM

the game doesn't apply the settings to the right preferences file.

Do the following:
rename landstoconquer.cfg landstoconquer.cfg.bak

copy medieval2.preference.cfg

rename the copy landstoconquer.cfg

add to the top of the config file:
[features]
mod = landstoconquer

**KamilW** · July 23, 2007, 07:50 AM

Yeah, I'm experiencing the same problem, but I don't have any mod. I have the original version of Medieval II with patch 1.2 (clean install and all). Do you have a solution? Thanks

**sapi** · July 23, 2007, 07:53 AM

Odd.

I've never heard of this particular problem appearing unmodded.

I can only suggest that you open the preferences file in notepad and make the additions yourself (back up first!)

Most of the syntax should be self explanatory (1 is on, 0 is off; most controls are 0 < x < 100; others are absolute (eg AA); resolution is horizontal space vertical etc)

**KamilW** · July 23, 2007, 08:43 AM

Damn, I don't know anything about this stuff. This is my preferencedoc. from Medieval II:

[video]
widescreen=0
[game]
allusers=1
[io]
file_first = true

I would be really thankful if someone could do this for me. I don' want to change any controls, only the graphical settings. This is what I want (sorry if this is rude

):

Shader Version : Version1
Battle Map Resloution: 1024*768
Campaign Map Resolution: 1024*768
Anti-Aliasing: *2
Texture Filtering: Trilinear
V-Sync: NO
Widescreen: NO
Unit Detail: High
Building Detail: High
Vegetation Detail: Medium
Effects Detail: Medium
Grass Detail: Medium
Campaign Shadows: YES
Texture Quality: Medium
Shadow Quality: NO
Brightness: somewhere in the middle
Bloom: NO
Reflections: NO

I would be very grateful of someone could do this. Maybe giving one example would be enough... And giving me the codes or whatever for these things. I mean for example the code for Unit Detail...

**sapi** · July 24, 2007, 03:32 AM

That's odd.

Are you running vista, perchance - that file does not seem to be correct (empty, likely due to a privileges issue)

**KamilW** · July 24, 2007, 07:18 AM

No, I don't have Vista, just WinXP

PC 3.0 GHz processor Pentium 4
Nvidia Graphics Card 6200 (memory 512 MB)
RAM 1 GB

There's nothing wrong with my pc. I've installed a clean Medieval II Total War and followed the instructions to install patch 2 (final one). That's it. You had to install the game, download the patch, unpack it in the Medieval file itself and install it. Then you get some new files. You have to use one of the bat-files to unpack a whole lot of other files (36000 files). But before you start your game, you have to delete two files that will cause crashes if not deleted. Finally you have to change something in the 'preferences file':

[io]
file_first = true

This is needed to prevent the game from changing the file to the original content after one run. At least that's what the site says. You also have to click in properties of the 'preferences file' to be sure the file is 'read only'.

Then you can start the game and play. Everything works just find and these are the same instructions as on the official Total War website, so...
On this page you can find the instructions I used to install the patch.

http://rtw.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/f...t&f=9,5829,,30

I hope someone can help me out. It's not a serious issue. It's just irritating to change your video settings again every time you start your game.

**sapi** · July 24, 2007, 07:21 AM

Try removing [io]file_first = true - it (and unpacking) are not necessary except for modders.

**KamilW** · July 24, 2007, 10:21 AM

LOL, I haven't tried your possible solution yet. I first tried to deselect the "only read" box in properties of the "preferences file". I run Medieval II, adjusted my settings, quit and restart the game and the changes I did before the quit didn't go to default. I tried to run a campaign and a battle... No crash. I guess everything is in order now.

Thank you all for your help, I appreciate it.