Total War Discussion #9 : Othor Games

» Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:16 pm

Previous threads: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1118933-total-war-discussion/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1180016-total-war-discussion-2/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1305493-total-war-discussion-3/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1366074-total-war-discussion-4/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1383780-total-war-discussion-5/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1397396-total-war-discussion-6/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1442496-total-war-discussion-7/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1459344-total-war-discussion-8/

I can also provide some useful links to the Total War games series as well and here can you find more news about http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=331. :read:

http://forums.totalwar.com/

http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Main_Page
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/124-The-Medieval-Total-War-and-Viking-Invasion-FAQ
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/118-Frequently-Asked-Questions-amp-Game-Fixes
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/119-Frequently-Asked-Questions-and-Game-Fixes
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/46-A-guide-to-the-guides-(Empire-Total-War)
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/263-Guide-to-the-Guides-(Napoleon-Total-War)
http://www.totalwar.com/en_us/totalwarbattles-shogun

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=735
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=736
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1549
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=9871125#post9871125
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1893
http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Released_Mods
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php

http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Modding_Portal
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=734
http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Released_Mods
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=483527
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=92488
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=477691
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=477898
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=443435

Gameplay and strategy for each game

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1078
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=406671
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1448
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136409
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1695

I'll update the OP if anyone want to have a list of mod recommendations or solutions of troubleshooting in the OP.

Game solutions

Thanks to http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1442496-total-war-discussion-7/page__view__findpost__p__22367594 I can add a http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?103656-NEW-Fix-for-CTD-when-starting-campaign-(Nvidia-High-End-Cards)-10 (don't use the Gamefront link since it's broken) in the OP of how to fix CTD in Medieval TW - Gold Edition 2.01 with Nvidia 8xxx series cards.

Mod recommendations

Spoiler

Lord Kaelin - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=127 for Rome Total War, http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=374565 for Medieval 2 and http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=417435 for Medieval 2
Nefarious One - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=867, a massive M2:Kingdoms mod
Elrond - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=341088 for Empire Total War
uberbanna - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=453038
Medivh - http://www.europabarbarorum.com/ (EB2 is WIP)

DarkOneVenzar has a tool for managing your Medieval2TW mods. Thanks for sharing this M2TW-mod tool.

Spoiler

For those who need to simplify the installation and removal of mods from their Medieval 2 launcher check out http://code.google.com/p/medieval2modinstaller/ program I wrote which makes it a bit easier. Despite the name the program doesn't actually install the mods, just installs them to the launcher. You do need the .NET 4 framework installed, but the client profile version works just fine.

How to install mods on Steam versions

Spoiler

Install the mod into this \Steam\steamapps\common\\data\ folder which create this \Steam\steamapps\common\\data\ structure on your HDD
if the installation has more than one setup file just install it into the same folder like the first one and patches too

Since http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1305493-total-war-discussion-3/page__view__findpost__p__19788436 I realize that were no such list of Steam version games in the OP, but below they are listed and let me know if there is something to add or correct that game list.

Retail Version

Medieval TW
Medieval 2 TW
Rome TW
Shogun TW

Steam Version

Empire TW
Napoleon TW
Shogun 2 TW
Rome 2 TW (2013-09-03)

Please note that most retail games is also available on Steam except for Shogun TW and probably Medieval TW, because the older titles was development with either DX7 or DX8 for Windows 95/98 when they were released in the 90's.

» Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:36 pm

Just preordered Rome 2 so I will be all ready for launch day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5v6hPr6L7U.