Topic: Who here has bought Medieval II: Total War?

[IAF Lyrkiller]

I did today.

Will post on this thread all the cool stuff.

I may also post some pics.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

BTW, I am installing it as I write this.

[Commander La'ra]

BTW, I am installing it as I write this.

You're a [long chain of expletives deleted], and furthermore your mother [longer chain of expletive's deleted].

Tell us how it goes.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

LOL!!!

Oh, I will.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

The game is AWESOME.

Here is a small taste of what you are missing.

[Commander La'ra]

She looks niiiice.

What're the reqs?  (Especially supported vid cards)

[IAF Lyrkiller]

The req are as follows:
WinXp or 2K
Proc Intel or AMD 1.7g or better
512 megs of ram or better
128meg video card or better
11gigs of HDD space
DX9.0c soundcard

That is all I can remember atm.

[Ferretlxix_XC]

Wow, the visuals are really nice compared to the older game but, what are the game improvments in this version?

[IAF Lyrkiller]

Wow, the visuals are really nice compared to the older game but, what are the game improvments in this version?

I have not really scratched the suface on this game. They have done alot of changes. Just to name a few:

Witches
Heretics
Priests

Those above that I have listed are the main changes.
If you want I will post the readme file.

[Commander La'ra]

Thanks, man.  And yeah, if you wanted to post the readme, I wouldn't complain.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

Ok, here it is

Medieval II: Total War README

Last Updated: 2006-09-28

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.    INTRODUCTION
II.    MANUAL ADDENDUM
III.    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
IV.    INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUES
V.    VIDEO ISSUES
VI.    GAMEPLAY ISSUES
VII.    WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES
VIII.    LEGAL INFORMATION

______________________________________________________________________

I. INTRODUCTION
______________________________________________________________________


Refer to this document if you encounter difficulties with one or more
aspects of installation or running Medieval II: Total War.
Many of the most commonly encountered issues are covered here.

If you experience any problems please make sure that you have the
latest drivers for your PC installed.

http://www.nvidia.com/
http://www.ati.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/

For the latest information on this product please visit the following
websites:

http://www.sega-europe.com/
http://www.creative-assembly.com/
http://www.totalwar.com/

______________________________________________________________________

II. MANUAL ADDENDUM
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-  An additional control option is available for controlling the
   camera in battles. Holding down button 4 (not available on all
   mouse devices) will allow the player to control their view
   directly with the mouse.  While doing this, the cursor will
   disappear until the player releases button 4.

-  After printing the packaged Unit Chart, some minor changes were
   made to unit statistics in order to improve game balance.  The
   correct unit statistics can be found in game.

-  Under the heading 'The Battle Control Panel' there is a reference
   to clicking the portrait of your commanding General or Captain
   which moves your camera to a position behind the General's unit.
   This feature has been replaced with a button of your faction's
   flag that highlights the position of all troops on the
   battlefield,marking your forces in green, enemy forces in red, and
   allied forces in blue.

-  Under the heading 'Agent Class Characters > Priests / Imams', the
   text states that this character type can "perform a heresy trail",
   this should read "heresy trial".

-  Under the heading 'Faction-Specific Buildings', there is a
   reference to a faction specific building list appearing under a
   "Factions" heading in the manual, this information is now located
   in the in-game building browser.

-  Under the heading 'The Battle Control Panel' the reader is
   referred to a section named 'How to Use Groups and
   Group Formations', this section does not exist and the reader
   should instead refer to the 'Groups' section of the manual.

-  Units that 'Fire by Rank' by default can be made to use standard
   volley firing if the player enables skirmishing for that unit.

-  In addition to the instructions in the 'Using Defensive
   Fortifications' section of the manual, note that settlement gates
   can be captured by the attacking army having more troops on the
   wall above the gate than the enemy.

-  Multiplayer 'Historical Battles' have been replaced with two
   types of 'ready-to-go' battles: 'Scenarios' - battles that players
   can deploy their forces as they wish, and 'Quick Start Battle'-
   battles where deployment has already been assigned to the forces
   of all players. 


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III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

-    English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP

-    Celeron 1.5GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent
   AMD® Athlon 64

-   512MB RAM

-   DVD-ROM Drive

-   9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space

-   100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest
   drivers

-   100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest
   drivers

-   DirectX® 9.0c

-   128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support
   and the latest drivers.  Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
   compatible*.  The Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or the
   ATI Radeon® 9600 SE is the recommended minimum video card.

-   Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or
   above


The RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

-    English version of Microsoft® Windows® XP

-    Pentium 4® 2.4GHz (2400MHz) or equivalent
   AMD® Athlon 64

-   1GB RAM

-   DVD-ROM Drive

-   9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space

-   Sound Blaster Audigy or equivalent

-   100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest
   drivers

-   DirectX® 9.0c

-   128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 2 support
   and the latest drivers.  Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
   compatible*.  The Nvidia® GeForce 7300 or greater, or the
   ATI Radeon® X1600 or greater is recommended.

-   Monitor capable of displaying 1280x1024 resolution or
   above


* Important Note: Please refer to your hardware
manufacturer for confirmation of 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatibility.

______________________________________________________________________

IV. INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUES
______________________________________________________________________


DirectX® Installation

The Medieval II: Total War installer provides the option to install
DirectX® 9.0c on your computer.  If you already have this
version or a newer copy of DirectX®, this will be detected and the
update will exit with no changes made to your system's DirectX® files.

You can manually install the latest version of DirectX® by going to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx and downloading the latest
version available.

______________________________________________________________________

V. VIDEO ISSUES
______________________________________________________________________


Onboard / Motherboard Integrated Video Chipsets

If your system features an onboard graphics solution, ensure that it
is configured to access at least 128MB of system memory. 
Certain graphics chipsets are configured to use 64MB by default,
for example, the Intel GMA950, which will prevent Medieval II from
running correctly.  This setting is typically configured via a
motherboard BIOS setting.  Please refer to your hardware manufacturer
or motherboard manual for instructions on configuring this setting.

______________________________________________________________________

VI. GAMEPLAY ISSUES
______________________________________________________________________


Tutorial Battle Advice

When playing through the tutorial, if you complete the requested
action before the advisor finishes speaking, the advisor will be
interrupted and will move on the next piece of advice. To ensure that
you hear all of what the advisor has to say, listen to the advisor
before performing the required actions.

Please note that you will not be able to hear the advice again once
you interrupt it unless you restart the tutorial.

______________________________________________________________________

VII. WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES
______________________________________________________________________


Windows 2000/XP

You must have Administrator rights to install and play the game.


______________________________________________________________________

VIII. LEGAL INFORMATION
______________________________________________________________________

© 2006 The Creative Assembly Limited. Total War, Medieval II: Total
War and the Total War logo are trade marks or registered trade marks
of The Creative Assembly Limited in the United Kingdom and/or other
countries.  SEGA is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
SEGA and the SEGA logo are either trade marks or registered trade marks
of SEGA Corporation. All rights reserved.

GameSpy and the "Powered by Gamespy" design are trademarks of
GameSpy Industries, Inc.

This product contains software technology licensed from
GameSpy Industries, Inc. © 1999-2006 GameSpy Industries, Inc.
GameSpy and the "Powered by GameSpy" design are trademarks of
GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.

The NVIDIA logo and the "The way it's meant to be played" logo are
registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation.

The ratings icon is a registered trademark of the Entertainment
Software Association.

All other trademarks and trade names are the
properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

[Commander La'ra]

Thanks, man!

[IAF Lyrkiller]

The French Empire is going to rule the roost. 

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

I say only one thing,.. Boehmian Knights..

[Sirgod]

I say only one thing,.. Boehmian Knights..

You gotta share more then just that Bro. You know when it comes to strat. games, your opinion means alot to this casual player.

I've gotta get warhammer back from my son in law this year.

Stephen

[KOTH-KieranXC, Ret.]

I've had it for a few weeks, and it's definitely sweet. Right now I'm taking the Danish Empire to its rightful place as rulers of the world.

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

Well for me CA titles are a must to buy,.. i played the whole series.
This one i bought 3 days ago.
ITs to early to say something profound,but if you ever played as kid with knights and had a plastic Knight castle and all that stuff ,you must have this...
I love the antique setting of rome Total war  and i love the knights  and castle scenerys in Medieval.

I dont like the Historical reality,.. it was a sh*tty time especially compared to the times with Waterlines and analogue computers.
And all those stupid religious motivations for war.. go on a crusade ,, invade in the name of islam.. pheew.. Witches... and the Impertinent handling of the Tempelers by the Roman church.

You really can see how the knights and feuds were not more then Mob bosses.

Anyways i love that game, and i will even more  after it got two more patches.

[Sirgod]

Well for me CA titles are a must to buy,.. i played the whole series.
This one i bought 3 days ago.
ITs to early to say something profound,but if you ever played as kid with knights and had a plastic Knight castle and all that stuff ,you must have this...
I love the antique setting of rome Total war  and i love the knights  and castle scenerys in Medieval.

I dont like the Historical reality,.. it was a sh*tty time especially compared to the times with Waterlines and analogue computers.
And all those stupid religious motivations for war.. go on a crusade ,, invade in the name of islam.. pheew.. Witches... and the Impertinent handling of the Tempelers by the Roman church.

You really can see how the knights and feuds were not more then Mob bosses.

Anyways i love that game, and i will even more  after it got two more patches.

See that's what I love about you man.  You speak your mind, and even though I'm a huge fan of that time period, I can't think of another person, who I would like to shake hands with. Well over in Europe that is.

Stephen

[Dracho]

Raubritters.   

[Mr_Tricorder]

I just bought the game for my laptop the other day, but the battles don't work.  It just stays on the loading screen.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

Does your laptop meet the minimum requirements?

[Ferretlxix_XC]

I say only one thing,.. Boehmian Knights..

You gotta share more then just that Bro. You know when it comes to strat. games, your opinion means alot to this casual player.

I've gotta get warhammer back from my son in law this year.

Stephen

seeing you've played War Hammer,  Have you played Dawn Of War?  I just got the gold edition for X-Mas and I am sold!!  I need to get the Dark Crusade expansion.

I actually got a chance to try out ME2 and I must say, I might have to pick this one up if World in conflict gets delayed.

[Mr_Tricorder]

Does your laptop meet the minimum requirements?

Yes, it meets the minimum requirements.  I think it may have something to do with the graphics chipset (It uses a Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset).  I have the graphics settings on the lowest possible settings and still nothing happens when I try to load a battle.

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

I say only one thing,.. Boehmian Knights..

You gotta share more then just that Bro. You know when it comes to strat. games, your opinion means alot to this casual player.

I've gotta get warhammer back from my son in law this year.

Stephen

seeing you've played War Hammer,  Have you played Dawn Of War?  I just got the gold edition for X-Mas and I am sold!!  I need to get the Dark Crusade expansion.

I actually got a chance to try out ME2 and I must say, I might have to pick this one up if World in conflict gets delayed.

Indeed i have from start on.. get the anthologie version if you can there is everything in it,.. even a strategical campagne.. A must buy.

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

Does your laptop meet the minimum requirements?

Yes, it meets the minimum requirements.  I think it may have something to do with the graphics chipset (It uses a Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset).  I have the graphics settings on the lowest possible settings and still nothing happens when I try to load a battle.

The game is Nvidia optimized,..could very well be the case what you are suspecting.

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

WEll i thought i post a few pics of the game..hmmpf:)

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

Ok desperate times..

[FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC]

No words..

Edit use fulllscreen view for that one ,on opera its  F11.

[Ferretlxix_XC]

wow, those are some pretty sweet screens but righ now I'm really into Dawn of War.

I'm just breaking into the winter assault campaign stuff.  I'm really loving Eldars but I'm wanting the new expainsion for the Necrons


An Eldar unit of mine.  Love the paint option.

[Dracho]

WEll i thought i post a few pics of the game..hmmpf:)

That would be the Agincourt scenario wouldn't it?

I love the game, I just wish the grand campaign wasn't so...I don't know what the word is.. it's horribly hard to manage a large empire in the latter part of the game... Spend as much time putting down rebellions as conquering neighbors.. and the AI isn't very good at managing large numbers of towns.

I'm finding I prefer the "short scenario" victory conditions.

[Dracho]

Here is one where England Rheims France (snicker)..

[Dracho]

This one is "The Price of Rebellion"  or maybe  Roast Peasant.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

Yeah, I do love it when they flame on.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I have gotten Dizzy and Diehard hooked on Medieval 2: Total War.

[FPF-DieHard]

Dracho, how did you get 120 Bowmen in a unit?   Mine are limited to 60.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

DH, I think that it is through upgrades for the archers, though I could be wrong.

[FPF-DieHard]

Does your laptop meet the minimum requirements?

Yes, it meets the minimum requirements.  I think it may have something to do with the graphics chipset (It uses a Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset).  I have the graphics settings on the lowest possible settings and still nothing happens when I try to load a battle.

The game is Nvidia optimized,..could very well be the case what you are suspecting.

This game runs Excellent in "Medium settings at 1600x1024 on my Sager 3880 laptop (2 GHz Pentium M, 1 GB RAM, Geoforce 6600 Go) 

Do English knights just suck?   I need to know if it's me but al they seem to be good for is chasing routed troops.

[Dracho]

There is a slider for unit size under the performance options.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

There is a slider for unit size under the performance options.

Now he tells us.

[Hexx]

Does your laptop meet the minimum requirements?

Yes, it meets the minimum requirements.  I think it may have something to do with the graphics chipset (It uses a Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset).  I have the graphics settings on the lowest possible settings and still nothing happens when I try to load a battle.

The game is Nvidia optimized,..could very well be the case what you are suspecting.

This game runs Excellent in "Medium settings at 1600x1024 on my Sager 3880 laptop (2 GHz Pentium M, 1 GB RAM, Geoforce 6600 Go) 

Do English knights just suck?   I need to know if it's me but al they seem to be good for is chasing routed troops.

The Mounted ones aren't great- the English foot knight upgrade are fantastic ground troops though.
~ Really though, just build archer units with a few guys to stall the enemy long enough for the archers to kill them.

[Dracho]

A most vicious army is English longbows or yeomen with set stakes on the frontline, and infantry just behind them to counter-charge enemy footmen.

2-3 units of artillery support, and some light cavalry to run down broken units and you'll have battles more 1-sided than the Gulf War.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

The 2nd Spanish Army is going to kick the Moors out and out of what was Spanish Morocco.

And probably wont stop there.

[Dracho]

Here's another

[IAF Lyrkiller]

The First English army under WIlliam the Conquerer just took Bruges. 1800+ to 800+.

Started over to play the English.

I still have over 1100+ men.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

I am now at war w/ Scotland, those traitourous bastards!!!!

I am going to suck Scotland dry and wipe the off the face of the earth.

I am also on the verge of taking Jerusalem. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA