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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
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I. INTRODUCTION
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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:
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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.
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IV. INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUES
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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.
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V. VIDEO ISSUES
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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.
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VI. GAMEPLAY ISSUES
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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.
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VII. WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES
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Windows 2000/XP
You must have Administrator rights to install and play the game.
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VIII. LEGAL INFORMATION
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© 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.
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GameSpy Industries, Inc.
This product contains software technology licensed from
GameSpy Industries, Inc. © 1999-2006 GameSpy Industries, Inc.
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