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Revision as of 21:48, 22 July 2014

Medieval II: Total War
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Developers
The Creative Assembly
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2006
Medieval II: Total War on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Shogun: Total War 2000
Medieval: Total War 2002
Rome: Total War 2004
Medieval II: Total War 2006
Empire: Total War 2009
Napoleon: Total War 2010
Total War: Shogun 2 2011
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai 2012
Total War Battles: Shogun 2012
Total War: Rome II 2013
Total War: Attila 2015
Total War Battles: Kingdom 2015
Total War: Warhammer (series)
Total War: Arena Cancelled
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia 2018
Total War: Three Kingdoms 2019
A Total War Saga: Troy 2020
Total War: Rome Remastered 2021
Total War: Pharaoh 2023

Key points

GameSpy multiplayer replaced with Steamworks; all product keys activate on Steam.[1]

General information

Official Forums
Steam Community Discussions
Total War Center Unofficial Discussion and Modding community
Collection of bug fixes for many of the game's issues

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All product keys activate on Steam.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy is offline; activate key on Steam to use new servers.[1]

Launcher issues

Launching Medieval II or Kingdoms

Also fixes the problem of the launcher music playing (after the launcher has been closed).
The original launcher files can also be restored by verifying the integrity of the game's cache. Steam Library > Game > Properties > Local Files
Instructions

Launcher music

Launcher music keeps playing even when the launcher is closed.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Celeron 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 (1500 MHz) or equivalent AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4400
ATI Radeon 9600 SE
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Shader model 1.0 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References