Medieval II: Total War

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Medieval II: Total War
Medieval II Total War Cover.jpg
Developers
Publishers
 
Release dates
Windows
November 11, 2006
Medieval II: Total War at Steam Charts
Medieval II: Total War at SteamDB
 Medieval II: Total War at Wikipedia
Total War
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Medieval II: Total War 2006
Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
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Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai 2012
Total War: Rome II 2013
Total War: Attila 2015
Total War: Arena TBA

Key points

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

General information

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

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Amazon.com DRM details are not known Physical copy with select International shipping
GamersGate Requires online activation DRM: SecuROM. Includes the Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms expansion. Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Green Man Gaming Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Includes the Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms expansion.
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Retail Disc check DRM: SafeDisc disc check. CD key for multiplayer. Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Advantage All product keys activate on Steam.[1]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\medieval2.preference.cfg

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\saves

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF Incomplete.svg UI suffers severe stretching.
Multi-monitor Impossible False icon.svg
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Hackable In the medieval2.preference.cfg file, change the line: windowed=true
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable Edit medieval2.preference.cfg and add the line borderless_window=true
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Native

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Impossible
Controller
Controller support Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native Master, speech, effects and music.
Surround sound Native 5.1 [2] and 7.1 [3]
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Native
Mute on focus lost Native
EAX support Native EAX 2, 3 and 4 [4]

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play Native
Online play Native GameSpy is offline; activate key on Steam to use new servers.[1]
Hot-seat Native Added in Kingdoms expansion; use Retrofit Mod for original campaigns.

Launcher issues[edit]

Launching Medieval II or Kingdoms[edit]

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

Fix Replacing the default launcher (Medieval II)[5]

  1. Rename Launcher.exe to something else.
  2. Rename medieval2.exe or kingdoms.exe to Launcher.exe
  3. You can now launch Medieval II in your Steam library.

Fix Replacing the default launcher (Medieval II: Kingdoms)[5]

  1. Backup launcher.exe, medieval2.exe and kingdoms.exe
  2. Delete launcher.exe
  3. Rename kingdoms.exe to launcher.exe
  4. Steam Library > Medieval II Total War Kingdoms > Properties > Set Launch Options
  5. Insert one of the following codes and hit OK.
    • Americas: --features.mod=mods/americas
    • Britain: --features.mod=mods/british_isles
    • Crusades: --features.mod=mods/crusades
    • Teutonic: --features.mod=mods/teutonic
  6. You can now launch Kingdoms in the desired campaign.

Launcher music[edit]

Launcher music keeps playing even when the launcher is closed.

Fix Task Manager

Information Can be killed in the task manager
Disadvantage Needs to repeat every time after closing the launcher
  1. Open Task Manager
  2. Go to the "Applications" tab
  3. Kill launcher.exe

Notes:

Information For permanent solution, see Launching Medieval II or Kingdoms.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Celeron 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 (1500 MHz) or equivalent AMD Athlon 64 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (2400 MHz) or equivalent AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
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 		Nvidia GeForce 7300
ATI Radeon X1600
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Shader model 2.0 support

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MEDIEVAL II: Total War multiplayer now available on Steam!
  2. ↑ EAX Featured Game: Medieval II: Total War - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)
  3. ↑ Epic audio design in Medieval II: Total War™ - Interview at SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)
  4. ↑ Medieval 2 Total War Review - Bit Gamer
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Steam help guide for medieval/kingdoms and "unspecified error" help - Total War Forums