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Total War: Shogun 2

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Total War: Shogun 2
Total War: Shogun 2 cover
Developers
Creative Assembly
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Warscape
Release dates
Windows March 15, 2011
macOS (OS X) July 31, 2014
Linux May 23, 2017
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Key points

Multiplayer is not cross-platform.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All Windows versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Mac App Store version is a complete edition with all DLC but does not include multiplayer.[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Otomo Clan Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Saints and Heroes Unit Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Dragon War Battle Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The Ikko Ikki Clan Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Rise of the Samurai Campaign
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The Hattori Clan Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Blood Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Step One

Instructions

Step Two

Instructions
Instructions

Troubleshooting

Reset the Pack File Manager settings if something isn't working correctly.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Set the Shader Model setting to Shader Model 5 and check the Soft Shadows setting while in the DX11 mode to use high quality shadows.
Switch to the DX9 mode if loading takes too long. If the shadows are blocky uncheck the Soft Shadows setting. Shadows on this mode are worse than in the DX11 setting.
Video settings.
Video settings.

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Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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VR support

Network

Multiplayer modes are not cross-platform.[1]
The Mac App Store version does not include multiplayer.[2]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
2 Versus, Co-op
Online play
2 Versus, Co-op

Issues fixed

Random Stop Working Error

No proper fix known yet.
Instructions

Shogun 2 not starting

If the game doesn't start, try deleting preferences.script.txt:
Instructions

Mouse Cursor Unrestricted

The game does not restrict the mouse cursor, meaning that on multi-monitor configurations instead of moving the camera, the mouse will go onto the other screen, effectively crippling the ability to effectively move the camera in that direction.
Instructions

Extreme Loading Time

Shogun 2 suffers from rather ridiculous loading times (the first loading splash screen can take over 5 minutes to load. However, these can be partly shortened by switching from DirectX 11 to DirectX9.
This will restrict the game to use Shader Model 3 and MLAA among other things.

Freezing on 32-bit systems (Windows)

The game freezes because Windows cannot allocate enough memory on x86 systems.
Instructions

Incorrect VRAM size detection for modern video cards (Windows)

The game is limited by its 32-bit nature and will fail to correctly detect the available VRAM size on cards with more than 4 GB of memory.
Instructions

Campaign camera no longer controllable

Mouse and keyboard camera controls no longer function.
Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11 MSAA is only supported in DX11 mode
Shader Model support 3 (low, high), 4, 4.1, 5 SM 4+ is only available in DX11 mode
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core or 2.6 GHz Single Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista/7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9.5
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 22 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Not supported: ATI Radeon X1000 series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 series, Intel GMA series, Intel HD 3000, Nvidia GeForce 7000/8000 series, Nvidia GeForce 9400 and Nvidia GTX 300 series.
Intel HD 4000 requires 8 GB of system memory.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) SteamOS or Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 26 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel Iris Pro
Nvidia GTX 600 series
AMD Radeon HD 6000 series
1 GB of VRAM
Nvidia cards require driver version 375.26 or better. AMD and Intel cards require MESA version 17.0.4

References