A little advice to possible newbie, please

[Outlaw]

Hello

I have heard great things about M:TW, and was on the verge of getting it this week when one of my mates told me that the game does not play so good using my graphic card. I have a Hercules Kyro II 64mb, can anyone tell me if this true or is my friend talking a load of bull???

Thank you in advance.

Outlaw

[Shahed]

Welcome Aboard

I posted this for you, in the tech help section here:

A little advice (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=2;t=10309;)

Hopefully someone has the answer. I would also recommend going to totalwar.com (http://www.totalwar.com) and look in the support section for known issues with graphics cards. Lastly you can also pop a post at the following locations:

-totalwars.net (http://www.totalwars.net/forum/portal.php)
Post in the tech help section.

-.com forum (http://pub133.ezboard.com/bshoguntotalwar)

You can also check out our Screenshot thread (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=24;t=9495) to see what you may be missing.

Cheers. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Shahed]

Here's a reply from the Apothecary, posted here:

Kyro (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=2;t=10309)

goscho

Man at Arms
Group: Junior Member
Posts: 47
Joined: Oct. 2002
Posted: Aug. 23 2003,00:42

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Hi

I have Kyro I 32 MB and the game is playable for me.
If you have DX8 or DX9 cards you will see more effects in battles, but I think you can play the game whithout problems.
Install the patch for MTW. Before him, the game was sometimes unstable, but with the patch I have only one crash for all my games Don't know what's with the Vikings.
To play you should change some default DX settings (described in the game readme), which is a little bit unconfortable, and the settings are reseted sometimes (if you install new directX).

[Gregoshi]

Welcome Outlaw. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif You really don't want to miss out on this game.

Thanks for lending a hand Sinan. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif

[Outlaw]

sshh thank you so much for your help.....half expected my post to be ignored, but what helpful response.

THANK YOU

[Portuguese Rebel]

Quote[/b] (Outlaw @ Aug. 23 2003,07:35)]sshh thank you so much for your help.....half expected my post to be ignored, but what helpful response.

THANK YOU
Ignored? why should you be ignored m8? Everybody is kinda friendly here http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif