System Reqirements

[Fuh Teng]

Anybody know what it will need? My computer can run STW and WE fine, but...

The Fuh (:

[Toda Nebuchadnezzar]

I don't know them off the top of my head. But if you go to the .com site you will find the required and ideal system requirements I'm sure.

P.S. to make the emoticons come up u have to put the eyes first http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

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Jaguara-Spoken like a TRUE SPAMMER Toda!

No Fear Legend.

[vyanvotts]

Quote Originally posted by Fuh Teng:
Anybody know what it will need? My computer can run STW and WE fine, but...

The Fuh (:[/QUOTE]

what are your specs at the moment...list them and we can tell ya if we think it will work or not

[This message has been edited by vyanvotts (edited 08-15-2002).]

[Vanya]

GAH!

Will MTW run on a PDA, a palm PC or a Windows CE device?

That way, Vanya can play MTW during His long commute to work... while eating popcorn and sipping sake...

http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/eek.gif http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/eek.gif http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/eek.gif

GAH!



[This message has been edited by Vanya (edited 08-15-2002).]

[vyanvotts]

maybe a stupid question, but what is sake?

[Papewaio]

Sake is Japanese rice wine.

[Toda Nebuchadnezzar]

If your an in-experienced alcoholic drinker stay well clear of sake. Its an aquired taste for sure.

I know i've been there and then been in the toilet on my knees for hours. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Jaguara-Spoken like a TRUE SPAMMER Toda!

No Fear Legend.

[Stuie]

System specs:

MINIMUM CONFIGURATION
Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows XP (Windows NT is not supported)
Intel Pentium II 350Mhz MMX or AMD processor with supported Direct3D video card
128 MB RAM
4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
1.4 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional space required for Windows swap-file and DirectX 8 installation)
8 MB video card with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver (Direct X 8.0a for Windows 95) 3D Accelerated Mode requires a 16 MB Direct3D capable video card DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card (Direct X 8.0a for Windows 95)
Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher (not on CD; available at www.microsoft.com) (http://www.microsoft.com))
Keyboard
Mouse

RECOMMENDED
600 MHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD processor
128 MB or more RAM
8x or faster CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive (with maximum install)
1.4 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
64 MB or greater Direct3D capable video card
IDEAL
1.2 GHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD processor
256 MB or more RAM
8x or faster CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive (with maximum install)
1.4 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
Fast 64 MB Direct3D capable video card

More:
http://www.totalwar.com/community/medieval/medsup.htm

[mizuYari]

TW on Linux! so I can cut a few heads at work using a better machine than my laptop! That would qualify for stress management program!

MizuYari

[HardRock]

Looks all good BUT up to 4 players on the INTERNET???????? They have to be joking right?? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/frown.gif

[Fuh Teng]

Thank you Stuie. Stupid laptop only has 8MB of video card, but I think I will be good. If not...You will probably hear me crying in the UK.

However, I don't know if MTW will need the 728x1024 or whatever it is. My laptop can only get up to 600x800...

The Fuh (:

[Fuh Teng]

Well...Apparently the gods at CA decided that a mere 8MB will not be enough. I was down at the local Electronics Boutique. They have the little bitty boxes with specs on them. Everything else is the same, but we need 16MB video card to run it, with 64+ better.

Time to start crying,
The Fuh ):

[Lord Krazy]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stuie:
[B]System specs:

MINIMUM CONFIGURATION
Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows XP (Windows NT is not supported)
Intel Pentium II 350Mhz MMX or AMD processor with supported Direct3D video card
128 MB RAM
4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
1.4 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional space required for Windows swap-file and DirectX 8 installation)
8 MB video card with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver (Direct X 8.0a for Windows 95) 3D Accelerated Mode requires a 16 MB Direct3D capable video card DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card (Direct X 8.0a for Windows 95)
Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher (not on CD; available at www.microsoft.com) (http://www.microsoft.com))
Keyboard
Mouse

RECOMMENDED
600 MHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD processor
128 MB or more RAM
8x or faster CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive (with maximum install)
1.4 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
64 MB or greater Direct3D capable video card
IDEAL
1.2 GHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD processor
256 MB or more RAM
8x or faster CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive (with maximum install)
1.4 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
Fast 64 MB Direct3D capable video card
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Ye if you want to play the board game
I have Two P4's one with onboard g2
other with some some crap,on g2 battles run
fine, over 10,000 men as they say, the other
come back tommorow and it might be finished
if a graphics card makes so much difference,
what is going to be like on a p2.

Lord krazy
rodaigh@yahoo.co.uk
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Better to make a good run,then a bad stand.




[This message has been edited by Lord Krazy (edited 08-18-2002).]

[GilJaysmith]

Quote Originally posted by HardRock:
Looks all good BUT up to 4 players on the INTERNET???????? They have to be joking right?? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/frown.gif[/QUOTE]

The readme recommends at most four players for internet games because otherwise some people may suffer if their machines aren't sufficiently powerful.

But eight players with fast machines *can* play a game over the internet, and usually without any trouble.

Gil ~ CA

[mizuYari]

Uh Oh. Yari smell that the multiplayer will be dominated by 1x1 on simili-ironbored. The smell is faint but definitely not good... The smell of an old hospice... where old men and very few women wanders the empty corridors...

MizuYari

[Funky Phantom]

How fast is "fast" exactly?

As fast as the recommended requirements?

[ShadeWraith]

Quote Originally posted by Toda Nebuchadnezzar:

and then been in the toilet on my knees for hours. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[/QUOTE]

I dont ming you speaking about your alcoholic excesses, but can you leave your cottaging exploits out please http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif :b


Wraith

[youssof_Toda]

I know what CA tell what minimum/recommended/dreammachine is but what about the requirements for reasonable online play?

[GilJaysmith]

Quote Originally posted by Funky Phantom:
How fast is "fast" exactly?
As fast as the recommended requirements?[/QUOTE]

If you've got the ideal spec you should be able to handle eight big armies. If you have a less powerful machine then you'll probably lose graphical smoothness, but the troops will still cover the same distance in the same time, and it won't make everyone's game lag.

If in a multiplayer game you find that the troops are moving slowly and jerkily but the camera movement is still smooth, then someone else has a machine which is too slow for the size of game you're playing, or is suffering network problems. If the camera is slow and jerky too, the problem is your machine (or, if you aren't the host, it might be your network connection).

We've played eightway games which felt, speedwise, like they were being played against seven AI opponents with no network involved. That's over a LAN, mind you. We've also played games with modems hosting and playing, which didn't really feel any different from the LAN. In all cases these games have involved machines nearer the 'recommended' spec than the 'ideal' spec. On occasions where the game has lagged, it's turned out to be an explicit problem with a single machine; a duff network card, or sound drivers from history.

But when it comes down to it, we've spent a long time optimising the game and the network code, and if it doesn't run smoothly with the players, armies, and unit sizes that you really want, you'll have to cut down until it does. Or upgrade. If you have min spec, you just aren't going to be able to play the same scale of game as someone with ideal spec. I know that's going to be tough on some of you, and it happens to us too; I spent ages unable to play new games at home because my old P2 300 with GeForce 256 wasn't up to the job, and I had to plan my recent upgrade so it would cover me for games for the next two years or so. Sadly, that's the biz, sweetheart, as Remo Williams used to say.

Gil ~ CA

[Fuh Teng]

Dangit GilJay, why couldn't you guys have made it just a little bit less harsh? Only 8 fricking MB. And no way to upgrade...

All the same, have fun everybody!

The Fuh ):

[Funky Phantom]

My settings are an odd mix between the ideal and recommended settings, i just hope i can run it smoothly :\

I always do a full install, i hope that helps a bit...

*Crosses fingers*

[Pussiecat]

Hi

just wondering if anyone could enlighten me with regards to using a "3d Prophet 4500 kyro 2 chipset 64mb" graphics card within medieval, as I had troubles in shogun - seemed to affect my mouse's capabilities.

I am hoping this is now fully compatable, but I havent been able to find out so far..

Thanx for your comments.

Steve

[TheLordofWater]

i wont be playing it DURING school but instead of thinking of school i'll be thinking of how to win my current campaing!


"whats the answer you in the back"
me: "ummm invade burgundy to split the french in half"

[Loras]

hehehe, i've come really close to doing that.... http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

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[KukriKhan]

Quote Originally posted by Fuh Teng:
Dangit GilJay, why couldn't you guys have made it just a little bit less harsh? Only 8 fricking MB. And no way to upgrade...

All the same, have fun everybody!

The Fuh ):[/QUOTE]


No worries, Fuh, I'm in the same boat with a tiny 8MB vid card hard-wired into this notebook. I expect some foyer conversations to go like:
Fuh: "ne1 here with a laggy vid card?"
Kuk: "heh...yea me. Wanna play 'Laggy Knights on a hill?"
Fuh: "OK. I have cable. Host?"
Kuk: "Alright. Have dial-up here. Don't hate me."