Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms README
Last Updated: 2007-06-21
IMPORTANT: This version of Kingdoms is only compatible with the boxed
retail version of Medieval II: Total War. Digitally distributed versions
of Medieval II: Total War are not supported.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION
II. MANUAL ADDENDUM
III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
IV. INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUES
V. VIDEO ISSUES
VI. WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES
VII. LEGAL INFORMATION
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I. INTRODUCTION
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Refer to this document if you encounter difficulties with one or more
aspects of installation or running Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms.
Many of the most commonly encountered issues are covered here.
If you experience any problems please make sure that you have the
latest drivers for your PC installed.
http://www.nvidia.com/
http://www.ati.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/
For the latest information on this product please visit the following
websites:
http://www.sega-europe.com/
http://www.creative-assembly.com/
http://www.totalwar.com/
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II. MANUAL ADDENDUM
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Crusades:
The map for the Crusades Campaign has changed slightly, resulting in the
Manual displaying an incorrect map for this campaign.
Teutonic:
Teutonic Campaign: Playing as the Teutonic Order
Castle-Driven Build Options
The Teutonic Order is capable of upgrading its city settlements past the
level of City and converting castles to cities; however the Order does not
endorse the construction of the Brothel, Pleasure Palace and other buildings
in the Tavern chain which encourage impious behaviour amongst its citizens.
The Teutonic Order will instead need to maintain public order with an iron
fist, and rely on its Castle Libraries and Academies to recruit Spies,
Diplomats and Assassins. These buildings can be constructed in castles
above the level of Wooden Castle.
Britannia:
Culture
In the British Isles, each faction spreads its unique culture rather than a
religion. The amount and type of culture present in a settlement determines
which units can be recruited from that settlement and how much unrest is
created by insurgents within the population.
Many units require that a certain level of their faction’s culture be
present in a settlement before they can be recruited there. The level of culture
required to recruit a specific unit can be viewed on the Building
information screen of the structure which trains the unit. Conversely, while a foreign
faction’s culture remains within a captured settlement; mercenary variants
of that faction’s units may be drawn directly from the population. The quality
and variety of mercenary units available are determined by the size of the
settlement and level of foreign culture present.
Settlements with high levels of foreign culture will suffer greater unrest
caused by insurgents within the population. While the culture in each
settlement will shift in favour of the settlement owner over time, the most
efficient way to minimize the unrest caused by insurgents and speed the
spread of the controlling faction’s culture is to install a Governor in the
settlement.
Governors in the Britannia campaign receive the “Management attribute in
place of “Piety: The greater the Governors management skill, the faster his
culture will spread within the settlement and the lesser the effect insurgents will
have on public order. While second to Governors, spies are also able to increase
the spread of their faction’s culture when stationed within the walls of a
settlement their faction controls.
Religious buildings can still be constructed in the Britannia campaign,
However they no longer allow the recruitment of the Priest agent type and instead
serve as a means to boost population happiness and increase the spread of culture.
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III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:
- English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
- Celeron 1.5GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent
AMD® Athlon 64
- 512MB RAM
- DVD-ROM Drive capable of reading dual-layer DVDs
- 9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space
- 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest
drivers
- 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest
drivers
- DirectX® 9.0c
- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. The Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or the
ATI Radeon® 9600 SE is the recommended minimum video card.
- Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or
above
The RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:
- English version of Microsoft® Windows® XP
- Pentium 4® 2.4GHz (2400MHz) or equivalent
AMD® Athlon 64
- 1GB RAM
- DVD-ROM Drive capable of reading dual-layer DVDs
- 9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space
- Sound Blaster Audigy or equivalent
- 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest
drivers
- DirectX® 9.0c
- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 2 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. The Nvidia® GeForce 7300 or greater, or the
ATI Radeon® X1600 or greater is recommended.
- Monitor capable of displaying 1280x1024 resolution or
above
For the Launcher:
- Internet Explorer 6 or Higher
- A Connection to the Internet
- Microsoft® .NET Framework 1.1 (Higher recommended)
(installed with Medieval II)
- Microsoft® J# Redistributable
(installed with Medieval II)
* Important Note: Please refer to your hardware
manufacturer for confirmation of 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatibility.
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IV. INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUES
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DirectX® Installation
The Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms installer provides the option to install
DirectX® 9.0c on your computer. If you already have this
version or a newer copy of DirectX®, this will be detected and the
update will exit with no changes made to your system's DirectX® files.
You can manually install the latest version of DirectX® by going to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx and downloading the latest
version available.
.NET Framework
Some users may experience problems with installation if they do not have .NET
framework installed, or only have .NET version 1.1
.NET 2.0 can be found on
www.windowsupdate.com
and
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
You always try and download the latest version, Windows XP users should
install .NET 3.0 or a later revision.
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V. VIDEO ISSUES
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Onboard / Motherboard Integrated Video Chipsets
If your system features an onboard graphics solution, ensure that it
is configured to access at least 128MB of system memory.
Certain graphics chipsets are configured to use 64MB by default,
for example, the Intel GMA950, which will prevent Medieval II from
running correctly. This setting is typically configured via a
motherboard BIOS setting. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer
or motherboard manual for instructions on configuring this setting.
ATI graphics card machine crashing on battle map under XP
If this happens to you, this is caused by having an old version of .NET
installed.
Please make sure you have .NET 3.0, found on
www.windowsupdate.com
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VI. WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES
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Windows 2000/XP
You must have Administrator rights to install and play the game.
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VII. LEGAL INFORMATION
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