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**Theory** · 02-22-2009, 19:25

Set the game's language through games list > ETW > Properties > Language. Steam will take care of the rest.

Incidentally, Steam will give German users low-violence versions of most games even when there's no legal requirement to do so. There's no way around it short of manual patches.

**Relic** · 02-22-2009, 20:45

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**Fisherking** · 02-24-2009, 11:59

My steam question is regarding mods.

How are these going to work when steam monitors everything?

Does it mean the mods must go through steam as well?

I see a mods section on there…

**pevergreen** · 02-24-2009, 12:41

Mods are done by the game file. All the steam launcher does is run the .exe

for the demo, just go to your steam folder, all steam games are in there

steam/steamapps/common/empire total war demo

The games are in the steamapps folder, just like a normal game.

**irishron2004** · 02-25-2009, 04:55

For what problems I see players are having getting Medieval2 and Kingdoms mods to work on Steam, I don't believe Empires will be getting my money anytime too soon. Steam, being a third party, and can't figure out how to put a mod in its proper folder without frustrating its customers, will not be getting my money too soon. It gives them too much control over my game that I would pay my hard earned money for. BE a conspiracy theory, I don't trust them.

Question: any way to play this game legally without Steam loaded on my computer?

**A Very Super Market** · 02-25-2009, 05:06

No.

**Belgolas** · 02-25-2009, 05:25

Originally Posted by irishron2004

For what problems I see players are having getting Medieval2 and Kingdoms mods to work on Steam, I don't believe Empires will be getting my money anytime too soon. Steam, being a third party, and can't figure out how to put a mod in its proper folder without frustrating its customers, will not be getting my money too soon. It gives them too much control over my game that I would pay my hard earned money for. BE a conspiracy theory, I don't trust them.

Question: any way to play this game legally without Steam loaded on my computer?

What are you talking about. Mods work fine for me for M2TW and RTW on steam.

Anyways since every single legal copy of ETW will be using steam mods should have no problem of working. I hope ETW does the same way to mod like HL2 does where it creates a separate .exe to launch each mod. If they are done like HL2 it will be far easier and mods will be able to auto patch the mod through steam. HL2 is pretty amazing for mods and there are far more mods for HL2 then Total War and they don't have any problems.

**irishron2004** · 02-25-2009, 06:06

The real question in my mind is why would Sega /CA deal with a third party anyway? The power they are giveng to Steam is still too much for me.

Maybe it's just time to shut up and stick to Rome and M2. Simpler that way for me.