Best version to play ETW

[pevergreen]

OK so I don't even have the game (its in the mail), but I have the demo (it sucks). My question then is whether or not the latest patch makes the game playable. And if it does. what kind of AI mods are available. Lastly, this may be quite off topic but, how would one install a mod and not intefere with steam.

Program called ModManager, link in the modding subforum, it isolates what E:TW loads.

Latest patch is the best, however you have no choice, as when you install a game, steam automatically updates it to the most recent version. after that however, you can disable automatic patching.

Check out the modding subforum for anything relating to mods, we can help you out there.