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Thread: MTW - Gold Edition (Steam) on Win10
edyzmedieval 19:35 26/05/21
Before anyone will ask, because I've seen questions - yes, Medieval Total War works on Windows 10 with Steam.

Now here's the problem part for me. I've just noticed that I only played the Steam version only on Win 7 and Win 8, not on Windows 10. I've installed now on Win10 and surprise surprise - it looks sharp, but it's not fullscreen. I tried fiddling with the options but nothing works, I cannot get the game to run fullscreen at all.

Any ideas / tips?

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Gilrandir 05:29 27/05/21
Have you tried setting identical screen resolution for the game and for the computer?

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edyzmedieval 10:43 27/05/21
I did, except my computer leaves 2 huge black bars on the sides - instead of making sure it goes fullscreen, it just makes it centered.

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MarshaldeSaxe 05:19 04/01/22
Does anyone know if Medieval Total War steam version runs okay on Windows 7? I am having crash to main menu issues after successfully running the game since it was released and I can't tweak my two XP computers to get it working again. Have no idea why it started crashing back to the main menu but I give up.


If anyone knows for sure if the steam version (which I believe I read has been re-programmed to run on newer OS and machines) will work in Windows 7 on a series 6 laptop, please let me know.

Otherwise, i guess I can download it to my wife's Win 10 all in one but I would prefer not to.

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Gilrandir 16:11 04/01/22
Originally Posted by MarshaldeSaxe:
Does anyone know if Medieval Total War steam version runs okay on Windows 7? I am having crash to main menu issues after successfully running the game since it was released and I can't tweak my two XP computers to get it working again. Have no idea why it started crashing back to the main menu but I give up.


If anyone knows for sure if the steam version (which I believe I read has been re-programmed to run on newer OS and machines) will work in Windows 7 on a series 6 laptop, please let me know.

Otherwise, i guess I can download it to my wife's Win 10 all in one but I would prefer not to.
Have you tried bringing the game resolution and the computer screen resolution in harmony?

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Togakure 15:17 05/01/22
The laptop I'm playing Steam's MTW gold on is still running Windows 7. Runs fine, but I don't play the 3D battles these days, I just play it like a board game and auto-resolve.

I've found that running it in offline mode and manually killing Steam after launching MTW improves performance. I've even made changes to its files so I can play Russians in Early and it's working well.

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MarshaldeSaxe 18:54 05/01/22
Gilrandir, I did bring them into harmony, I think I remember doing it, but I am old so I will do it again, but the thing is, I merely moved the desktop from one room to another and the game started reverting back to the main menu every time I picked a faction and pressed the key to start the game.

Togakure, I don't understand the tech terminology. I don't know anything about running a Steam game offline and what that means. I have read posts about that method but having no knowledge of how Steam works I simply wouldn't know. However, I am intrigued--you say you run it on a laptop in Win 7, but you only auto-resolve battles. Is it necessary to auto-resolve for the game to run properly, or can one run it fully functional with all capabilities once one downloads it from Steam?

I don't know what playing like a board game means. I was never interested in strategy board games, (though I have played with military miniatures for most of my childhood and early adolescence. I even casted them in lead with molds but my painting was poor.)

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MarshaldeSaxe 18:55 05/01/22
I have no idea why my avatar says I joined this year. I have been a member of the Total War forums for decades. Just saying....

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MarshaldeSaxe 18:58 05/01/22
Originally Posted by edyzmedieval:
I did, except my computer leaves 2 huge black bars on the sides - instead of making sure it goes fullscreen, it just makes it centered.
You know, I have the same problem with Patrician III. It runs on my widescreen connected to a windows 7 desktop ut on my 17 inch laptop running Windows 7 it will not run full screen, no matter what I try. I think it is 16 bit though....

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