XL Mod

[ajaxfetish]

Just a quick question. I'm thinking of installing the XL mod (would be the first time trying a mod for me), and I'm wondering what will happen to the games I currently have saved. Will they disappear, be converted to XL, or still be playable as vanilla games?


Thanks in advance

Ajax

[NodachiSam]

I'm not sure but you can still play the old vanilla maps alongside the new with XL so maybe vanilla still works. I just got the mod and I enjoy it My old games are still there but I havn't tried to play them yet.

[Aurelian]

Your saved games won't be converted to XL. Of that much I'm sure.

I'm not sure if you'll be able to play your old saved vanilla games with XL. It may let you because you can still play vanilla MTW with XL installed. Give it a go. I don't think it will blow up your computer.

One thing a lot of mods tell you to do is install over a new clean copy of MTW. If you install over your current version of MTW it will probably work, but keep that in mind if you run into any unexplained problems.

But... do yourself a favor and definitely install XL. It's a HUGE improvement on the regular game and it's very stable and bug-free.

[IrishMike]

I believe all your previous saves are erased. Can't quite remeber when I installed XL but you won't be able to play them anyways. Conflicts with the new map and factions.

[Roark]

If you've got the hard disk space, just install a second version of MTW for the XL mod.

[lugh]

Installing it shouldn't erase the games, but ctrl-x them to your documents folder just in case.
You won't be able to play vanilla saves with XL, the map is changed to include several new provinces and IIRC the savegames crash to desktop. You might want to try VikingHordes thread on the mod over in the mod forums to be sure though.

You won't want to play vanilla after a taste of XL anyway, so the point is moot!