Problems with the demo

**tzinacan** · 10-24-2006, 19:27

I installed, and when ready to play I just get the "medieval2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close"

it seems that other guys got it too
I run RTW so nicely to think that I should run M2TW at least ok

plz! I cannot wait to play!!

**tzinacan** · 10-24-2006, 19:33

i read this:

"I heard that the demo needs SSE2 to run and simply won't run without it" plz tell me its not true

**Tempiic** · 10-24-2006, 19:34

It is the case though.

Fortunately the game itself seems not to require SSE2... but you can better forget about MP if you happen to have an Athlon XP processor, untill this problem is patched. (If ever)

**astonkiller** · 10-26-2006, 14:10

sse2? sorry what is sse2 noob.

**Sir_Hawkwood** · 10-26-2006, 19:44

Gents,

I'm in the same boat too...
D
espite having all the requirements in terms of Radedon 9550 graphics card, a 939 socket AMD processor (according to Wiki), enough RAM, correct drivers, and multiple downloads and re-installations of the demo, I still get a

"medieval2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." reply...

I'm more patient than technical, so understand the cause to be either;
1, the phase of the moon
2, high voltage power lines
3, Microsoft

Could someone with a little more computer literacy help?

Astonkiller, I'm a noob too... Only recently found out what a USB port was!

To answer...
SSE2 is a mark that the Government puts on you a few hours after your born.
It can be found by pulling down your lower left eyelid whilst looking in the mirror.

You can enter the code you find on the link below...
http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/SSE

Hope this helps?

Best regards
Sr JH

**TosaInu** · 10-26-2006, 21:24

There's a new demo, does that one still require SSE2?

**Peasant Phill** · 10-27-2006, 08:48

No it doesn't

**Orda Khan** · 10-27-2006, 11:32

I think it does Tosa, at least the demo in the magazine (not sure which one) states that SSE2 is required. Not sure about the downloadable one

.....Orda

**R'as al Ghul** · 10-27-2006, 11:34

The first demo (ca. 480MB) does require SSE2.
The second one (ca. 700MB), labeled Gold and including the Otumba battle does not.

R'as

**Jochi Khan** · 10-27-2006, 14:20

I tried the Demo from the PCGamer magazine and it requires the SSE2. (wont run)
I have downloaded the NEW Demo (Gold) and it runs sweet on my Athlon 2600+.. Nvidia FX5200 128 Graphics with 1 Gig RAM

**LadyAnn** · 10-27-2006, 15:28

We still don't know if it still desync in MP?

Anniep

**Puzz3D** · 10-27-2006, 18:18

Originally Posted by LadyAnn

We still don't know if it still desync in MP?

In the blog on multiplayer, Palamedes said M2TW would be more stable in multiplayer than RTW/BI. Later he posted that AthlonXP would not be supported for multiplayer. He didn't say what would happen if an AthlonXP user tried to play online with non-AthlonXP users.