Maybe something wrong with my preference file..?

[soccerlover10cf]

I have Medieval II Total War: Gold Edition. I owned RTW before so I just wanted to check the preference file for MTW.

So, I went to: Program Files>SEGA>MTW>medieval2.preference.cfg. (Opened it with notepad)
But only thing that was in the file was:
[video]
widescreen=0
[game]
allusers=1

I tried renaming it to ".txt" file or unchecking "hide extensions for known files" but nothing worked.

I also heard that you must have your game open in order to use the preference file. Does this mean I have to go into the game? I couldn't come out by pressing "window" key or anything.

But yeah, shouldn't there be more stuffs in the preference file or am I missing something? By the way, I'm use window VISTA.

Any help?

[Monsieur Alphonse]

You first have to start the game and play a couple of turns. After that your preference file should look different.

[soccerlover10cf]

I've actually played a couple of turns but it's still the same..

https://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4831/mtw1br8.jpg

As you can see from that image, the preference file is only 1kb.

https://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9281/mtw2if6.jpg

[DVX BELLORVM]

Check if your preference file is "read only" (right click on it -> Properties). If it is, obviously it couldn't be changed. Remove the checkmark in front of the Read-only.

[soccerlover10cf]

Yeah, it's unchecked.

Maybe I thought it was because I didn't play Kingdom version yet. As you can see from that screen shot, there's "kingdoms.exe" "launcher.exe" and "medieval2.exe"
I clicked on kingdoms.exe but it wasn't working. I got this..
https://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7729/mtw3py7.jpg

Should I just reinstall the whole thing?

[DVX BELLORVM]

I clicked on kingdoms.exe but it wasn't working. I got this..
https://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7729/mtw3py7.jpg

That's normal, because you didn't specify which campaign to load . You have to use the shortcuts.

[soccerlover10cf]

Ah, okay.

Still something is wrong with my preference file. :(

[DVX BELLORVM]

What happens when you change some options in the game? Does it return to default after you restart the game?

[soccerlover10cf]

Ah, I got it. I had to access it through virtual store folder. Because I'm using Vista.

[DVX BELLORVM]

Microsoft never ceases to amaze me... I wasn't aware of this "feature" of Vista. Still using the XP

I'm glad you solved the problem.

[Old Geezer]

Wow. Virtual Store Folder. I can hardly wait to get Vista now.