Help getting Hotseat to work in 1.1

[Blyzintine]

Hey guys. I'm trying to get me and my friends' dream come true of being able to play a hotseat grand campaign against each other, and to my delight I found instructions on the .com on how to activate it!

They were as follows:

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Question # 32 - How do I enable multiplayer hotseat campaign mode?

Answer #32 -

1. First, copy your medieval2.preference.cfg file to your desktop.
2. Rename the copy of the medieval2.preference.cfg file to multiplayer.cfg.
3. Now, make sure that the multiplayer.cfg file is not read only (right click on the file, and check the properties).
4. Open this new multiplayer.cfg file with Notepad or Wordpad, then add this to what is already in the multiplayer.cfg file:

[multiplayer]
playable = 1
hotseat_turns = 0
hotseat_scroll = 0
hotseat_update_ai_camera = 1
hotseat_disable_papal_elections = 0
hotseat_autoresolve_battles = 0
hotseat_save_prefs = 1
hotseat_disable_console = 0
hotseat_validate_diplomacy = 1

5. Now save the multiplayer.cfg file and put it back on read only.
6. Move the multiplayer.cfg file into your C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War folder.
7. Now open up Notepad again. In an otherwise blank document, type this:

medieval2.exe @multiplayer.cfg

8. Save the Notepad document as Launch_Multiplayer.bat
9. Put this new Launch_Multiplayer.bat file in your C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War folder.
10. Now, if you want to, right click on the new .bat file and send it to the desktop (Create Shortcut).
11. When you want to play the multiplayer version of the game, double-click the .bat file. This will launch the game in multiplayer mode.
12. Once you are in the game, select Singleplayer. Then Grand Campaign.
13. Now, pick which factions you want to play. Just click on as many as you want. I am playing as all 17 playable factions now.
14. When you start the campaign, you will play each faction you have chosen in order. You can save and quit at any point and resume your game as you choose.
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So I did all of that, loaded up the game using the new batch file, started a grand campaign and clicked on England, then Scotland. I couldn't tell if both factions were selected because it wasn't different in any obvious way. Since I clicked Scotland second, I started off the game as Scotland. I moved a Scottish army south, clicked end turn 1 and...started turn 2 as Scotland.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I'd love to get this to work, so any help will be greatly appreciated!

[_Tristan_]

I have not tried it but I think that after finishing the first turn as Scotland, you have to open the console and enter a command to play the second faction then you can press "end turn"...

I think you might find a thread about it in the modding section or FAQ
I read something like that over there, if i remember correctly...

[Eng]

playable = X (the number of factions u want to play)
just maybe.......

[_Tristan_]

playable = X (the number of factions u want to play)
just maybe.......

Nope... If I understand correctly, it's either 0 or 1 (like on/off)...

[knoddy]

works fine for me, im going to take a random stab at what may be your problem.

u say u clicked on england then scotland, however england is the first faction and is automatically selected when u start the game. so if u clicked on england then scotland u quite possibly de selected england. hence u acutally only choose 1 faction, that being scotland.

short of that im afraid i cant help. i did exactly as what u posted said and it worked first time no worries.

hope this helps

Cheers Knoddy

[Foz]

works fine for me, im going to take a random stab at what may be your problem.

u say u clicked on england then scotland, however england is the first faction and is automatically selected when u start the game. so if u clicked on england then scotland u quite possibly de selected england. hence u acutally only choose 1 faction, that being scotland.

short of that im afraid i cant help. i did exactly as what u posted said and it worked first time no worries.

hope this helps

Cheers Knoddy

This sounds likely.

Note that if you have set up everything correctly to play multiplayer hotseat, you should be able to click a faction on the faction-choosing screen and see its icon become highlighted. The look is identical to when you choose a faction in a normal campaign. The difference is in the functionality: in hotseat multiplayer, selecting a different faction makes them both appear highlighted, instead of switching your choice. You're actually allowed to have all the factions highlighted at once, which would mean they're all under your control. If your game is operating like I described and allows multiple factions to be highlighted, then it should be simple to make sure all factions you want control over are highlighted before you begin the game, which should fix your problem. If your game isn't allowing more than 1 faction to be highlighted, let us know and we can dig further into the issue to get you set up correctly.

[PutCashIn]

I just did what was on this link, first post on page 4.
Worked fine except for defending.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...t=74132&page=4

[Didz]

This looks cool...my son and I have been wanting to play the MTW2 campaign together for ages. But, just out interest how do the battles work when two hotseat armies collide?

Does it resolve the battle automatically or do you and your opponent get to fight it out in battle mode?