Crashes

[caravel]

Well it has to be the drivers then - which blows me away. Shogun Total War ran perfect with this settings. Gold Edition with patches and such can't handle new drivers?

I have 6.14 and that was the only way to get M2TW to work without a meltdown on my laptop. Do you know of a driver swapping method? I have to have to choose between one or the other to play.

6.14 are no good for STW/MTW, it will have to be 5.7 at the least. I know of no driver swapping method that doesn't involve driver cleaner pro, reinstalls of drivers and reboots, no sorry. I can only suggest you decide which game you want to play for now and stick with it.

As for the hardware acceleration - The driver acceleration is found as the same place both for Windows and the Drivers - Right click desktop > Advanced > Troubleshoot. I changed it from there.

You don't need to change this.

I have played with the individual OpenGL and Direct3D acceleration using ATi Tools as well- no change.

Thanks for replying btw.

You don't need to change anything related to OpenGL as unfortunately TW games use M$ DirectX (Direct3D).

I also see no tools on my screen to edit any posts - I would remove what you asked - if you can feel free!

Of course, I forgot about that. Basically the discussion of cracks, warez and piracy etc is frowned upon here (yes I know you own the game etc) so I was just tipping you off to remove that bit.

On a serious note, I'd advise that you avoid the "executable" in question anyway as they are usually buggy and unreliable. They can also be a container for viruses and trojans as they come from unreliable sources.

[redlunatic]

It was the drivers... I downgraded them to 5.7, but now the strategy map looks blurry. Any tips on how to make it sharp and clear using ATI Tools?

Thanks again for the help.

[caravel]

Check the Direct3D options and perhaps disable or reduce the level of AA. What campaign map resolution are you using?