Medieval II: Total War README

Last Updated: 2006-09-28

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TABLE OF CONTENTS______________________________________________________________________

I. INTRODUCTIONII. MANUAL ADDENDUMIII. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSIV. INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUESV. VIDEO ISSUESVI. GAMEPLAY ISSUES VII. WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES VIII. LEGAL INFORMATION

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I. INTRODUCTION______________________________________________________________________

Refer to this document if you encounter difficulties with one or more aspects of installation or running Medieval II: Total War. Many of the most commonly encountered issues are covered here.

If you experience any problems please make sure that you have the latest drivers for your PC installed.

http://www.nvidia.com/http://www.ati.com/http://www.microsoft.com/directx/

For the latest information on this product please visit the followingwebsites:

http://www.sega-europe.com/http://www.creative-assembly.com/http://www.totalwar.com/

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II. MANUAL ADDENDUM______________________________________________________________________

- An additional control option is available for controlling the camera in battles. Holding down button 4 (not available on all mouse devices) will allow the player to control their view directly with the mouse. While doing this, the cursor will disappear until the player releases button 4.

- After printing the packaged Unit Chart, some minor changes were made to unit statistics in order to improve game balance. The correct unit statistics can be found in game.

- Under the heading 'The Battle Control Panel' there is a reference

to clicking the portrait of your commanding General or Captain which moves your camera to a position behind the General's unit. This feature has been replaced with a button of your faction's flag that highlights the position of all troops on the battlefield,marking your forces in green, enemy forces in red, and allied forces in blue.

- Under the heading 'Agent Class Characters > Priests / Imams', the text states that this character type can "perform a heresy trail", this should read "heresy trial".

- Under the heading 'Faction-Specific Buildings', there is a reference to a faction specific building list appearing under a "Factions" heading in the manual, this information is now located in the in-game building browser.

- Under the heading 'The Battle Control Panel' the reader is referred to a section named 'How to Use Groups and Group Formations', this section does not exist and the reader should instead refer to the 'Groups' section of the manual.

- Units that 'Fire by Rank' by default can be made to use standard volley firing if the player enables skirmishing for that unit.

- In addition to the instructions in the 'Using Defensive Fortifications' section of the manual, note that settlement gates can be captured by the attacking army having more troops on the wall above the gate than the enemy.

- Multiplayer 'Historical Battles' have been replaced with two types of 'ready-to-go' battles: 'Scenarios' - battles that players can deploy their forces as they wish, and 'Quick Start Battle'- battles where deployment has already been assigned to the forces of all players.

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III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS______________________________________________________________________

The MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

- English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP

- Celeron 1.5GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD® Athlon 64

- 512MB RAM

- DVD-ROM Drive

- 9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space

- 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers

- 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers

- DirectX® 9.0c

- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible*. The Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or the ATI Radeon® 9600 SE is the recommended minimum video card.

- Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or above

The RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

- English version of Microsoft® Windows® XP

- Pentium 4® 2.4GHz (2400MHz) or equivalent AMD® Athlon 64

- 1GB RAM

- DVD-ROM Drive

- 9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space

- Sound Blaster Audigy or equivalent

- 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers

- DirectX® 9.0c

- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 2 support and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible*. The Nvidia® GeForce 7300 or greater, or theATI Radeon® X1600 or greater is recommended.

- Monitor capable of displaying 1280x1024 resolution or above

* Important Note: Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for confirmation of 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatibility.

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IV. INSTALLATION & SET UP ISSUES ______________________________________________________________________

DirectX® Installation

The Medieval II: Total War installer provides the option to installDirectX® 9.0c on your computer. If you already have this version or a newer copy of DirectX®, this will be detected and the update will exit with no changes made to your system's DirectX® files.

You can manually install the latest version of DirectX® by going to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx and downloading the latest version available.

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V. VIDEO ISSUES ______________________________________________________________________

Onboard / Motherboard Integrated Video Chipsets

If your system features an onboard graphics solution, ensure that itis configured to access at least 128MB of system memory. Certain graphics chipsets are configured to use 64MB by default, for example, the Intel GMA950, which will prevent Medieval II from running correctly. This setting is typically configured via a motherboard BIOS setting. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer or motherboard manual for instructions on configuring this setting.

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VI. GAMEPLAY ISSUES ______________________________________________________________________

Tutorial Battle Advice

When playing through the tutorial, if you complete the requested action before the advisor finishes speaking, the advisor will be interrupted and will move on the next piece of advice. To ensure that you hear all of what the advisor has to say, listen to the advisor before performing the required actions.

Please note that you will not be able to hear the advice again once you interrupt it unless you restart the tutorial.

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VII. WINDOWS® SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES ______________________________________________________________________

Windows 2000/XP

You must have Administrator rights to install and play the game.

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VIII. LEGAL INFORMATION ______________________________________________________________________

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