Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod is a huge expanded campaign for Medieval II Total War Kingdoms expansion. The mod focuses on increasing the size of the Grand Campaign. Which includes a huge new map, 7 new factions, and all the units from Kingdoms. The challenge is also a lot greater and the mod includes improved battle AI and campaign AI. And is quite possibly the hardest mod for Medieval II Total War.

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The developers behind KGCM are not on ModDB. But considering how much easier ModDB makes finding the correct versions and how to install them its weird they have not updated it at all. The following instructions are taken from different TWC articles that you have to go through, which makes it harder than it needs to be. And YES this is also for Steam. I also have my own twist at the end. I have not created instructions for installing the fixes, but i can do it if needed. Enjoy KGCM :)

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First of all, we are way past 4.1 on TWC. ModDB sadly does not have the files. But the developers have uploaded it to mediafire, why they don't simply upload it here is beyond me.

Step 1 - Download the installer .exe with the base mod files: (Steam cant find kingdoms, below for info)
KGCM 3.0 download link: Mediafire.com

Step 2 - Install patch 4.2 to the folder containing your Kingdoms.exe file:
KGCM 4.2 download link: Mediafire.com

Step 3 - Install patch 4.3 to your ...mods\kingdoms_grand_campaign_mod folder:
KGCM 4.3 download link: Mediafire.com
KGCM 4.3 alternate link: Filedropper.com
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Some fixes for after completing the above
(I have not installed these myself but will probably do so in the future)


Installation Instructions for the Installers

Steam users will most likely have to do the Steam Instructions before installing.

3.0 - Is straight forward, just click next on all of them.

4.2 - Point to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Medieval II Total War
(Your's might be slightly different)

4.3 - Point to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Medieval II Total War\mods\kingdoms_grand_campaign_mod
(Your's might be slightly different)

Launching the mod - After installing everything, i was left with no way of launching the mod. So a little trick i did to make it easily available is the following

  • Go to \Steam\steamapps\common\Medieval II Total War\mods
  • Rename teutonic (or a one of the dlc's you wont be playing) to -teutonic
  • Rename kingdoms_grand_campaign_mod to teutonic
  • Launch MW2 using Steam and select Teutonic.

If you use Steam and have trouble with the KGCM 3.0 installer

Steam update removed the kingdoms.exe to fix this do the following.

  1. Go to \Steam\steamapps\common\Medieval II Total War
  2. Make a copy of medieval2 and rename the new one to kingdoms (Files are the .exe ones)
  3. Launch KGCM 3.0 Installer and install.

If that does not work, you're one of the unlucky ones and you will have to do the Regedit instructions.

WARNING:
If you do this and mess up your computer (and you can seriously brick it if you don't pay attention), that's your own fault. Read carefully.

Hit Start
01. Put 'regedit' in the run box.
02. Go to HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SEGA\Medieval II Total War


03. Right click in empty space somewhere on the right pane.
04. Select New > String Value
05. Type 'AppPath' without the quotes and hit enter
06. Right click 'AppPath' and select Modify...
07. In the bottom box put your M2TW install directory. Example - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Medieval II Total War


08. Right click in empty space somewhere on the right pane.
09. Select New > String Value
10. Type 'language' without the quotes and hit enter
11. Right click 'language' and select Modify...
12. In the bottom box put your language. Mine says 'english' without the quotes.


13. Right click in empty space somewhere on the right pane.
14. Select New > String Value
15. Type 'version' without the quotes and hit enter
16. Right click 'version' and select Modify...
17. In the bottom box put '1.03.00' without the quotes.


18. Close the registry.
19. Try the KGCM 3.0 installer again.


Hope all of this was helpful, i love this mod and i know the feeling of wanting to play a mod and it not working. Thereby also saying "Fuuud it", quit, slam, delete files, uninstall MW2 and never look at it again. So lets hope you wont have to do that.

If something is wrong or you want to add something please feel free to tell me.


Links to TWC pages (I think that's all of them, might have missed one or two.)

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Here the fix for those Mongol Halberd:
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