Third Age 4.7 - Full Standalone (Windows Only) (OBSOLETE) file

---------------------Third Age Total War 4.7--------------------

GENERAL INFO:

Not compatible with save game from previous versions.

Not compatible with MAC

This is the main, latest standalone release. You don't need any previous version of TATW installed.

This mod includes a tool called M2TWEOP. It's a memory patch editing of the original game executable (NOT AN EDITED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL GAME .EXE!). It enhances the game, expanding its original hardcoded limits, allowing the game to have more features.

This mod IS NOT COMPATIBLE with other mods like DAC.

You need MEDIEVAL 2 TOTAL WAR: KINGDOMS installed (it can be any of the expansion campaigns)

4.7 CHANGELOG

- Added 1 recruitment slot to the first level of city barracks building (otherwise no unit could be recruited in villages)
- Two empty settlements in eriador now have rebels by campaign start
- Fixed Annuminas broken pathfinding (both ruined and restored versions)
- Ballista projectiles from settlement towers are now a little bit more strong
- Tweaked elven fort battlemap model
- Tweaked beornings unit (no visible rider and now available in custom battles for some elven factions)
- Fixed deployment blocks in first level of castles (stone keep)
- Reworked Isengard unit roster with new models and textures
- Exchanged isengard captain and general battlemap and stratmap model
- New model for Angmar Marauders
- New officers for Angmar faction
- Fornost and Annuminas now belongs to rebels at campaign start
- Fixed invisible crossbow of Angmar Crossbow unit
- Set correct voice sounds for the new factions
- Added selection sounds for many units
- Changed family trees from teutonic to "no" in descr_sm_factions (teutonic has a bug) and added a script to avoid the "no" bugs.
- Added a script to make sure factions with zero settlements are destroyed
- Fixed Rhomen custom settlement pathfinding
- The faction leader or norway (treasure keepers of the ruins feature) is now sent off map at the campaign start instead of hiding on the top left of the map
- Adjusted garrison script to work duly for the new added factions (angmar and lothlorien) in their respective settlements
- Fixed Lothlorien faction CITY level settlement not present
- Reduced the number of men in the Corrupted Horde unit (Angmar), it was causing battlefield crashes.
- Tweaked some Dwarves models
- New unit models for Goblins faction.
- Removed excessive officers from Dwarves faction
- New Faction: Ered Luin Dwarves
- New Faction: Avari Elves (Not playable)
- Fixed some simple script
- Tweaks and fixes in unit stats
- Changes in stratmap models for some forts and resources
- New music
- Fixed some missing unit voice sounds
- Fixed Baruk settlement being not upgradable
- Included all new factions in the Ruins feature money bonus
- Fixed Sindar Archers silver surfer (they shouldnt belong to high elves anymore)
- Fixed some captain portraits
- Fixed some inconsistencies in EDU
- Tweaked rebel spawns
- Fixed stratmap model for witchking of remmants of angmar faction
- Bended some goblin body models
- Added ALL the new factions to THE ONE RING SCRIPT
- Removed faction intro movies from all factions

############## HOW TO INSTALL AND PLAY: ##############

DISABLE YOUR ANTIVIRUS.

EXTRACT THE CONTENT OF THE .RAR FILE INSIDE ...\medieval II total war\mods

Add M2TWEOP GUI.exe AND the entire mod folder to the antivirus exceptions. OTHERWISE THE ANTIVIRUS WILL DELETE FILES IN THE MOD FOLDER.

NOW YOU CAN ENABLE YOUR ANTIVIRUS AGAIN.

RUN "M2TWEOP GUI.exe" ALWAYS AS ADMINISTRATOR

THATS ALL

############## BONUS ##############

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMENDED TO USE LAA (LARGE ADRESS AWARE)IT ALLOWS THE GAME TO USE MORE THAN 2GB OF RAM. (MED 2 IS AN OLD ENGINE THAT USES ONLY 2 GB), IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND AVOIDING CRASHES. LAA ALREADY IS IN THE PACK OF THE MOD DOWNLOAD.

WARNING. IF YOU USE A CRACKED STEAM VERSION (1.52) OF MEDIEVAL 2 TOTAL WAR, APPLYING LAA WILL CAUSE THE GAME TO CRASH AT STARTUP. TOTALLY PREVENTING YOU FROM RUNNING THE GAME.YOU NEED EITHER A STEAM ORIGINAL GAME (1.52) OR A CRACKED NON STEAM VERSION (1.50)

HOW TO INSTALL LAA:

AFTER INSTALLING THE MOD, GO INTO ITS FOLDER AND FIND Large Address Aware.exe. DOUBLE CLICK IT. A WINDOW WILL OPEN.CLICK THE "..." BUTTON AND NAVIGATE TO THE ORIGINAL MEDIEVAL 2 GAME FOLDER, SELECT MEDIEVAL2.EXE OR KINGDOMS.EXE (DEPENDING ON YOUR GAME VERSION).CHECK THE BOX IN STEP 2 OF THE WINDOW.CLICK "SAVE" IN STEP 3.CLOSE THE WINDOW. ITS DONE. YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THIS ONCE, FROM NOW ON YOUR GAME IS PATCHED.

#################### TROUBLESHOOTING: ######################

If you're having problems with applying your video settings, find TATW.cfg inside the mod folder and UNmark the 'read only" box.

THERE IS NO VIRUS IN THIS MOD. THE MEMORY PATCH THIS MOD USES (M2TWEOP) IS OFTEN RECOGNIZED AS A VIRUS BY ANTIVIRUSES, BUT THIS IS A FALSE ALARM. ITS JUST THAT ITS A "ROGUE" TOOL SO ANTIVIRUSES TEND TO SEE IT AS A MENACE. THERE IS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PLAYING THIS MOD NORMALLY. ANY PROBLEM YOU GO THROUGH IS VERY LIKELY RELATED TO YOUR ANTIVIRUS DELETING THE MOD FILES. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOWED THE INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS CORRECTLY.

If you're still having any problem in running this mod, try the following solutions in sequence:

1 - Check the game installation folder. If you installed MEDIEVAL 2 in an external HD, for example, that migh lead to problems. Install the game in the standart folder.

2 - Double check if you unpacked the MOD inside the /mods folder and not anywhere else.

3 - If you get a crash saying you need Kingdoms, then just make a copy of medieval2.exe and rename it to kingdoms.exe

4 - If you cant launch the game, see if your medieval2.exe and kindoms.exe launcher are of the same size. If not, delete kingdoms.exe, make a copy of medieval2.exe and name it kingdoms.exe (both launchers should be 19 212 kB)

5- Try removing/enabling compability settings for your medieval2.exe and kingdoms.exe, as seen below. This seems to work differently for everyone, so you need to try the variants for yourself. (for example for one person, medieval2.exe in compability settings makes him unable to start the game, while for others it works)



6- Install visual DirectX/Redist c++ from here:

Docs.microsoft.com

This will fix the "cannot load .../MTWEOPLibrary.dll" error.

If you crash upon loading saves/starting campaigns, try running a quick/custom battle first.

If you have low FPS, try to turn off shadows, decrease unit size, or decrease your graphics in general and give high priority to Medieval II in Task Manager. If you have lags/lows FPS, you can try this TOOL.

If you have steam overlay enabled, it should help with performance greatly, if you disable it.

#################### KNOWN BUGS: ######################

THE MOD IS NOT BROKEN. IT'S BEEN TESTED FOR LONG, THOUGH YOU MAY CROSS THE FOLLOWING ISSUES...

- Random crashes can happen. Its a mod. If the crash happens everytime you try to fight a specific battle, try autoresolving the battle.

- Menu problems like crashes and returning to the previous menu after clicking a button is either a problem of corrupt installation or corrupt download. The same goes to sound problems. Playing in windowed mode can also cause crashes.

- Weird bugs like not being able to build or recruit units in settlements is due to corrupt download or installation. Simply download and install it again.

- The bridge of Erebor is bugged for some players, while it works absolutelly fine for others. I have no idea why. For now its a bug I can't fix.

- The Uruk Bombardiers unit will cause the game to crash if the unit detail in video settings is NOT set to "highest". For now its a bug I can't fix.

- The siege bomb unit (Isengard) is not fully functional for AI. Cant make it better for now

-Sometimes the One Ring feature will bug, saying the ring was found in two different settlements at the same turn. There is a fix planned for future versions.

- The bridges of the trade posts custom battlemaps are bugged. Still didnt decide what to do with it yet.

- Clicking CITADEL in custom battle menu will cause crash. Simply click first in any other level then change to citadel, this will work.