cant put anything above medium

[Agentgrizzly]

have the acer predator helios 300 1060 16gbddr4 core i7

[GuestBritannia]

I think you need to have a certain DirectX thing. I think its DirectX12 to have above medium or something. not sure.

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Originally posted by 19th Merc SulkiestCasar:

I think you need to have a certain DirectX thing. I think its DirectX12 to have above medium or something. not sure.

No its the game detects that your system cant handle the higher graphics so it locks them. It might be detecting it wrong but it usually isnt. There is a way to bypass it (I play on laptop so I did it), but it will mostlikely be laggy (only a little you wont be able to notice it went from 40 fps to 35 fps for me). Tell me if you want to bypass it write a comment below and I will help ya do it.

[Darcaem]

It is just a known bug, don't worry

Solution in post #13

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?235211-Can-t-Set-Graphic-Level-above-quot-Medium-quot&p=4648727&viewfull=1#post4648727

I'll paste it... :) You do not need to set that exact value, the ideal is the actual value of your graphic card. Or you can just put a "big enogh" value. By the way, he is talking about Empire. It's the same for Napoleon

Go to your preferences file (the file preferences.empire_script.txt typically in C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts)
and look for the line

gfx_video_memory

change it to:

gfx_video_memory 512000000

This will enable you to select higher graphics settings. See how far you can push it I haven't noticed any side effects, but I had to go back to medium settings anyway because my pc can't handle it well.

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Originally posted by Darcaem:

It is just a known bug, don't worry

Solution in post #13

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?235211-Can-t-Set-Graphic-Level-above-quot-Medium-quot&p=4648727&viewfull=1#post4648727

I'll paste it... :) You do not need to set that exact value, the ideal is the actual value of your graphic card. Or you can just put a "big enogh" value. By the way, he is talking about Empire. It's the same for Napoleon

Go to your preferences file (the file preferences.empire_script.txt typically in C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts)
and look for the line

gfx_video_memory

change it to:

gfx_video_memory 512000000

This will enable you to select higher graphics settings. See how far you can push it I haven't noticed any side effects, but I had to go back to medium settings anyway because my pc can't handle it well.

Or this guy can just tell you

[Agentgrizzly]

thanks guys!

[GuestBritannia]

Originally posted by Thunder Thighs:

Originally posted by 19th Merc SulkiestCasar:

I think you need to have a certain DirectX thing. I think its DirectX12 to have above medium or something. not sure.

No its the game detects that your system cant handle the higher graphics so it locks them. It might be detecting it wrong but it usually isnt. There is a way to bypass it (I play on laptop so I did it), but it will mostlikely be laggy (only a little you wont be able to notice it went from 40 fps to 35 fps for me). Tell me if you want to bypass it write a comment below and I will help ya do it.

Thanks for that info

[[LYF]Levi o Lusitano]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SknN1vPZ8IU ...must have posted this over 10 times now...

[[LYF]Levi o Lusitano]

also works for empire. enjoy

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Originally posted by Levi o Lusitano:

also works for empire. enjoy

It works for most of the totl wars.

[[LYF]Levi o Lusitano]

true ye but for me it was only nap and emp that were affected.

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Originally posted by Levi o Lusitano:

true ye but for me it was only nap and emp that were affected.

What about shogun 2. Do you have shogun 2?

Originally posted by Levi o Lusitano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SknN1vPZ8IU ...must have posted this over 10 times now...

You Can also change troop sizes this way.

[[LYF]Levi o Lusitano]

this should work for all total wars. have you tried it?

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Originally posted by Levi o Lusitano:

this should work for all total wars. have you tried it?

I meant u said you where only affected by empire and napolean, and since shogun is older was wondering if u had any issues with that.

[[LYF]Levi o Lusitano]

no my Pc automatically detected ultra settings for all the other total wars. i only needed to do this for nap and emp

[Agentgrizzly]

Thanks guys it all fixed!