Third age cannot find kingdoms.exe error message

[Coulson4664]

I have tried every method of getting around this
including copying and renaming medieval.exe and changing the launch options
Any help would be nice

[Inardesco]

Uhu and where did you install Third Age?

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

and changing the launch options

which you evidently couldn't have done correctly

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=517318177

[Spinehair]

I just fixed this myself last night, no guides. Its easy and if anyone has the same problem here is the fix:

1) open your steam/steamapps/common/MedievalTotalWar2 and check the name of the .exe that launches this game.

NOTE: IF IT IS KINGDOMS.EXE THIS FIX IS NOT FOR YOU AND CLICK AIDENPONS LINK.

2) locate the Third age.bat file.

3) Open the batch file using notepad.

NOTE: If the option doesn't appear with right click. You have to locate the .bat file within notepads file/open command. Make sure you are searching for "all files" and not just .txt

4) Change the name of the .exe this batch file is opening to the file you checked in step 1. Make sure it is character specific and includes .exe at the end after editing.

Run the shortcut from the desktop. Should work fine.
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Edit:

My third age.bat now looks like this:

cd ..\..
start medieval2.exe @mods\Third_Age_3\TATW.cfg
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If you installed the Third Age mod into the mods folder.
(Most people would)

You need to move the mod back to the games mods folder. Out of the one that total war wraps its program in.

Or, if you don't understand that change your batch to this:

cd ..\..
start medieval2.exe @mods\mods\Third_Age_3\TATW.cfg

[Gigantus]

Alternatively follow this guide just once - saves you changing the bat file for every mod that uses the kingdoms executable (wouldn't work for Stainless Steel or any mod like it that uses it's own custom launcher)

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=859017394

[Shadow of the SPQR]

There is no kingdoms.exe on steam, and you need to edit the batch for each game if you try to manually swap the paths to medieval 2's main exe.

Make life easy and follow the above. Copying an executable and renaming it is considerably easier than changing batches for every mod that references kingdoms, which is most notable ones.

[Inardesco]

or....you make the shortcut thingy :D just https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=290002657

and I'm very certain we can squeeze another 10 guides in here

[Gigantus]

one down - 9 to go:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=858982719