If I download Third Age Total War and install it

[Magdalenus Rex]

Will it affect the game only on the computer I installed it in, or will this affect M2TW on all of my computers? I am asking because I might want to play the Kingdoms campaigns.

[Jarl Axel Svarrson]

No, it only effects the files on a single PC, and even then the effect is very easily reversable.

Instead of changing the launch path, rename one of the kingdoms campaigns in your steam folder/steamapps/common/Medieval 2 total war/mods to something else and rename to Third age folder to the original name of whatever campaign you renamed. Then when launching the game, select that campaign and you can play, if you want to play the original campaign of that name all you have to do is rename the Third Age folder to something else and the Original campaign folder to its original name.

[Gigantus]

I just wish players wouldn't make their life more difficult then necessary or mod developers would stop using\recommending this method - after all there are only 4 kingdom campaigns.
All you have to do it is to make a copy of your medieval2.exe file and name the copy kingdoms.exe
Then use the desktop short cut of the installed mod to start the mod - you only have to do this once and after that can install as many mods (as long as they are kingdoms based) as you want and start them with their desktop short cut

[Jarl Axel Svarrson]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

I just wish players wouldn't make their life more difficult then necessary or mod developers would stop using\recommending this method - after all there are only 4 kingdom campaigns.
All you have to do it is to make a copy of your medieval2.exe file and name the copy kingdoms.exe
Then use the desktop short cut of the installed mod to start the mod - you only have to do this once and after that can install as many mods (as long as they are kingdoms based) as you want and start them with their desktop short cut

Its just the method i personally perfer for no reason in particular.

[Gigantus]

Nothing wrong with personal preference, but why do it all over for every mod that you install? This way you don't have to do anything extra after the copy\rename action - simply start the mod with it's desktop shortcut.

[Jarl Axel Svarrson]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

Nothing wrong with personal preference, but why do it all over for every mod that you install? This way you don't have to do anything extra after the copy\rename action - simply start the mod with it's desktop shortcut.

I find it simpler personally, which is probably irrational.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

Nothing wrong with personal preference, but why do it all over for every mod that you install? This way you don't have to do anything extra after the copy\rename action - simply start the mod with it's desktop shortcut.

Partly because the desktop shortcut has a 50% chance of actually working on any given computer.

Foldering options / launch options are much more reliable as they work, even on Linux/Mac.

[Gigantus]

Linux has a diferent folders structure, correct. But desktop shortcuts should get generated during installation reflecting the actual path. Hence they should alsways work. However...
Some installations (sloppily) provide a preconfigured desktop shortcut which only works if M2TW is in the non steam default installation path.

Nowadays any M2 mod should be steam compatible, meaning other then the basic installation you don't have to do anything other then clicking the mod's desktop shortcut. Try my basic modding set up installation and then tell me you still want to go through all the hassle :)
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216

[Inardesco]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Botsu:

Will it affect the game only on the computer I installed it in, or will this affect M2TW on all of my computers? I am asking because I might want to play the Kingdoms campaigns.

Third Age Total War, if installed correctly, will place itself in a single mod folder. Thus, it won't be traveling onto other computers.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

Nothing wrong with personal preference, but why do it all over for every mod that you install? This way you don't have to do anything extra after the copy\rename action - simply start the mod with it's desktop shortcut.

Mainly because this is still a broken way of starting a mod + if you have the time to copy to a kingdoms.exe, you might aswell input a simple line that will convert that allows you to launch the mod using said .exe.

Then again, there are more ways to launch a single mod and to each their own way I suppose.

[Magdalenus Rex]

I have downloaded it and installed it, but when it starts, the game just turns off, with no crash message. What does that mean?

[Gigantus]

That's a first, would you mind posting that in the TWC thread for easier discussion?

[Magdalenus Rex]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

That's a first, would you mind posting that in the TWC thread for easier discussion?

Okay, I am sorry for asking on here.

[Gigantus]

Just remembered: do you have a custom entry in the steam launch option?

Right click on Medieval 2 Total War in your Steam Games collection, choose properties and
then click on 'set launch option' in the new window

If you have anything in there then it will very likely stop Bare Geomod from running when you use it's desktop shortcut

[Magdalenus Rex]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

Just remembered: do you have a custom entry in the steam launch option?

Right click on Medieval 2 Total War in your Steam Games collection, choose properties and
then click on 'set launch option' in the new window

If you have anything in there then it will very likely stop Bare Geomod from running when you use it's desktop shortcut

I read something about it on the internet, but it was not clear what he meant, thanks for clarifying.

[Gigantus]

If you are using the desktop shortcut of any mod then the launch option has to be empty.

[Magdalenus Rex]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gigantus:

If you are using the desktop shortcut of any mod then the launch option has to be empty.

I am not using the desktop shortcut. I have tried this, and the time thing, but neither work. It is not like the game crashes, it just shuts down as though it never started.