So I tried SSHIP 0.98

[Pluto☭]

I played as Novgorod, it takes forever to get into another turn. However, Lithuania declared war on me and after intense 3 hours of playing (45% of that was waiting for another turn) I finally reconquered Pleskov in an uttermost important strategic victory. If I had lost, I could not probably raise another army.

My joy was soon destroyed, it crashed after the battle. [:
Meaning uninstalling mod and Medieval 2. It was fun and annoying at the same time though.

[Gigantus]

There shouldn't be such a long working period during turn times. Applying LAA to the executable files (medieval2 and kingdoms) might help here.

https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371

And there are lots of other mods out there for M2TW, like TWCenter: https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?556-M2TW-Kingdoms-Hosted-Modifications

[Pluto☭]

I applied LAA on medieval2.exe and kingdoms.exe and perhaps I exaggerated with those turns.

One turn takes about 45-60 seconds, and there were moments I waited for another turn and then I handled the campaign map in 15 seconds, then I clicked to get another turn and I had to wait again.

But overall it was a pleasant experience, too bad Medieval 2 mods crash that often...

[Holo]

SSHIP is a bit on the more unstable side in battle specifically, I agree.

[Mekkermann]

It has also a bit slow pacing there are some mods around that focus more on battles and conquest than SSHIP. SSHIP is made to punish you for every conquest and make expansion really hard, to simulate the rather slow warfare of the time. Just try a mod with faster pacing. Here is also another download side for mods so you have a bit more variety. https://www.moddb.com/games/medieval-ii-total-war-kingdoms/mods

Stability wise it´s up to the mod I had some splendid 200+ turns campaigns with mods but you best ask the author of the mod you play over discord, twcenter or here. Often a campaign can be saved or at least the bug can be fixed for future campaigns.

[Lindsay]

Originally posted by Gigantus:

There shouldn't be such a long working period during turn times. Applying LAA to the executable files (medieval2 and kingdoms) might help here.

https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371

And there are lots of other mods out there for M2TW, like TWCenter: https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?556-M2TW-Kingdoms-Hosted-Modifications

I'm very sorry for the offtop, but does your Bare Geomod Kingdoms 2.2.3 fix the reputation problem for the global campaign? Readme says Kingdoms only.
Also, can I just copy-paste this file into my main folder and forget about it? Will it work that way?

[Gigantus]

'Kingdoms only' simply means that it only supports the DLC version of the game (1.3 and up).

Short answer: yes, it does fix it and no, simply copying will not help, you need to make the main game mod compatible.
You can do that by installing my desktop shortcuts and then playing the main game as well as the DLCs through them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1921844849

[Gigantus]

Originally posted by Pluto☭:

But overall it was a pleasant experience, too bad Medieval 2 mods crash that often...

I have been modding this game for over 15 years and still cannot prevent my mods from crashing occasionally. By this time however it's due only to hardware stuff or some really esoteric game situation - but it still happens.

Delayed turn times are an indication of a complex campaign script, more like a hallmark of 'good' mods. Extensive delays however don't qualify as 'good' - that's usual sloppy coding.

[Lindsay]

Originally posted by Gigantus:

'Kingdoms only' simply means that it only supports the DLC version of the game (1.3 and up).

Short answer: yes, it does fix it and no, simply copying will not help, you need to make the main game mod compatible.
You can do that by installing my desktop shortcuts and then playing the main game as well as the DLCs through them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1921844849

Is it compatible with any language besides English? My game runs in half Russian, half English
P.S. I believe Steam won't count those played hours if I use your shortcut, am I right?

[Holo]

Originally posted by Klerski:

Originally posted by Gigantus:

'Kingdoms only' simply means that it only supports the DLC version of the game (1.3 and up).

Short answer: yes, it does fix it and no, simply copying will not help, you need to make the main game mod compatible.
You can do that by installing my desktop shortcuts and then playing the main game as well as the DLCs through them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1921844849

Is it compatible with any language besides English? My game runs in half Russian, half English
P.S. I believe Steam won't count those played hours if I use your shortcut, am I right?

It would still count everything.

[Lindsay]

Originally posted by Habibi:

Originally posted by Klerski:

Is it compatible with any language besides English? My game runs in half Russian, half English
P.S. I believe Steam won't count those played hours if I use your shortcut, am I right?

It would still count everything.

Good, do you know anything about the language problem?

[Gigantus]

I am assuming that your local language will be displayed in generic places - not all text files will be present as nothing was changed in them and those will revert then to your language.
You could simply change the game's language to English to remove the remainder of the local language.

[Gigantus]

Link to the latest version (10th August 2023): https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?816598-NEW-VERSION-August-10th-DOWNLOAD&p=16115575&viewfull=1#post16115575

[[TRR] Nevarden (Marku)]

great release thank you!

[swbobkillerws]

Good mod no crash for me after 100 turns

[MC CHRIST]

yeah not a single crash for me either 120 turns in. Its probs best mod ive ever played