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Patch Notes (M2TW)

Quick post for the 1.5 update released by DETONATiON for Medieval 2 Total War Kingdoms Expansion pack. Improvements of this new version are listed in the NFO here.Too many things fixed, if you have the game, download and install this patch. Medieval 2 Kingdoms Crack Download - DOWNLOAD (Mirror #1). Medieval 2 Total War Kingdoms Patch 1.5 Crack Download - Mangonels can now be constructed at Siege Works in the Teutonic campaign. Swordsmiths' Guild Headquarters now gives the correct bonus to Knights trained in the Crusades campaign. Fixed Lithuanian Arquebusiers firing too frequently.

In Total War: MEDIEVAL II, you were only given a tantalizing glimpse of South America, but in Kingdoms, vast tracts of land in both North and South America have been opened up for you to conquer. All-new factions from the New World are also now fully playable, including the Aztecs, Apaches, and Mayans.

Update 1.1

Released 15 December 2006

Major Fixes

Fix crash in Deathtrack MP map with empty Team 3 slot

Fixed Battle AI - armies not engaging enemies at close range.

Fixed CTD when client attempts to join game that the host is ending.

Fixed instances when A.I is passive on the campaign map and lets the user win on a campaign battle when stuck in-front of open gates.

Fixed loop between the windows for 'Possible Connection Problems' and 'Really Quit?'

Fixed AI: Calvary not charging a spearmen army in a Custom Battle.

Fixed cavalry not attacking - instances when AI sieges a town with infantry and Calvary, if the infantry die and rout and the player still holds the city, the cavalry do not attack nor rout.

Fixed passive Siege Attack AI

Fixed Timurids crash (related to elephant artillery not having enough riders, CTD when trying to shoot)

Fixed Siege Attack AI trying to attack the back of settlements.

Fixed Passive attack AI

Fixed Cavalry charge consistency and power. (Still raise and lower lances occasionally)

Added ModTool Unpacker

Fixed Crash - Auto resolving a siege battle on Gaza and repeatedly Right - Clicking the settlement

Fixed Merchant Resource value dropping after load/save

Fixed CTD caused by Turks AI

Fixed Cavalry not flanking spear walls

Fixed AI not crossing river to attack (River Jordan)

Reduced the effect of morale - enemy AI does not rout so easily

Reduced the power of inquisitors

Fixed 'move to point' crash

MP Multinational support

Fixed Cavalry sallying out and not attacking (bunching at corner of settlement)

Medium Level Fixes

Fix construction crash when converting settlements when buildings relating to initial settlement existed in construction queue.

Fixed Settlement still showing as under siege even though sieging army had been defeated.

Fixed repeating missions

Fixed indecisive infantry / broken formation (when ordered to a location they would head in the wrong direction first)

Fixed being able to open gates with siege towers or embed them in walls

Fixed victory video not always appearing

Diplomacy - AI no longer counters an open proposition with a gift.

Fixed deployment lines being rendered incorrectly around ambient buildings

Fixed Enemy units remain stationary with flags flashing when ladders are thrown off a destroyed wall in a siege.

Fixed the carroccio standard not fitting through gates

Fixed gunpowder units being stuck reforming

Fixed trebuchets disappearing and reappearing when zooming

Tweaked morale system

Partially fixed units moving through settlement buildings.

Units now check if destination is in a building or not.

Enabled command-line switch to allow unlimited soldiers (removes message)

Fixed MP player-names being lost on battle results screen if they quit the battle early

Fixed the ability for a user to 'buff' their assassin experience by continually assassinating different captains

Other Fixes

Fix difficulty level in MP (Affects Morale). Previously defaulting to Normal.

Fix lobby tooltip that showed incorrect unit sizes.

Fix Florins display during diplomacy

Fix Money field looping into negative/positive value when removing / adding money

Fix overlapping and incorrectly sized deployment zones

Fixed cut-off graphics in civil disorder message

Fixed unclear 'Start Diplomacy' button functionality

Fixed MP Admit Defeat button functionality

Fixed missions showing as expired even though they have been completed

Fixed mouse-overs showing incorrect diplomatic information

Fixed minor FE Historical Battle error (shield remaining highlighted)

Fixed MP team chat - colours now match recipient and sender.

Fixed minor audio issue - Audio: Campaign Map when an English Spy is ordered to join an English army he triggers two 'Joins_Army' speeches.

Fixed minor audio issue - Campaign Map when an English Merchant is ordered to disembark a boat, two 'Movement_Disembark' speeches are triggered.

Fixed Mine income

Fixed MP ignore/ban toggle permanently banning player from chat

Fixed - Making an offer gives a blank scroll on the Diplomacy Scroll, but removing the offer gives the player help text

Fixed Mouse Cursor not updating when over certain parts of the UI.

Fixed miscalculation of some naval unit movement points.

Fixed units not leaving an army when ordered to abandon it.

Fixed 'Possible Connection Problems' message not appearing if user alt-tabs

Fixed On campaign map, castles appear under 'town' or 'city' title on UI

Fixed Reinforcements box remains greyed when the user deselects 'Attempt a night battle'

Fixed double speed on units that should only go at one speed.

Fixed Stakes not appearing correctly in weather conditions

Fixed non-functional help button on ransom scrolls

Fixed intro movies playing at x3 speed in Historical battles

Fixed transfer army functionality - When transferring men the transfer resets after viewing the description

Fixed Gunpowder units running forward when given targets.

Fixed clumping units when they are told to do a 180 degree turn

Fixed stuck Camera issues

Fixed Fleeing units rallying at breached walls or gates of settlements they are attacking when they should not

Update 1.2

Released 4 May 2007

Primary features for Update 2:

1) The Launcher
2) Cinematic Editor
3) Battle Editor (now fully functional)

Resolved Bugs/Issues:

AI

Units do not clump together when told to complete a 180 degree turn.

Janissary Musketeers now fire consistently.

Enemy AI army formations in bridge battles now allow their own artillery to fire.

Enemy cannons do not fire at unbreakable walls.

Grouped archers out of ammo will attack enemy units in melee combat when ordered to do so.

AI does not deploy outside of enemy gates.

When defending an enemy settlement with multiple exits, taking your army out of the side/back door does not make it easier to defeat the enemy.

Siege AI is not passive.

Cavalry can now charge a spearman army.

General's bodyguard unit now marches correctly outside castles.

AI now effectively assaults 2nd tier of a Fortress.

Sallying AI army now reacts properly to being assaulted from 2 sides

Attacking Siege AI concentrates on taking the settlement rather than chasing down units outside the settlement.

Generals are now more effective at chasing down routing units.

Enemy AI reacts to being bombarded with Trebuchets while inside a settlement.

Siege AI now more difficult to defeat if player places missile units outside the walls.

AI controls it units more effectively in a Citadel

AI artillery more decisive in its positioning

Remaining AI army now advances to use siege equipment

AI Cavalry can now flank a Spear Wall

AI now responds to missiles when sieging settlements

AI now crosses bridges to attack

AI responds more quickly to gates that have been opened by Spies (while sieging).

Units do not break formation when chasing routers

Enemy AI effectively attacks when player's units in a settlement square

Enemy AI now utilises spare rams

Improved enemy AI response to stakes

Shortened Siege attack timers

Enemy AI will no-longer send out General's bodyguard on a suicide mission while defending

Diplomacy

Improved responses to monetary offers

Bribery attempts do not always fail after an unsuccessful first attempt

Diplomatic 'Just Rejected' response no-longer to 'Not Interested' response to counter-offer, no matter how generous

Aztecs now appear in the correct year (for diplomacy actions)

Generals in a Crusade do not get inquisition

Improved diplomacy mechanic - AI Factions now stick with alliances and/or attack 'more intelligently'

Crash

Soft-locks in MP Lobby no-longer occur

Host random hangs fixed

Resolved issue with client CTD when host ends game that client is joining

Auto-resolve Siege battle hangs fixed

Siege tower catching fire no-longer causes random hangs

Random hangs after loading Campaign save game

Pathfinding

Battering Rams no-longer stuck in gates

Ship movement area fixed

Ram crew no-longer stuck between rams

Northern European Castle terrain fixed to allow docking of towers

Improved use of ladders

Southern European Fortress wall fixed to allow docking of towers

Improved the way units use Way-points

Siege of Setenil slow-down tweaked

Units no-longer become stuck on canyon walls on 'Canyon' map

Units do not ascend/descend invisible ladders

Units do not get stuck on Siege towers

Cavalry pathfinding improved when sallying out from a Fortress

Bridge battle pathfinding improved (units do not constantly reform)

Citadel and Fortress paths fixed so that units can avoid assaulting inner walls

Breach pathfinding tweaked

Combat

Enemy spearmen do not charge with raised spears

2H axemen attack tweaked, inc. Attacking Cavalry

Defending units can no-longer enter a siege tower as soon as it docks with the walls

Mechanics

Mouse Cursor position now updates when scrolling with the arrow keys.

Assassination exploit fixed.

Mission 'Reinforce Region' now functions correctly

Attacking an enemy army from inside a sieged settlement no-longer causes the enemy to lose all built siege equipment

Fixed two family members (brothers) with the exact same name

Rudder event now triggers at the correct time

When an enemy sallies and is defeated you no-longer have to wait for the timer to run out in-order to win.

Assassin mechanics tweaked

Mercenary recruitment tweaked

Diplomatic Information scroll updates correctly.

Online replays now match

Slowdown fixed on Desert Sanctuary

Metallic Resource now support Mines

Cavalry charges do not fail when charging skirmishing/moving units or if a knight is out of position

Units can now withdraw on the Eifel Mountains Battle Map

Construction queue exploits fixed

The carroccio standard can now fit through the gate on a sally out battle.

Southern European > Fortress: routing Enemy AI now leaving the map

Printing press event triggers at the correct time

Ladder docking/undocking tweaked

Faction standings tweaked

Priests no-longer convert to heretics if travelling on a fleet

Hotseat Game-mode added

Upper limit added on how long units stay in loose formation for.

Traits/VnV triggers tweaked

Camera

Camera height does not drop under bridge in River Po Custom Battle map.

Camera does not drop below water's surface in Palm Beach, Andalusia and Italian Wars map/scenarios.

Camera does not show the underneath of a bridge when General is killed on the bridge

Controls

Drag Deploy functionality tweaked

RTS camera functionality tweaked

Graphics

Princess character now greyed out upon death on Family tree

Venice battlemap ambient building placement tweaked

Fixed issue with trees disappearing when panning camera

Added paths to doorways in Southern European Large City

Added paths to doorways in Southern European City

Fixed minor lighting issue in Southern European City

Fixed misaligned platforms in Southern European Large Town

Tweaked Crusade Army banner

Fixed texture gaps and unwelded verts on Middle Eastern Huge City buildings.

Fixed incorrect Tower Path in Mesoamerican City

Fixed path through wall in Mesoamerican City Wall

Fixed floating buildings above the battle map in Aztec Gold Scenario

Fixed floating spikes in Mountain Redoubt scenario

Added correct image for Paladin ancillary

Fixed grey reinforcement area that states that 'This army cannot fight in night battles' even though the current battle is not a night battle.

Added correct image for Aztec Rebel - Native Archer

Added correct image for Aztec Spearmen

Fixed floating torches in SE Citadel courtyard

Garrison quarters no-longer change to Town Guard when in Construction queue

Armoury building image in construction queue no-longer changes to an armoury

Fixed issue with Trebuchets sometimes disappearing when zooming in close

Fixed maps have the winter option but don't have winter texture on the battle map

Night attack selection tick and reinforcements do not disappear if user selects night attack option and then views enemy army details.

Fixed officers not animating while riding

Removed trees in the water in The Battle of Otumba.

Deployment

Units can no-longer be deployed on inaccessible sections of wall

Fixed deployment issues with Southern European Wooden Castle on either side of the main gate.

Units no-longer deployable in buildings in Mesoamerican City

Collision

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Ballista collision improved

Southern European Citadel gate collision improved

Middle Eastern Gatehouse collision improved

Issues with units getting pushed into areas that can't be deployed into.

Battle Editor/Cinematic Editor

Numerous issues with both editors fixed and improved so that they can be released for public use.

UI

Mission scroll hotkey added

Financial Details hotkey functionality and tooltip added

Reveal/Advance advice hotkey functionality added

Battle Tutorial Dismiss advice functionality added

Magnifying glass added to Disaster Strikes scroll

Princess appears correctly on family tree

Chat Window errors fixed

Family Tragedy scroll triggered correctly

Console text appearance tweaked

Now possible to launch game from autorun launcher

Fine Grain time control added (accessible by holding Shift and clicking + and - on battle UI)

Save/Load

Loading saved game of the same turn no-longer allows user to keep both allies when they declare war

Russian and Czech autosave fixed

Audio

Movement_Embark speech now triggered correctly

Allies breaking through gates of citadel now triggers correct speech

Battle ending in draw when timer runs out now triggers correct speech

Campaign Map interface sounds added

End Turn sound now fades out nicely

Win/Lose music is now representative of the Faction

Enemy King killed speech now triggered

Enemy Reinforcements arrive speech now triggered correctly

Player Army Tired Battle Event Speech is now triggered.

Player Army Half Gone Battle Event Speech is now triggered.

Enemy Army Half Gone Battle Event Speech is now triggered.

Player Under Attack Idle Battle Event Speech is now triggered.

Player Winning Combat Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

Player Losing Combat Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

Leaves Fleet speech now triggered correctly.

Player Tide Of Battle Up Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

Player Tide Of Battle Down Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

Muslim Enemy General Killed Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

Christian Enemy General Killed Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

Allied General Captured Battle Event Speech now triggered correctly.

The 'spy infiltrated our settlement' audio/speech is now played when 'Start battle' is pressed during cutscene

Correct region music plays when loading a saved campaign game.

Added sound trigger for planting archer stakes in ground.

Clicked-on characters on the Campaign Map no-longer stack their audio response if clicked multiple times.

In the Historical battles, Battle of Otumba and the Battle of Hastings the music speeds up when you attack

Other minor audio tweaks also carried out.

Text

Minor grammar/spelling errors fixed

Edit: We have received word that the Shield issue WILL be addressed in update 2. :-)

Update 1.3

Released 4 September 2007

Medieval II: Total War v1.3 contains the following changes:

Core Medieval II settlement data updated to function correctly with Medieval II: Kingdoms.

Fixes some instances of floating settlements in Medieval II: TW and Medieval II: Kingdoms.

Updates version number to 1.3

Update 1.5

Released 9 April 2008

The official update for Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms includes the following fixes:

Forts in the Crusades campaign are now made of stone.

Fixed various units having incorrect shield values.

Fixed a number of inconsistencies between units’ speech and their unit cards.

Fixed deployment zones being in unreachable locations on some river crossings and bridge battles.

Byzantine Gunners are now available to be recruited in the Crusades campaign.

Denmark now has Norwegian units available to them when the Kalmar Union is formed.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem can now construct King’s Stables.

Byzantine can now construct a Marksmanship Range.

Mangonels can now be constructed at Siege Works in the Teutonic campaign.

Swordsmiths’ Guild Headquarters now gives the correct bonus to Knights trained in the Crusades campaign.

Fixed Lithuanian Arquebusiers firing too frequently.

Fixed various units having incorrect banners on the battle map.

Fixed exploit that allowed certain characters’ stats to be raised by repeatedly saving the game.

New Faction Leaders in the Teutonic campaign now have the correct model.

Crusading Nobles can no longer become the Faction Leader in the Teutonic campaign.

Fixed Wales not receiving reinforcements when capturing bordering English settlements.

Requirements of various Apachean units have been reduced allowing them to be more easily obtained.

Fixed the Norwegian banners displaying the Novgorod symbol when out of fog of war.

The Baron’s Alliance no longer re-emerges after taking control of England.

Assassination missions targeting Crusading Nobles no longer expire when they are successfully carried out.

Dead wives no longer produce children in the Crusades campaign.

Faction heirs in the Americas campaign have had their loyalty increased to fix them rebelling early in the game.

Players no longer receive incorrect event messages in hotseat games.

Unique models on characters are removed when they change faction.

Fixed the family tree disappearing when a princess is married to General who becomes the Faction Leader.

Fixed Scottish family tree in the Britannia campaign.

Fixed soft-lock that occurred with multiple armies on the battle map.

Fixed crash that occurred when disbanding a unit whilst merging two armies.

Crash after auto-resolving a siege battle from a hotseat save game no longer occurs.

Crash that occurred when loading a battle from the campaign map edge no longer occurs.

Kingdoms no longer crashes when playing battles after unpacking the game's data.

Fixed unique unit recruitment in the Crusades campaign.

Small black rectangles no longer appear on the campaign map.

Improved siege auto-resolve for the Britannia, Crusades and Teutonic campaigns.

Various localisation fixes.

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There are also a number of miscellaneous fixes and balance tweaks included.

External links

Fix a number of issues and re-balance some gameplay aspects by downloading and installing this Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms Patch

Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms is an expansion for Medieval II: Total War which brings four new campaigns for players to enjoy.

Each one of the new campaigns focuses on a different geographical region. The expansion provides the Americas, Britannia, Crusades and Teutonic campaigns.

There are 13 new playable factions, hero characters now have special abilities, 6 multiplayer scenarios and 9 new agent types. Additionally, forts can be permanently built and moats can be added to them, some technology trees can influence Religion and Prestige and siege weapons have a new feature.

By downloading and installing this patch, players can benefit from a good number of bugs being fixed and with them, the game receives a good amount of re-balancing.

System requirements

• Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms

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