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Medieval 2: Total War Medieval II: Total War is a game in the Total War Series. It is developed by The Creative Assembly. Medieval 2, like previous Total War games, brings together elements of real time strategy and turn based game play. Expansion Pack Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms Expansion Pack for M2TW containing 4 different Campaigns See Kingdoms sub-forum on TWC Technical Latest Patch System Requirements Game Overview Main Articles: Factions Religion Settlements Units Other M2 Information Strategy Guides Battle Planning forum on TWC M2TW guides forum on the Guild AAR's M2TW AAR forum on TWC M2:TW AARs on The Guild M2 on the Wiki Help improve this project: Short articles in need of expansion: Sicily - M2TW Faction Medieval II cheats TWC Wiki Project Policy and Editing Help	Medieval 2: Mods Released Mod Spotlight: Europa Barbarorum II Seven years of patience and hard work have paid off, because Europa Barbarorum II has been released. Compared to its critically acclaimed Rome: Total War counterpart, Europa Barbarorum II has eight new factions, completely redone graphics in almost all areas, units that have the graphics variety Europa Barbarorum lacked, and more to blend Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms’ engine to Rome: Total War and Europa Barbarorum. Find more and download at the E.B. II forum here. Broken Crescent Version 1.05 A modification for Medieval II - Total War Which is primarily designed at representing the warfare and culture of the Middle East and a little of south-western Asia and north-eastern Africa (From Anatolia to India!) The mod aims to show these cultures and factions, it improves battle and campaign performance, adds a whole new map, 17 new or totally revised factions(Such as the Great Seljuks and the Ghorid Emirate and the Eastern Roman Empire), 300 new units, More buildings(such as the silkroad), new traits and ancillaries , and new events(Like the Kypchak horde!)! It has a host of new features and currently runs on vanilla M2TW. However kingdoms is planned for version 2.00 It is an Awe-inspiring total conversion professionally done! For more information: visit the hosted sub-forum here see release and download thread here Recent Mod Releases/Updates Submod: Positive Character Traits Released – September 21, 2014 Submod: This Year in History Released – September 20, 2014 Submods: Epeirotai Konnys Command Stars and Positive Character Traits Compilation Released – September 19, 2014 Rise of Three Kingdoms version 1.2.019 Released – September 16, 2014 Western Unit Overhaul version 3.0 Released – September 8, 2014 Submod: Sportiatai Hoplitai (Spartan Hoplites) for the Hellenic Alliance (in the Campaign and Battles) Released – September 8, 2014 Epiccaesarlol’s Sound Mod for Europa Barbarorum II Released – September 3, 2014 Recent Mod Page Updates Europa Barbarorum II Aevum Fidei The Sicilian Vespers Clouds Across Europe Other Mods: Details of M2TW Mods Hosted at TWC M2TW Hosted Forums at TWC Kingdoms Hosted Forums at TWC M2TW Hosted Forums at the Guild
	Medieval 2 - Modding Information After some initial hold-ups unpacking and working on certain new file types M2TW proved to be one of the most easily modded Total War titles Modding News: A New Frontier in M2TW modding now seems possible. CA have given permission for mods which change values in memory as the game loads. This potentially allows values and behaviours previously hard-coded in the .exe to be changed. Zarathos is leading a team of programmers investigating the possibilities. Getting into those troublesome files: Mesh 2 ms3d beta 0.18 by Grumpyoldman allows battle map unit models to be edited in MilkShape 3D GOAT by KnightErrant alternative battle map unit converter with some extra functions. .texture to .dds and .dds to .texture converter by Alpaca converts the .texture files used for unit skins etc. to .dds files - also converts .dds back to .texture format. .strings.bin converter by Alpaca allows the files in .strings.bin format to be converted to normal text files for editing .sd converter by Alpaca, for adding more faction symbols associated tutorial. IWTE by wilddog, for battle-map settlements, buildings, vegetation and geography, and static strat map models. Categories on the Wiki: Modding Modding Medieval II Total War Modding Tutorials for Medieval 2 Modding Tools for Medieval 2
	Other Sources of Information Medieval II: Total War forums on TWC Medieval II: Total War on the Guild Official Total War Site Medieval II at Sega.com Medieval II: Total War Reviews at Metacritic Medieval II on Gamespot