Torrent is totally safe. Yes, the installation order is 6.3 and then the 6.4 patch. It is very easy to install -- everything just goes into a single folder in the M2TW directory called 'mods'. Medieval 2 total war mods stainless steel 6 4 Medieval 2 total war mods stainless steel 6 4 If you are at an office or shared network, you can ateel the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices.
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Please keep this thread disc-only (non-Steam). For more information about a Steam install follow the New Steam Update + 'fix for mods' on twcenter.net.
The're still problems with mods and the latest updates for MTW II on Steam, but it is playable.
This is a clean install guide for Medieval II: Total War (MTW II) & Stainless Steel (SS) 6.3/6.4 (non-Steam). Always wanted to install SS again or having trouble with your current install? Follow this guide and you're set!
INTRODUCTION
MTW II and SS or other mods can give some problems after installing it on operating systems after Windows XP. Most of them have to do with something called User Account Control or UAC for short. This is the system that dims your screen whenever any program tries to acquire access to secured parts of Windows, usually when you install something.
Program Files is such an secured area and nothing can make changes in this map without UAC asking for permission. This is done to ensure that all programs in this map stay unchanged from the time that they were installed and nothing can happen to it. Of course when you run a program, most of them will change some things. Think Word that saves a draft, graphics programs that save files temporary or games that need to store save games.
UAC helps Windows with this by creating a 'Virtual Store'. This is a hidden folder that stores all changing content from programs and games in Program Files. UAC redirects the program to the Virtual Store without it even knowing. You can see why this is a problem with programs or games made before Windows Vista, as they are not build to handle this way of changing files in its own folder.
For more reading and a better explanation: LINK
As you can read there, there are multiple options to fix this. I'm using the most simple solution that even the less tech savvy users can understand.
INSTALL GUIDE
My setup:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Medieval II: Total War and Kingdoms expansion discs. (non-Steam install)
The needed files for Stainless Steel: LINK
You'll need the files for SS 6.3 and the SS 6.4 patch. So 6.3 is the base game and 6.4 is an update. Torrents are safe and the fastest, but there are also direct file downloads.
So we're going to turn off UAC for the time during the install and turn it back on after we're done.
Step 1: turn off UAC.
Step 2: installing Medieval II and Kingdoms to the correct directory.
Step 3: Preparing the SS install.
Stainless Steel Kitchen Sinks
Step 4: Installing the SS 6.4 mod.
Congratulations, you now have successfully installed Medieval II and the Stainless Steel 6.4 mod!
Step 5: turn on UAC again.
Vb net ftp download. You can use the SS setup menu to change between early or late campaigns. You can also change the submods that are used. Don't forget to save & exit. Save games are compatible, if you make sure to set all your preferences back to what you used with that particular save game.
English is not my first language, for corrections or if something is not readable please pm me instead of using the comments. Let me know if something is not clear or is not working.
A link to this post is added to the FAQ, so it is easy to find.
M2tw Stainless Steel Download
Credit to Losthief over on twcenter.net for the original guide. Further reading: LINK
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