HaHawk's Guide to Getting Great Graphics in Medieval II: Total War

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Link to Release Thread: tinyurl.com/ybn...
Link to ReShade Version 1.1.0: www.mediafire....
Official ReShade website: reshade.me
Link to my presets: drive.google.c...
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Configuration settings (search and confirm/change these values in your own config file; remember to save the file and then go to properties and set it as 'read only' to prevent the game from overwriting your custom settings):
Under the [game] section:
disable_arrow_markers = 1
unit_size = huge
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1
Under the [ui] section (use hotkeys F5, F6, F7, and F8 to show/hide menus in game):
SA_cards = hide
buttons = hide
full_battle_HUD = 0
radar = hide
show_tooltips = 1
unit_cards = hide
Under the [video] section:
windowed = 1
borderless_window = 1
anisotropic_level = 0
anti_alias_mode = off
antialiasing = 0
battle_resolution = 1920 1080 ← Set this to your own monitor's native resolution!
bloom = 0
building_detail = high
campaign_resolution = 1920 1080 ← Set this to your own monitor's native resolution!
depth_shadows = 2
depth_shadows_resolution = 3
effect_quality = highest
gamma = 119
grass_distance = 512
ground_buffers_per_node = 4
ground_cover_buffers_per_node = 4
model_buffers_per_node = 4
reflection = 1
shader = 2
show_banners = 0
show_package_litter = 1
skip_mip_levels = 0
splashes = 1
sprite_buffers_per_node = 4
stencil_shadows = 1
terrain_quality = custom
texture_filtering = 2
unit_detail = highest
vegetation = 1
vegetation_quality = high
vsync = 1
water_buffers_per_node = 4
widescreen = 1
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This tutorial will teach you how to get the best graphics possible in the game Medieval II: Total War.
Game: Medieval II: Total War (Kingdoms)
Developer: The Creative Assembly (www.creative-as...)
Publisher: Sega (www.sega.com)
Featured Modifications: 1648, Europa Barbarorum II, Stainless Steel
Gameplay Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Graphics Mod: ReShade (version 1.1.0)
Total War and Medieval II: Total War are © Sega (www.sega.com).

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27 авг 2024

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@HaHawk 2 года назад

UPDATE: Link to ReShade presets (after Google Drive security update): drive.google.com/file/d/0B87_DOntiuKaMmtpOWZFcGhiTzg/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-7IEAAbF36xAUaghbZqT7vg Just unzip the contents into your ReShade directory, pick a preset you like, and have fun! Cheers!

@filhellen 2 года назад

I don't see ReShade folder in my game folder (M2TW). Installation is not difficult but somehow I can't choose your settings from ingame reshade ui. I can do effects tweaks, choose effects path etc. in game but I don't know what's going on. :)

@robbieballzhuge2796 6 месяцев назад

Yea me too, reshade must've removed and updated for the worse.@filhellen

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 3 года назад

Spent hours playing Rome total war and medieval total war 2 as a kid. Can't believe these are classic games now. I remember being blown away by these graphics

@mertarican5456 2 года назад

Tbh i still am. İt feels like a really well made indie game in current yeat

@hotsingleplaguedoctorinarea 5 лет назад

Would love a remastered version of this game with a sleek UI that doesn't cover a large part of the screen.

@Presbiter 4 года назад

There is the option "minimal hud" in the options menu, tick it and you get what you want^^

@rayvee2837 5 лет назад

Third Age + Graphics + Third person General = Traped inside this game

@JustP3rfect 3 года назад

Which preset do.you use

@Omega900 4 года назад

amm why I played this game 10 years and I did not know how to do that ? This brings new life to the game dude, so amazing ! Keep up the good work !

@HaHawk 4 года назад

Glad you enjoy it, it makes a huge difference for me too, lots of fun to adjust the visual effects

@Pan_Z 2 года назад

Looking at these cinematic camera shots, I admire how well the game's animations and models hold up. They're obviously low-poly by today's standards, but the detail is still impressive. Just look how well the rides bobs at 17:11 Anyways, thank you for the guide.

@HaHawk 2 года назад

my thoughts exactly! it was clearly a work of love by Creative Assembly

@JordanR 7 лет назад

Just a note: If you use radar = hide and disable_arrow_markers = 1 you wont be able to use a lot of the UI functionality. The former disables pinging the map to highlight enemy/friendly forces and latter gets rid of the small arrow markers around units feet to show you have them selected.

@adamkhairun3731 5 лет назад

Think Medieval 2 Total war is the best. It feels just more chaotic

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

I agree. I actually prefer more unwieldy / slow-responding units in the battle. Otherwise it feels too much like an arcade game to just point, click, and everything happens immediately (doesn't feel right).

@fds7476 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk Finally someone says it!

@whitephillip6997 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk absolutely! I just started playing this game & got a few mods & I'm shocked it's as fun or more fun than Attila & the GOT+LOTR mods available for that game!

@Ben-zh4nz 5 лет назад

NPC # 7223 V2.2 same here third age reforged and warhammer mods equals weeks of endless fun, the battle editor only makes it infinitely better. If I can get this graphic thing to work I’ll have so much fun with cinematic battles too

@dbell7816 6 лет назад

Nice video Ha Hawk. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

D Bone Thanks man, I appreciate the kind words!

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Due to popular request, I've made my ReShade presets for Medieval II available for download here: drive.google.com/open?id=0B87_DOntiuKaMmtpOWZFcGhiTzg Just unzip the contents into your ReShade directory, pick a preset you like, and have fun! cheers

@richarddavidson4839 7 лет назад

Hey Ha Hawk, every time I try to open Europa Barbarorum II with the Reshade configuration set up, the game begins loading then says there is a critical graphics error and I need to lower the settings, I've switched AA off in the preferences file, and on the nvidia control panel. Basically, before I even start to apply post-processing effects it crashes. Any ideas?

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Does this only happen with EBII? Can you still run vanilla M2TW?

@shellheated9365 7 лет назад

Thanks m8 now my friends will think I have atilla

@spectre4165 7 лет назад

Could you please give me the Presets for the very beginning intro with the Scottish flag and cannons going off plz

@spectre4165 7 лет назад

It's Johnny that's why you have to turn minimum hud on and clip hide for everything, a hole lot less blurry.

@UndrState 5 месяцев назад

Still a great vid HaHawk . I try and share it around whenever I can .

@HaHawk 5 месяцев назад

Thanks bro! Glad you enjoy it

@solomonkain 5 лет назад

Even the original graphics reek of atmosphere and great memories!

@darnokthemage170 7 лет назад

Europa Barbarorum with this.

@vellerofontisg5936 7 лет назад

When a 2006 game actually looks better than 2013's Rome II (you know, the one with the abysmal quality AA, mediocre textures and terrible battle map graphics)...

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

lol I know, right? The newer games have better 3D models (higher polycount) and better utilization of new hardware (better performance); but in terms of the overall appearance, I still think M2 holds its own very well.

@dylansager6854 5 лет назад

@Fil lmfao ikr? ppl just mad that rome 2 isnt AS GOOD as what it could have been...also remember it came out a while ago..it just seems new cuz theres still 10k+ players consistently otherwise i want to play Medeival 2 BAD but the graphgics turn me off ( im spoiled now, back in the day Rome 1 was amazing to me xD ) so here I am looking at mods tryna convince myself it can look good enough for my spoiled ass to play

@HeloisGevit 4 года назад

Don't kid yourselves, mod Rome II to make it a fair comparison and it looks way better than this, never mind any later TW games, are you gonna tell me this beats Warhammer II or Three Kingdoms next? Even Britannia looks better XD

@antoniocarlosgomesfernedag1637 9 месяцев назад

The magic in older total wars (until med2 to be mor exact) the models have weight, there is colision, the engine is simulating the men, their armours, weapons, the precision (or the lack of it) of the projectiles... The newer games are just numbers going behind the screen, who have the better units will win the engage, there are no nuances, its straight, batallions have health bars..............

@geoffreyM2TW 7 лет назад

Very informative, nicely done, many thanks!

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Means a lot coming from you 👍

@Dolfy 7 лет назад

Works for Rome 1 as well if you set DX level to 8 :)

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Good to know man, thanks

@andy7666 6 лет назад

I couldn't get them running together on the same screen but I suspect that's due to using Windows 8 (compatibility mode helped there to get it running), I could still swap between them though so the changes to settings were *almost* instant.. The presets were a great help as well, thanks for this!

@noahgaming-tx6xc 6 лет назад

I love the Wardruna throughout the vid!

@per-olahansson5835 5 лет назад

I always listen to Wardruna, Danheim and Heilung when playing MTII :)

@kittykatsamurai1569 4 года назад

Amazing Graphics, Epic Battles! What more can we ask for, A really huge and sincere thank you! My Holy Roman Empire Campaign is perfect👌🏻 and running really good with my new GTX 1660 graphics card. 😁👍

@Thephoenix1860 5 лет назад

damn dude, I have to beg my head for you. Props to you, mate

@DeaconTW 7 лет назад

I can't believe I didn't discover this any earlier, but I'm so glad that I did! I only regret that I didn't have this in my previous video's, yet will make sure to apply them on all my future ones. :) Right now I'm uploading 3 series in Third Age Total War Divide and Conquer. But it seems as if you have quite the number of mods installed yourself! Could you detail the mods that you play yourself?

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Europa Barbarorum 2, Stainless Steel, and 1648 are some of my favorites. There are many other mods that I still haven't tried yet, like Broken Crescent. The people who mod M2 have tons of talent... I have also used some submods for Stainless Steel as you can see in another video I uploaded a long time ago here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TV1PvFs21ek.html

@abdirahman8111 2 года назад

files in drive are completely different to those in video

@StoneFrug 5 лет назад

that feeling when you feel like he changed his background for the video

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

nah, still rocking that background to this day :)

@PanzerblitzRnR 7 лет назад

Holy fuck! I was wondering when this would finally be uploaded.

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Damn you're quick! It's probably not even available in 1080p yet >.< Hope you enjoy!

@_tartaros_1138 7 лет назад

very impressive video - like the wardruna songs in the background btw (something very non graphical...)

@yiftacheliav1099 3 года назад

a fellow wardruna fan

@yiftacheliav1099 3 года назад

do you know what music started playing around 5:00? its dope

@lukaf2393 4 года назад

It looks a lot better than the Warscape engine whit its "black dots" or ant soldier....

@wilhelmvonc 6 лет назад

Holy shit! This is what I want for so many years！

@solaraspect5255 5 лет назад

If you don't want to go through and pause for each setting in Nvidia control panel, here is an exported profile of the shown Nvidia settings for medieval2.exe made using Nvidia Profile Inspector: mega. nz /#!XrhjnKpJ!TvJL0dB-cqkZ5jk56HlCMdCXSwQNN_IRa1SeEUSwZZ0 Link to Nvidia Profile Inspector: www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/NVIDIA-Inspector.shtml Simply extract the program to the folder of your choice, open the program (NVidiaProfileInspectorDmW.exe), and then click the import profile button (green arrow pointing downwards+disk icon) and find the .nip file downloaded above, and then click on the Apply Changes button. You can double-check the settings by typing in "Medieval II: Total War" in the search bar in the top left. Note that I have not included the G-sync setting as I do not have a G-sync compatible monitor, so you'll need to make that change yourself if you do. This is especially useful if your Windows is not in English, since you cannot easily (without Regedit) change the Nvidia Control Panel language and it becomes confusing to do "double"-translations and the items are sometimes listed in a different order.

@mrmcgreg 7 лет назад

Awesome video! Lots of useful information! Love it

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Thanks man, glad to hear it!

@truecrimelegends250 6 лет назад

This is amazing, can't wait to try this today. Thanks for the hard work. I have 1 question - when we want to use a mod with these graphics do we still edit the main medieval2.preference.cfg file in the med 2 directory or do we alternatively / additionally have to edit a file in the specific mod folder?

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

True Crime Legends Just the CFG in the main M2TW directory 👌

@truecrimelegends250 6 лет назад

Ha Hawk thanks very much m8

@judebecker2132 3 года назад

This video of yours is a gem which ought to be more ubiquitous in the M2TW community. I love the game so much I have a dedicated desktop Dell XPS 8700 (circa 2015) setup to play. It uses windows 8.1 and I run the Stainless Steel 6.4 mod. It has the standard Ge force MX745 video card of that day. Do you anticipate any issues with that older windows? (or the system configuration)?

@HaHawk 3 года назад

Thanks! You shouldn't have any issues, but the purpose of this video is to use the latest hardware to push the game to its maximum possible graphical fidelity at the expense of performance... so YMMV

@judebecker2132 3 года назад

@@HaHawk Would you suggest a different graphics card?

@judebecker2132 3 года назад

@@HaHawk Sorry to bug you but for some reason when I unzipped the Reshader framework files into a folder I chose and then tried to open mediator, the mediator screen opens like in your tutorial but it just tells me "Reshade framework mediator is missing required files or permission to access them", below this it just says please wait, nothing happens.

@judebecker2132 3 года назад

@@HaHawk Ok, got past all steps, tried to start game from Stainless Steel icon and it says " Compiling effects" with the home screen/startup screen in the background and then goes black and a window pops up on my desktop telling me "A fatal graphics error has occurred, try lowering your graphics settings". 1. Which ones to lower first? Set the units to normal size? Others? Or, just try to buy a newer graphics card:)?

@judebecker2132 3 года назад

@@HaHawk still working:) set .cfg files to normal unit size, reverted to high instead of highest settings, antialiasing is off, played with resolutions, went to my 27 in. monitor 2560 x 1440 recommended which makes game loading screen look amazing, then went back to 1024 x 768, same issue. Have reverted Graphics card settings back to default to see if this would help. Still get same error. Then, I removed .cfg file with changes and re inserted the backed up .cfg file with original settings. At this point I wonder if I made some error somewhere else, because now game should be back to original except for influence of reshader. I may just un install M2TW as I only have a new campaign started 5 turns ago and try this all over again. My graphics card I feel might not be the issue as it runs TWAttila just fine.

@coenvanderlinden7375 5 лет назад

Thanks for the great video you made. I am also Always looking for graphical improvements. I have a few questions: did you use Mediëval TW 2 with any mods, i may have missed mods in your describtion? And can these mentioned improvements also work on 2560x1440 resolution? and on 4K resolution (3840x2160)?

@Jordan-ns2ov 4 года назад

HaHawk, I know you probably won't respond. But in the newer releases of reshade, I can't seem to find Mediator, am I doing something wrong or is it not there?

@HaHawk 4 года назад

Hey man, yeah, the newer versions of ReShade do not have mediator. If you want to follow the guide in this video and use the presets, download the older version (shown in the video, link in description). Cheers

@vurticus2239 3 года назад

@@HaHawk Yeah I downloaded the version shown in the video and there is no mediator?

@kgmyatthu3171 6 лет назад

OMG finally savior has raise to the community. By the way does it work for Medieval 2 total war kindoms? ASAP

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Yep, works for any version and any mod of Medieval 2! 👌

@justkris6461 6 лет назад

i have givin it a try but only sliders that work for me are the levels sw fx. using ss6.4. why is that so?? first time user

@per-olahansson5835 5 лет назад

@@justkris6461 That sounds wierd. I have no idea what the issue is, but I got it working for Stainless.

@UnitAlir 5 лет назад

I reported this issue before. I commented that I found a solution. But it keeps coming back. How can you get the Mediator app to apply changes right after you click apply? When I open the app and Medieval 2 and click "Apply", nothing happens. I have to click "Permanent Push To Application" in order for the changes to be applied. Most of the time, the changes do not apply and the app fails. Medieval 2 then falls back to default settings because the app apparently encounters an error and crashes (though the Windows software is still technically open). To re-apply my changes, I have to apply some crazy setting like "Nostalgia - SweetFX". Then once the crazy setting is applied, I have to undo it in order to get the modded settings back. Any solution? Also, I have noticed that when you zoom out of Medieval 2, shadows get blurred out and finer grass details get lost. Any way to preserve them?

@jorgegoncalves36 2 года назад

Hey, do you use any camera mod for the "free roam" and zooming in real close to the units? Or is that a standard feature that i'm not aware of, and, if so, how do i use it? The presets are amazing and the potencial for tweaking the game even further is amazing. Thanks.

@HaHawk 2 года назад

Hey, no special mod. But it's the Total War camera option, not the RTS camera. It takes some getting used to. Hold the middle mouse button to zoom in on a unit, and R/F (I think, it's been a while) to adjust the camera tilt. You can also get the vertical (top down) angle by playing with the mouse and keyboard shortcuts. Have fun!

@jorgegoncalves36 4 года назад

Hi, this looks great. Unfortunately, this doenst work for me. I install mediator and in game in the top left corner the message appears, but it doesnt change anything. Every change i make and click apply just doesnt change anything. I also downloaded yours presets and can see them in mediator, but again, nothing changes. Any help? or pointer to waht i might have missed? Thanks

@HaHawk 4 года назад

Did you get it sorted yet? Maybe you have anti-aliasing enabled? That will prevent the game from using a shader. Good luck

@jorgegoncalves36 4 года назад

@@HaHawk Thanks for the quick reply. No, i haven't. Anti-aliasing is disabled. If i select the DIRECTD 10/11 option it applies some random wierd effect but again, i cant change anything. [SOLVED] Lol i really dont know what i did aside from reinitializing the game several times, but its working now. Thanks for the tutorial ;)

@tomastomus7299 2 года назад

i like how 4k in M2TW is hands down better thancompared to Attilla or TOB. I suffer woth 4k monitor played those games. UI, and camera is very negatively affected by 2560x1400 or 4k res.

@HaHawk 2 года назад

Agree! this test video is in 1440p, worked out very well ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AUSCtp0WNaI.html

@kvchikka 7 лет назад

You just got yourself a subscriber :-)

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Kv Chikka Glad you enjoy the vids!

@Ellinon_Vasileus 5 лет назад

Haven't seen the vid yet. Reading the comments to figure out if this is good or not. So since I am convinced for the credibility of the vid and before I start look the vid may I ask if this is applicable throughout the installed mods? I have kingdoms, euroba Barbarorum, deus lo vult, westeros and falcom.

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Yeah this only affects graphics and is compatible with any gameplay mod 👍

@Ellinon_Vasileus 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk thanks. As I am at work now and can't test it or experiment, can you tell me if this is easy to install and process. And plus one, since I play all my total war games in a 4gb ram... Is using this programs consuming ram etc??? In any case it looks very good job and thank you anyway

@Shiro-bj2fc Год назад

Where can i turn on the selected troop "dots" on again? i love the cinematic visuals, but i stil want to be able to play relaxed

@HaHawk Год назад

In medieval2preferences.cfg, change this value as follows: disable_arrow_markers = 0

@mad1478 3 года назад

So, what graphics card do you need, I’m not very up to date on that

@HaHawk 3 года назад

Any entry-level graphics card will do, since this is an old game. Actually CPU is most important.

@Zafersan 24 дня назад

Amazing stuff, highly recommended!

@HaHawk 23 дня назад

Thank you brother! Glad you enjoy it^^

@pierre-henrivautherin2496 6 лет назад

Hey ! Thanks for this video and these tips & tricks. Medieval 2 with ReShade looks actually better than newer TW in my opinion I only got one question : how can I disable arrow trails ? I find them very annoying and unrealistic

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Search TWC forums -- I'm 99% sure there's a mod for that (and for cannon balls too)

@pierre-henrivautherin2496 6 лет назад

Yeah I already spent hours browsing TWC but all I find are mods working for Shogun 2, Rome 2 or Attila :( Anyway, I will look once again and try manipulating the game files Thanks ;)

@willjsoden 5 лет назад

This looks really good and even though I'm illiterate, its intuitive. Any tips on what will make it perform a little better if it's chugging? I run these old Total War games on a laptop (I know...) because it's convenient and they're great for it, but I find with Europa Barbarorum 2 and other things I get a pretty choppy framerate unlike you which runs silky smooth. Do you think it's the hardware or are there settings I can lose? I don't think it's ReShade itself, although some presets make it run like a slideshow.

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Biggest bottleneck will be CPU, which is what a laptop lacks most compared to a desktop computer. Start by reducing your 3D rendering settings. You can do this in-game (reduce unit detail, and try terrain as well). You can also reduce unit size to something like Normal or Small to have fewer men on the battlefield which will improve FPS... cheers

@willjsoden 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk much love ✌ I appreciate the help. hope you come back for more EB2 playthroughs since they just dropped an update, your Aedui campaign is sick.

@thequantitychannel1299 6 лет назад

You got a sub!Very good and educational tutorial.

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Thanks man, good to hear you learned something :)

@Craig07L 4 года назад

I know this is kinda old but I can't get this to work and I get "Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now close" error upon launch. Launches ok when I delete MTW2 from Reshade. Using Reshade 1.1 as advised. Any ideas?

@HaHawk 4 года назад

Sounds like an issue with your CFG file, check your resolution settings. You may also have antialiasing enabled in your GPU settings which could prevent ReShade from loading IIRC

@Craig07L 4 года назад

@@HaHawk Resolution was regular 1920x1080 and antialiasing set to 0 in the preferences file and off via my GPU settings. But I got it working with the latest Reshade version. It's setup differently to 1.1 but I managed to find your recommended affects and play around to get something I like. Got there in the end. Great vid and thanks for the quick reply 👍

@helafinwe 6 дней назад

How did you disable all of your battle UI? Is there a hotkey for this

@HaHawk 6 дней назад

Set in config settings or hit Esc in-game to hide

@WLduude88 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for the video, i really enjoy playing tw with reshade. 1 question: is it possible to have a minimal HUD and still be able to flash your own + enemy units units on the battle map? its only possible on the battle HUD, but turning on battle HUD kinda screws with the DEPTHOFFIELD: The units in front of you will get blurry, and the units further away are sharper. Let me know if its possible, Thanks in advance

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Yeah, as far as I know there is not a hotkey to flash units, so if you really need this feature you'd have to use the traditional battle HUD. As for the DOF, you could (1) try playing with the "Total War camera" which allows you to use 'R' and 'F' to tilt the camera up and down. That could refocus the DOF; and (2), alternatively, you could specify a different DOF_FOCUSPOINTY (fourth parameter in the DOF options), like 0.6 or 0.7 and see if that keeps the focus where you want it.

@WLduude88 7 лет назад

Thanks for the quick reply I got it to work with TW camera and Tiltshift, which also gives a nice blur.

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Nice, yeah, tiltshift usually gives a higher FPS too 👌🏻

@Mandeel1987 6 лет назад

My game is running but I've info about error x3067 and reshade is not working. Any idea what's the problem? I've tried to do everything like You showed in this video.

@macan098 5 лет назад

hi so i got everything working but the screen is a samll window in the top right corner whenever i launch it how do i fix that ? so i removed the config file but i followd your steps so i dont know where it went wrong

@papasavage5967 6 лет назад

defiantly worth a subscribe, cheers!

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

PaPa SAVAGE Thanks for the motivation 💪

@papasavage5967 6 лет назад

Ha Hawk thanks for detailed instructions and community support me and friends appreciate it. Keep it up ✌🏻

@hansnacht6080 5 лет назад

Ok I want to try this because I get severe migraines from the normal graphics(I don't know why) but I think this could help but whats the impact on loading times?

@deatharim 5 лет назад

hey is there a reason why the main menu animation doesn't work once I use reshade? im just curious

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

That's a config option (preferences CFG). You can re-enable it by changing the setting from 0 to 1

@deatharim 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk ohhh thanks

@Matthew-vw9dm 4 года назад

Does it work for Empire as well? My problem with newest versions of Reshade is that they don't often work properly on older TW games (only half of effects are working, and only game where I was able to run it properly like on newer games was Shogun 2 with Reshade version 4.5.1).

@HaHawk 4 года назад

It does, yes. I would almost say Empire is easier to play with since you only really need to add some contrast and maybe a couple other effects. The base game already has DOF.

@antoniomacia7718 5 лет назад

Can you please tell wich mods an effects you used in the first clip of the video? The smoke is not the default ingame.

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Initial shot is from a mod called 1648. It's a little rough around the edges but soooo much fun!

@htgh729 3 года назад

@ha hawk,i use a ryzen 5 computer, so i use the radeon graphics thing, right?

@HaHawk 3 года назад

Hey! Yeah you can use whichever GPU settings app is on your computer (Radeon in your case)

@genghiskahl4102 5 лет назад

When I open the menu from the battle or campaign, the buttons are blank. What setting did that?

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

By blank do you mean blurry? Might be DOF. You can enable/disable the effect whenever you want in real-time

@matseg7103 7 лет назад

omg that looks better than Warrhamer. Amazing work man Does it work on Rome 1 total war as well?

@SarthakMattagajasingh 7 лет назад

A comment above mentioned that it does, just use a DX level of 8

@matseg7103 7 лет назад

Sarthak Mattagajasingh thanks !

@Dolfy 7 лет назад

Sarthak Mattagajasingh It also works with Dx9 but I might need to make a separate tutorial for that.

@UnitAlir 5 лет назад

Whoa I'm late to the party but this looks sick! Would it work with Third Age?

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Hell yeah it does and it looks awesome, better than vanilla! Just be sure to lower unit level detail if you want higher fps 👍

@UnitAlir 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk I have an R9 390. Running at 3440x1440 (21:9). Tis amazing on Vanilla. This is the first actual mod I will be trying. I've only played a few Third Age games online with a mate. Yes, I lost all those games lol. I was a newbie. I've only really been playing Vanilla solo against AI. But looking forward to trying this mod to make the battles more interesting. Might try Stainless Steel after. And then move onto Third Age. Nice to know this works with Third Age! And thanks for the quick reply! 1 year later and you're still monitoring this account! Nice!

@UnitAlir 5 лет назад

Mediafire would not connect using Chrome. Strange. Was forced to use Edge

@MustafaMustafa-ce5rg 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk it works with medieval 2 but doesnt work with my TATW.. Strange.. How can i make it work with mods?

@skinz2168 5 лет назад

Under presets the folder is empty, looks nothing like in the video. Guessing thats why it crashes on start up. Any help?

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

What's crashing, the game, or ReShade? Shouldn't ever crash no matter what. Also, there are no default presets. If you want to use the ones shown in the video you can download them separately (link in pinned comment)... Good luck

@skinz2168 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk Ahh ok got ya thanks, i thought i was missing files.

@yamanahmed9897 3 года назад

It doesn't let me use my middle mouse button to look around freely like the other total war games. Is there any way to make that happen?

@david8157 7 лет назад

it looks very good - thanks You do need to post the correct cfg file settings because trying to follow the edits one needs to make from your quick scan through the cfg file on screen is going to be very difficult for people; and you may have omitted to mention some edits You could just paste it into the description?

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Sure thing -- I'll copy over the important parts.

@johnny1668 7 лет назад

I use stainless steel, but stainless steel only works when I copy the medeival 2 exe and rename it to kingdoms. So i have in my medieval 2 directory two medieval 2 exes and the one is called kingdoms. Stainless Steel is working without any problems but when I install reshade its i got a crash report.... What could I do ?

@BobMosez 5 лет назад

Delete system32

@ronank2432 5 лет назад

im using ss and i dont have any issues.. well at first then i exited an overlay app (which is dxtory which works the same as fraps)

@vekkdrums 5 лет назад

This is amazing!! thanks dude! One question how do I have to change in order to highlight my units and my enemy units? sometimes it is difficult for me to distinguish between my units from my enemy´s units.

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Edit your config: "full_battle_HUD = 1"

@vekkdrums 5 лет назад

Ha Hawk thanks a lot! BTW i am playing a mod called (seven kingdoms) its a game of thrones mod and it looks amazing 😀

@MortPure 4 года назад

So the current version of reshade today is 4.4.2. And it's only an .exe , no other files come with the download. Do i need to use the old one like shown in the video?

@HaHawk 4 года назад

You're welcome to use a newer version of ReShade, but the tutorial and presets I created only work with the older version linked in the video. Cheers

@MortPure 4 года назад

@@HaHawk Well, the effects compiling at the startup shows up. But when i try to change things with the program in-game, nothing happens when i hit apply. Maybe it'S because i play with SS mod and SSHIP mod. So not sure if i should use medieval2.exe or kingdoms or SS launcher.exe.

@retr0gaming854 4 года назад

Why the textures still so bad I mean is there any way to improve textures like fx and lighting etc

@RamanShrikant 3 года назад

What camera mod did you use for these cinematic scenes?

@HaHawk 3 года назад

No mod. It's the RTS camera option

@georgeluna6217 5 лет назад

can I use the latest version of ReShade? Will this give me better capabilities ?

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Latest version has slightly improved performance (not much but a little). The UI is different however and presets from previous versions aren't compatible, so you'll have to configure your own. Cheers

@jurisalson5530 3 года назад

I have an i3 8100 and 1060 6GB and 8GB of ram is there any way to use this with no fps drop i have fps drop like 10 to 20

@HaHawk 3 года назад

Yes, first download the 4GB memory patch, and if you still need more FPS, then reduce the unit quality in your config file. You should be able to comfortably get 40-60FPS

@jurisalson5530 3 года назад

@@HaHawk where can i download the memory patch?

@kalzonenu 6 лет назад

You help me with medieval i subscribe ! Best total war ever made !

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

I agree, but to be fair to CA, I haven't played Attila or Warhammer yet... I just like how the M2TW engine feels, makes for amazing gameplay IMO

@JordanR 7 лет назад

Doesn't work. Whenever I use the mediator it just tells me that various paths are restricted and then closes.

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Jordan R Sounds like some sort of hardware incompatibility. Maybe you could try the newer version (reshade.me) and see if it works.

@starwars910 7 лет назад

I already have a d3d9 file and when i switch them out it doesnt compile...It says it compiles when I have the original d3d9 in there...but if I try to add Reshade64 it does nothing under that name....

@simonec4813 6 лет назад

HI MAN! Beautiful mods! I thx you so much!!! I have a questio, what's the mod at 0:21? It's like renaissance or something like ''Pike and Shot''? I want it

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Search for 1648 mod; here is a clip you'll enjoy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AUSCtp0WNaI.html

@q0w1e2r3t4y5 Год назад

So why aren't you mentioning doing these cfg edits in the mods' cfg's too? Should I or shouldn't I edit them as well?

@HaHawk Год назад

You only need to modify the configuration file in the primary game directory

@q0w1e2r3t4y5 Год назад

@@HaHawk Thanks for your reply! I did the edits in the mod's cfg file as well and it's been working well. Perhaps it is redundant then. Anyway, I wish I could exclude the UI from the changes Reshade makes.

@farmermike9262 4 года назад

when i open the file in notepad and make the item changes to the list , i dont see the items to change under video. i dont see "windowed" or "borderless window". Should i add them to the list? Thx

@HaHawk 4 года назад

Yes you can add them yourself, or you can check the description and copy and paste the text from there. Cheers!

@papipalinka3991 6 лет назад

Please help! firstly when you added Medieval2 in mediator it said ''medieval 2 total war kingdoms'' for you even though you selected the original medieval2.exe? For me when I select the medieval2.exe it says in mediator ''Medieval 2 total war'' only... And secondly I have put in everything you said in my preference CFG-file. But still there seems to be some kind of ''full-screen mode'' whenever I start up m2tw so when I tab out the shit has to load for a time, which it wasnt for you. You just alt+tab out and got Mediator on the screen while in the game! Doesnt happen for me! Is this steam version only? I have pirated m2tw Gold so I have one Medieval 2 total war launcher and a kingdom launcher. This may be the case why it doesnt work.

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Two Q's: Are you running the CD version, or steam version? And two, in your config file, what does it say under "windowed mode"?

@papipalinka3991 6 лет назад

Neither, Im running thief version so to say. It must be CD or steam? Under ''windowed = 1'', its says ''borderless_window = 1''.

@strangeperson700 6 лет назад

I used to run F.lux to block the white light of my screen to help with my insomnia on candlelight mode and set max graphics on the game to give it a gritty Mediterranean sunlight look kinda like sepia. I will try using your method also it looks good.

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Haha cool, I use f.lux as well at night (it works with ReShade just fine)

@user-te9vx8bx8y 5 лет назад

Hey HaHawk, I really hope you read this. I installed this on top of SS 6.4 and whenever it was active (with or without effect on) my campaign map would just be super stuttery. I'm talking about 13 frames. Battles, however, ran just fine. Even four full stacks, and I only got down to about 30 fps. But, the campaign map was sluggish as all hell. Anyways, I deleted everything to do with ReShade and the d3d9's, and it went back to normal, 60fps. What's going on here? I'd really really appreciate any and all help. Cheers mate!

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Interesting, so you've already ruled out that it isn't the config settings (medieval2.preference.cfg)? Normally a laggy campaign map is due to shadows (which can be disabled via the in-game menu) Edit: (And SS in particular is notorious for having a laggy campaign map caused by too many trees + shadows...)

@user-te9vx8bx8y 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk No man, that's why I am as lost as I am. I did actually disable campaign shadows - pushed me up from 10 frames to like 15, still way waayyy too jittery to be playable. I've been googling this checking for solutions online for a good while, none seem to work. I even reinstalled SS 6.4 twice and to no luck! As soon as I removed Medaitor, Reshade, and D3D9.dll my FPS on the campaign map instantly jumped back up. Also, my task manager (with ReShade installed), was showing my GPU usage at 99%. I'm running two GTX 970's in SLI (which yes, I did try to disable, didn't work), and as said, battles work just fine with the effects and all that. The reason I know it's the program is due to the FPS jumping back to smooth, perfect 60fps as soon as I removed ReShade. Now, interestingly, I could remove all presets (so nothing was loaded in Med2 but the program) and yet still I had low frames! As soon as I removed D3D9.dll and the rest of the ReShade stuff in my Med2 folder, FPS jumped back up. That is why I just know it isn't shadows, bad antivirus, or anything of the like. Oh and one more thing, whilst loading in to the main menu in the start, the game was super laggy too, however, it got to normal FPS once the main menu loaded. And when I loaded my savefile, the loading screen was low FPS, too. I've honestly no clue what to do here. Hope you can help.

@user-te9vx8bx8y 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk Hey dude, I don't mean to come off pushy, just wondering if you have read my reply. Still have this issue. If you're clueless, that's fine. Just hoping I can resolve this some time soon. Won't push for anymore answer after this, but I am kinda getting desperate lol. Seems no one has any clue. Thanks :) EDIT: Just fixed it. Took me a solid 2 weeks and 3 hours today, and after testing more things then I could count, simply removing d3d9 solved the issue completely. Could you tell me what d3d9.dll does?

@piloulecanard4208 5 лет назад

I have the same problem. Just with an enable option, i have drops from 50-60 fps to 13.

@user-te9vx8bx8y 5 лет назад

@@piloulecanard4208 I edited my reply to include the fix a while back. Gigantus on TWC also told me that you could get the d3d9 from your win32 folder and export it to the game folder, and that works. Seems that the d3d9 file is simply outdated.

@gondoriansmith8042 6 лет назад

Is there a way to hide the radar when looking at a replay? Whenever I put it to hide it only hides it during a live game and not during a replay

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Not by default I'm afraid, no. It would be possible by editing some files however.

@gondoriansmith8042 6 лет назад

Ha Hawk ahh ok well thanks anyway!

@silverrain530 7 лет назад

Very cool, does ReShade work with any other games?

@BrorealeK 4 года назад

Does this tutorial not work anymore? I keep getting this error message: "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005)" before I'm even able to boot up vanilla M2TW. Using the steam version. Just for full disclosure, I'm using the 4gb patch because EB2 is literally unplayable without it, you will have a hard barrier to progress on your first siege battle. I'm suspecting that may be the cause, but 1) it also crashes on my unpatched .exe and 2) I stand by my decision because it's pointless to mod a game you can't play. Sorry to sound aggressive, I'm just heading off the inevitable comments.

@HaHawk 4 года назад

It still works. Did you get your issue sorted? Sounds like maybe something went wrong with your configuration file (medieval2.preferences.cfg). Good luck!

@finnneary1679 5 лет назад

No matter what I do, it either does nothing or it gets incredibly blurry when I do my own. I tried your presets, but all of them were really gritty and not to my liking. When I try to customize yours, It gets blurry again. Any ideas?

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Sounds like an issue with DOF (which you can just turn off / disable). How blurry is it? Or are you referring to anti-aliasing?

@finnneary1679 5 лет назад

I think it was the computer I was using. Do you know if 32-bit vs 64-bit has an effect on ReShade? Anyways, it works on this computer. With the other one it was blurry to the point where it's only blotches of color. Thanks!

@blockkid8629 2 года назад

My reshade minimizes my game instead of popping up in my game like you, does anyone know how to fix this??????????

@st4rk1ll86 5 лет назад

May I ask you what's the backround soundtrack you used at 12:25, it's awesome.

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Boards of Canada 5·9·78 (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FUkwzLeJ3YY.html)

@GoogleTaqiya 4 года назад

2 questions. does this work with stainless steel AND i cant find the preference cfg file. it only shows 1 file with "preference" in its name and its some audio stuff

@HaHawk 4 года назад

(1) Yes and (2) The CFG file will be in your main M2TW directory

@GoogleTaqiya 4 года назад

Thx for answering. Maybe i didnt look right, im using steam definitive edition. i will try again this evening and maybe ill ask again :D

@GoogleTaqiya 4 года назад

@@HaHawk steamcommunity.com/app/4700/discussions/0/535152511363046087/ turns out i had the same problem as this guy. now checking if it does work

@GoogleTaqiya 4 года назад

@@HaHawk Okaaay. So... i will write all down, MAYBE you can help me. if its to much work then well- fuck me. also im german, so sry for my english. Step 1: the one thing named preferences in the directory was a windows meadia player file. when i clicked at poperties it was named preferences.cfg just like in your video. still, it wasnt a cfg file. i just added a text file, renamed it like the one in your vid and copy pasted the settings from a forum post. i was able to delete the windows media player file, but it reappeared everytime i started the game. so in the end i just left both files in the directory. Step 2: I changed the nvidia settings, all good. I had one option that you did not have, so i left this one as it was. Step 3: I "installed" mediator etc. Just like in the video. Also i downloaded your presets. if i open mediator i can choose a preset, for example "12 - ultra sharp". if i open the game its shows the same text in the top left corner but i CANT tab out, so no windowmode for me, although i changed it in step 1. the game looks WORSE than the standard game. if i change the mediator presets the game looks different, but everytime it looks horrible and blurry etc. Then i changed the nvidia settings to standard again, because i thought maybe thats the problem. nothing changed. So for now i deleted my own preference text file, changed the nvidia settings to standard and deleted the connection of medieval with mediator. Now its normal again. Any ideas? Its a fucking shame. good video nonetheless, i just cant figure out whats wrong.

@kurogurochan7957 7 лет назад

Does it work well in multiplayer while having this in your game?

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

KuroGuroChan Yeah but make sure you maintain decent FPS otherwise you might cause higher latency for other players. I usually play on lower (high/medium) unit quality during big MP battles to get better performance.

@kurogurochan7957 7 лет назад

Well we only play on the lowest as possible. Is there a way to contact you on steam or discord?

@axondrey9991 8 месяцев назад

I applied reshade presets and while compiling effects, the game crashes. NEED HELP

@HaHawk 8 месяцев назад

Did you get it sorted?

@axondrey9991 8 месяцев назад

I skipped step 2 cus if I tried to open intel core, it would load but not open

@st4rk1ll86 5 лет назад

GRAPHIC ISSUES! NEED HELP HERE: I used the same configuration you made in the video but my units aren't as smooth as yours and the depth of field is not the same, I'm using 1920x1080 resolution but everything looks so pixelated. It's really strange.

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

Got any screenshots?

@st4rk1ll86 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk Here they are: steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/913575713669939630/CC42B37A00516F53CECC77E7592AA797C1F8FA2C/ steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/913575713669935807/D1AFBC9015662F8A85B47A2B17A3AB15CDA1CAB4/ Even if I zoom in everything looks blurry and not focused.

@Imperator_Gr 6 лет назад

Wow I can't wait to try this out with Roma surrectum 3

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

Imperator Gr Take some screenshots when you do, I'd like to see what it looks like. Also if you like mods (and good graphics) check out this clip from "1648" (it's raw footage, unlisted video): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AUSCtp0WNaI.html

@Imperator_Gr 6 лет назад

Ha Hawk I couldn't get it to work :(

@urban_hoplite7593 5 лет назад

What does this do to medieval 2s campaign

@ludvig-n3490 6 лет назад

Please tell me what the preset was for the opening clip! It looked so good but i cant seem to find the correct one :/

@HaHawk 6 лет назад

I think it's #2 or #4. One of the "minimal" ones, I believe... definitely has DOF (depth of field)

@ludvig-n3490 6 лет назад

Ha Hawk Thx man :)

@LeSavoirdesAnneaux 7 лет назад

Wait you cheeky player, how did you pop up the mini map at 15:56 I thought modifying the medieval2preferences.cfg made the ui completely hide. Am I missing something ?

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

When you're playing with minimal HUD, F5 will toggle (show/hide) the minimap in game

@Kraterlandschaft 6 лет назад

So did anybody here manage to apply this successfully to Stainless Steel? How did you do it? With me the Reshader doesn't show up at the top left of the screen when M2TW loads... Does it have to be the ss_launcher in the mediator?

@adam5210 5 лет назад

Same problem here...

@JohnDoe-zw1hv 4 года назад

Hello thank you for your tutorial I have a little problem I do not narive to take or c.c the file of notepad. Yet I did check the box but it still comes back to the old version with the flags exct ...? Could you help me thank you. Bonjour merci pour votre tuto jai un petit souci je narive pas a prendre ou c.c le dossier de notepad. Pourtant jai bien decocher la case mais cela revient toujours a lancienne version avec les drapeaux exct...? Pourriez vous maider je vous remercie.

@edmcclaran4534 5 лет назад

if you are playing mods with Kingdoms, there are two .exe files in the steam folder - medieval2.exe and kingdoms.exe which should I select when adding via the Reshade mediator.....? thanks!!

@HaHawk 5 лет назад

You're using the disc version? Should be medieval2.exe but if that doesn't work just switch it

@edmcclaran4534 5 лет назад

@@HaHawk no I'm running it off steam. So I've got it all set up now, as per your video. Opened up one of my mods, and spotted the text top left corner as I go into a battle that let's me know mediator is doing its thing in the background. So far, so good. But I can't get mediator to float on top of my game, like you do in the video. Any ideas? Also, I've downloaded your presets and I'm keen to just browse through those, rather than mico manage all the graphics settings myself right away. There will be a time for that but right now I thought I'd give a few of the presets a run out, see how they look. I can't see a way in mediator to select the presets? I downloaded yours and extracted them into Reshade/personalfiles/presets

@PerickParolo 3 года назад

crashes everytime when trying to launch the game. configuring cfg didn't work, also reinstalling game didn't work i just don't know what else i can do

@HaHawk 3 года назад

Hey sorry to hear you had an issue, are you using Steam or the CD version? let us know if you fixed it already, and if so what the problem was

@PerickParolo 3 года назад

@@HaHawk i managed to repair this by renaming d3d9.dll to dxgi.dll

@user-ji5ed4nx1m 3 года назад

@@PerickParolo It's not helping, as i understand, the game is running but reshade just don't work

@PerickParolo 3 года назад

@@user-ji5ed4nx1m just install newer reshade reshade.me/ and here, you have preset www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/jt436b/medieval_2_realism_reshade_preset/ I stopped using mediator because I had too many problems with it

@user-ji5ed4nx1m 3 года назад

@@PerickParolo Ok, thanks!

@rogueassassin875 7 лет назад

Great video. Now I can have my game be cinematic thanks to you. I have one question though. Have you ever had trouble with the SMAA setting? Whenever I have it enabled it turns my screen dark enough to make an in game day look like night. ':D

@HaHawk 7 лет назад

Rogue Assassin I can't say that I have -- have you tried the different modes of SMAA? Also, FXAA looks pretty good and may not cause the darker screen (it's a little softer, which some people actually prefer). Glad you like the video!

@rogueassassin875 7 лет назад

I'll look into it. thanks!