Medieval 2: Total War PC Q&A

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How do I add traits to other factions' characters? I've tried everything, but the console says it can't find the character. Please give an example!

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Hi someone please help me. I read some where that you can add 1000000 florins entering the code in the campain map. Where is the campain map? and how do you pull it up.Also there adminisstrator codes that can be used also I have been told.Is there any truth to this and how do I use them and what keys do I press? Thank you

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When you are trying to edit the game files to unlock all factions where do you begin? I get as far as where it says Animations,cursors,fmv,sounds,and world,I click on world and get the following listing,maps ,battle,template,template_backup,etc.what do I do next? or am I in the wrong area? can someone provide a step by step procedure please? I am no computer expert.Thank you...

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How do you get gunpowder units in medival total war 2?

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My "descr_strat" is "descr_strat.txt." and it keeps sayin it wont save because it is "text only", what should I do?

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How to write a code?

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What is this eligibility trait that priests and cardinals have? How do I find it? I want to know because it's supposed to be a tie breaker in a papal election if piety is also tied.

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How come the recruit unit cheat won't let me recruit some units like the retinue longbowmen?

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How do you unlock knew countries?

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How can I modify unit size?

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I made changes in the descr_strat but I can't get them to show up in the game, I then tried to save the descr_strat and it said it is read only. How do I get this to work?

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How do you make a ship with the "create_unit". please leave exaple.?

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What is the family of traits the Ignorant and Sadly Ignorant fall under called?

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In the add money cheat I can get the game shell up but the cheat dosnt work what should I do?

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How do you get to the cheat page
I cant get any of my cheats to work?

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Hey guys playing using the english @the moment but at the moment when enter the
those elephant troops and the codes(houston,rogan,madras,etc) my game crahes every time im bout to battle and I have to start again, do I ahave to download something or what, I mean is there a limit to how many elephant troops I can have would like an answer cheers?

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Tilde key problems....When I press the tilde key...A glitch often occurs that loads a quicksave file or autosave file. Which usually scraps what I was doing. I've learned to delete those files before hand and I am able to save work. But it does create another file I have to delete. Gets frustrating. Can anyone help? I am using all the current mods and updates....

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I want to give a character a trait but his name has an accent on the 'e' how do I give him a trait?

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Can someone please tell me exactly how to do the money cheat with every key and characteron the cheat?

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I am using a laptop and im nt sure how to enter the cheats, what do I press because the tidle key does not work?

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How do you give traits to priests?

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I need a bit of help, I try to change the name of characters from the game and Campaign map using the descr_strat file, i.e. character Robert, named character, male, age 16, x 104, y 134 to Rufus of England, also I change the relatives name to Rufus of England, but when I am done and trying to play with the english it doesent do anything, sometimes I mannaged to do but the characters didn't show up any names and at other times the game crashed when trying to play with this faction.?

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Any idea why I cant open up the console to use cheats? I have tried @,~,#,§,',* and ^ nothing seems to work... this is starting to annoy me. please help

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Hi - when I'm trying to use cheat to unlock all factions it keeps saying it was unable to save C:Program FilesSEGAMedieval II Total Wardataworldmapscampaignimperial_campaigndescr_strat.txt file

Please check that file and path name are correct.

I haven't changed either and don't know what I'm doing wrong. Same problem when trying to use this cheat for Rome: Total War. Can anyone help?

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I want to turn my enemy HRE's king, Henry, into a pathetic, corrupt etc. etc. leader. My problem is, I play as France, and my king's name is also Henry (coincidence...). Is there some way to make the give_trait cheat only affect the HRE Henry?

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I've been playing the spanish with cheats this time but I have noticed that when I create a unit with the create_unit 5 9 3 3 cheat it only gives a +1 boost to the armor and weapons. Does it only show that its a +1 boost while its actually +3 or is it just the first upgrade? Is it possible to create a unit with gold armor (+3) and gold weapon (+3) with the cheat?

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I NEED HELP! when I have a character like "rufus of england" how do I type that in?

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Hi quick ? How do you bribe a settelment that has no gov. or gen. they all say "i have too much pride in being one of my people" do you have to use a cheat or something? plz respond

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Ok, Ive tried all the ways listed but everytime I enter the "give_trait" cheat it comes back with character not found. Can someone PLEASE give me the exact way to enter it with (for example) character Ian Inchmertyn and the trait good commander? PLEASE HELP!

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How does the move objects cheat work? I can't finde out where the (x coord) and (y coord) is! can someone show me how to do this cheat?

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Why am I unable to select and use the daughters on my family tree when they come of age? Are they only useable if they are daughters of the king/faction heir?

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I try putting cheats in and it lets me put a certain amount in and then loads up a brand new game. Is there anyway I can stop this happening. Would be very appreciative if someone would/could tell me?

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I have used the tilde ~ key to bring up the console and typed in the add-money 40000 cheat and it lets me do it til I get to 200000, then it brings up the keyboard shortcut screen and automatically loads into a new game. How do I stop this annoying occurence from happening?

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Why can I not recruit all the units for certain factions?

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Can I get a captain to become a general? if yes - how ?

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I wanted to remove the flags/banners from units on the battle map, I found out how on Rome: Total War but I have not found the correct file to alter on Med.2 Total War... anyone have a solution?

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3 name character?

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How can I have a Templars' Minor Chapter House?

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How do I get my squalor down?

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What year do the mongols show up?

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I have tryed to change files to unlock factions but cannot save file?

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Trying to install medieval total war gold edition but stops at installing and says need to uninstall previous copies of MTW. Have searched all the computer and cant find anythign to delete - help?

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Can you only use cheats on characters, towns, or create units who's name is only one word? Because when I try to add a trait, create a unit, or add population to a town with a name longer than one word I get a message saying that the character, city, unit ect.. can not be found.

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What is map cheat?

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How can I open the map?

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When using the "create_unit" cheat, I cant seem to create units that have 2 words in the name (eg Mailed Knights) but I can get 1 word units fine
(eg Billmen). What do I do?

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This may be impossible besides my one theory however:
I have a major cheated campaign game with every General on max stats including high security, administrations skills, military skills etc... Eventually adding all these skills to each general will become tiresome, especially when the family grows large.
Taking advantage of the "up arrow & enter" method to repeat a cheat, is there a method to give all your desired skills and abilities to a general at once? So I can just "up arrow & enter" them all to speed up the entire process?

For example: give_trait this Scout 3 , Counterspy 3 , AssassinCatcher 1

I'm aware you can just go to the in-game files and copy paste traits there but I prefer an easier method.

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I can't open the console...
i tried every button on my keyboard but it seems it doesn't open nothing...
can anyone help me?

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How Do I create Agent Units?

Is it even possible?

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How Do you Create Siege Units?