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Medieval II: Total War Collection released for Linux & SteamOS

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Feral Interactive have released another big strategy title for us, today we are graced with Medieval II: Total War Collection!

Note: The game has no cross-platform multiplayer, but mods should work fine.

I can certainly see why people put so much time into these games, my first ever go on this was a solid hour and I didn’t even realise it, talk about being sucked in!

The good thing is that this game is no way near as complicated as some of the others, and that keeps my simpleton brain very happy. The tutorial is quite short and to the point, and sets you up nice and easy for the battles to come.

I’ve actually found Medieval II: Total War to be much more fun than the previous port by Feral with Empire. Using catapults to lay siege to an enemy castle, and to then storm in some cavalry is actually quite fun.

It's a pretty old game, so don't expect to go into it to see beautiful graphics. The graphics are pretty dated, but with this type of game graphics aren't really that much of an issue.

The French are real bastards in this game, starting off as England and the damn French keep sauntering into my territory showing off their grand armies, all while I'm trying to keep my folks happy and fend off damn rebels. They aren't exactly sneaky about their attacks either, three of their armies decided to surround one of my castles before attacking (yeah I was a bit busy dealing with rebels to notice!).

Two things bug me about the game: You cannot change the scrolling speed during the game, you have to go all the way back to the main menu, and you cannot scroll with a mouse wheel where that has a scrollbar. Minor stuff, but still annoying.

This is one game that has not aged well at all, the UI even at 4K resolution is massive and looks quite washed out because of stretching:
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That interface has not aged well.

Port report
The good thing is I can’t see a problem with the performance. Everything has so far worked as expected, and the frame rate on my 980ti has been okay. During battles I generally get around 80-120FPS on average at 4K resolution. I would have expected more, but none of the Total War games were ever optimised well on Windows, and now we have the usual OpenGL overhead. Performance didn't really change putting it down to 1920x1080 resolution either, so it's likely CPU heavy rather than GPU (which is quite common for the Total War games).

I consider the general port quality to be really good, and considering it supports Nvidia, AMD and Intel I hope to see people jump at the chance to support Feral Interactive on this one. I haven't come across any bugs at all, and I've put quite a few hours into it now.

I've only had one graphical issue with the game, which was fixed during testing and since then it has been completely smooth sailing.

System Requirements (min)
2Ghz CPU
4GB RAM
512MB or better graphics card
SteamOS 2.0 or Ubuntu 14.04 or better

The game also requires an NVIDIA 600 series+ with Driver Version 352.55.
AMD R7 with Mesa 11.2 driver, and Intel Iris Pro with Mesa 11.2 driver.
AMD GPUs may require Ubuntu 15.10 or later. The Mesa 11.2 driver is still in active development.

About the game (Official)
The Medieval II: Total War Collection combines thrilling real-time battles and sophisticated turn-based strategy in a vast campaign that spans five centuries and encompasses the Crusades, the spread of plague and the proliferation of gunpowder. As a warrior king, players will lead one of 17 factions to supremacy in the medieval world with an artful mix of diplomacy, commerce and war.

On the campaign map, players will build their empire’s infrastructure, cities and trade routes, then master the art of diplomacy to disarm enemies, empower allies and gain the favour of the Pope. On the battlefield, they will conduct siege warfare, command thundering cavalry charges and lead their armies into epic clashes that will bring entire kingdoms to their knees.

The Medieval II: Total War Collection (Also available on the Feral store) contains the Kingdoms expansion, which includes four standalone campaigns: Discovery of the Americas, Britannia, Crusades, and the Teutonic Campaign.



What would you like to see Feral Interactive port next? I would personally love to see a Call of Duty title on Linux. One day, one day... Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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rashaffer Jan 21, 2016
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Quoting: rashafferA quick and dirty simple guide was posted in Reddit based on my instructions in another thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/41ja5t/feral_clarifies_method_to_modding_medieval_2/

Quoting: rashafferI also wish I could give you money for your port, but I originally bought M2TW many years ago. Is there another way to compensate Feral for your great work?

You could buy a second copy for one of your Linux friends but in all seriousness don't worry about it, you can always buy the next game that we port if you like the game, hopefully you won't already own that one :)

This is great and works like a charm, although I did have to run the script a few times to make sure all the files were made lower case.

I'll keep my eyes out for the other upcoming Feral releases. I've bought most of the ones you've already put out.

Thanks for all the great work.
oldrocker99 Jan 23, 2016
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Lovely ten-year-old game ;) , but I've had it crash with no way to get out (Not CTRL-ALT-F!, not ALT-F4, not even ALT-TAB) in Tutorial 2 besides the reset button :><: . Anyone else have this happen?
edddeduck_feral Jan 25, 2016
Quoting: oldrocker99Lovely ten-year-old game ;) , but I've had it crash with no way to get out (Not CTRL-ALT-F!, not ALT-F4, not even ALT-TAB) in Tutorial 2 besides the reset button :&gt;&lt;: . Anyone else have this happen?

We have not seen that on any supported hardware/software. However it does sound like a graphics card hang which is almost always caused by using out of date drivers that don't meet the minimum specifications we have listed on the Store page.

I would double check your graphics card and driver version details and update if needed. If that does not work then I'd contact Feral support with as much detail as possible as to your hardware and software setup and we can investigate.
jerome36 Feb 14, 2016
Hello. I've just bought the game on steam and it doesn't work at all. In fact it doesn't launch (neither medieval 2 or kingdoms). I just see the very first screen and so go back to the desktop.
I have linux mint kde 17.1 with an intel i5 3570 (with intel GPU inside) and 8go DDR3 and a SSD 250 go?
Has anyone had the same problem? Is it possible toi fix it? Thanks for your help!
Samsai Feb 14, 2016
Quoting: jerome36Hello. I've just bought the game on steam and it doesn't work at all. In fact it doesn't launch (neither medieval 2 or kingdoms). I just see the very first screen and so go back to the desktop.
I have linux mint kde 17.1 with an intel i5 3570 (with intel GPU inside) and 8go DDR3 and a SSD 250 go?
Has anyone had the same problem? Is it possible toi fix it? Thanks for your help!
Linux Mint 17 has too Intel drivers to work with this game. Either upgrade to a newer Linux distribution or use a PPA like oibaf to get newer Mesa. The game requires Mesa 11.2 minimum. Also, it might still perform poorly or not at all as the minimum recommended is Intel Iris Pro and your i5 only has Intel HD Graphics 2500.
jerome36 Feb 14, 2016
OK thanks :-)! Do you think it will be better with 17.3 (the newest linux mint version)?
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