Medieval 2: Total War

I knew i'd regret buying a pc with win 10.
you see, me, a poorfag from buttfuck egypt, spent all my saved money on a decent computer recently because my old one (really old, i got it used almost 10 years ago) just didnt do it anymore. i am pretty good with computers, so age is but a number to me in regards of computers (to a certain degree)

anyway, so i picked up this used game (medieval 2 Total War) from a flea market some years ago, expected it to run like rome total war on my old pc on the lowest resolution and everything, but it didnt, so i waited this long to try it out - and now it doesnt work either, but for other reasons.

i did some research myself on the matter and only found people who recommended...

> buying it on steam
> using it on an older OS
downgrading isnt an option to me as i just imported over 1.4 TB of data onto it from all my old extern HDDs, cloud storage and memory cards and sticks. i need all of it to work and completely lack the time
and i lack the the money for a new old OS
> and lastly, getting a code from a physically bought game, entering it on steam and then downloading and playing it that way (without paying another time)
problem there is either my code doesnt work/is too smudged and i cant read it anymore, because i tried at least 500 variations of it by now and none worked or the guy who sold it to me already used the code before selling it. finding that guy is nigh-impossible, the city i live in has flea markets that are way too big to overlook and i dont remember that guy's face or heard his name

so i ask you now, do you have any idea on how to run this thing? compatibility mode alone does nothing, i still cant even start the program and all other things i tried didnt work with me (and neither did with other people)

or, if there was someone so generous that would send his code to this email address that i just made for this occasion to save my almost hobo ass:
[email protected]

thanks guys

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pmd you the fix

Run it in a virtual machine.

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I got Win10 and I'm playing Medieval 2 with Stainless Steel at least once a year.

pm? i dont have an account on Sup Forums, could you try my email please? virtual machines take a whole lot of resources, dont they, i'm afraid i wouldnt be able to run it anymore (bought a low end computer fyi)

stainless steel? idk that, what is it and how does it work?

This game is like $5 on Steam.

>stainless steel? idk that, what is it and how does it work?

It's a massive mod that supplants vanilla as the way to play the game.

the steam version runs fine on win 10 last time I played it, and if you don't want to drop dosh just pirate it and look for the latest one up since that would assumedly be the one currently on steam

Post a photo of your Coptic cross wrist tattoo plus timestamp and I'll send you a key

supplants vanilla? idk what that means

tried it a day ago, doesnt work

only have swastika, is that good enough?

so will you gift it to me then? ;)

srsly, i'd very much appreciate that aswell

If OS really is the issue, just fucking partition the hard drive with Minitool Partition Wizard and install a pirated Win 7 on your newly made OS partition.
Shouldn't take more than an hour with driver installs.

Icon corner plus timestamp can substitute

>i am pretty good with computers
>buying a pc with win 10
not so smart at all

yeeeeaaaah...i have come to realize that aswell now. i'm still hoping for the same to happen as with windows xp, as in the beginning only very few games worked on it and later on everything worked again
but i'm getting less and less optimistic the more i think about how much of microsoft gets cucked by the us government

there, man
it's my greatest pride

No Jesus = No jizya for (you)
Try Neogaf

kek

There's summer sale right now, fuck off

careful with the edge, man, almost cut myself

nice meme

This is some nice bait

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Have you seen this option before?

lol yes, it is the first thing anybody recommends, doesnt work because the program doesnt even start. (not even the process will start)
thanks anyway

imma try stainless steel and if that doesnt work i'll try to partition my hard drive and try it that way
hopefully thread stays alive for a while, gotta work

>dat feel when we'll never get another expansion like Kingdoms

Fall of the Samurai comes close, at least.

weren't all new campaigns rather limited, though?

>Fall of the Samurai
eh, that was standalone so it's kinda cheating. kingdoms is still the best classical expansion.

i heard it was REALLY good, that's why i wanna try it out so bad

Throw this game out, pirate Victoria 2, conquer Israel as Egypt in the 1920s.