Previous threads: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1118933-total-war-discussion/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1180016-total-war-discussion-2/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1305493-total-war-discussion-3/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1366074-total-war-discussion-4/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1383780-total-war-discussion-5/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1397396-total-war-discussion-6/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1442496-total-war-discussion-7/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1459344-total-war-discussion-8/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1471042-total-war-discussion-9/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1472747-total-war-discussion-10/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1476760-total-war-discussion-11/, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1510460-total-war-discussion-12/
I can also provide some useful links for the Total War games series as well and here can you find more news about http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=331.
http://forums.totalwar.com/
- http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Main_Page
- http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/124-The-Medieval-Total-War-and-Viking-Invasion-FAQ
- http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/118-Frequently-Asked-Questions-amp-Game-Fixes
- http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/119-Frequently-Asked-Questions-and-Game-Fixes
- http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/46-A-guide-to-the-guides-(Empire-Total-War)
- http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/263-Guide-to-the-Guides-(Napoleon-Total-War)
- http://www.totalwar.com/en_us/totalwarbattles-shogun
- http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_ROME_II:_Patch_Notes
- http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/topic/14880-patch-notes-for-attila-tw/
- http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Steam_Workshop_and_How_to_Make_Mods
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php
- http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Main_Page
- http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Released_Mods
- http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Modding_Portal
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=734
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=735
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=736
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1549
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=9871125#post9871125
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1893
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2087-Total-War-Attila-General-Discussion
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=483527
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=92488
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=477691
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=477898
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=443435
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1991-Total-War-Rome-II-Mod-Workshop
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2085-Total-War-ATTILA
Gameplay and strategy for each game
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1078
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=406671
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1448
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136409
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1695
- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1992-Strategies-and-Tactics
Other sites about Total War Games
- http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/466-total-war-games/
- http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/467-total-war-games/
- http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?c=2287,2288,2289,2290
I'll update the OP if anyone want to have a list of mod recommendations or solutions of troubleshooting in the OP.
Game solutions
Thanks to http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1442496-total-war-discussion-7/page__view__findpost__p__22367594 I downloaded this CTD fix and uploaded it on TAL just in case if you need it for http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/topic/14126-medieval-total-war-gold-edition-v201-ctd-fix/ with Nvidia 8xxx series cards. I'm now using this CTD fix and it's working as intended.
Mod recommendations
Lord Kaelin - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=127 for Rome Total War, http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=374565 for Medieval 2 and http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=417435 for Medieval 2
Nefarious One - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=867, a massive M2:Kingdoms mod
Elrond - http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/topic/4998-etw-darthmod-empire-80-platinum801-patch/ for Empire Total War
uberbanna - http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/topic/5011-s2tw-darthmod-shogun-v50-finale-edition/
Medivh - http://www.europabarbarorum.com/ (EB2 is WIP)
All http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/485-mods/ and modding http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/484-tools/, http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/467-total-war-games/ by the http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?447433-My-Modding-Work and all http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/485-mods/ by the http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?566782-GENERAL-ANNOUNCEMENT-FOR-ALL-MY-MODS (use the 'HusserlTW' or 'DARTH VADER' tag on TAL for easier searching) are now mirrored on http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forums/forum/466-total-war-games/.
DarkOneVenzar has a tool for managing your Medieval2TW mods. Thanks for sharing this M2TW-mod tool.
For those who need to simplify the installation and removal of mods from their Medieval 2 launcher check out http://code.google.com/p/medieval2modinstaller/ program I wrote which makes it a bit easier. Despite the name the program doesn't actually install the mods, just installs them to the launcher. You do need the .NET 4 framework installed, but the client profile version works just fine.
How to install mods on Steam versions
Install the mod into this
if the installation has more than one setup file just install it into the same folder like the first one and patches too
Since http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1305493-total-war-discussion-3/page__view__findpost__p__19788436 I realize that were no such list of Steam version games in the OP, but below they are listed and let me know if there is something to add or correct that game list.
Retail Version
- Medieval TW
- Medieval 2 TW
- Rome TW
- Shogun TW
Steam Version
- Empire TW
- Napoleon TW
- Shogun 2 TW
- Rome 2 TW
- Attila TW
Please note that most retail games is also available on Steam except for Shogun TW and probably Medieval TW, because the older titles was development with either DX7 or DX8 for Windows 95/98 when they were released in the 90's.