Hi guys,
I am pleased to report that the Medieval II: Kingdoms Update is now available to download from the below mirror sites. Please ensure that you download the correct version and only get the Gold version if you have Medieval II: Gold Edition.
UK Gold Version:
Strategy Informer
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
US Gold Version
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Gameborder
Internode
DE Gold Edition:
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
FR Gold Edition
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
IT Gold Edition
Gamershell
Internode
ES Gold Edition
Gamershell
Internode
European Edition:
Strategy Informer
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
US Edition
Gameborder
File Factory
MEGA Upload
Russian, Polish, Czech Edition:
File Factory
Czech Edition:
CDProjekt
Japanese Edition:
SEGA
Direct2Drive Edition:
Direct2Drive
Please stay tuned to TotalWar.com as I will be posting more mirror links as they become available.
The official update includes the following fixes:
- Forts in the Crusades campaign are now made of stone.
- Fixed various units having incorrect shield values.
- Fixed a number of inconsistencies between units' speech and their unit cards.
- Fixed deployment zones being in unreachable locations on some river crossings and bridge battles.
- Byzantine Gunners are now available to be recruited in the Crusades campaign.
- Denmark now has Norwegian units available to them when the Kalmar Union is formed.
- The Kingdom of Jerusalem can now construct King's Stables.
- Byzantine can now construct a Marksmanship Range.
- Mangonels can now be constructed at Siege Works in the Teutonic campaign.
- Swordsmiths' Guild Headquarters now gives the correct bonus to Knights trained in the Crusades campaign.
- Fixed Lithuanian Arquebusiers firing too frequently.
- Fixed various units having incorrect banners on the battle map.
- Fixed exploit that allowed certain characters' stats to be raised by repeatedly saving the game.
- New Faction Leaders in the Teutonic campaign now have the correct model.
- Crusading Nobles can no longer become the Faction Leader in the Teutonic campaign.
- Fixed Wales not receiving reinforcements when capturing bordering English settlements.
- Requirements of various Apachean units have been reduced allowing them to be more easily obtained.
- Fixed the Norwegian banners displaying the Novgorod symbol when out of fog of war.
- The Baron's Alliance no longer re-emerges after taking control of England.
- Assassination missions targeting Crusading Nobles no longer expire when they are successfully carried out.
- Dead wives no longer produce children in the Crusades campaign.
- Faction heirs in the Americas campaign have had their loyalty increased to fix them rebelling early in the game.
- Players no longer receive incorrect event messages in hotseat games.
- Unique models on characters are removed when they change faction.
- Fixed the family tree disappearing when a princess is married to General who becomes the Faction Leader.
- Fixed Scottish family tree in the Britannia campaign.
- Fixed soft-lock that occurred with multiple armies on the battle map.
- Fixed crash that occurred when disbanding a unit whilst merging two armies.
- Crash after auto-resolving a siege battle from a hotseat save game no longer occurs.
- Crash that occurred when loading a battle from the campaign map edge no longer occurs.
- Kingdoms no longer crashes when playing battles after unpacking the game's data.
- Fixed unique unit recruitment in the Crusades campaign.
- Small black rectangles no longer appear on the campaign map.
- Improved siege auto-resolve for the Britannia, Crusades and Teutonic campaigns.
- Various localisation fixes.
There are also a number of miscellaneous fixes and balance tweaks included.
Thanks,
Mark O'Connell
(aka SenseiTW)
I am pleased to report that the Medieval II: Kingdoms Update is now available to download from the below mirror sites. Please ensure that you download the correct version and only get the Gold version if you have Medieval II: Gold Edition.
UK Gold Version:
Strategy Informer
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
US Gold Version
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Gameborder
Internode
DE Gold Edition:
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
FR Gold Edition
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
IT Gold Edition
Gamershell
Internode
ES Gold Edition
Gamershell
Internode
European Edition:
Strategy Informer
Worth Playing
Gamershell
Internode
US Edition
Gameborder
File Factory
MEGA Upload
Russian, Polish, Czech Edition:
File Factory
Czech Edition:
CDProjekt
Japanese Edition:
SEGA
Direct2Drive Edition:
Direct2Drive
Please stay tuned to TotalWar.com as I will be posting more mirror links as they become available.
The official update includes the following fixes:
- Forts in the Crusades campaign are now made of stone.
- Fixed various units having incorrect shield values.
- Fixed a number of inconsistencies between units' speech and their unit cards.
- Fixed deployment zones being in unreachable locations on some river crossings and bridge battles.
- Byzantine Gunners are now available to be recruited in the Crusades campaign.
- Denmark now has Norwegian units available to them when the Kalmar Union is formed.
- The Kingdom of Jerusalem can now construct King's Stables.
- Byzantine can now construct a Marksmanship Range.
- Mangonels can now be constructed at Siege Works in the Teutonic campaign.
- Swordsmiths' Guild Headquarters now gives the correct bonus to Knights trained in the Crusades campaign.
- Fixed Lithuanian Arquebusiers firing too frequently.
- Fixed various units having incorrect banners on the battle map.
- Fixed exploit that allowed certain characters' stats to be raised by repeatedly saving the game.
- New Faction Leaders in the Teutonic campaign now have the correct model.
- Crusading Nobles can no longer become the Faction Leader in the Teutonic campaign.
- Fixed Wales not receiving reinforcements when capturing bordering English settlements.
- Requirements of various Apachean units have been reduced allowing them to be more easily obtained.
- Fixed the Norwegian banners displaying the Novgorod symbol when out of fog of war.
- The Baron's Alliance no longer re-emerges after taking control of England.
- Assassination missions targeting Crusading Nobles no longer expire when they are successfully carried out.
- Dead wives no longer produce children in the Crusades campaign.
- Faction heirs in the Americas campaign have had their loyalty increased to fix them rebelling early in the game.
- Players no longer receive incorrect event messages in hotseat games.
- Unique models on characters are removed when they change faction.
- Fixed the family tree disappearing when a princess is married to General who becomes the Faction Leader.
- Fixed Scottish family tree in the Britannia campaign.
- Fixed soft-lock that occurred with multiple armies on the battle map.
- Fixed crash that occurred when disbanding a unit whilst merging two armies.
- Crash after auto-resolving a siege battle from a hotseat save game no longer occurs.
- Crash that occurred when loading a battle from the campaign map edge no longer occurs.
- Kingdoms no longer crashes when playing battles after unpacking the game's data.
- Fixed unique unit recruitment in the Crusades campaign.
- Small black rectangles no longer appear on the campaign map.
- Improved siege auto-resolve for the Britannia, Crusades and Teutonic campaigns.
- Various localisation fixes.
There are also a number of miscellaneous fixes and balance tweaks included.
Thanks,
Mark O'Connell
(aka SenseiTW)
I'm still receiving the error. The file downloads fine. Once WinRAR
attempts to open it, I receive the previously mentioned error message. 
