This Submod of Winter is Here, is designed for the Fire and Blood Mod. It features new characters, enhanced sounds, reworked map details, and map tweaking. A lot of bug fixes and a lot of files that were not attended to over time. There's much more to it, but this is the brief version.
A lot of effort went into the Submod. I explored each campaign, and I have to admit that the HBO House of the Dragon series inspired me to focus most of my work on the Dance of the Dragons campaign.
By - DEW-ME
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"I don't consider myself the best modder; there are many incredible modders in the Medieval 2: Total War community. I'm still an amateur, constantly learning and striving to improve my skills every day."
Instructions -
Step 1: Download the Submod game from our Home Page on ModDB.
Step 2: Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder and unzip or unpack it using a file extraction program.
Step 3: Once the game is unpacked, navigate to your Medieval 2: Total War Mods directory and delete the Original Fire and Blood, and place the unpacked folder that is the Submod that you downloaded from us into the "mods" folder within your Medieval 2: Total War installation.
Step 4: You will find two files: "4Gb_Patch.exe" and "Large Address Aware.exe (LAA)." Please do both! Once you open either of the executable files, browse for your Medieval 2 game folder. Select "medieval2.exe," click "Open," and save the process. Repeat this for "kingdoms.exe" and save. If you happen to not have the "kingdoms.exe" already, then it's best to make one. So, copy the "medieval2.exe" and paste it into the Medieval 2 Total war folder and rename it to "kingdoms" and accept.
Step 5: To play the game, run the program called "M2TWEOP GUI.exe" and click "Run Mod." You may adjust the settings if you wish, but it should already be preset to the "Con.cfg" file we provided. Remember to always launch the Submod using the M2TWEOP program. If you try to use the ".bat" file, the game will crash. Special thanks to Sir Fynn for allowing me to use this program for the Submod.
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Notes -
1 : If you're experiencing issues, whether minor like crashes or a black menu, please ensure you're using a legitimate version of Medieval II: Total War. The Submod may not function properly with a torrent version or an older edition of the game. For the best experience, it's recommended to run the Submod with the latest version of Medieval II: Total War, which is the Definitive Edition. You can find the game for sale on Steam Store or other Gaming Store platforms.
2 : You do not need to download the Fire and Blood Mod separately; the Submod already runs on the Fire and Blood V2.5 program, the Submod is over 11GB so double check you have space ready for the download and the game !
3 : This is just Alpha Version 1 of the "Winter is Here" Submod. I plan to release Alpha 2 before Christmas 2024.
4 : This Submod is a passion project of mine, inspired by the glorious Fire and Blood Mod created by Peaman. I am grateful for everything he has accomplished for us Game of Thrones fans.
5 : You can find our Discord on our ModDB homepage. There will be a box on the right side labeled "Profile." Within that box, you will see a link that says "Homepage Discord.gg." Click on this link to join our Discord server. I do not think ModDB allows us to type in direct Discord links, so clicking the Homepage Discord.gg link will take you to our server.
6 : I have many plans for the Submod. My main inspirations for it come from the Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Crusader Kings 3 Game of Thrones Mods.
7 : If you are having issues running the game, due to your laptop or computer not being modern, I would suggest turning off the "DXVK" within the "M2TWEOP GUI Settings" I have to do this for my School Laptop.
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Special Thanks to -
WK | Kautto Ville
Jebusreturned
Fingon
Mekkermann
Urbgen
Medik
Fynn
Gery
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By - DEW-ME
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"I don't consider myself the best modder; there are many incredible modders in the Medieval 2: Total War community. I'm still an amateur, constantly learning and striving to improve my skills every day."
![Winter is Here [Alpha 1 - Steam/Definitive Edition]](https://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/276/275403/Winter_Is_Here_Alpha.jpg)
![Winter is Here [Alpha 1 - Steam/Definitive Edition]](https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/63/62363/crop_120x90/Winter_Is_Here_Alpha.jpg)
Hi, my pc can't handle the DXVK experimental mode jajaja
Fire & Blood it's my favorite med2 mod and this submode it's just amazing!
Thanks Dew
@Regam712 I have it turned off on my laptop, but it is turned on with my big gaming computer.
I am very glad you are enjoying it !
Note : I did add this issue in the step notes, thanks again !
This is a real holiday! Thanks! And good luck in the future! I will keep an eye on your creativity.
Thanks!
Hi, so far everything is fine, there have been no departures and everything is very beautiful! But why do I have a black screen in the main menu?
Thank you for your response! The main menu should feature the White Walker and falling snow. I tested it with a few friends and watched them play before releasing it. It might be a computer-specific issue on your end? Please reply when you can, and we can work from there. Thank you!
I doubt that the problem is with my PC, because I have a very powerful one. I've been playing M2 for over 15 years, so I don't even know what to think.
If you do not mind, can you join our Discord, so I can see it. I pulled up some solutions, but it is a long list, and I have asked some other modders what the issue could be ; waiting for a reply. I have not faced this issue before.
All right, I'll write to you in Discord
I was able to go into your profile and send you a message with our discord link, if you could not find the hyperlink on the home page.
Update - We were able to figure out the issue, the Guest was running the game in a Torrent of Med 2, once he ran it through the regular version through Steam, everything worked great!
Great mod but I suggest reducing the the of the font or there is a way I can do it myself? Thanks
Hello, the font was provided by Urbgen from the Medieval Mod of Insularis Draco. He's currently working on a patch for the font, but I'm not sure when it will be available for me to update. I did encounter some issues with the font, particularly with long names and titles. In some cases, I had to shorten the titles to fit them within the management scrolls. However, if a leader with a long title dies, the next leader without a long title ; the font will display correctly on the management scrolls.
thanks for this great Submod. The problem of crashes during campaigns resolved but still on custom battle have some issues specially on "special" option of the "period" list on factions like Targaryen.
And I have a suggestion for custom battle.
Is it possible add important characters of each faction of the game with their avatars which available on campaigns on custom battle section as units too?
it could be on special option on period.
for example GOT characters which are available on campaigns and Targaryen kings.
thanks
Oh dear, I completely overlooked that when testing in custom battles—I always had it set to the "Fire and Blood" option. I didn't even think to check the other periods like "Specials" I'll definitely look into this and remove the two "N/A" entries that are showing up for some reason. Also, I'll make sure to add the important characters to the custom battles. I’ve been so focused on the campaign side, trying to make it feel like Crusader Kings 3. I still have a lot planned for the Submod.
Fancy, even with the liege lords? XD HAHA do your best I look forward playing it when I get free time.
When playing Clash of Kings as Targaryen (Greens) there is a crash to desktop at the end of the turn every 8 turns. On the original mod there is a CTD every 31 turns. What could be causing this? Not sure how it varies from faction to faction, but it's always on the end of turn with the "Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit." error.
This is quite unusual. I tested it myself and had a friend do the same on his version—everything worked perfectly with no crashes. I tried to send you a Discord link via "DM" so we can work together to fix this issue. But your profile is hidden, can you join our Discord through the homepage please?
I experienced this "crash to desktop" thing on previous original mod versions of 2.5 and 2.4 fire and blood during Maegor Targaryen faction. Also in menu campaign when I switch and scroll several times between factions and campaigns it happened.
But in this submod sounds like the inside crashes of factions solved, at least for Maegor Targaryen faction which I played most. Although in the menu campaign if I switch and scroll several times between factions or campaigns this "crash to desktop" still occur.
Im not sure these two things related to each other or not.
He joined discord, i sent him a message, I'm testing all these factions to your 31 mark and up to 50 on fast click and no crashes so far on my end. You guys would not be happening to be playing the game in a torrent file version would you or an old med 2 version ?
For me, the game version is updated Steam version with those 4g patches.
I tested on cracked versions and different PCs too and were same about some mods like this one.
for me, in this submod version, the inside campaign crashes and clicking too many factions in a single campaign sounds like solved
but
This "menu too much clicking bug" on switching custom campaigns too much, still happen on this mod and Tsardoms Total War, but no other noticeable mods.
it's a little bit annoying but I can prevent it by limit my clicks on switching campaigns.
About clicking too many factions at once ; I did this in other mods and it happen, even back in DaC early days. I think to be honest there is still soooo many bugs to fix that I need to fix them all and maybe that will fix the system. I would just click the factions more slow like for now.
DEW-ME helped me trubleshoot the issue and it looks like it works fine now turn 80+
This is what we tried:
1. NVIDIA Control Panel -> 3D Settings -> Configure Surround Physix -> Physix settings processor -> (select your GPU)
2. NVIDIA Control Panel -> 3D Settings -> Manage 3D settings -> Power Management Mode -> Prefer maximum performance
3. Go to Steam\steamapps\common\Medieval II Total War\dxsetup and install dxsetup.exe
4. Set kingdoms.exe and medieval2.exe to win 7 compatibility mode
Definitely try step 1. if you have NVIDIA
And Update your computer on settings. :D
- He hasn't updated his computer in a long time.
But I am glad we got it, if anyone else has issues please let me know!
Hello thanks for you work! Evrything looks great so far. Just encountered some "mistakes" in war of conquest campaign for example Karstark family member uses Tallhart model or Bolton one uses Stark model on campaign map. I did not notice anything else everyone else had their own i think (Dustin,Umber,Glover.etc) I dont know if it is just with Stark faction or anyone else. Anyway sorry for the rant. Excited for future updates!
Thanks for the reply, I will look to get this fixed for Conquest Campaign for Alpha V2. At the moment my new College Semester has started, so there will not be an update until Dec 2024 I think.
Recently I notice another bug when reviewing voices of characters.
Some characters which could have their own voice from original series like Jamie Lannister and even Cersei Lannister has regular male generals voices or Tyrion Lannister and Jorah Mormont in Daenerys Targaryen faction has their own voices but it getting mixed up with regular generals voices...
Is it possible to fix these voice problems?
thanks
Lol, I spent a week trying to fix that bug, even with all the help and TWC guides. I finally added it to the list for Alpha 2 for when I understand modding better, and I got to the point I was getting too mad at myself.
Do you have any ideas on how to kill the dragons? new player.
Artillery is not in the files yet, I can put it in a patch if people really need it now, or save the files for Alpha Version 2. A lot of Archers maybe, other dragons if you are playing the other Targaryens. Or a horde of Calvary and rush it. I thought the dragons were too easy to kill and was planning to make them more difficult.
where can I recruit artillery there is no such a building in the game.
Artillery is not in the files yet, I can put it in a patch if people really need it now, or save the files for Alpha Version 2.
Thank you kindly !
Thank you, craving for more surprises in your mod, Thank you.
You bet! More fixes to do and more stuff, I'm gonna try to make it like Crusader Kings 3 but in Total War :) ; that's the long haul plan of mine.
Hello, I have a question about conquering other settlements but you cannot build any building that can recruit a unit, I'm playing as a bolton in the time of Blackfyre Rebellion then I conquer the settlement of the wildlings then after I conquered the settlement and want to recruit a unit then are no building to build to recruit a unit? why? I cannot maintain may settlement in the fight need to recruit a unit far away.
Hello, I haven't made many edits to that campaign yet, but I'll ensure they're added to the recruitment roster for Alpha 2. From a lore perspective, I'm curious—if the Boltons, Starks, or any other kingdom conquered the area north of the Wall, would they spare the Wildlings? I imagine they'd likely wipe them out. I'll get this fixed, though. Additionally, I plan to unite the Boltons with the Starks, as the Boltons were bannermen at that time, not a separate faction.
Delivery having fun recruiting the wildlings they are cheap and strong plus the Giants, love to smack other factions by the Giants hahahahahaha. In another timeline, you can recruit the unit like wildlings love the wildlings :). Thanks for the mod brother!! :) And Craving for more surprises :)
Congrats on the release.