Total War: Medieval 2

I was touching around settings on PlayOnLinux configuration for this game and my best right now is
GLSL Support -> Disable
Off screen Rendering Mode->fbo

Nvidia 650 GTX
Its moves softly and game not freezes during big battles anymore, im happy.

Bypassing launcher can be done this way:

Going to the installation directory and renaming Launcher.exe to something and then creating a symbolic link to medieval2.exe from Launcher.exe:

cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/SteamApps/common/Medieval II Total War"
ln -s medieval2.exe Launcher.exe

Now Steam will launch medieval2.exe directly.

I tried this but it crashes after the intro movie saying it encountered and unexpected error and will now exit. Has anyone else seen this issue? I can add the console output if needed.

Hey,

I installed Medieval 2 Total War from steam.
I have installed dotnet35 and directx9.
The launcher crashes with the following error:

*
Error in the application.
-2147024891 (E_ACCESSDENIED)
at Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback.Audio.Open(String fileName, Boolean autoRun)
at Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback.Audio..ctor(String fileName, Boolean autoRun)
at Launcher.LauncherMainForm.ApplySkins()
at Launcher.LauncherMainForm.LoadLauncher()
at Launcher.LauncherMainForm.LauncherMainForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Additional console output:

fixme:wtsapi:WTSQuerySessionInformationW Stub (nil) 0xffffffff 4 0x94e6a4 0x94e69c
fixme:sync:CreateMemoryResourceNotification (0) stub
err:ole:CoGetContextToken apartment not initialised
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Windows.Forms"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Drawing"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"CoreLib"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"SkinLib"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Drawing"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"AxInterop.SHDocVw"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Launcher.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Launcher.resources"
fixme:ieframe:WebBrowser_QueryInterface (0x1755d8)->({c3fcc19e-a970-11d2-8b5a-00a0c9b7c9c4} 0x32e76c) interface not supported
fixme:ieframe:ProvideClassInfo_GetClassInfo (0x1755d8)->(0x32e644)
fixme:ieframe:WebBrowser_QueryInterface (0x1755d8)->({00000144-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} 0x32e658) interface not supported
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Interop.SHDocVw"
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1755d8)->(ffffffff)
fixme:ieframe:PersistStreamInit_Load (0x1755d8)->(0x389ffb0)
fixme:ieframe:WebBrowser_QueryInterface (0x17a9f0)->({c3fcc19e-a970-11d2-8b5a-00a0c9b7c9c4} 0x32e76c) interface not supported
fixme:ieframe:ProvideClassInfo_GetClassInfo (0x17a9f0)->(0x32e644)
fixme:ieframe:WebBrowser_QueryInterface (0x17a9f0)->({00000144-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} 0x32e658) interface not supported
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x17a9f0)->(ffffffff)
fixme:ieframe:PersistStreamInit_Load (0x17a9f0)->(0x389ff30)
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1755d8)->(0)
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x17a9f0)->(0)
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"UpdateLib"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml"
fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x32e4c8:10; TargetFrameName 0x32e4a0:10)
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x32e4c8:10; TargetFrameName 0x32e4a0:10)
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Microsoft.DirectX"
err:ole:CoInitializeEx Attempt to change threading model of this apartment from apartment threaded to multi-threaded
err:ole:COMPOBJ_DllList_Add couldn't load in-process dll L"C:\\windows\\system32\\quartz.dll"
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {e436ebb3-524f-11ce-9f53-0020af0ba770} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette stub
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 1
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 2
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 2
fixme:wtsapi:WTSQuerySessionInformationW Stub (nil) 0xffffffff 4 0x94e6a0 0x94e698
fixme:wtsapi:WTSQuerySessionInformationW Stub (nil) 0xffffffff 4 0x94e6a0 0x94e698
fixme:wtsapi:WTSQuerySessionInformationW Stub (nil) 0xffffffff 4 0x94e6e4 0x94e6dc
fixme:wtsapi:WTSQuerySessionInformationW Stub (nil) 0xffffffff 4 0x94e6a4 0x94e69c
err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10060
err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10060
fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x32c9b8:10; TargetFrameName 0x32c990:10)
fixme:ieframe:handle_navigation_error Navigate to error page
fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x32c9b8:10; TargetFrameName 0x32c990:10)
fixme:ieframe:handle_navigation_error Navigate to error page
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 11
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 14
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x6bfe8fc, overlapped 0x6bfe8e0): stub
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus (0x175688)->((null) 1 0x32d4d8 (nil))
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus command_0: 27, 0x0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x175688)->(0x32d4e8)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x175688)->(0x32e558)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 11
fixme:ieframe:BindStatusCallback_OnProgress status code 14
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus (0x17aaa0)->((null) 1 0x32d4d8 (nil))
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus command_0: 27, 0x0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x17aaa0)->(0x32d4e8)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x17aaa0)->(0x32e558)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 29
fixme:ieframe:DocHostUIHandler_GetDropTarget (0x175688)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 29
fixme:ieframe:DocHostUIHandler_GetDropTarget (0x17aaa0)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d0-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:PropertyNotifySink_OnChanged unimplemented dispid 1005
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d0-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d0-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:PropertyNotifySink_OnChanged unimplemented dispid 1005
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d0-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32d91c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:resource:GetGuiResources (0xffffffff,0): stub
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 29
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {de4ba900-59ca-11cf-9592-444553540000}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 35
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 28
fixme:ieframe:DocObjectService_FireDocumentComplete 0x6a58f20 0x6a7aeb0 0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 29
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented group {de4ba900-59ca-11cf-9592-444553540000}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 35
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 28
fixme:ieframe:DocObjectService_FireDocumentComplete 0x6a72e00 0x69c07d0 0
fixme:wtsapi:WTSQuerySessionInformationW Stub (nil) 0xffffffff 4 0x94e6a0 0x94e698

Hi, I have a similar issue. Please, try to install DirectX9 form the game folder (/home/%USER%/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Medieval II Total War/dxsetup/) - in my case it helps.