This INSANE Total War Mod is EVERYTHING - SSHIP Review for Medieval 2 Total War

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2023
  • I thought I had discovered everything Medieval 2 had to offer, but no! The Stainless Steel Historical Improvement Project mod is simply fantastic (and yes, I realize I say Historical Immersion Project in the video, darn my CK2 modding mod playing days) and elevates what was already an awesome overhaul to true legendary status. SSHIP uses the original Stainless Steel as its base, and adds so much complexity, historical flavor and Total War goodness on top, that we're left with a mod that truly revolutionizes Medieval 2 all these years later - and yes, the mod is STILL being worked on!
    In all seriousness, between SSHIP for Medieval 2 and MK1212AD for Attila, we have an amazing set of Medieval experiences available to us, two of which I sincerely hope Creative Assembly themselves take some great lessons from. Let me know what you think of SSHIP and this video in the comments, and don't forget to leave a like and subscribe to the channel! :)
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  • @arthurdaffos1490
    @arthurdaffos1490 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +374

    I love that in the midst of the TWWH3 fiasco people are going back to med2 more and more with those outstanding mods. I played several versions and submods of Divide and Conquer for maybe a decade or so, and to me its the best total war experience. But this, this brings vanilla medieval to a whole new level. Now staring at the main menu. I guess i wont sleep a lot tonight.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Love it! I'll for sure be trying out Divide and Conquer sometime soon hopefully, never played - but I have countless hours in Third Age!

    • @arthurdaffos1490
      @arthurdaffos1490 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@@AndysTakeits third age +++ for many, with plenty of scripts and many New factions compared to third age, i Hope you will like it. Keep up the content 👍

    • @Marshmobilise
      @Marshmobilise 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Let’s hope CA doesn’t give med2 the shogun2 treatment and break the mods out of spite.

    • @looseleaf8859
      @looseleaf8859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      The mechanics of those older games just feel good to me. Like being able to run units around to replenish and and train, building up all the cities, and seeing trade between them. Don't get me wrong I like most of the TW games, but there's just something about the handling of those games that just feel more immersive, and this mod really takes it all to a whole new level

    • @dennisjasonbago3659
      @dennisjasonbago3659 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree 100%. after all that release. I still have M2TW on my laptop. love the good classics

  • @EresirThe1st
    @EresirThe1st 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    Let’s hope medieval 2 gets an uncapped remaster like Rome did and we can finally get a full map total war gme

    • @MsSirAndy
      @MsSirAndy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That would be awesome with some enhanced and removed harcodding, better graphics, controls, camera and pathfinding and improved AI!

    • @krystofcisar469
      @krystofcisar469 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      not sure if that would be too great... game studios today are not interested in developing one complete banger of a game... They prefer if that franchise crap with shitloads of dlcs.

    • @im_misfar940
      @im_misfar940 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why should we get a remaster ,we deserve medieval 3!

    • @sergiodiaz2725
      @sergiodiaz2725 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The way CA is doing nowadays that’s the best case scenario.

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@im_misfar940 look at the direction TW has been taking for at least the last decade. Does any of that sound good for M3 ?
      At least with an uncapped remaster, you know whay to expect, and let modders build the campaign on that. While a M3 is almost certainly guaranteed to fail if it doesn't come with a brand new engine.

  • @djmustang000
    @djmustang000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Loving this mod.
    When I have to put an army together it always feels like you are preparing for a campaign.
    I would recruit a unit from a few settlements so as to not fully deplete any of them in-case of emergency, which leads to a greater visual diversity. In a army where fully mailed Spearman from Paris fight besides unupgraded Spearmen from Toulouse, supporting a core of golden chevron foot knigths I've been moving around since the start of that save, all coming together under the command of a general I'm sending on the field in the hope of solving his drinking problem 😂
    I wish you could rename individual units like in Empire, cause some of these units could tell a story.

    • @BashfulRoy
      @BashfulRoy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This sounds really immersive and quite deep from a gameplay perspective as well! Too bad the series strayed away from that path

    • @dusk6159
      @dusk6159 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Now it's actually closer to the Bellum Crucis mod, with this map too

  • @kostickostic3894
    @kostickostic3894 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    Thank you for this exciting presentation of the SSHIP 098 mod!
    What I disliked most about the vanilla versions of M2TW was the historical imprecision, the anachronistic appearance of many units.
    Trying to improve historical credibility was my obsession and that's why I became one of the SSHIP modders focusing on the visual aspect of the units.
    The units have been reworked to improve immersion... and it's not over !
    If I take care of the visual part, other modders work on the other aspects for even more historical immersion. For us, it's exciting. For players, I hope it's a good gaming experience !

    • @CheriShin21
      @CheriShin21 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awesome work on the units kostic!

    • @danielducken2843
      @danielducken2843 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much, Kostic. You do a wonderful job and you're units are spectacular and historical!

    • @user-kc5gf3rw3n
      @user-kc5gf3rw3n 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your service much love ❤to all the modders.

    • @MrUncucked
      @MrUncucked 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for what you do. This game is my childhood

    • @ethanbrown7198
      @ethanbrown7198 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Such a great looking job. Modders deserve so much more than what CA can put out.

  • @MagicCuboid
    @MagicCuboid 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It's great to see this mod still lives and is getting such attention! I contributed probably 12 years ago by patching in unit rosters and touching up some Lithuania city placement/naming, among other things. I'd be surprised if any of the work I did still lives in the mod, but I'm still proud of the (everchanging) team nonetheless :)

  • @oliverhughes610
    @oliverhughes610 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    I did a bit of work with the SSHIP team years ago, though I don't know if any of them are still working on it. Great to see it has had a couple releases this year. Some of my absolute favourite experiences playing Med2 were with SSHIP.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      that's great, what kind of work did you do?

    • @oliverhughes610
      @oliverhughes610 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @AndysTake nothing fancy, just some testing, bug reporting and a few event writeups!

    • @ShadowOfTheSPQR
      @ShadowOfTheSPQR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's under very active development, though some faces have left ie, Lifthrasir, and been replaced with others ie, Jurand.

    • @oliverhughes610
      @oliverhughes610 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ShadowOfTheSPQR Yes, I know the development is ongoing, obviously given this video, but I was referring with 'any of them' to the folks like Lifth who were involved with it.

    • @ShadowOfTheSPQR
      @ShadowOfTheSPQR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oliverhughes610 Perhaps you might recognize some, involved users today include kostic, Belovèse and Macaras. More on the side include j. a. luna and eyelurker. It's not a complete list since I'm not exactly sure who the full team are and I cannot find a clear list...

  • @Shiro-bj2fc
    @Shiro-bj2fc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Ca doesnt know how much money theyre missing

  • @looseleaf8859
    @looseleaf8859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I've been really getting into this mod lately. At first the mechanics got pretty frustrating, but once I got used to them over time I've actually really grown to appreciate and enjoy them. Was just a taste to get acquired to. Especially like how this mod has been the only solution to the game encompassing total war steamroll I've seen, and can really wear you thin the larger you expand
    Having a blast now sorting everyone's little fief titles like a nerd and having to take the time to build up little Norman strongholds as Sicily!

    • @squidmanfedsfeds5301
      @squidmanfedsfeds5301 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m kinda interested in the mod, how does it kind of stop the late game steam roll

    • @looseleaf8859
      @looseleaf8859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It has a lot of little things that all add up together: like having a longer time for cities to assimilate (PO wise), very slow recruitment replenishment, and aggressive AI sending stacks to wear you down that you have a hard time replacing in war of attrition (on hard difficulty which is really vh anywhere else ). I'm personally 150+ turns in and having a hard time keeping my realm together having to fight back powerful neighbors and drawn out wars. I've had to cut my losses and cede some territory in some places to keep a grip in others, and I've never personally been threatened and had to struggle in keeping my realm together this far in a tw game @@squidmanfedsfeds5301

    • @charlesmiv3842
      @charlesmiv3842 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Ay, I'm playing Sicily too, turn 146 at the moment. I have yet to crown my king. But yeah, I've been keeping up with giving all of my generals and family members their proper landed titles. It's tough though because every semi aggressive action you take, the world seems to hate your more for it. City assimilation is insane too. Like if you want the city you captured to finally stop disliking you fully, it's like 150+ turns lol

    • @squidmanfedsfeds5301
      @squidmanfedsfeds5301 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@looseleaf8859 interesting sound like realistic mechanics maybe I’ll give the mod a look
      Thanks for the replies guys and good luck on the campaigns

    • @blacklight4720
      @blacklight4720 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      150 turns?! I think I'll pass.@@charlesmiv3842

  • @seraphx26
    @seraphx26 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    The Freecam mod has reinvigorated Medieval 2 alongside mods like this, the graphics are just fine for me since I grew up playing games with far worse graphics than this.

    • @Konrad_IV
      @Konrad_IV 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm just not really getting used to the moving speed of the free cam, other than that absolutely. Are there any ways to up that?

    • @bentocampos301
      @bentocampos301 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Konrad_IV just go on the raedme config and change the camera speed

    • @MDE_never_dies
      @MDE_never_dies 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The bad graphics adds charm to the game for me.

  • @samh98239
    @samh98239 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    It realistically the best revamp of Med 2. The politics take getting used to but the new system keeps the late game fresh. Also the units both faction based and mercenary are unbelievably detailed. The economy is a bit daunting at first but is not as hard to use as it first comes off. I’d say it’s an all around solid mod well worth playing.

  • @HistoricalGameplay
    @HistoricalGameplay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Great video, good to see the mod is still being developed. and love what they've done with unit costs and replenishment - adds historical realism by turning armies into a much more valuable asset and war waging into a matter of life and death, all as it should be. thanks for the video.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Been playing a Byzantine campaign and loving it, just not ready to upload just yet. Hope to see you cover it if you have time.

    • @HistoricalGameplay
      @HistoricalGameplay 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IceniTotalWar thanks mate. I havent touched SSHIP in a long while, in fact havent even got M2TW installed atm. but its really good to see these old mods still being developed. maybe there will be remastered one day, who know, we can always dream:)

  • @antalito3047
    @antalito3047 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve just downloaded this thanks to your video and I’m really enjoying this so far! I’ve played some with the original Stainless Steel but it kept crashing so I eventually abandoned it. This one is way more stable and it has so much depth to it! You really need to be thoughtful of your actions and take a lot of things into account. I also enjoy that it’s more slow paced, I’m a player that likes to take his time to strengthen his empire before expanding further so this mod really fits me. And I also want to highlight how good the music is! It really helps you to immerse yourself in medieval life of Europe🤗

    • @HistoricalTW
      @HistoricalTW 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you probably played OG stainless steel without the meelo bugfix then. OG SS with the bugfix compilation is more stable than SSHIP. I'd even dare say it's as stable as vanilla, and I have over 1000 hours in stainless steel 6.4 so I should know by now.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HistoricalTW Yep the version with bug fixes is highly stable, haven't had any crashes in SSHIP so far but i've played that a lot less. Do you upload as well ?

  • @ivansalamon7028
    @ivansalamon7028 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Playing this mod as Lithuania was amazing. I actually lost in the end but it was one of the best campaign experiences I've ever had. Filled with cool battles too. SSHIP really plays incredibly well. The couple flaws that I remember, thr biggest of which was an odd way the BAI disengaged by going backwards, but that might have been fixed. Some unit skins are vanilla and some are new. While both are great, it does give a feeling of thematic inconsistency. Otherwise, it's a really great, functionally great experience.

    • @HansWurst1569
      @HansWurst1569 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Try Tsardoms Total War for Medieval 2 if you're interested in a more uniform experience. The units in that also look AMAZING!

    • @ivansalamon7028
      @ivansalamon7028 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HansWurst1569 Aye, I was waiting for it. It looks great. Still, you could say that I have had a lot of experience with various beautiful mods for Medieval II that were hampered dramatically by its incompetent AI. Somehow by the time Tsardoms was finished I got on board with the idea that this was kind of the rule rather than the exception. How's the challenge BAI/CAI and overall gameplay in Tsardoms? Does the AI field armies competently? Are big battles a thing? Is the economy not woefully easy to manage etc?

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can Lithuania change religions in SSHIP ?

    • @nomooon
      @nomooon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ivansalamon7028 I remember on every campaign start, I would remove fog of war on the campaign map, look at every faction for several turns, and see if they aggressively expand. If they don't, I would assume the current campaign is plagued by passive AI, and proceed to restart campaign.

    • @Phantom-xp2co
      @Phantom-xp2co 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ivansalamon7028tsardom is way more focused on battles than Sship.
      Expect to face some nasty offensives since the main theme of the mod is the ottoman advance in Europe.
      The battle ai is good, all units are reskinned according to the time period, settlements have unique 3d models on the campaign map.
      The economy is easier to manage compared to sship, but still harder than vanilla.
      To me it's the best mod for medieval 2

  • @midshipman8654
    @midshipman8654 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love sship, both the units and gameplay are really great. Even on the more gamy side, one thing i kinda didnt like in stainless steel plain was how quickly enemies chain routed and how absurdly powerful cavalry was. In SSHIP chain routing is still possible, but it isnt inevitable if units are well formed alongside others, and cav is still appropriately powerful for a medieval game, but isn’t like a hot knife through EVERYTHING, including stationary braced shields in defence mode. Also, I absolutely love the early era look. pre great helm visored helmet knights are beautiful.
    I do wish the teutonic order was in it though. that was my favorite looking faction in stainless steel.

  • @M3atheadGaming
    @M3atheadGaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This mod is awesome, it brings more depth and an extra challenge to Stainless Steel. I`m currently playing a Crusader campaign, and I really enjoy the fact that I have to micromanage garrisons/important battles and that every decision has to be spot on, especially on the harder difficulties. Props to the modding team for putting in the effort into the GOAT total war game !

  • @barrysworld640
    @barrysworld640 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great job on this review! Downloaded SHIP Med 2 mod earlier today, so found your review very insightful and a good reason to dust off the cobwebs on Med 2 and get into this "oldie, but a goldie" total war game! Who needs "Pharaoh"! Ha! Ha!

  • @bloodsalt
    @bloodsalt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful video mate. I adore SSHIP and only just started it last week. It’s a close tie between this and Divide Et Impera for Rome2 as my favourite TW experience

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Both seem designed around slower pacing, longer recruitment/ less armies and longer battles and harder economy. I've watched a lot of DEI but not played but i have SSHIP.

    • @bloodsalt
      @bloodsalt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think that SSHIP has a lot more depth to it. Really feels like the time periods are flavoured with historical events. DEI is beautiful! Really recommend it if youre coming from SSHIP, you should have no problem with it as its a lot less punishing@@IceniTotalWar

  • @kainwittrig2180
    @kainwittrig2180 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Personally I think we’re entering a new era of medical 2 modding these are the mods that people have worked on for a decade plus or so and they’re just finally playable this along with tsardoms are telling soon I’m sure we’ll get some more mods just as quality as these ones

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Med 2 modding scene is alive and kicking ! i mean really kicking, so many new mods are still being made and many older mods are being updated. Rome Remastered has also helped with the Rome 1 modding scene as many are getting ported over to RR.

    • @MsSirAndy
      @MsSirAndy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IceniTotalWar I think that Medieval 2 mods will become even more amazing once they are going to be ported when the remaster arrives, with newer HD graphics and enhanced gameplay. Do you agree?

  • @erlendks5185
    @erlendks5185 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, now i have another project to embark upon this Christmas 😉

  • @SilverSoulxd
    @SilverSoulxd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is funny, I just started playing Medieval 2. I started playing the franchise with Empire total war (which remains my favourite to this day), but then I went trying Rome 1 (which I loved) and now Medieval 2. At first I didn't really understand why so many people loved this game so much, but after getting more hours into it I'm starting to see why, such a lovely game. I have played it only vanilla, but when I finish my current campaign I'll try the mods :)

    • @StopFlaggingVideos
      @StopFlaggingVideos 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      oh man its so different. i havent played vanilla m2 in almost a decade. adding stainless steel on top of it is a totally different game, 10x the difficulty and complexity. it almost made it not as fun at first, when you're used to smashing everything and spamming full knight armies in vanilla. i'm going to install SSHIP now, and i expect it to be even harder than stainless steel. mods on mods on mods

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're going to be overwhelmed by the amount of awesome overhaul mods both historical and fantasy ! have fun .

  • @hanswurst-gp7pi
    @hanswurst-gp7pi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Are the late-game units with plate-armour available in the mod?
    A few years ago I played an early version of SSHIP, back then there only was the 'primitive' early-middle-ages armor.

    • @HistoricalTW
      @HistoricalTW 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yeah you can get plate armour units and they are pretty well fleshed out in custom battles at least, you "just" have to make it to turn 400 or so. currently on turn 200 as england and I still don't have longbows for example.

  • @nightflyer40
    @nightflyer40 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great vid! This mod looks awesome.

  • @Velkan1396
    @Velkan1396 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Would you do a showcase of the late era units?

    • @ismaelhossam
      @ismaelhossam 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The mod has only 1132 campaign
      No late units 😮

    • @EstebanPalomino620
      @EstebanPalomino620 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ismaelhossamlate unit are in the mods like gendarme and reiter

    • @CheriShin21
      @CheriShin21 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah but those are the late units from the regular Stainless Steel mod, and much lower in quality compared to the early era units in SSHIP. Hopefully the team would still work on the late era after finishing the early era.

    • @EstebanPalomino620
      @EstebanPalomino620 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CheriShin21 yeah they have a partnership with tsardom, they could maybe use some of their models

    • @CheriShin21
      @CheriShin21 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EstebanPalomino620 that would be awesome!

  • @lukasz85122
    @lukasz85122 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My fav mod for medieval . I love how slow and hard campaign is and how expensive units are so you think twice before you decide go to the battle !
    I hope they reskin cities as well soon

  • @MedjayofFaiyum
    @MedjayofFaiyum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great video, another mod to add onto my list
    I just wished this had custom cities or castles historically

  • @jessiemeisenheimer8675
    @jessiemeisenheimer8675 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I like slow paced mods so that's already a plus for me. I don't like expanding quickly or building armies when not war so the recruit mirrors how I actually play.
    Messages that pop up telling you conquered cities have partially and then fully integrated into your empire after hundreds of years was a highlight for me. Really makes you feel like you're spreading your own culture while dominating and eventually replacing the culture of your conquered enemies. The messages regarding political and military reforms and events is also immersive.
    Not a huge fan of the constant corruption but that's so minor it really doesn't matter. The economy is a bit difficult to get a hang of the first 40 turns but past that it won't be that much of a problem.

    • @notzaran5977
      @notzaran5977 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      if you like slow based you might like something I enjoy as well. you can reduce casualty rate for melee. meaning you can reduce how many soldiers die over time. one thing that really bugged me was that soldiers die too quickly. with this it is an actual slow burn so tactics are actually at play instead of them dying too quickly

  • @iuliannastasa6592
    @iuliannastasa6592 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Practically, it's Europa Barbarorum for MTW 2. And this is good! (Europa Barbaroum being a mod for RTW 1 - a fantastic mod, a masterpiece, probably the best mod for a game I ever played).

    • @John_Smith777
      @John_Smith777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      eb2 uses the mtw2 engine.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@John_Smith777 Yeah the EB team moved onto Med 2 and both the Rome 1 / Med 2 mods are great. Rome EB got ported over to the Remaster and i think EB2 is using the overhauled engine project to allow them to do more with the game 🤔🤔

  • @gaddeszeha7634
    @gaddeszeha7634 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Andy, love your videos. Could you write me or do a video about the AI in the several M2TW mods? I love the base game as well as vanilla beyond and SS but i hate the AI cheating at a certain level of difficulty (Spawning units from nowhere etc). Same goes for unrealistic decissions like portugal sailing all the way to attack me on the other side of the map.
    Which mod provides the best AI that toggles these flaws in this awesome game?

  • @IHateChelly
    @IHateChelly 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The Crown System is a bit of a headache though. While i find the idea really great, you don't have enough control over who becomes heir in your campaign. The mod comes with the "next heir script", but even with that, sometimes someone who becomes a usurper or a regent becomes heir, even though the kings' sons are of age. It makes succession very stressful, especially if you consider that it did not work this way in the middle ages. Still love the mod, but the crowns system is annoying.

    • @Marshmobilise
      @Marshmobilise 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I mean that’s accurate. Plenty of kings dukes and so on became kings for no reason other than being born first. Having no control over that is part and parcel of medieval politics.

    • @jessiemeisenheimer8675
      @jessiemeisenheimer8675 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@MarshmobiliseTrue but it's a pain in the ass to deal with. It's an instance of where I'd trade better gameplay over historicity.

    • @croatianmaster8178
      @croatianmaster8178 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Just take general u dont wont as a hier and attack large army he will die whit ur problem haha !

  • @jimmyngo2191
    @jimmyngo2191 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bought this game 2 weeks ago and really enjoy it. I'll try this mod and see if it can entertain me more.

  • @alldamnnamesaretaken
    @alldamnnamesaretaken 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There's a new version of Stainless Steel? God i loved M2TW, it's modability was so great, even in Stainless steel you can configure so much in the txt files. I still occasionally play stainless steel after all these years (but with some changes that could be considered single player cheats). Pretty amazing that this mod is still alive.

  • @flyingfoamtv2169
    @flyingfoamtv2169 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ive played this mod since .95, so ive been playing it alot alot.

  • @SouthCaliDreams
    @SouthCaliDreams 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Still waiting for medieval 2 TW remaster and this mod on it :))

  • @jared5583
    @jared5583 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi! I looking for a mod like this, which improves the europa scenario but in which you can also get the americas. Is there any?

  • @pimpinjt123
    @pimpinjt123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Vassals of Tripoli!
    Crusader Kings 2 had the best music

  • @estev08
    @estev08 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is there any real solution to the CTD and the “Medieval 2 has encountered an unspecified error and will now exit” issue many people have been experiencing with this mod? It seems to only happen just before or just after campaign siege battles. I’ve tried restarting my PC, turning down settings, and verifying game files but no luck. And yes, I do have the LAA that came with the mod

  • @nicklostable
    @nicklostable 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is it possible to break the hard code on the region and faction caps?

  • @Sinred1
    @Sinred1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Medieval 2 total war is so amazing, I got no idea how long I've spent in total since I had the cd, but I'm currently so in to Lord of the rings mod which has so incredible much content

  • @Gabmmuller
    @Gabmmuller 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I´ve still been having some crashes mainly post battles (I have LAA on), that kind of killed the excitement at certain points after a 45 min England x France battle :(
    Awesome mod though, hope they keep developing it so that it´s to the level of Divide and Conquer!

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So far i've been lucky and zero crashes. You could try the alternative 4gb patch or try adding LAA to your exe. again. Is your game installed outside of programm files / that helps.

    • @hst736
      @hst736 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      C or D is it important ? I've tried LAA and doesnt work, I will try your second suggestion.@@IceniTotalWar

  • @garrettoliveto7483
    @garrettoliveto7483 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    this is cool thanks. here is the funny part. when MED 3 does come out. none of these cool innovations will appear in it. CA still blows

    • @Latinkon
      @Latinkon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      With how CA is treating the franchise right now, I won't be surprised if this ends up being the case for _Medieval III._ 😥

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      CA know that with their massive budget and workforce they'll still get embarrassed by modders who do it for free, usually on their own or in small teams.

    • @garrettoliveto7483
      @garrettoliveto7483 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IceniTotalWar 100% modders on total war games are great!

  • @basileusp5494
    @basileusp5494 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I had played this game years ago, but lost track of the progress being made. It is incredible to see the changes made. Thanks for pointing me back towards this classic. Have you checked out The Great Conflicts Mod for Medieval 2? It is a beta, but covers an era and theater that no other mod for Medieval 2 does.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doesn't that cover the same area as Tsardoms Total War but a bit earlier ? i played The Great Conflicts a while back but always crashed, i'll check up on it again.

  • @arhexirthewistful5891
    @arhexirthewistful5891 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I want Medieval 2 remastered with removed hardcoded limits....

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I actually expect to see that early/mid next year, before we ever see a Med 3 launch. I don't expect CA to miss such an easy chance at making money.

  • @iamLI3
    @iamLI3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the added gameplay choices and scripts seem cool , how does it compare to broken crescent mod and it's buff and shine submod that adds the stainless steel features to it?...

  • @LTorni
    @LTorni 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do you normally play the battles at 4k or was that just for this video? In regular Stainless Steel many battles will crash for me if I run it at that res. I have the LAA installed.

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I play them at 4K always yes :)

    • @LTorni
      @LTorni 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @AndysTake aside from installing LAA have you done anything else to mitigate crashes?

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, none that I can think of!@@LTorni

    • @LTorni
      @LTorni 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AndysTake Alright, thx m8

  • @panzerfaust187
    @panzerfaust187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Think I’m gonna give this a try, only played vanilla a long time ago.

  • @FifinatorKlon
    @FifinatorKlon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really need that outro music.

  • @iratepirate3896
    @iratepirate3896 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah I remember playing this. Was this the one that had Volga Bulgaria?

  • @armandom.s.1844
    @armandom.s.1844 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hope you do someday a mod review for De bEllo Mundi, which basically moves Med2 into Rome but expanding as far east as China

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I played that off and on for years but it literally killed my FPS all the time even on a good PC no matter what i did, there's even a Lite version but that does the same thing and by low FPS i mean single digits. Still beautiful looking mod.

  • @BigOrangeNetwork
    @BigOrangeNetwork 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Does this mod have crash issues?

  • @TheRealKiRBEY
    @TheRealKiRBEY 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    personally divide and conquer is my favourite mod so far

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great mod yes, but at this point there's so many great Med 2 mods i can't choose 1 or even 5 😁😁

  • @jackackland1060
    @jackackland1060 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does the SSHIP mod for part of the Stainless Steel 6.4 upgrade? Or is it all separate? Currently playing SS6.4, but wondered if this was an additional sub-mod?

    • @1992zorro
      @1992zorro 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      separate mod

  • @coenvanderlinden7375
    @coenvanderlinden7375 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i tried to install SSHIP on MTW2 Steam, it worked one time, and all next tries there was an error message about graphics display, that is was too high. I play with a 2070 card all other games. Does anybody know a solution to get it playing again?

  • @redin5ide660
    @redin5ide660 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Pretty much why CA do not intend to have a Med 3 imo 😅. These mods about med timeframe (sship, tsardom, bellum crucis, broken crescent on top I'd say) just have all which is needed for an immersive and total experience. A Med 3 would never reach this deepness.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Indeed CA would be embarrased to go up against them. Even now that Attila and Shogun 2 are campaign map moddable their modding scene would humble most of what CA could do with a massive budget/workforce.

  • @ggez-up4ol
    @ggez-up4ol 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why i cant save?. it say game save failed couldn't create save file on disk (i dont have steam version)

  • @skyrim654
    @skyrim654 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This thing is starting to sound a lot like the Gamma or Anomaly mods for Stalker. Will need to check it out again

  • @noriakikakyoin6557
    @noriakikakyoin6557 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    how do i get more info about this mod? i am 200 turns in georgia and somehow cant get my king crowned......😢

  • @krystofcisar469
    @krystofcisar469 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stainless steel wasalready big gamechanger.. Not just bigger map, reskin of soldiers and lot more mercenaries. Also like 1-2 hours more soundtrack.. gotta love it.

  • @notzaran5977
    @notzaran5977 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    did you use any added mods? the game looks different for me. the map and the unit for mailed knights both

  • @Evilonesix
    @Evilonesix 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lets hope for MTW2 remasterd and maybe they will lift the faction cap and region cap like they did in RTW remasterd.

  • @CharaTheOnly
    @CharaTheOnly 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i want to try Medieval 2 but the Camera speed is way to high and i dont know how to lower it :(

  • @dlkuyekk9025
    @dlkuyekk9025 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tsardoms- Fall of Constantinopol is brilliant

  • @bob-lk5et
    @bob-lk5et 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    really excited for med modding
    is there any possibility we might get one mod based in the renaissance/early modern period where we play through the transition from feudal warfare to pike and shot?

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tsardoms Total War 🤔🤔 but that covers the Balkans/Italy/Anatolia . I'm sure there are others but i'll look around. Have you visited Total War Center ?

  • @Rohv
    @Rohv 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I stopped playing Stainless Steel after just 5 minutes of play. Whenever I fight a siege battle the game crashed. Is there a problem like this here?

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which version of SS ? try the 1 with Meloo Bug Fixes . Also do you have LAA or 4gb patch programm that allows the game to use more memory . Is Med 2 installed outside program files. Did your verify your Med 2 files on Steam also ?

  • @1992zorro
    @1992zorro 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing I miss on all of these mods is the Dynastic Roleplaying. Why not make the Dynasty/House an ancillary/Retinue for Nobles with bonuses?
    This way its much nicer to see how the dynastic intrigues play
    Only one that does it Bulat Steel

  • @brayden9091
    @brayden9091 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I got it after watching a video on it from the terminator and it's amazing and it's the easiest install I've ever done

  • @maxdalhaus8555
    @maxdalhaus8555 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How does his mod compare to ss6.4 in regards of crashes ?

  • @MrBell-iq3sm
    @MrBell-iq3sm 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The reputation system sounds like the pope system on steroids.

    • @backisgabbeYT
      @backisgabbeYT 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If you are good friends with the Pope it helps a lot with diplomacy in SSHIP as well!

  • @Sakarraterrum
    @Sakarraterrum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    A great mod, I Will try it, but personally I like more Bellum Crucis, which is for me the most realistic mod a the closest to CK3 youbcan have un medieval 2, even more than Stainless Steel. I recomend you all yo try it too!

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bellum Crucis is 1 of those mods that flew under the radar or got overshadowed by many other Med 2 mods. Is any work still being done on Bellum Crucis ?

    • @hachibidelta4237
      @hachibidelta4237 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want to try but I somehow got crashed when I start hot seat campaign 😢 I sometimes switch to the ai to check family trees

    • @Sakarraterrum
      @Sakarraterrum 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IceniTotalWar As I know, recently a new updated was released, so yeah, the mod its pretty alive, I highly recommend it!

    • @Sakarraterrum
      @Sakarraterrum 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hachibidelta4237 Thats strange! I have played like 4 hotseats in this mod and I had never any problem with it, neither the other 12 players of my game.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Sakarraterrum Cool I'll look into it. Which other Med 2 mod is it closest to in mechanics and difficulty ?

  • @MBP1918
    @MBP1918 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The best total war game

  • @goldenskulll
    @goldenskulll 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We need the OG of Total War Dev back in CA.

  • @Moose808
    @Moose808 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So to confirm, this is updated from SS6.4??
    Also, i love that there any more settlement decisions on top of castle vs city that have meaningful consequences on recruitment and taxes etc.

    • @ShadowOfTheSPQR
      @ShadowOfTheSPQR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SS6.4 is what this is based on yes

  • @JALCO13
    @JALCO13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yeah!!! Sship mod is the best historical mod for M2TW!!

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      it's amazing :)

    • @pasvupaspris303
      @pasvupaspris303 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      EBII : hold my beer!

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pasvupaspris303 Fight ! fight ! fight ! fight ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @-FlyingDutchman-
    @-FlyingDutchman- 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Playing as Venice was SO fun

  • @mattswailes5456
    @mattswailes5456 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the greatest total war games of all time

  • @regal163
    @regal163 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have today 27th April 2024 tried to install this mod Stainless steel for Medieval 2 for 4 hours and still with no success, keeps "can't find Kingdoms" file even though I put the file in the game folder and named it, so Pi**ed off, just cannot get it installed.

  • @burhanmalik93
    @burhanmalik93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi can you share your reshade settings please

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think he did already, wasn't it in the video he put out last week ? it included the Free Cam mod for Med 2. I'll go look for the video title.

  • @yurdi_yuri
    @yurdi_yuri 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there someone here who knows how to install the "large adress aware"? Im new with modding so im knot sure where its supposed to go

  • @williamandrew9721
    @williamandrew9721 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Please for the 1000's of players we all want a remake of Med2 if the company that make and run the Total war franchise they will make a packet on a Med3!!!!!!!!! we all want it forget Pharoah just doesn't reach anywhere for near Med 2 for intrigue,for battles for the 100's of hours pleasure this game has given me and continues to enjoy MED3 PLEASE

    • @ShadowOfTheSPQR
      @ShadowOfTheSPQR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd rather not see CA, feral or anyone else modify the original, which will fragment the modding and community permanently. And given Pharaoh do you really hold such hopes for what Med 3 would look like?

  • @cubs4847
    @cubs4847 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    whats the song at the beginning of the video?

    • @1992zorro
      @1992zorro 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Vassal of Tripoli, CK2 track

  • @andregon4366
    @andregon4366 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I clicked on the link you gave me, the problem is that it's so confusing I don't even know what to do.
    How about a tutorial on how to download and install the mod?
    This is the second time I watched a Medieval 2 video about mods, and I am just left in the dust, because I am unfamiliar with old Total War games and their mods.

  • @loganbagley7822
    @loganbagley7822 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    4:39 Is the "Tutor" ancillary supposed to look like Sean Connery?

    • @AndysTake
      @AndysTake  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes lol, from In the name of the Rose I believe

    • @loganbagley7822
      @loganbagley7822 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@AndysTake Haha nice🤣🤣🤣

  • @luane.j.frantzen7175
    @luane.j.frantzen7175 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    any other sub mode u should add to this?

  • @gavinsepicgaming9835
    @gavinsepicgaming9835 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for showing me and others another mod to keep playing medieval 2 with, also can somebody tell me what the song is at 4:47

    • @lordtarrisk1109
      @lordtarrisk1109 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's called "War of Kings".

    • @gavinsepicgaming9835
      @gavinsepicgaming9835 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lordtarrisk1109 thanks, this song is so good the best from medieval 2

  • @lockdownmedia6403
    @lockdownmedia6403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does it crash a lot with that shading?

  • @andresuazo6129
    @andresuazo6129 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Will this mod work on the mac?

  • @darthunleashed
    @darthunleashed 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Always hated mods that make recruitment a million years.. nevertheless seems like worth a try

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Quite easy to change in the game files .

  • @derrickbonsell
    @derrickbonsell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd like for a mod that makes retraining equivalent to adding fresh reinforcements. It's a broken mechanic in terms of "historical improvement."

  • @teddytaylor8463
    @teddytaylor8463 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still don't understand how is Bulgaria not in any of the TW games?!

  • @adambeyl
    @adambeyl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Faction suggestions?

  • @EgmondDekker1
    @EgmondDekker1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My game keeps crashing after an hour more or less what can i do?

  • @jfc1414
    @jfc1414 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this mod needs a native voice mod compatibility like stainless steel

  • @MultiAndAnd
    @MultiAndAnd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    it's all good but I'd want the IA play with the same playbook.

  • @user-ch4fp2vr8o
    @user-ch4fp2vr8o 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    where can I get this mod ?

  • @roterbaron97
    @roterbaron97 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    just a question can be play this game in german too?

  • @530dynasty1
    @530dynasty1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Medieval 2 is my all time favorite game. I recently upgraded my PC and I cant play the old one cause the scroll speed in the campaign map is hyper fast and makes it unplayable. Can anyone give me a step by step instruction on how to install this mod? I will be forever grateful, thank you!

    • @ShadowOfTheSPQR
      @ShadowOfTheSPQR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's quite simple if your computer is otherwise configured for mods properly. Download, run installer. Any further steps are to whack isolated issues such as a memory patch if you haven't done that already.

  • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
    @WelcomeToDERPLAND 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Roma Surrectium III is likewise something that completely revolutionizes the game to go far beyond what the original game ever was- but for rome 1.

    • @IceniTotalWar
      @IceniTotalWar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They're doing a lot with the Remaster now that many of the modding caps have been removed.

  • @Saaremaarally2011
    @Saaremaarally2011 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    300+ hours on this mod, still playing

  • @tank9432
    @tank9432 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you checked out tsardoms

  • @hastalavictoriasiempre2730
    @hastalavictoriasiempre2730 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great mod, played it as Serbia, tough start, but hey at least someone did justice to meideval Sebian state by puting it in game as it really shoud be in base game to because it formed an empire in 14 century...

  • @lostboyseh2329
    @lostboyseh2329 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone know how to pick faction heir I forgot.