Mount & Blade: Warband

Mount & Blade: Warband

Developer(s)	TaleWorlds
Publisher(s)	Paradox Interactive
First release date	March 30, 2010

Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade	2008
Mount & Blade: Warband	2010
Napoleonic Wars
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword	2011
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	TBA

General information

Official website

Official TaleWorlds forums

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Developer Website	/	Optional Steam unlock.
Steam	/	Can be played without Steam using the CD key link in Steam.

DRM

Mount & Blade: Warband needs to be authenticated one time through the internet. Each Serial Key can activate M&B twice in a 60 day period. The game will need to be re-authenticated if the your computer hardware changes or if windows is reinstalled. If the game is not authenticated it will play in demo mode with game time limited to 30 game days. If the computer with the game does not have internet access, M&B can be manually authenticated.

Napoleonic Wars DLC

Mount & Blade: Warband - Napoleonic Wars is a multiplayer-only DLC that adds 19th century combat gameplay modes with firearms and other equipment of the period.

Improvements

Version 1.153 patch

The latest patch is Version 1.153. Online play requires using the latest version. The Steam version already has this patch.

Skip intro video

Disable intro video • Link Go to the installation folder, found in the following location by default: Non-Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mount&Blade Warband Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\mountblade warband Delete binkplay.exe

Play without Steam

Play without using Steam • Link Download and install the full installer. Open Steam. Go to Warband in the Library. Click CD Key on the sidebar to the right. Run the non-Steam Warband you installed and click Activate when prompted. Enter the key from Steam.

Game data

Save game location

	Location
All versions	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Mount&Blade Warband Savegames

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set in launcher or use Alt+Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Set in launcher (enabled by default).

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support		No native support; see controller with keyboard-only game.

Issues fixed

Program has stopped responding error

Upon launching, some users experience a Windows error stating that the program has stopped responding and must be closed. This can usually be solved by deleting rgl_config.txt from %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Mount&Blade Warband

Mods

Extract mods to the Modules folder, then select the mod from the drop down menu in the launcher.

Floris Modpack

Floris Modpack is a comprehensive modpack containing lots of mods which improve the game in almost every way.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows 2000/Windows ME/Windows ХР/Windows Vista/Windows 7	Windows 2000/Windows ME/Windows ХР/Windows Vista/Windows 7
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz	2.1 GHz or higher
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB Graphics card	128 MB Graphics card
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB free	900 MB free