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Total War: Rome II
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Creative Assembly |
DLC |
Creative Assembly Sofia |
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Sega |
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Warscape |
Windows |
September 3, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) |
September 16, 2014 |
Metacritic |
76 |
IGDB |
72 |
Monetization |
One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions |
None |
Modes |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing |
Real-time, Turn-based |
Perspectives |
Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
Controls |
Menu-based, Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres |
RTS, TBS |
Themes |
Classical, Historical |
Series |
Total War |
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General information
- Port Report
- Official forums
- Official support page
- Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- The Emperor Edition includes the base game, the Seleucid Empire Faction Pack, and the Baktria Faction.
- The Mac App Store version (Emperor Edition) does not support multiplayer, mods or additional DLC.[1]
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Greek States Culture Pack |
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Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack |
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Seleucid Empire Faction Pack |
Included with Emperor Edition. |
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Blood and Gore (a.k.a. Bloodpack) |
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Caesar in Gaul Campaign Pack |
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Baktria Faction (a.k.a. Coat Rack) |
Included with Emperor Edition. |
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Beasts of War Unit Pack |
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Hannibal at the Gates |
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Pirates and Raiders Culture Pack |
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Daughters of Mars Unit Pack |
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Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack |
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Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack |
Free. |
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Wrath of Sparta Campaign Pack |
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Massilia Faction |
Included with the Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack. |
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Empire Divided Campaign Pack |
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Desert Kingdoms Culture Pack |
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Rise of the Republic Campaign Pack |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Setting Up[citation needed]
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- Download the Package File Manager and extract it in a new folder.
- Open
PackFileManager.exe , select Cancel on the very first prompt.
- On the second prompt find the main R2TW installation folder, after selecting it click the OK button and skip the next prompt.
- Select Yes if asked to decode the database files.
- Under Game, check if R2TW is selected.
- Under Options, select CA Packs Are Read Only, then choose I'm not afraid, coward!
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Videos[citation needed]
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- Under File, Open CA pack, select
movies.pack
- Double Click on
movies.pack and movies in order to expand the list.
- Select the desired file, then push Delete in order to erase it. Delete the following files.
intel_logo_english.bik
intro.bik
sega_logo_sting_hd.bik
4. Push Ctrl+S in order to save any new changes.
Notes
- Due to the large amount of files saving might take up to a minute.
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Splash Screen[citation needed]
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- Under File, Open CA pack, select
local.pack
- While in the list Double Click on
local.pack and navigate to local.pack\ui\frontend ui\loadingscreen
- Select
legal.dds , then push Delete to erase it.
- Push Ctrl+S in order to save any new changes.
Notes
- Depending on the language the game was installed on the
local.pack file may appear as local_language.pack
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Modify camera edge scroll delay
Modify edge scroll delay[citation needed]
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- Go to
%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Rome2\scripts
- Open
preferences.script.txt
- Edit
campaign_camera_edge_scroll_delay 0.2 and change 0.2 to the desired value.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, music, speech, and effect sliders |
Surround sound |
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Up to 5.1 Discrete. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Network
- The Mac App Store version (Emperor Edition) does not include any form of multiplayer.[1]
Multiplayer types
VR support
Issues fixed
Crashes after changing settings in-game
Change settings from the main menu[citation needed]
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Mouse cursor not bound to game window
CursorLock[citation needed]
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- Download CursorLock.
- Open CursorLockSetup.exe
- Shortcut > User mode
- Switch to the Hotkeys tab and enable
Toggle Lock Hotkey and choose a hotkey
- Click Create Shortcut
- Activate the shortcut, switch back to TW:R2, and use the lock hotkey to bind the cursor to the game
- It is possible for the hotkey to not be recognized by the game, in which case it needs to be activated from the Steam Overlay
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Campaign camera no longer controllable
Campaign camera control fix using EditSF
- Mouse and keyboard camera controls no longer function.
EditSF CAMPAIGN_CAMERA_MANAGER
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- Download EditSF
- Open affected savegame
- Navigate to COMPRESSED_DATA > CAMPAIGN ENV > CAMPAIGN_CAMERA_MANAGER
- Change
System.UInt32 from 0 to 1
- Save and reload the savegame from Rome 2
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Reload unaffected earlier save game
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Disable any AutoHotkey scripts affecting the mouse[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c, 10, 11 |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista |
7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
2.6 GHz Intel Single Core 2 GHz Intel Dual Core |
Intel Core i5-2xxx series |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support |
1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Other |
1024 x 768 screen resolution |
1920 x 1080 screen resolution |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References