Shogun: Total War

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Shogun: Total War	2000
Medieval: Total War	2002
Rome: Total War	2004
Medieval II: Total War	2006
Empire: Total War	2009
Napoleon: Total War	2010
Total War: Shogun 2	2011
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai	2012
Total War Battles: Shogun	2012
Total War: Rome II	2013
Total War: Attila	2015
Total War Battles: Kingdom	2015
Total War: Warhammer (series)
Total War: Arena	Cancelled
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia	2018
Total War: Three Kingdoms	2019
A Total War Saga: Troy	2020
Total War: Rome Remastered	2021
Total War: Pharaoh	2023

General information

Official site for the series

Official forum

Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM^{[Note 1]}

Steam		Gold Edition. Slightly updated for modern system & widescreen support.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Mongol Invasion	Comes bundled with the Warlord/Gold Edition.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest version for the base game is 1.12: international.
The latest version for the Mongol Invasion expansion is 1.02 beta: international.
The latest version for the Warlord/Gold Edition is 1.02 beta: international | Japanese.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/345240/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegames\^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/345240/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		The Steam version does support widescreen resolutions. The original retail version does not.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese
Polish				Local retail version only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only - Electronic Arts Brasil.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Official server browser has been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Use Fake Server.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game won't run

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2.^[3]

Set the resolution to the lowest available.^{[citation needed]}

Unable to run on more than the lowest resolution

Use Sephus's ddraw.dll^[4]
Download the fixed ddraw.dll. Place it in `<path-to-game>`.

Game crashes in some battles

Fix battle scripts

Follow this guide to fix the battle script files.

This seems to happen only in the Steam version.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/345240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (345240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ By jbeme posted 3rd Dec 2012 - Buy and download on GamersGate
↑ Fix for resolution problems. - The Org - last accessed on May 2023

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/345240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (345240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-5] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[6] By jbeme posted 3rd Dec 2012 - Buy and download on GamersGate

[7] Fix for resolution problems. - The Org - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Creative Assembly
Expansion	Dreamtime Interactive
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Re-release	Sold Out Software
Gold Edition post-2005 and digital	Sega
Release dates
Windows	June 13, 2000
Reception
Metacritic	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
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	Historical, Japan
Series	Total War