(03-24-2017, 03:54 AM)Battle Kat Wrote: (03-21-2017, 08:01 AM)Von Luck Wrote: None of my other games will work in 10 also ie Rome Total War Medevial 11 etc baffled.So unless anybody has some really detailed info on how i set this up im screwed for a while.Installed windows 7 prof and even worse my soundcard wont install.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH.
And now for the bad news. I am a huge Rome Total War (of the 2004 fame, not Rome II) fan especially TWRome together with the Roma Surrectum mod.
As of Windows 10 the disc based games do not work anymore. The Digital Rights Management system those CDs were locked with is apparently considered a security threat, so it's not going to change either as far as I am aware.
The only way to continue to play them is to purchase them again from Steam. I did just that for my Rome games, bought the base game and Alexander variant to go with it.
I have not yet gotten back to Medieval, but I suspect it is the same story.
It is what it is. I guess that's the price of progress or whatever. There are package deals, and at times they are on sale, so just buy them again at your convenience to continue enjoying them for the next 15 years I guess.
Total War Rome and Total War Medieval / Kingdoms issue is a DRM issue that method no longer supported by Microsoft. See for instance here:
https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/1...windows-10
The post suggests it would be possible to use the DRM code key to activate the product in Steam without repurchasing it... I will try that with my Medieval II / Kingdoms discs this weekend. That would be neat to have them available again without paying for them again.
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