RTRVII: Fate of Empires - RELEASED

[Tony83]

RTR VII: Fate of Empires - FOE 1.2
~ Download Mirrors and Installation Guide ~

Download Links

FOE 1.1 is now available from the following:

FOE 1.1 - DepositFiles
FOE 1.1 - MegaUpload
FOE 1.1 - Atomic Gamer
FOE 1.1 - ModDB

The FOE 1.2 patch is available from the following:

FOE 1.2 Patch - TWC
FOE 1.2 Patch - .org

The FOE 1.2 Patch is save game compatible and can be applied to both previous versions of FOE (1.0 and 1.1) and will bring either up to the very latest specifications. It should fix all problems with CTDs and outdated files!

Please note that the mirrors above are hosted by commercial companies that offer a two-tier level of service. Their free service will normally make you wait before you begin the download (anything from one to eight minutes!), and the download rate is typically 35 KB/s, giving a download time of between five and six hours. However, at least it is free. However, if you are prepared to pay for their premium service (from 5 to 20 US Dollars for one to two months) things are potentially a lot faster, as download managers and download accelleration is usually supported. We are by no means recommending one service over another, as the choice has to be yours. Only you can decide whether or not it is worth your while to pay for something you may only ever use once.

Are you able and willing to host a mirror of FOE 1.1? If so, please let me know and forward a link that I can add to the above list. You will have the teams thanks, an that of the RTR community, as well as your name credited alongside your link.

Installation Instructions

1. Install Rome Total War.
2. Install Barbarian Invasion expansion.
3. Install the BI v1.6 Patch.
4. Download and install FOE 1.1 to the Rome - Total War directory.
5. Download and install the FOE 1.2 Patch to the same Rome - Total War directory as in step 4
6. When asked, you should chose "overwrite all" or "yes to all"

FOE is mod-foldered and will not interfere with any original game files or any other correctly designed and installed mod-foldered RTW modification.

Known issues

• "Unit Shaders" should be switched on to prevent an errorless CTD that occurs with the Greek Hoplitai model on entering battle.
• The RTR Launcher is known to give problems on some systems. If you encounter any simply use the standard Desktop icon to start the game.
• Do not try and edit and save the FOE Prefences, using the RTR Launcher, until you have run the game at least once. This is required to create your FOE Preferences.txt file.

Credits:

DEVELOPERS

Anallein - Coding

Apple - Music, Coding

Bladerunner900 - 3D Art, FOE Installer

Bucellarii - Historical Research

Caius Britannicus - 3D Art, 2D Art

Carajudo - 2D Art

Clearchus of Sparta - Historical Research, Coding, Team Organization

HamilcarBarca - Historical Research

HouseOfHam - Scripting, Coding, Technical Infrastructure

Jones King - Music

Kepper - Coding, 2D Art

Khshayathiya - Historical Research

Limes - 3D Art, 2D Art

Maced0n - 3D Art, 2D Art

MasterOfThessus - Test-team leader

MCantu - Coding

Mephisto - 2D Art

Muizer - Coding, Mapping, Project Leader

Musicart - Music

Orthanner - Historical Research, FOE Installer

PatricianS - Coding, Animations, 2D Art

Publius - 3D Art, 2D Art

Quetzalcoatl - 2D Art

Quinctius Cincinnatus - Movies

SeleukosART - 2D Art

Solaris - Preview Graphics

The10thLegion - Coding

Tony83 - Coding, Public Relations, Administration, Tea

Vindafarna - Historical Research

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BETA TESTERS


Brusilov

Despot of Rhodes

DukeCanada

Finn

Mr Gorby

Switch

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SPECIAL THANKS


Alejandro Rodriguez - Music

Alex McGery - Music

Anunnak - Historical Research

Aradan - Advice

Ararax - Former Developer

Florin80 - Former Developer, Advice, RTR VII: TIC Patches

IGN ModCenter - File hosting, Mod management tools

LestaT - Former Developer, Advice

MarcusCorneliusMarcellus - Former Team Leader, Advice

Preskinn - Testing

Quinn Inuit - Coding, Advice

RedXIII - Former Developer, Advice

Salvor Hardin - Former Developer, Advice

Vashiyusuf - Former Developer, Advice, Public Relations, Administration

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MOD TEAMS


Roma Surrectum - Co-operation

Roma Surrectum Team and Tone - Punic Reform model and texture, Fixed overhand hoplite animation

Europa Barbarorum and SigniferOne - Animations

Res Gestae and Prometheus - Scythed chariot model and texture

Paeninsula Italica - Tarentine Cavalry model and texture

Sparta III team and Quetzalcoatl - Roman battle map banner

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THE TOTAL WAR COMMUNITY


Total War Center - Forum Hosting

Totalwar.org - Forum Hosting

Mod Realms - Forum Hosting

Creative Assembly - Creators of the Total War™ series

THE RTR COMMUNITY - Creators of RTR mods and sub-mods


!! EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL RTR FANS !!



Regards,

Rome Total Realism VII team


visit our forums at:
www.twcenter.net/forums

visit our website
www.rometotalrealism.org



To the memory of,

Alejandro Rodriguez

Who sadly passed away on June 9th, 2009

[hoom]

Hey, awesome!
I didn't realise RTR was here on the .org, looks like a recent arrival? Welcome!

TWC seems to be down :(
From everyone hanging out waiting for FOE?

Anyway, I've been playing RTR since 2.something or 3.something, been lurking TWC since then specifically because RTR was there & am really looking forward to FOE

Kind of a delicious irony that the RTR founder Gaius Julius (I think that was his name?) left his creation to start Punic:Total War before he disappeared & now we have the main RTR team releasing a mod covering essentially the same period/area

Carthaginians are totally my favourite & I loved what was done with them in TIC, am really looking forward to having more freedom with them & yet the restraint of the build tree emphasising Carthage itself looks like its going to add a fascinating dimension to their game-play

[Tony83]

Yes, TWC is indeed down, so we are releasing FOE here at the Org. :)

[hoom]

Woohooo!!!

[hoom]

PS: you should update www.rometotalrealism.org too.
I was going to be watching for update there until I spotted this RTR section on .org

[Tony83]

Unfortunately, I don't have access to update our web site and the only way I can get through to the person who does, is via TWC. Bit of a Catch 22 situation really!

[hoom]

Bummer

Oh well, I'm hyped enough to count as a bunch of launch revellers.




And the obligatory

[Tony83]

Hehe - no worries, we can drink and party to absent friends.

[Finn Mc Cool]

Tony, here's the AtomicGamer link.

I guess the anticipation over the release of FOE brought TWC down lol

[hoom]

Download complete & starting install!

[Tony83]

Thanks Finn. Yeah, what a b*mmer eh! Two years work and TWC decides to throw a wobbly now!

[CanOmer]

Great news!

[Hilt]

However, I am determined that we will launch today. It's a bit more low key than we wanted but I have the links so I hereby officially launch FOE 1.0. Enjoy!

Holy Mother! I don't beleave to my eyes!!!! It's can be!!! Or may be?! I'm await this day so long!!!!!!!!
my heart!
Now, i will must go and say to my master were he may see his work's tasks. Really, as honest men, i must warning him about work-strike from now untill my legions captured last province on the map.

[HouseOfHam]

Unfortunately, I don't have access to update our web site and the only way I can get through to the person who does, is via TWC. Bit of a Catch 22 situation really!

I've updated the front page, but haven't gotten around to updating the download links page yet.

ps: You could always try to catch me on Messenger or send me an e-mail!

[Tony83]

I think I must have lost your contact details along the way somewhere.


First post updated with download links and installation instructions. :)

[hoom]

For the record, I got it off the free MegaUpload at ~3Mbit (350KB/s) average which is impressive for my 3.5Mbit synch rate & being on the other side of the Pacific.

Albeit I was almost certainly the only person downloading at the time & it was about 1am (1am-7am = offpeak = plenty of international bandwidth) so results may vary.

[Brusilov]

TWC has not been very stable for the past few days. Yesterday was the worst it has been for a while though.

[Finn Mc Cool]

Brusilov you have been a member here since 2003...now that's old school!

[Tony83]

RTR VII: Fate of Empires - FOE 1.1
- Download Mirrors and Installation Guide -

Since we released FOE 1.0 yesterday it has become apparent that a bug causing intermittent CTD's has somewhere found it's way into the late build of what became FOE 1.0. At the moment we do not know what is causing this problem, however, it is our highest priority at the moment and all the Development teams coding resources are being used to track it down and fix it. In the meantime we are upgrading to FOE 1.1!

FOE 1.1 is actually what we were going to release, before some last minute changes were introduced into the build that eventually became FOE 1.0. So, in effect, we are rolling back the clock to a slightly earlier and, we hope, a more stable version of FOE, and we are renaming it FOE 1.1 to avoid confusion between the two. There is not a big difference between thm, from the players point of view, and the only thing you should notice, with FOE 1.1, is that the Roman and Epeirote factions do not have any background music.

So, if you are having great problems with repetitive and unpredictable CTD's, you can use these new links to download FOE 1.1, which should provide you with a more stable playing experience. If, on the other hand, you are lucky and do not find that the CTD issue is a problem, then you are probably better off sticking with the FOE 1.0 that you already have. The choice is yours.

We are sorry any inconvenience that may have been caused but, once we have established the cause and fixed the CTD problem, we will be issuing another update update.


Download Links

FOE 1.1 is now available from the following:

FOE 1.1 - DepositFfiles
FOE 1.1 - MegaUpload
FOE 1.1 - Atomic Gamer

Please note that the links in the original post have been updated as well.

[HouseOfHam]

Patch v1.2 is out: http://rometotalrealism.org/foe.html

[Unferth of Gergovia]

It will only let me save and load games when I play as Carthage...is that normal?

[Finn Mc Cool]

No, you should be able to load and save using every faction.

However, if you are loading a save while you are already in game, the background script needs top be disabled first. This can be done by pressing ESC, then ?, and you should get a message saying the script is disabled.

The script can also be disable by exiting to the desktop.