EB v0.81a Hotfix released

[Krusader]

Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans.

Here's a hotfix that corrects some bugs & CTDs that were discovered after the release of 0.81. Unfortunately, it isn't savegame compatible so if you have a kick ass campaign, you should finish that one before installing. As said this is a hotfix and does not add anything new at all, just fixes some bugs that crept in. Below are links to the hotfix itself followed by a list of changes and below it are detailed installation instructions.


Here are the links for the v0.81a hotfix:

Dead Link: EB FTP Patch
EB FTP Full installer
Torrent Full installer

A new EDB fix for those who wish to test it!!


Note: The hotfix file ("EB FTP Patch") has been removed until such time as we can get it working properly (in many cases it seems to delete the entire EB file set instead of upgrading it). So as an interim step, here is the link to the zip file we used for the last internal build. It has all the same files (except the Readme), and it should work for anybody who hasn't already used the previous Hotfix installer. The zip file is designed to be installed into the RTW Root directory (i.e the one above "EB") and will automatically place all files in the correct folders.

WARNING - If you are a zip file noob and the above information is unclear and you need explicit handholding, don't even try this. Just get the EB v.81a Full Installer (@ 370MB) and install it on a clean RTW 1.5 build.


List of fixes included in the Release:

- Solved the Lusotannan "Can't Save" Bug
- Fix for the Rebelling City CTD
- Includes v.81a compatible map.rwm file
- Return of the EB Oasis
- Added 20 new UI Cards 
- "Hanging" Building Titles fix
- Fixed the unit size bug
- Eliminated the "all question mark" quotes
- New Baktrian Hydragogeio description 
- Revised Ba'al Temple Complex description
- Fixed Drapanai description
- Roman Walls and Ager Divisvs et Assignatvs descriptions fixed
- Menu background update (to v.81a)
- Load screen correction (one tga file)
- Eastern building fix for port upgrades
- EDU update (massive number of stat fixes) 
- New Greek Hoplite General
- Epilektoi Hoplitai are now recruitable by KH
- Recruitment zones for Pezhetairoi, Hypaspistai, and Pheraspidai are all adjusted
- Native names added for ten units
- Spartan Hoplite description corrected
- Recruitment for Akontistai and Hoplitai Haploi added to Korsim
- "Native Faction" for Kush changed from Saba to Ptolemaioi
- Recruitment for Kuarothoroi and Lavotuxri extended to Kappadokia Pontika 
- Sabean Farm and Trade Port fix
- Polybian Principes added to all Homeland provinces and Eastern Auxilia recruitment extended to Phoenicia and Paphlagonia
- Hundáskápiz (formerly "Ferulharjoz" in v.74) activated as a recruitable Sweboz unit (placeholder skin)
- Roman & Celtic Reform MIC Upgrade fix
- Faction Diplomacy Fix (changes to some attitudes and alliances)
- Turned off "perfect-spy" command
- Ptolemaioi starting government buildings fix (from Type 1 to Type 2)
- Removed Ethiopiai Agema from the Rebel Units pool (have the Goidil skin)
- Fixed a few Resource Icons (Nikaia silver mine and Epeirote copper mine)
- Typos fixed in various files (not comprehensive)

Past experience indicates that many of the reported problems with EB involve bad installations of either RTW or EB. If you have already installed EB v.81 and are not having any problems with it, then you can install the hotfix on top of your v.81 build. However, the hotfix is NOT COMPATIBLE with previous save games, and you WILL have problems if you try to use an old save game with this new build.

If you are having problems with your old v.81 campaign or this is your first taste of EB, then follow these instructions EXACTLY and you should not have a problem:

1. Install RTW 1.0
2. Update RTW with the v1.3 Patch
3. Update RTW with the v1.5 Patch
4. Load a game to make sure RTW is working (i.e. it should list the version number on one of the screens - see "Note" below for details), and after confirming the version number, shut it down
5. Copy this entire folder to a new directory and rename THE COPY (for example, instead of "Rome: Total War" it would be "Rome-EB")
6. Install EB v.81 into the new "Rome-EB" directory
7. Load a game to make sure EB v.81 is working (you MUST load the game using the desktop shortcut created during the installation process), and after confirming that it loads properly, shut it down
8. Install the EB v.81a Hotfix into the new "Rome-EB" directory
9. Load a game using the EBv81a desktop shortcut created during the installation process (The EB Menu screen will have "ver. 0.8.1a" imprinted on the bottom left)

Note: If you have a newer version of RTW, or just aren't sure what version it is, be sure to load it and check. Launch a game of "vanilla", and at the RTW Menu screen, select "Options". The version number will appear on the top right of the next screen.

[Gaias]

Well there goes my two days off... Thanks alot EB Team! It would seem my pushers of RTW goodness are unrelenting and my addiction is turning for the worse. There is no hope for me anymore as I have started to make mini modifications myself...

[Will_YouFight_ForME]

sigh :(

i got to 202bc and it kept and kept crashing
but it took me soo look to get to where i did
cos i in all my loserness did the punic wars(so far, historically correct)
damn what do i do hmmm

[MacLiam]

Great work guy's . This goes for all of you working on this fabulous mod.
I've only got one ( maybe dumb ) question.
How far is EB currently in development ? What I mean is for example are most units already in the game or just 20-50-80 % and /or are you planning a lot of other adjustments big or small ? I'm pretty new to the game joint last week. Please dont mind my english I'm from the Netherlands.
Please keep up the good work.

[Kull]

Great work guy's . This goes for all of you working on this fabulous mod.
I've only got one ( maybe dumb ) question.
How far is EB currently in development ? What I mean is for example are most units already in the game or just 20-50-80 % and /or are you planning a lot of other adjustments big or small ? I'm pretty new to the game joint last week. Please dont mind my english I'm from the Netherlands.
Please keep up the good work.

We're roughly at 350 units of a possible 500 (keep in mind that vanilla had something like 100). And there are also a lot of beautiful new Standard Bearers and Generals coming (both units and the individual leaders themselves). And we definitely have some major new features in the works. Quite a few, actually. So yes, there's a lot more to come, but in the meantime EB v.81a is what most mods and companies would call a "finished product". But not us!

[MiniMe]

So yes, there's a lot more to come, but in the meantime EB v.81a is what most mods and companies would call a "finished product". But not us!

Well, that's the reason EB_team earns the respect they get one thousand times more
Good job!
(again )

[Rilder]

Huzzah! and I was just getting angry with my romani and greco campaigns! Time to hire an "escort service" for the EB team.

- New Greek Hoplite General

YEA!!!! Who needs a dam horse anyways =)

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Thanks guys!

[hoom]

No update for the custom battle/MP EDU or the backup EDU

[Kull]

No update for the custom battle/MP EDU or the backup EDU

There was a big EDU update and it was submitted somewhat late in the process. So holding up the entire patch just to get those two items wasn't a good idea. That doesn't mean they can't be updated and posted as a separate download - assuming somebody wants to marry up the features of the new EDU with those of the old specialized ones. (Hint: Winmerge is your friend).

[Thaatu]

I hate to do this, but the installer won't work for me. It works fine until I press 'install' and then it vanishes. Now when I start the game it says "Error loading mount database". I tried redownloading a few times and I tested installing it in an empty folder. It installed 227 files and 50.8 MB of stuff. I'll install the full thing from the scratch and I'll ask if there's more problems. Just to let you know there are people who can screw up even the most simplified patch installing.

[Rilder]

Eh I didnt get the vanishing thing but when i boot up i get the error loading mount database and after clicking ok it says

"Script error in data/descr_mount.txt at line 100, collumn 1

Could not find battle model for mount 'Camel' "

[Kugutsu]

I think I'll continue my romani campaign for the moment, its the first time Ive ever got to the marian reforms (since vanilla) and its going so well.

One question - is this compatible if you are using BI.exe? Ie, can you patch on top if you are running using BI?

[general_varro]

Ditto on the above errors, im gettin both.

[Mr Kaplan]

Getting problems with this patch. I get a CTD and this message:

"Generic error:unable to find skeleton fs_gladius"

Any help?

[julianus apostata]

Getting problems with this patch. I get a CTD and this message:

"Generic error:unable to find skeleton fs_gladius"

Any help?

get the same CTD ans the same message; btw i am playing with the bi.exe

[Thaatu]

It's an epidemic! Has anyone tried the full installer yet? I would but it's still 25 minutes away and it's almost midnight here. Nity-nite!

A message to the team: Don't stress yourselves out.

(HOLY CRAP, new smilies!)

[julianus apostata]

It's an epidemic! Has anyone tried the full installer yet? I would but it's still 25 minutes away and it's almost midnight here. Nity-nite!

A message to the team: Don't stress yourselves out.

(HOLY CRAP, new smilies!)

No, i have not tried the full installer; just the 0.81a patch over a very stable EB 0.81 BI.exe.

[Kull]

This really sounds like one of two things:

1) Installed the Hotfix somewhere other than on top of a v.81 build.

2) Installed the Hotfix on top of something less than the full v.81 build.

Edit: If somebody has successfully installed it (other than an EB Team Member), please post here.

[Will_YouFight_ForME]

hmm will you ever bring back the senate i mean just for show, it would be cool to see if you could chose who would elect certain generals or family members purely for role play purposes
it would be really quite cool
you could add it to cathage as well, seeing as they had a senate

purely for show, none of those stupid little missions

and if your capital is sacked - a general could get a dictator trait (going back to another topic i read) untill you restore order

but i must be dreaming, oh i hope not :X

[Arkatreides]

Mine 'seems' to patch fine, but then never creates a desktop shortcut ...

Does anyone have the command to run it, so I can at least see whether it has patched ok

[Makr]

Installed hotfix over clean .81 install and got the gladius error.

Downloaded the full installer and put that over a clean v1.5 and it worked fine.

[MacLiam]

Had a problem with the shortcut so i couldn't start eb
installed over full eb 0.81 seemed fine but it corrupted my eb.exe
i'm now reinstalling 0.81 and patch.
i'll be in touch.

toi,toi, toi

[MacLiam]

I installed eb 0.81 again then installed 0.81a
7 mb takes about 20-30 minutes ( too long ?)
it validates install/removes files/copies new files/updates register/ removes files(again ) SHORTCUT DISAPPEARS / copies new files / install finished i'm able to look at read me en faq. AND THIS IS STRANGE THE NEW SHORTCUT DIRECTS ME TO THE FAQ AT THIS FORUM.

is there something i'm doing wrong or can you tell me where eb.exe went
cause this is missing too. ( it is not working anyway )

i hope this message will help.

ps. i'm not angry / the words in bold are just the important ones.

0.81 over RTW 1.5

maybe it removes too many files RTW 1.5 has 6789 files 2,37 GB/ EB 0.81a has 6961 files 2,42 gb

[Krusader]

Hmm...

If you install the patch, and get errors try to delete map.rwm.

You will 99.9% not be able to Multiplay then, but to me deleting map.rwm always seems to help somehow...

Could somebody with errors after installing the patch try?

[Kull]

Guys - Just to be sure, I uninstalled v.81a (i had a full up install):

- Next I copied a clean v.81 build.
- Then I installed the hotfix on top of the copy.
- I no longer had a shortcut after uninstalling, so I copied an old one and modified it.
- Launched the Game from the new shortcut
- No problems, everything worked

So there's not a problem with the Hotfix. All the files are correct and they install to the right place and everything does work.

You might doublecheck your desktop shortcuts to make sure they are referencing the -mod.

[julianus apostata]

After reinstalling EB i get the same "gladius-error" as mentioned above; i think it is the bi.exe that does not work with 0.81a. Up to now i did not have tried the full 0.81a installer, always just the patch.

Has anybody managed it to run 0.81 over the bi.exe? If so, what is the recommended way of istalling it?

Thanks in advance!

[Yun Dog]

I installed the 0.81 hotfix over the 0.81 mod

now it gets stuck on the splash screen - when I esc I get

a script error - could not find 'camel' model for mount

shouldnt the 0.81 shortcut work still??

[MacLiam]

well Kull i did the same things you did but no result can you be more specific
which shortcut you created

[Arkatreides]

I get an error message saying:

Script error in data/descr_mount line 100, column 1
Could not find model "camel"

Clear v.81 + patch, same for both RTW and BI executables