i need help...

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

sorry to ask but i don't seem too be able too locate a search tool on this forum.

i have windows vista and its giving me a massive amount of trouble installing EB. my machine can easily handle the size and everything but for the life of me it won't work.

So far i've installed Rome, patched it to 1.5, then downloaded EB and tried to locate what i thought was the romeTW.exe (it didn't say that exact title... it said "data" and had all the rome data in it....) ran the installer and it wouldn't launch after the installer finished.

i've done this about 6 times now, with varitions installing BI and uninstalling everything and installing it again under the generic C: folder so that it wasn't under program files, then i've tried to search you forum for a solution but i'm not about to spend 5 hours searching every topic for help... at this point i have BI uninstalled, rome installed and patched to version 1.5 (no idea where the romeTW.exe file is still) and the EB files saved to my hard drive but not playable

[||Lz3||]

rtw.exe is located in Rome - Total war folder , wich is located in your activision folder /or creative assembly (depends on your version)

yo have to install EB in your Rome - Total war folder not Rome vanilla data directory :book2:

[bovi]

If you changed your Explorer settings to show file extensions (there is absolutely no reason not to, and damn Microsoft for hiding them in the first place), you will find RomeTW.exe, it's just above the data folder (you will see the data folder when it's the right one). If you haven't changed that setting however, you will only see RomeTW, and it will have a red icon with laurels on it.

You should be able to simply move the EB folder from Data to your RTW folder. You'll have to install the trivial script again though, to point it to the right folder.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

ok, i keep getting two errors.... they read;

"Destination directory is not valid. Please choose folder where Rome Total War was installed. Do you want to proceed (click yes only if you have expected this error)?"

the second one is "It is not recommended to install Europa Barbarorum in Program Files Folder. Do you really want to proceed?"

both of those errors appearing after folling your advice and locateing the folder (and path) of "C:\Program Files (x86)\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War"

god this worked fine on my pre-vista computer!

[||Lz3||]

ignore those error messages... if you selected the correct folder it should work...

and..I know... I hate vista too:wall:

[bovi]

Do NOT ignore those error messages. Bad Lz3 :thumbsdown:!

Using Vista, you need to move your RTW installation to somewhere outside of Program Files. The best way is to copy the whole RTW folder someplace else (such as to c:\Games\EB), and then install EB to the same location.

[||Lz3||]

crap I remembered just now that I don't have it in program files (I have it in "archivos de programa" wich is a translation of program files...) , but still I got those messages , so I just ignored them since it was just going to be my...backup instalation in another computer , and it works...

I'm deeply sorry Mr_moj_rising, bovi... :sorry:

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

ok, after one more un-install/re-install (i deleted EVERYTHING, then re-installed) i got it working and am now thourghly enjoy a campagne as the Getai! thanks guys

[LorDBulA]

"Destination directory is not valid. Please choose folder where Rome Total War was installed. Do you want to proceed (click yes only if you have expected this error)?"

This means you are installing EB in wrong folder. Installer makes a check if romeTW.exe is present in your chosen destination. If you get this error and proceed EB will not work.

So please dont ignore it.


crap I remembered just now that I don't have it in program files (I have it in "archivos de programa" wich is a translation of program files...) , but still I got those messages ,

Interesting, I didnt know that "Program Files" directory name is localised on some windows versions.

On Vista dont install Rome in "Program Files" folder. You will get all sorts of troubles if you do so.