Startup Problemes

[Ower]

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Well I am having problemems with the Trivial Script exe file as this error message keeps poping up all the while, and reinstaling the Trivial Script did not work

Furhtemore I have problemes with the Run EB shortcut in the Start menu,
its tarked line looks like this:
"D:\games\Peto\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -ne

Maybe there is a Tipo i just dont see, but every time I try to run EB with this shortcut, whe games seems to launch in window mode and freezes instantly. Although in the configuration from the start menu and the options of the games Windows mode is turned off.

Tried to reinstal both EB and RTW a few times but did not help.

[bovi]

The -ne switch actually tells the game to run windowed, so that's okay. The configuration you're talking about does not come into play when you run the game with a shortcut.

You say it freezes, are you sure it's not just loading? It can take a long time, especially the first time. Try starting the game before going to the kitchen to eat, or surf the forums or whatever. It should come up eventually.

[Ower]

Ok Will do.
And what about the TrivialScript? is that Alright? If not how to fix it? as reinstaling did not work.
Thanks for the reply Bovi;)

[bovi]

I'm sorry, but I don't know just how the Trivial Script works. It's never worked for me, but apparently many get it to work. You should be able to use the shortcut.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Ok here are the basics from how I understood 'em (note I did not write the Trivial Script):

Some General Stuff:
Each of those so-called shortcuts under Windows are made up of two parts:
(1) The program to launch and any optional arguments to it: this is the target.
(2) Where the program is supposed to think it is (current working directory, pwd): this is what start in refers to.

(2) Is important because it influences how opening files works: opening file test.txt when your current working directory is X:\Test results in opening X:\Test\test.txt; opening file test.txt when your current directory is C:\Test results in opening C:\Test\test.txt.

Trivial Script Specific Stuff:

(1) The trivial script is basically an interpreter being fed an XML file. This is done by passing the file name after the -s argument in the target of your shortcut:
P:\ath\to\TrivialScript.exe -s scriptname.xml
For EB the script is called ebconfig.xml; so it becomes something like C:\Program Files\Europa Barbarorum\TrivialScript.exe -s ebconfig.xml
(2) For this to work the current working directory must be the directory in which the script resides -- and due to what is written in that ebconfig.xml file it must also be the directory which contains your RTW.exe ...

So the shorcut ends up looking like:
Target: P:\ath\to\TrivialScript.exe -s ebconfig.xml
StartIn: P:\ath\to\your\RTW\folder

Say Trivial Script is installed in C:\Program Files\Europa Barbarorum\ and EB is installed in C:\Users\John Doe\Games\RTW\

Then the shortcut becomes:

Target: C:\Program Files\Europa Barbarorum\TrivialScript.exe -s ebconfig.xml
StartIn: C:\Users\John Doe\Games\RTW

Note to Bovi:

It has worked for you too. You may want to look up the very first alpha/beta builds we got to test when EB 1 was still called Polymorph I think. ~;)

[bovi]

Oh. I guess you're right, that was before I tried to install it.