Quick EB question

[Benandorf]

Does installing EB make it so I can not run normal RTW? I've not used many mods, but from what I've read a lot of them use something or another so it doesn't kill the normal game.

[Tellos Athenaios]

No. However you will still encounter some distinct features of EB in RTW after installing EB on your PC. The reason is that not all elements which EB modded (such as vegetations, GUI) could be stored inside the mod's own file folder (RTW\EB); and have been placed inside the RTW folder instead.

It won't hurt game stability if you go about and play RTW Vanilla; but it is like "EB was here" has been written all over it: the loading bar for example will be green - not red.

This is precisely the reason why we recommend players to have multiple copies of RTW 1.5 installed: this way they can play both EB (on one copy) and other mods (on the other copy) without such side effects. It is not required per se: people have posted that they run EB just fine alongside other mods without ill-effects. (Which is the entire idea behind putting your mod inside a mod-folder: allowing the player to run multiple mods on the same copy of RTW.)

[burn_again]

You should be able to run normal RTW without problems, but if you want to be 100% safe, copy your RTW folder and install EB into the copy folder.

Ah, Tellos was faster...

[Benandorf]

Alright, thanks for the answers. I can deal with aesthetic changes, I was just afraid it would completely stop my RTW from working.

[Bootsiuv]

On another note, I don't think you'll worry too much about R:TW after you've played EB for any length of time.

Vanilla was fun when it was new, but it's too old now, at least to me.