ALEXANDER EB

[Maksimus]

theres this bug with baktria, i dont know what but something making game crash at 271, unless ur baktria game will crash

[Maksimus]

remove

fix in descr start

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building
{
type hinterland_mines mines

from baktria at the description start and game wont crash

[Rafal85]

Hello,

I've downloaded the EAEM and started campaign with Baktria.

In my first battle I've noticed that Klereuchoi Phalangitai model is not shown properly (they're somehow transparent, only weapons are fully visible). Is there anything I can do with this issue?

[Maksimus]

Hello,

I've downloaded the EAEM and started campaign with Baktria.

In my first battle I've noticed that Klereuchoi Phalangitai model is not shown properly (they're somehow transparent, only weapons are fully visible). Is there anything I can do with this issue?

yes - its a broken texture - here it is the original so you can overwvrite the old one


https://mega.nz/#!8MBGyCAC!Um6N4bLpbwH9JnmJBL_uAeRdG_ZeNrtbH7ffIyPel48

[Rafal85]

Your file solved this issue Maksimus. Many thanks!

btw. Many thanks for creating this quick-install pack as well. I was struggling with installing EB more than once. Is there any list of changes or outstanding issues (I remember that EB could get ugly after hundreds of turns due to the sheer amount of bugs)?

[Adamski]

Don't know if people still read this but here's my problem anyway.

Really want to try this out but end up with the chat_filter.san issue that others are talking about. I'm pretty new to this so was wondering if the instructions on the original post were missing some preliminary stages as I can't get it to work. I've installed eb to the original rtw but just watched a video as a guide so i was wondering if anyone could give me a more comprehensive install guide that I and others could use.

Thanks

[Maksimus]

DONE! - i have posted the last update on the main page u just have to download and run EAEM.ink and it will all work JUST SET TARGET of the file - ENJOY!

[Maksimus]

anyone got it working!?

[lionhard]

Just wanted to say hey, i download the alexander version years back when you first brought it out! Just wanted to let you know im still playing my romani campaign and im about to take some of my last territories, britian and some of the barbarian rebels, boii to be precise. Anyway, i have macedonia to the north of dacia holding out with 2 provinces, and 5 full stack armies, my empire is huge and they are still a force to be wreckedened with! they have been nothing but trouble all campaign, i finally have them contained, im just not disturbing them until i am ready with huge armies returning from britain! The greeks hold the crimea and some land east! the selucia are holding out with babylonia and seleukia along with a few outer provinces! Its turned into a really amazing campaign, i have had to manipulate it a little in a way of diplomacy to get it exactly how i want it but its fun and im going for quite a realistic campaign. Im going to throw some youtube videos up illustrating the whole thing from the start, i think people may enjoy it! Anyway thanks again for making it avaliable with alexander its much better AI in battles!

[Maksimus]

Thank you very much for this feedback this makes my heart warm as it was all intended to be a long run game!

Did you try latest expansion?

[lionhard]

It is no where near ready, they only released a pre pre alpha version to keep what community their is left from competly disspearing, after rome 2 has been released and all .... its a real heart ache seeing how slow things are moving with EB 2, i will make a video on my best ever RTW campaign obviously its with EB, it will be a testimonial to such an amazing game. Then i will move to EB 2 and give that as much of my heart and soul as i have with EB 1, but it feels so bare rite now, its just not playable for me i feel like its a complete waste of time It just upsets me every time i look at it and makes me angry, i dont have much time to play games these days and in a few years, when EB 2 might actually be released, ill have kids and wont have time atall.

[Maksimus]

keep up the fire

[Maksimus]

Hi Everyone!

Can I please have confirmation how many of you is playing now and is there feedback?

Thank you!

[Maksimus]

im using romans in playing and testing, noting fixes along the way

[Matteo]

What would this be? I have RTW and BI installed, both patched to 1.5 and 1.6. EB 1.2 is already installed, what changes with this?

[Maksimus]

Try it out, download and run the exe :D

[Matteo]

2.65 GB? WTF?! I'm downloading it, a little explanation though?

[Ludens]

2.65 GB? WTF?! I'm downloading it, a little explanation though?

Do you have the R:TW Alexander expansion, though? This mod allows you to run EB on the Alexander .exe file, which has a couple of improvements over using default RTW or BI. IIRC Maksimus also made a couple of other changes for better gameplay, but I haven't played the mod so I don't know exactly what these are.

[Matteo]

Do you have the R:TW Alexander expansion, though? This mod allows you to run EB on the Alexander .exe file, which has a couple of improvements over using default RTW or BI. IIRC Maksimus also made a couple of other changes for better gameplay, but I haven't played the mod so I don't know exactly what these are.
Thank you, Ludens, for always being present on this board.:rolleyes:

I have a problem with Alexander installation, when I run the installer I get the error No prior installation of Rome: Total War was found because my original RTW folder in C:\Program Files\Activision has been renamed to Rome vanilla, as I'm using other copies of it to play with unfoldered MODs.

The installer can't find the original folder so I get that error. What can I do?

This MOD contains also EB 1.2 fixes (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?109936-1-2-fixes-you-should-try-before-posting)?

[Ludens]

I have a problem with Alexander installation, when I run the installer I get the error No prior installation of Rome: Total War was found because my original RTW folder in C:\Program Files\Activision has been renamed to Rome vanilla, as I'm using other copies of it to play with unfoldered MODs.

The installer can't find the original folder so I get that error. What can I do?

That's a general tech support question, so try searching the Tech Support forum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?414-Tech-Support) (it's well hidden, but you can find it on the main forum index). I found this thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?95138-RTW-Alexander-Installation-Problem), but there are other relevant ones.

As for your other question, Maksimus will have to answer that.

[Maksimus]

hey hey everyone, happy weekend!

Yes Matteo all the fixes are implemented, however, note that EAEM is kind off a whole mod itself, so many of the fixes did not apply in the first place.

Please post a heroic victory!

Maks

[Lizardo]

hey hey everyone, happy weekend!

Yes Matteo all the fixes are implemented, however, note that EAEM is kind off a whole mod itself, so many of the fixes did not apply in the first place.

Please post a heroic victory!

Maks

Hey Maks I already have Alexander on Steam do i still need to download all this? there are no instrucitons either

[SanderP]

FINAL MOD 2016 +


https://mega.nz/#!JVZWQYrA!5GXxO1fdjA4A36whJTvwULRUZ9Bt1aieuF46u1Mocnk

I SUGGEST http://www.7-zip.org/ FOR UNZIP

Run EAEM.lnk to launch - ADJUST THE TARGET LINE BEFORE LAUNCH
[/CENTER]

How to adjust the target line of your EB.exe - In Our Case EAEM.ink
>Go to EB shortcut - left clck on the shortcut and chose properties - then - change the Target by copy-paste method

"<drive letter>:\<directory path you've installed RTW into>\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander
"...\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander

I have been fan and developer of RTW since the start, this will be my final major update, anything after this would be tweaks.

Mods adjustment go far beyond any other.

PLEASE POST UR HEROIC VICTORIES AND EMPIRES I WILL BE MAKING CUSTOM CHANGES FOR THE BEST!

Hi man!

Just wondering, no installer? It's just the whole game.
How do I get this for my Steam version? :)

[Maksimus]

Hello, honestly I dont know ! - you would have to overwrite files in the game folder and all of it!

Good luck!

[Conan]

Hey guys,

After a very long break from EB I'm going to give getting EB Alex a go to work on steam!

Before I do I know running EB via EB Alex improves a number of elements of the game, such as AI re-training units. Aside from that what other major changes does this mod add again over vanill EB?

Is there a link to a list off all the changes made in the final version of this great mod?

Thanks :-)

[Maksimus]

Hi,

Thank you for asking!

The mode has an overhaul regarding all aspects of the game. Its built from a point of view that world didn't start when player starts, but that the world was there before.

Try it out, it's best out there!

Maks

[Conan]

Wow!

My wife got the mod working via Steam and I'm blown away from what I see to start!

Is it possible for you to list all the changes you have made?

I have so many questions!...

[Maksimus]

Uh, so many things are changed to make game more real, from fixing formations and impact of cavalry to boost in areas of buildings where you would get more real bonuses with pros and cons.. managing a major city is hard now :3

[Conan]

Starting money seems very generous, with Rome at least, on hard campaign! I've not got past turn 1 yet as just not had time but will do today...

Three questions to start with...

1. Which difficulty would you recommend playing at? Both campaign + battle?

2. Are the core combat mechanics the same as EB in the sense that sword/axe armed units are generally effective against spear units, cavalry switch to swords on Alt + click to make them more effective in melee etc.

3. Would it be possible to have the fog of war back if I wanted? If so would you be kind enough to tell me how? :-)

Looking forward to getting me teeth stuck into this great looking mod! So point I'll get my wife to post the intructions on how she got it working with a steam version of Alex just incase other peeps what to et it working via Steam.

Thanks Maks

[Ludens]

Looking forward to getting me teeth stuck into this great looking mod! So point I'll get my wife to post the intructions on how she got it working with a steam version of Alex just incase other peeps what to et it working via Steam.

That would be appreciated.
:bow:

[Conan]

Well a few turns in and enjoying the mod so far! Taking me a while to get used to the minimla battlefield UI! As my first seige battle felt like a million year to do I've cheated and hotkeyed "f" to get triple speed back!

I would like to get the fog of war back how do I go about that?

Love the fact factions have elite units + full armies from the start as well :-)

[Conan]

Hi - "The Wife" here

Relatively easy to do with regards to the steam install...

1. Unpack the zip
2. Go to your local install folder for the RTW Alexander Steam game - if you're not sure where this is then open Steam, go to Library, right-click Rome: Total War - Alexander, go to Properties > Local Files tab > Browse Local Files
3. Backup the contents of this folder, just in case
4. Select all of the files from the unpacked zip, and copy into the RTW-Alexander steam install folder, overwriting those currently there
5. Go back into Steam, Library, right-click Rome: Total War - Alexander, go to Properties > General tab > Set Launch options
6. Copy the following into the box: -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander and click OK

Play the game as normal

He's played it for around 12 turns so far with no glitches or crashes, seems to be working fine

[Conan]

Imposter Headache...

How does the Client Ruler system work? I've played as Arch Sel + Romans so far and no matter where I put my hired generals they get the imposter trait and just become a complete headache with public order!

[Maksimus]

Hi All,
Conan: Thank you for support! I play Very Hard both battle and campaign, for fog of war press ~ (command line) and type: toggle_fow, use recruited generals for battle, not all men are made to administrate :) - if you want them to manage settlement they have to be created within an allied state. Combat mechanics did not change much, but the overall setup did.

Ask Questions I will get back to you all when I can :)

Maks

[Conan]

Hi Maks,

Thanks for your replies! Really enjoying the mod :-)

The Seleukid campaign is tough! Just about started to turn a profit (finally). Just lost my main army in an epic battle with 2 full stacks of Ptolemy elites near alexandria.

Love the way elephants are back to having full hit points and they really are a battle turning force now if used correctly!

Kinda got used to not having the fog of war anymore and not actually sure if I want it back to be honest :-)

Also got used to having the minimal UI during battle, certainly makes you think more as can struggle to identify units in a big melee.

I'm sure I'll have more questions at some point :-)

[Radulfo]

Hi, I've downloaded this mod and since i consider myself a veteran of total war, I'd like to know which are the most difficult factions to play with. Thanks for the effort put in this incredible mod of eb, i've enjoyed reading all the unit descriptions and looking the modified portraits.

Best regards.

Don Radulfo

[Maksimus]

Hi Radulfo,

Sorry for late reply,

I would say Armenia and Saka would be most challenging.

Maks!

[LordTrytan]

At maybe 15 turns in the Rome Campaign the game crashed and will no longer continue. Going to make a new campaign and see what happens. Beautiful mod otherwise.

[Maksimus]

i think ill upload new files because this might be some compatibility issue from before

[Adamski]

Hi I don't know if this has been answered before but how do you fix the issue with custom battles unit selection?

Basically the problem is that when I choose a faction in custom battle, they don't have there correct units such as the Romans. I've heard if you launch eb in multiplayer mode then that fixes the issue however I am confused on how to do this :dizzy2: so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks :yes:

[Ludens]

Hi I don't know if this has been answered before but how do you fix the issue with custom battles unit selection?

Basically the problem is that when I choose a faction in custom battle, they don't have there correct units such as the Romans. I've heard if you launch eb in multiplayer mode then that fixes the issue however I am confused on how to do this :dizzy2: so any help would be appreciated.

From the EB FAQ (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?84854-Europa-Barbarorum-FAQ):


Q: In custom battles or multiplayer the unit selection is missing units.
A: All of the regionals cause a problem for the custom battle / multiplayer list. There is a special EDU for custom battles / multiplayer in the "...Rome- Total War\EB\mp custom game edu" folder. Rename your campaign EDU then place the EDU from that folder into the "...Rome - Total War\EB\Data" folder. When you want to play a campaign again, switch back to your original EDU. EB v1.1 now comes with the trivial script, which will automatically switch the files for you. To play custom battles or multiplayer battles with all of your factional units, run the "Play Multiplayer" option of the trivial script.

I am not sure how this works in Alexander EB; Maximus may have used an alternative to the Trivial Script. However, the EDU switch should still work. Just make sure you use the correct EDU file.

[Maksimus]

Ah, I see what this is about, so, in short, EDU Reads units 1 by 1 from top to bottom, what it doesn't do is distinguish which units are core and which are not.

This means that if in the top row, lets say units from China can be shared and recruited by all factions when they reach far east city - then those units will be shown in each custom battle as an option, and so on.

Technically, yes, you could move (or I could if Id have the time) - move all the shared units on the bottom of EDU list and keep the main units (non shared mostly) on the top of the list. Example:

Romans
Unit 1 - owner Rome, Merc, Slave
Unit 2 - owner Rome, Merc, Slave
Unit 1 - owner Rome, Merc, Slave
Greeks
Unit 1 - owner Greek, Merc, Slave
Unit 1 - owner Greed, Merc, Slave, Macedon
Unit 1 - owner Rome, Merc, Slave, Macedon, Epirus
etc..
Than
Shared Units of Mercs
Unit 1 - owner All
Unit 2 - owner All

This way edu will read the first units and sort them down, there is a max cap on number of units that game can present in a menu so the last ones will be the last to be on the menu - thus u will have ur main units always display.

Hope this helps :(

[Adamski]

The EDU switch doesn't work unfortunatly as the game crashes on launch. I think the only option is to do as Maksimus said and edit the EDU file myself but that's beyond me haha. Anyway Thanks for the help as it was worth a try ~:thumb:

[Maksimus]

latest files

https://mega.nz/#!IEgiQYTS

Key:

!9s8E-lgyMfcrFt4v9ZL_4eKM4aygESbVSgiOVpWxXcQ

[Maksimus]

any downloads? does it work?

[drmihnea]

The download link is fine, much appreciated!

[Maksimus]

You are welcome

[groksquat420]

Installed as per the OP post's instructions for Steam. Very simple, overwrote all the files, yada yada.

Game will launch, but freezes- or takes so long to load, one or the other- that my computer goes unresponsive and I haven't even gotten to the start menu.

Pretty frustrated. Any ideas on a fix?

[Maksimus]

Just use download files as game, paste it all on hard drive and run eaem.ink

[Maksimus]

hi guys - the answer for your guys question is clear - if you wanna play this mod you have to go

here:http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?134572-ALEXANDER-EB

Download the files and overwrite them in your EB folder then run EAEM

[Maksimus]

we still play and love this mod! :) best every made!!

[Maksimus]

https://mega.nz/#!sJBmDKTJ!-Mp83KyGx1dKoC8_Bax2I2IyZCd6OBhZ7VB9vgceNZs

latest update

[Maksimus]

https://mega.nz/#!sJBmDKTJ!-Mp83KyGx1dKoC8_Bax2I2IyZCd6OBhZ7VB9vgceNZs

latest update

[slitebg]

Hello there! I have an issue playing Alex EB. I started a Romani campaign and everything is fine but with Karthadastim I couldn't save or load the game (I always activate the script) - the 'Esc' menu Save/Load Game buttons are greyed out. I tried ending the turn, also read somewhere to try and delete the preferences folder, all this failed. I don't usually play with Carthage but I wanted to try a campaign with them in EB. Did I do something wrong? I use RTW Alex 1.9, EB Alex 1.31b. Anyway thanks again for the great mod.

P.S. After looking at this thread, I am not sure what version of Alex EB I should be using. Is this '2018' update the same as EB 1.31b Alex? Seems not. Should I download latest version here instead? Is it standalone or I have to install it over another version of EB? Thanks in advance.

[Maksimus]

just download my files and overwrite your version or run as separate one

[ciuby09]

It won't let me open the game with latest files, I can't start a campaign.


Either it immediately starts like this or it just crashes to desktop

I get cones of colour on the map and weird shapes and the game gobbles down and freezes and crashes to desktop. Windows 10.

[Maksimus]

can you re download the files again and test please?

[vigilantevil]

Hello Maks,
first off, great effort in keep the MOD alive all these years with innovations and cool additions. Its been a while since i last played RTW/ALX with EB and that was the last of it, but after having this urge to sharpen my blades yet again for another round of heroic battles like you put it ;), before I finally have my grand kids take over my Premium gaming machines :laugh4: (yup u got it right, Im 40 now and been enagegd in RTW for years so please bear with me :sweatdrop:) i finally decided to give it a try but i am a bit confused here as to what approach i should take insatlling your EAEM. heres what i did so far;
1. Reading your first post, i realized EAEM is a standalone environemnt and can be played by just using your huge archive of 3+GB (when unpacked) with no prior installation of RTW, BI(not that it matters) & Alx as well as either EB version so to speak. so what i did was ...
a. downloaded your archive.
b. unpacked it on my drive which gave me the Activiosn folder with all the files in it arranged just like a proper insatllation would (which infact never happens in this case).
c. set the targets for the EAEM.ink as described in your post and VIOLA!!! ITS ALIVE! i got the game running and all albiet with crashes after huge battles. (playing VH-H with SAKA its been 3 turns and i m having CTD either before the start of battle or afterwards) my question here is, am i right to assume that no installation of the MAIN game (RTW with expansion & EB) required for this EAEM to work or may is that I already have the game installed (way long ago) in a seperate drive but on the same system that helped EAEM to boot all fine (which i doubt it would since it has no same REGISTRY EDITS as my system WIN10 corei7)

As for the Crash, i havent applied any fixes yet. i do recall there were many of those, Core limiting, textures related and so on, but i would appreciate your help with these as to which one i should go with, but before we actually apply the fixes as is, do you think doing a clean install of RTW->patched till Alexander 1.9 (i have the exapansion) and than copy pasting your EAEM in that RTW/ALEX -OR- RTW/ folder wihtout applying any of EB & fixes will do the trick for a stable game experience?

Sorry for the long post, but i thought it will help with so many of older gamers like me :lost: cuz the instructions on the first page are not that much clear for an old fool like me :)

-V-

[Maksimus]

I would try 1 - Remove all installations you have and just plain download and run the folder I uploaded
2 - Overwrite installations you do have with my files

I will be honest with you that i believe crashed are related to the engine itself - as I found no ways to read what the error is - it sometimes crashed for me too.

What I believe its the thing is that i put unlimited amount of men on the battle which game caps by default - sorry for this

Thank you for playing this mod

[Aexodus]

EB 1.3c for Alexander exe is the latest version. Myabe you could ask the dev, in this thread http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?756173-EB-v1-31c-Rreleased!

[Maksimus]

You can just download my files as I see they have much more than 1.3 version - simply download all and play

[JohnnyVolume]

Hey folks Ive tried several times to install EB for Alex unsuccessfully. The first time I was able to load the campaign map. there didnt seem to be FOW and there were alot of graphic glitches before it would crash. I uninstalled and reinstalled, and now when I try and select the single play campaign, it wont load but it will instead tell me to select something from a list. where am I going wrong?

[Maksimus]

You really just need have a separate folder for this mod and call it Alex or something and then download it there and open the game with the eaem exe icon

[Conan]

Hi Maksimus,

Do you have a link to the full change log? Or at least a general summary of changes in the latest update?

Thanks!

[Maksimus]

hai, the changes are wast in terms of overhaul that its really hard to put it on papper, try thhe mod and you will love it

[Maksimus]

quick question- is this mod still able to run? if so how in 2024 - pls mail me at petrovicvladan9@gmail.com