BI.exe custom battles

[TruePraetorian]

I've spent numerous hours trying to find the thread about BI.exe and enabling the custom battles, but they have slipped away to somewhere deep in the forums..

Can anyone refresh my memory on how to make custom battles work again? I'm actually running RTW as a mod folder, with my shortcut on BI being "C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:data -show_err", this is the way i've always played rtw with BI. I seem to have a vague remeberance of which files you must add to the folder to make custom battles work, something to do with the base folder?

Any help would be appreciated :yes:

[Dol Guldur]

The BI modfolder requires a generated map.rwm file in the base folder, which is the one it uses for CBs. It's the only file you need in there as far as a provincial setup is concerned. I think EB public forums have thorough threads on running EB through the BI and Alex exe - so best to look there.

[TruePraetorian]

Nope, feel like i've been surfing the web for hours (which i have been..) and can't find a solution...it's odd becasue i have done it before but i re-installed the game and now the information is lost to me...:help:

[Dol Guldur]

Link: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=75667

[Red Spot]

bit of a longshot, but who knows ...

you are now using;
"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:data -show_err"

try using;
"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod -show_err"

see if that works, as I play Rome under BI using these command lines and a custom map and can play custom battles just fine ..
(actually I use this when testing; "D:\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-BI.exe" -nm -ne -show_err -mod ... pretty much always ...:D)


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[TruePraetorian]

Ah Thanks! Turns out that was the exact thread i had before, thank you my custom battles work perfectly. Someone should make a walkthrough of that for others looking how to enable custom battles...in my journey through the forums i witnessed many others having the same problem...

[Makanyane]

TP as you've just done it could you write out exactly what is required in a reply? If you make it self contained I can add the single post to "Modding Answers" which would help anyone with similar problem, so they don't have to read through lots of threads with conflicting comments/discussion........


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[TruePraetorian]

There's two ways you can run RTW through BI.exe, the more common way with a mod folder, or changing the shortcut line to read:

"your install folder\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:data -nm -show_err

I used the latter method, so here is how to enable Custom Battles that way:

-Make sure the minimum your shortcut reads is:

"your install folder\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:data


-Make a copy of:

your install folder\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign

And rename one of the copies to barbarian_invasion, so it should look like:

your install folder\data\world\maps\campaign\barbarian_invasion
(Both folders should be in data\world\maps\campaign)

-Make a copy of:

your install folder\data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt


And rename one of the copies to barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names.txt

-Delete:

your install folder\data\world\maps\base\map.rwm

Start up your game through your new shortcut and it should work :2thumbsup:

Also, this should work if you ARE using a mod folder, just make it so you are editing the folder you are using(Ex. instead of \data as described above, make these changes for \"your mod"\data)

[TruePraetorian]

Sorry for replying so late, my ethernet cables were completely fried so i had to buy new ones...hope my guide is alright :sweatdrop:

[Makanyane]

Thanks for doing that, sounds a lot simpler than it did trying to dig information out of the previous threads! Have added it to the Answers section in various categories....

as reminder to everyone, if you spot a useful answer to a common question you can add link to the answer database yourself, just go here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local_links.php?catid=111) click "add link" and follow instructions. :beam: