still crashing after complete reupload

Hi I have bought a new computer working on Vista.:dizzy2: I wished I could find one with good ol'XP but could not...

I reinstalled RTW from the disk outside the Program folder as requested (in a special folder named "C:\Activision\Rome Total War", then patch 1.3 then 1.5

I verified Vanilla game worked. OK

Then I installed EB 1.1 then EB patch 1.2.

Battles are working but Campaing game bugs at start.

I ran the validation script and it gives the speech below. Can somebody help me on this??? :help: This is a bit tricky for my old age :oops: maybe some younger computer hero can help?:idea2:

Thanks in advance, here is the file :


You don't have an original installation; There are changes to files, or some are missing.
However, these may be conscious changes you have made, to remod EB. See below for details.
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Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\barbarian_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 0b86b99e53ea8b00267abca4c745ea79, got 8afb6b2c81c5e82e4a29d3e5cf24fdfb)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\brutii_intro_final.wmv (expected checksum fea6d22ae90718c920914e2647d8132b, got b16d9a93c60a7a85e6781f837d491699)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\carthage_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 112b979f627f0f4c3f6da7fcf2ce8728, got 690f3a2500ee85a3e9fddd43809fb5cd)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\eastern_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 399b5b539a25e00b0c152d4d44c9a7ad, got 7e29ce20b2006a22e092683cac1722ff)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\egyptian_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 4e82ae798c4d73f011929377ccd2aea0, got 03499128ecbd0a4ebde8b71182c2f1bd)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\greek_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum e1a63649a4052ecb222b33f0a8b0de76, got 8646789e850fc010ef56a47ccaf5c670)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\julii_intro_final.wmv (expected checksum 1fdbacdecb759b15d1fd79fe93f50049, got 106ea76a7c73703cb815d41a018dd09f)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\prologue_640x480_needs_audio.wmv (expected checksum 2423dc3a6a0461159546f6a57e46d890, got 550001ff93fc318a95a413d357f43e1d)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\scipii_intro_final.wmv (expected checksum 4c09bfc1e2a232d98e10803e2096932f, got 14e39260aa4a34a6324d0d22110041c2)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice1.dat (expected checksum ac1951a694106b9f63285088d4023ba4, got e3454ed79ae09234e64c0c1ecdd819a4)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice1.idx (expected checksum 908a215e81ae116c1b66c751f27311d7, got c15d1fce7724ff91145ce424eb97ccaa)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice2.dat (expected checksum 95f8d895df35b1357e6b23c6ebc21de7, got 6d6380fa6b7e9e9d3674a26b9ec70dd7)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice2.idx (expected checksum 9d459e20b93d18e3338e5f991c46e0b0, got d56946edacad7a9acd06625ddc879f26)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice3.dat (expected checksum 7caef95b1a4aae80103f2f838640bc37, got 799c7e508411eea036c1650bc25086c1)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice3.idx (expected checksum be7147e4cded7add0643cc0f59003357, got b1d3c46392705d44fabfd2a3bb76a83a)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle.txt (expected checksum e1cf461f92d014ee05ab1d4f68fc26e4, got 64230a53b9fd28fef9aa2772154464bc)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle_descriptions.txt (expected checksum 487f3fff70b0765fceba372f12660509, got 2ba095d631028661e714dba349743e4f)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle_ed.txt (expected checksum 287ecce432922d2b5c45f35aecdc7827, got 65c617514f425ea1e2db5ca4be947b0a)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle_event_subtitles.txt (expected checksum 39ad5ffbd61ee6058ace70b5cd7be368, got bbee351744c147a1fb1ef4a3c622ac06)
Changed file: .\data\text\building_battle.txt (expected checksum 58364995a06cafef94e57b0bc8f3f29a, got 84d6c9074cc33ed8ebe8b923e19127f6)
Changed file: .\data\text\campaign_descriptions.txt (expected checksum 936d27d6edd36c25d4ce365137596da9, got 8f6155ddee48e9bc9efcc7f6114cc3b4)
Changed file: .\data\text\climates.txt (expected checksum 42c9f4c6414322cc7ea797485a84e2e3, got 779acadf5774c64fc56142b4b157c5eb)
Changed file: .\data\text\cursor_action_tooltips.txt (expected checksum 2bd1603abe3d9006512404f9b32043b8, got 47ca44ef601502ea07ed7e8dcf2b0f61)
Changed file: .\data\text\date_format.txt (expected checksum f245a33f015933a43abd197bd072f97e, got 12af482d9e0db0b0ab5e00be39a3a411)
Changed file: .\data\text\diplomacy.txt (expected checksum c99819aac037c0574f3db9232dd7873b, got 21b16e772ed44484fff59d998010bfc4)
Changed file: .\data\text\event_strings.txt (expected checksum 0c452ba9b84710a22f2c68c10321c57b, got a01699e102216b1a0c60131b3ba03cfd)
Changed file: .\data\text\event_titles.txt (expected checksum 057ea4d7d6392128eae47b4b465522a9, got 71fd8dcd9edd727e7ecb4ecbc0729d50)
Changed file: .\data\text\expanded.txt (expected checksum 1cbb13aef56a9caba2799b23421ed2c4, got 9d59e153cf7a6b0d8e53539f861f5e38)
Changed file: .\data\text\expanded_bi.txt (expected checksum de497f755beedf2e23bf8c0aef2f2838, got fbfa0617ad852b783e2389c4b5d24e98)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_advice.txt (expected checksum 82876fa9b7642c38db61919d5fc0f9c2, got 835f2599a63976a81e5cb4c0c3fcb48b)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_ancillaries.txt (expected checksum cf816ff619a57e9bf13b61308b798677, got 0ca532e61f462f1bd545d44993725e54)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_buildings.txt (expected checksum c5b3ba523af0436968ab65caeb0210fd, got ce0a960a8daa1780fb675cb9d254f534)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_prologue.txt (expected checksum 424b39d350187dcb6a4cc07ee5d16f87, got 52faf36d15c02859cb776ad8f35356d9)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_units.txt (expected checksum 99e5ae5e3c427f030f5899b62fc4c8c0, got c41e5f83a40e460f84c7ebffe9790dcf)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_vnvs.txt (expected checksum 4ddf6ef7a749f36e54e6be56c46aa984, got 9340e53762d62afc923abb99ee45be6f)
Changed file: .\data\text\factionintrosubtitles.txt (expected checksum 2e71385dfa9034644f664a5b170d6ce9, got 31382e9991c2ea9058299c5ed7a7653c)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\barbarian_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum da07e9e7cafd99d69f59ddf6f504e560, got c52ed476dc4718401acd21eeed55deef)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\brutii_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 12abea929806c599b7d7d573fc29e4ee, got d22c03b6f9e6e76e9afe3c5a65247445)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\carthage_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum e881e4c8996cc5f57c706e9cc4f673eb, got 563eae4410125e84703375af56d051ae)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\eastern_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 9e286019729be24e6a9f1a8d0e484caa, got 61be529789d2332fb20546c60e0c38d0)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\egyptian_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 5b0f88a4ba7bfe57a64d23e608d6e59a, got 7a185317f3f0b671004253f334cee15a)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\greek_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 366e88c83e97000f61c2e5154922c22f, got a46c7843e75a804037a33482392cd71c)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\julii_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 2a66a0b58c6936fd3a90c7cfa4ea73db, got 4994cad585183fd1857f03d682cbdea4)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\prologue_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum c74311eda47dd9ce0eb8bf9677a39007, got f80d7f4f0cae55f795720c4c1e450657)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\scipii_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum dea95b9ee05fa245a75f5a3eaaa7281d, got 4d5597a83476d9c7c93846d9f75d57f7)
Changed file: .\data\text\historic_battles_subtitles.txt (expected checksum 51401dd75cbeece5a0edf2fc8844f22e, got fdb1286bda3fae317f34c488259a657d)
Changed file: .\data\text\historic_events.txt (expected checksum 79f5586810b4b6317e0a81cb6b9b9d5e, got 50b828cb0ab4e7d8dc9c968b28765cf5)
Changed file: .\data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt (expected checksum 58bb050c9aab16e486d648c692124222, got fd9b59d7e908e7295aa6e93faf6383b4)
Changed file: .\data\text\landmarks.txt (expected checksum c0f30a079f24383d9c8ff9dfa9768fe1, got 4d6dc3f18b59d312c6ca006b0ae0d762)
Changed file: .\data\text\menu_english.txt (expected checksum ba00f45a7e0b22c25818f6d7411876a8, got 5bc725b262233cb4425081d2c451b4f4)
Changed file: .\data\text\names.txt (expected checksum 8bfa7f18e8228a39c5b9d9bbd9acaddf, got 379bc7dd79ba05126b56c3d0a8afe22e)
Changed file: .\data\text\prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt (expected checksum f7671d7ed7c5bdf0e80bd2404cbdc5fa, got b06e15f530bae44b23fe51f34ce97a80)
Changed file: .\data\text\quotes.txt (expected checksum c995e9bb0ec7cab90ffaeed99632a0fb, got 6b62b40319096442bd58b9346711c048)
Changed file: .\data\text\rebel_faction_descr.txt (expected checksum 8677a76703f4949540845316588842fd, got 4c4f862b617db44d12d3614f04da9e6b)
Changed file: .\data\text\scipio_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt (expected checksum b3b0b6328ce4a647f7bc29b8338016ca, got 4c24ecfe761ea4684d94acdd01a54fbc)
Changed file: .\data\text\shared.txt (expected checksum db2c472ed434b789e84fe38b09a4ed1f, got 40fdbf2bfda8d9a1861e9058bb8ba71e)
Changed file: .\data\text\shortcut.txt (expected checksum 7c7a4dbd7134386c2ae437bd7da382fd, got d06b72a7d38b0b8cbdddaa97dbe3a04d)
Changed file: .\data\text\sons_of_mars_regions_and_settlement_names.txt (expected checksum e952d8f18f84c39a988d8b1b1b2d8b0a, got 89f883acce757a2747d547d183e652d5)
Changed file: .\data\text\strat.txt (expected checksum cdf1b7cc1630bb5181bd3e06d0dc34b2, got 93ea67e50ad3d53b4643eae8e93a16cf)
Changed file: .\data\text\tooltips.txt (expected checksum 75d8f636f8b0e1323d83116cf35e6476, got a5ea2f2581c20009e28ceb50d8995da9)
Changed file: .\eb\data\descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt (expected checksum cb93a428e536cfa294ff85bf1d9ceca1, got 23942befd1eebbd7b829f750745c3081)
Added file: .\eb configuration.lnk
Added file: .\eb multi player.lnk
Added file: .\eb preferences.lnk
Added file: .\eb single player.lnk
Added file: .\persistent_logs\ai_subterfuge.txt
Added file: .\persistent_logs\issued_advice.txt
Added file: .\persistent_logs\issued_ancillaries.txt
Added file: .\persistent_logs\issued_traits.txt
Added file: .\rome total war 1.3 patch read me fra.htm

Have you tried to disable movies? You also appear to have a non-English version of RTW. French perhaps? Others have had problems with EB on that.

Thakns for answering Bovi,

Yes I have a French version for RTW

I used to play EB on my old computer, 1.0 version, same RTW French CD and under XP it worked perfectly.
I tried to add -nm to the shortcut for no avail

Now what should I do?

is 1.0 still available somewhere?

Does the changed file list means something?

Did someone found a fix for this kind of problem?
Should I post more information ?

sorry to insist but what can I do?

You can try to install RTW in the English lagnuage (if that is possible with your copy of RTW).

As Bovi said, eventually would that help (in any case, copy your existent version to a temporaly place).

Just my guess,

XSamatan

I've been intending to put up the English version files on our FTP, but I'm not quite sure if that would be legal. I'm inclined to believe it's legal, firstly because they can't be used without having the game in the first place, and secondly because Xenophonia has not been in any trouble for redistributing files from other language versions.

I guess you've left a long time ago, but there are more suggestions in the validation post.