EB wont start

[Teutobod II]

Hi,

so far I restrained myself from smashing something


I tried 3 different installs from different servers and the files are always corrupt
I never have the round EB-icon, only the standart blue/white windowssquare !!

RTW 1.5 is newly installed and works and I can play EB custom battles but the game goes CTD or freezes after I select a faction and start a campaign

[Tellos Athenaios]

Ahh the good old ways of Windows... Are you REALLY SURE that you have installed EB in the CORRECT location?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Because you just described me something I only ever saw happening with shortcuts that point to a non-existant location/file. Which break down to: you did not install it in the RTW folder (the folder which contains your RomeTW.exe file).

[bovi]

Sounds odd that he manages to start custom battles though...

Please run the validation.

[Teutobod II]

Ahh the good old ways of Windows... Are you REALLY SURE that you have installed EB in the CORRECT location?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Because you just described me something I only ever saw happening with shortcuts that point to a non-existant location/file. Which break down to: you did not install it in the RTW folder (the folder which contains your RomeTW.exe file).

thats possible, one or two time I loaded it into the activision folder (one above RTW)

here goes no. 4 then...

[KuKulzA]

I have a similar problem (I use a Windows Vista)
Mine dies every time I try to start a campaign.
However I can play custom games on single player mode
My EB1.1 is under
- Computer
-- OS (C:)
--- Activision
---- Rome - Total War
NOT under Program Files

for whatever reason, whenever I try to start a new campaign, it says:



anyone have advice or the fix to this?
What's this "Protection Error" and this "Debugger"?
I don't think I have WinIce or SoftIce

[Tellos Athenaios]

IDK but there are a couple of things you can try:
1) Restart your PC; try again.
2) Post a screenshot with a list of processes running when this error occurs. Then somebody who knows might step in and give you the explanation...

[Son of Perun]

Same problem over here.

Just curious: have you guys tried to start a campaign for factions with intro(saka, pahlava)? Cos I am able to start only those campaigns.

[Tellos Athenaios]

In which case it might be worth to install the codec mentioned in the announcement thread?

If for some reason the problem persists after that -- try disabling the movies by ticking the appropiate checkbox in the trivial script GUI. (Launch the Configuration shortcut...)

[Son of Perun]

Uh...I thought only 2 factions have movies?

[Tellos Athenaios]

No, there's a placeholder EB movie for all factions without a movie of their own.

[azzbaz]

'This application has failed to start because MSS32.DLL was not found' what does this mean and how can i fix it?!

[Tellos Athenaios]

That you are missing a key file in your RTW install. Re-installing RTW should fix the problem.

[azzbaz]

k thanks

[bovi]

Guys, create your own help threads. This one is Teutobod's.

[Teutobod II]

Sounds odd that he manages to start custom battles though...

Please run the validation.

reinstall didnt work, and now I have the dubugger message like KuKulzA

You seem to have a corrupt install. 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.
==========
Changed file: .\data\export_descr_advice.txt (expected checksum f29c56a6d711e3ebb70b855365500de8, got f11b9d0b0cc0b29d838d58e8258e0c6a)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\barbarian_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 0b86b99e53ea8b00267abca4c745ea79, got f06bdade5940e10ca26c1d49d46c2585)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\brutii_intro_final.wmv (expected checksum fea6d22ae90718c920914e2647d8132b, got 2f87de924d3bd19ab9b104503d16b0a4)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\carthage_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 112b979f627f0f4c3f6da7fcf2ce8728, got 56ece1f7fa6362734a4bb02a4580688b)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\eastern_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 399b5b539a25e00b0c152d4d44c9a7ad, got f238766e1e2e4034d56c2aa03ebc75d5)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\egyptian_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum 4e82ae798c4d73f011929377ccd2aea0, got cbca5ff8c7ebf4ede36b3e210a44e0a6)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\greek_intro_640x480_bars.wmv (expected checksum e1a63649a4052ecb222b33f0a8b0de76, got cb2ae2db531e110844b3837422c893e3)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\julii_intro_final.wmv (expected checksum 1fdbacdecb759b15d1fd79fe93f50049, got 980768c4db8704ff5a1df0361712d642)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\prologue_640x480_needs_audio.wmv (expected checksum 2423dc3a6a0461159546f6a57e46d890, got 39d56a38a684297ffcf66a96c3449ef2)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\intros\scipii_intro_final.wmv (expected checksum 4c09bfc1e2a232d98e10803e2096932f, got 31a69e6468376bd66231dbf1ffc6879f)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice1.dat (expected checksum ac1951a694106b9f63285088d4023ba4, got de01cbf4a205d3aaa66f2ce5ce6c1764)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice1.idx (expected checksum 908a215e81ae116c1b66c751f27311d7, got e79c8d2dc75285a7ef52f37fa1793afd)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice2.dat (expected checksum 95f8d895df35b1357e6b23c6ebc21de7, got 7672f9633202f4ac8fd649c6cd0f3cde)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice2.idx (expected checksum 9d459e20b93d18e3338e5f991c46e0b0, got b7b3a1c272bd1a2a38f797b3fc4f7d17)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice3.dat (expected checksum 7caef95b1a4aae80103f2f838640bc37, got 18bde8996809fd99b11350c94eaec6d9)
Changed file: .\data\sounds\voice3.idx (expected checksum be7147e4cded7add0643cc0f59003357, got 0cd74061ad7e3ef5a9e0828ca1f9c5fd)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle.txt (expected checksum e1cf461f92d014ee05ab1d4f68fc26e4, got d6910c2c50613ce5a3a2682b745fe9df)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle_descriptions.txt (expected checksum 487f3fff70b0765fceba372f12660509, got 1be705dbf7e48b22031998554f47a2da)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle_ed.txt (expected checksum 287ecce432922d2b5c45f35aecdc7827, got dcca67751672beff235909f10da233d6)
Changed file: .\data\text\battle_event_subtitles.txt (expected checksum 39ad5ffbd61ee6058ace70b5cd7be368, got e1f3f38833fe0c256fb8fe24b26f6531)
Changed file: .\data\text\building_battle.txt (expected checksum 58364995a06cafef94e57b0bc8f3f29a, got 4078a2c2bed8c143bdfa40958f603c63)
Changed file: .\data\text\campaign_descriptions.txt (expected checksum 936d27d6edd36c25d4ce365137596da9, got 187cf5a99d585e8dc0153cee3ba16e5f)
Changed file: .\data\text\climates.txt (expected checksum 42c9f4c6414322cc7ea797485a84e2e3, got 02590c64eecb3086725a8abc5632b5f0)
Changed file: .\data\text\cursor_action_tooltips.txt (expected checksum 2bd1603abe3d9006512404f9b32043b8, got 92da30786b7846c7d08d964879c24c56)
Changed file: .\data\text\date_format.txt (expected checksum f245a33f015933a43abd197bd072f97e, got d57e94ac7904e8cdfc214d4b79edf081)
Changed file: .\data\text\diplomacy.txt (expected checksum c99819aac037c0574f3db9232dd7873b, got 8e78300fc77b73e69b6d460e12c9dc4b)
Changed file: .\data\text\event_strings.txt (expected checksum 0c452ba9b84710a22f2c68c10321c57b, got 8dc1bf12cdc141c0b0c16d32613d10d7)
Changed file: .\data\text\event_titles.txt (expected checksum 057ea4d7d6392128eae47b4b465522a9, got 003c104e0f8c7b4ecc928cd6bd2fd689)
Changed file: .\data\text\expanded.txt (expected checksum 1cbb13aef56a9caba2799b23421ed2c4, got ff94a4be36c9981a343b0bcf9db2246d)
Changed file: .\data\text\expanded_bi.txt (expected checksum de497f755beedf2e23bf8c0aef2f2838, got 076a6f89c411be3941c3ef6fedc950a8)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_advice.txt (expected checksum 82876fa9b7642c38db61919d5fc0f9c2, got 4040a99ac6c1d9bffb6f9c848cd7f7ec)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_ancillaries.txt (expected checksum cf816ff619a57e9bf13b61308b798677, got 89566cebb9747fde8a9bf34eb2cf87b8)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_buildings.txt (expected checksum c5b3ba523af0436968ab65caeb0210fd, got 0a020326d9a18cd8ff691606464b9433)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_prologue.txt (expected checksum 424b39d350187dcb6a4cc07ee5d16f87, got 069778902cc93d54df46745d611f100f)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_units.txt (expected checksum 99e5ae5e3c427f030f5899b62fc4c8c0, got 636f7697a2e6c5adc45185c1effc9f41)
Changed file: .\data\text\export_vnvs.txt (expected checksum 4ddf6ef7a749f36e54e6be56c46aa984, got 9c4af23ed4d0f5b577cfc2e92a1d2c48)
Changed file: .\data\text\factionintrosubtitles.txt (expected checksum 2e71385dfa9034644f664a5b170d6ce9, got f2d44e61e1e4948372db7c6820939710)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\barbarian_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum da07e9e7cafd99d69f59ddf6f504e560, got c44c66101644ac93a3948bda2805b9c4)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\brutii_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 12abea929806c599b7d7d573fc29e4ee, got a00e58804a2de598cd19137ff146fd3a)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\carthage_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum e881e4c8996cc5f57c706e9cc4f673eb, got c12b5f9dfd46b00700df51f78c267dfd)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\eastern_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 9e286019729be24e6a9f1a8d0e484caa, got 952faecacd56c8c61a85610adff1e27a)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\egyptian_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 5b0f88a4ba7bfe57a64d23e608d6e59a, got c87a923b64a0f7f73d2ce0313afb3eff)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\greek_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 366e88c83e97000f61c2e5154922c22f, got d6d037f8d632254ff4e998ff93ed8a8f)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\julii_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum 2a66a0b58c6936fd3a90c7cfa4ea73db, got 867b918759fc50a8d93c2ba1c291b004)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\prologue_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum c74311eda47dd9ce0eb8bf9677a39007, got 79d1a3fb1c2c02250988b2ccd5d19806)
Changed file: .\data\text\fmv_timings\scipii_subtitle_timing.txt (expected checksum dea95b9ee05fa245a75f5a3eaaa7281d, got abc1b634d5aa11b1b3320cac724e261a)
Changed file: .\data\text\historic_battles_subtitles.txt (expected checksum 51401dd75cbeece5a0edf2fc8844f22e, got d8ea966de1ccaf062e934b39986be8e8)
Changed file: .\data\text\historic_events.txt (expected checksum 79f5586810b4b6317e0a81cb6b9b9d5e, got ce0600f9eb7075047223595923ab81d7)
Changed file: .\data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt (expected checksum 58bb050c9aab16e486d648c692124222, got aa8ab1861f35f10017ca5c5e27340e35)
Changed file: .\data\text\landmarks.txt (expected checksum c0f30a079f24383d9c8ff9dfa9768fe1, got 7391faf0e674be7bbb7f983ca84ca1cc)
Changed file: .\data\text\menu_english.txt (expected checksum ba00f45a7e0b22c25818f6d7411876a8, got d820727f26399bf7f7a7d19f92390691)
Changed file: .\data\text\names.txt (expected checksum 8bfa7f18e8228a39c5b9d9bbd9acaddf, got c78a9b48c0613e2624e495f988093448)
Changed file: .\data\text\prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt (expected checksum f7671d7ed7c5bdf0e80bd2404cbdc5fa, got 18c0484ae3e5fdccd78e5bccc25bb5cf)
Changed file: .\data\text\quotes.txt (expected checksum c995e9bb0ec7cab90ffaeed99632a0fb, got 06d3c829666330873eb9d2bb250f9094)
Changed file: .\data\text\rebel_faction_descr.txt (expected checksum 8677a76703f4949540845316588842fd, got 1eea0391363cd4d7b9723ab2f804e589)
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 a5bf6430a88f0e59da5378ff420197a1)
Changed file: .\data\text\shortcut.txt (expected checksum 7c7a4dbd7134386c2ae437bd7da382fd, got d342e95a9979f9dba29601a1780043a2)
Changed file: .\data\text\sons_of_mars_regions_and_settlement_names.txt (expected checksum e952d8f18f84c39a988d8b1b1b2d8b0a, got 06f38c9254c0e09e28270174e0fce08c)
Changed file: .\data\text\strat.txt (expected checksum cdf1b7cc1630bb5181bd3e06d0dc34b2, got f325413871ae926694f8630761cef59d)
Changed file: .\data\text\tooltips.txt (expected checksum 75d8f636f8b0e1323d83116cf35e6476, got 81e68fcbb13025d8a5e037e1bef181e0)
Changed file: .\eb\data\descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt (expected checksum cb93a428e536cfa294ff85bf1d9ceca1, got 23942befd1eebbd7b829f750745c3081)
Changed file: .\eb\data\world\maps\battle\custom\279#bc#-#battle#of#ausculum\description.txt (expected checksum e54e6f6ba0c7cbb4eb7a2016e2f17842, got 0337a879748a757b21957959beb00873)
Changed file: .\eb\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt (expected checksum bad234a2e164713781308d6d9b2770c0, got dafc4faf498a7ecc11e74fcace01c578)
Changed file: .\eb\mp game edu backup\map.rwm (expected checksum 1c90eb5933e8e610f00bdd692ca60048, got ca3d6899906a707189b700241a6e2797)
Added file: .\eb\export_descr_character_traits.zip
Added file: .\eb\interloper.zip
Added file: .\eb\sprites.zip
Added file: .\eb\unitsize.zip
Added file: .\eb configuration.lnk
Added file: .\eb multi player.lnk
Added file: .\eb preferences.lnk
Added file: .\eb single player.lnk
Added file: .\eb1.1.exe
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\acknowledgment.txt
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\changelog.txt
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\ebtrivialscript.exe
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\examples\foobar control\foobar.xml
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\examples\foobar control\foobarcontrol.lnk
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\examples\foobar control\readme.txt
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\examples\hello world\hello.xml
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\examples\hello world\helloworld.lnk
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\examples\hello world\readme.txt
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\license.txt
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\bg-blue.png
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\bg.png
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\filterscript.js
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\index.html
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\manual.css
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\manual.xml
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\manual\manual.xsl
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\unins000.dat
Added file: .\ebtrivialscript\unins000.exe
Added file: .\extras\ebtrivialscript_setup.exe
Added file: .\extras\eb_documentation.exe
Added file: .\extras\eb_rv_setup.exe
Added file: .\unins000.dat
Added file: .\unins000.exe

[bovi]

Which language of RTW are you installing on top of? The files listed are typically the regionalized ones.

Other than the vanilla files, it seems to be okay enough, I presume the changed descr_strat is the interloper fix.

Have you tried the other items in the validation sticky? They've helped a number of other people with more or less obscure problems.

[KuKulzA]

disabling movies WORKS!

[deathmaw]

i can't get my version to work i have to install in the programs file but it says not too

what do i do

[bovi]

what do i do

Create your own help thread.