Help Please

[gwax23]

Alrite ik you guys probably get alot of these problems regarding game installation etc.

Idk what I did wrong but I followed the instructions provided on this board this is the first mod ive ever tried to download for rtw. I was getting sick of vanilla and decided to get EB.

I have windows vista OS. I have RTW gold but I did not install BI. So everything was clean when i installed it no prior mods or EB files or anything of that nature. It was patched to 1.5 so that was all good. I downloaded 1.1 and 1.2 and made backup files of rtw and put them in under my user files and not in program files as suggested by the help thread. When I began installation and it asked which file I picked the copy of the rtw 1.5 that I put under my user files. I installed it then did the same with the 1.2 patch and installed it to the EB file in the rtw 1.5 file.

When i went to the start menu and then EB play it goes straight to vanilla and idk why.

Did I do something wrong if so what and how can I fix it?

I really want to play this mod because it looks amazing and very interesting

Ill appreciate any help i can get

Oh and one more question whats the difference between EB and Rome Total War Realism?

Thanks

[A Very Super Market]

Make a shortcut to RTW (Vanilla), and under properties, in the Target box, type

-show_err -mod:eb

At the very end of it. Then use the shortcut.

As for the difference between EB and RTR, it's the fact that they are different mods, really. Try them both out, and pick whichever you like best.

[gwax23]

I made a shortcut of vanilla..this is what was listed as the target in properties before I did anything to it

"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe"

Idk what u meant by "at the very end of it" I pasted what u put at the end of it and it looked like this


"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe-show_err -mod:eb"

It said it wasnt valid and didnt let me apply it

[A Very Super Market]

"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_err -mod:eb

Try that.

[gwax23]

The invalid error message didnt come up and i was able to apply ti but it still went straight to vanilla. I was looking at the EB play shortcut that wa sin my start menu after i installed it and here was the target and start location

target-------"C:\Users\Gavin\RTW\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_error

start in ------- "C:\Users\Gavin\RTW\Rome - Total War"

I installed rtw to program files the creative assembly but i made a new folder and copied those files and put them in my user area and thats where i installed EB too.

Does that help u at all?

also thanks for ur help so far

[A Very Super Market]

Well, if EB wasn't in the CA folder, then that wouldn't have done any good.


"C:\Users\Gavin\RTW\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_error -mod:eb

Should work.