Where and How to post saved games to fix a bug

**Stelios** · 07-23-2010, 19:46

Thanks much, good sir

**XSamatan** · 07-24-2010, 14:13

Hello Stelios,

your games are corrupted. It seems as if you installed the 1.2 patch into a wrong folder or/and put the 1.2 fixes into wrong places. In all of your saves the FM have traits that signalize that very clear. Therefore the instability of your current campaign (and maybe the forerunners too).

My advice would be to install complete new.

To do this, first de-install EB and RTW
Install RTW and patch it to 1.5 (most 'modern' copies are on 1.5 from beginning)
Copy this installation to a safe folder, just in case you need a fresh RTW
Install EB 1.1 into your RTW folder
Install EB 1.2 into your RTW folder (not into the EB folder)
apply the fixes (you can get them from my signature

This thread may help you also: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=80270

XSamatan

**Stelios** · 07-25-2010, 03:19

Huh, go figure. So the problem was only with where I installed 1.2 and the fixes? Meaning, the location of RTW and EB1.1 were fine? I thought I installed them into the same place, I guess not. Anyhow, thanks for checking it, I am taking your advice and I wiped all trace of Rome and EB off my computer (as far as I know...I can still find them in the recycle bin, but I removed them using the add/remove programs function and deleted all shortcuts that were left), and reinstalling RTW now. I took the earlier advice I was given and installed it to c:/games again, which I suppose should work. How and where would I copy this new installation to a clean folder (again, sorry for my technical incompetence)? Should I just create a new folder from the desktop, select RTW, control copy it, then paste it into the newly created folder?

**Stelios** · 07-25-2010, 05:31

Nvm about the copying, I had help figuring that out. I installed EB1.1 to C:/games where RTW is, and I downloaded 1.2, and I will install it tomorrow. I'm just being anal about everything because I would prefer not to have to do this all over again (for maybe the seventh or eigth time), so I am sorry if i am an annoyance.

**XSamatan** · 07-25-2010, 12:09

Just take care that 1.2 is installed also in the RTW folder and that the fixes are put in their right place, this should get over most common CTD's issues.
You should be able to get to your old point in your save-games in short time as you haven't played that long, hope in your new campaigns everything works alright!

XSamatan

**Stelios** · 07-25-2010, 20:44

well I believe I installed everything to the correct directory this time, and I got multiplayer EB1.1 to work last night. Today I installed 1.2 and unpacked the fixes to the same location as RTW and EB1.2, so i think i did everything right. Then i loaded single player, deleted all my old corrupt saves (which were still there for some reason), selected a Romani campaign, started it, and got as far as the little EB intro video. Then it crashed. I have never had a CTD before starting any campaigns before, so i am pretty irritated. I hope it's not another error on my part in installing things to their correct places. I remember seeing some thread about CTD's before even starting the campaign, but i dont' really know how to use the seach function and cannot find it....would you (or anyone) help direct me to where i can correct that issue?

**Stelios** · 07-25-2010, 22:14

ok, i tried using direct3d sound provider instead of the miles sound system, off of some hints i found on the forum. I don't know if that did it, but i tried starting a makedonian campaign and a romani campaign, and both work fine now....so i'm cautiously optimistic at present. Hopefully it was a one-time thing.