EB for Macintosh - questions & support thread

**Edwin@Feral** · 09-13-2010, 14:42

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

That'll be the Trivial Script, which switches between 2 different sets of a few files and is capable of editing a couple of settings. It does these things:

Basic edits of preferences.txt
Switch between various lighting settings and apply modesty patch if needed
Switch between single- & multi- player versions of a few EB files like export_descr_units.txt Those files are found in EB/sp game edu backup/ and EB/mp game edu backup/ folders respectively.
Launch the game with a number of configurable commandline parameters (e.g. -ne, -nm atop of -mod:eb)

Thanks, the mod was based off having all the options in the Windows installer NOT installed. I figured I would work out the rest later. You have a link for how it all works?

Edwin

**Tellos Athenaios** · 09-13-2010, 15:07

If you mean “do you know how it all works?” the answer is no. I didn't write the tool... The single/multiplayer thing is simply a matter of copying the right files.

**Blazing141** · 09-13-2010, 15:26

Edwin,
Thanks for the replies. I take the hint and would post to the Feral support site for game (as opposed to mod) issues, but I just checked and there is no forum on the Feral site dedicated to Rome: Total War....Also, tried to start the game with FSAA turned completely off and the max resolution was still 1980x1200 as opposed to the full screen on my iMac...

Thanks again.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 09-13-2010, 15:34

If there is a preferences.txt file on the Mac, simply try to edit it by hand and set the resolution. That approach works on Windows with various “odd” resolutions; and it might just work on the Mac, too.

**Edwin@Feral** · 09-13-2010, 15:41

Originally Posted by Blazing141

Edwin,
Thanks for the replies. I take the hint and would post to the Feral support site for game (as opposed to mod) issues, but I just checked and there is no forum on the Feral site dedicated to Rome: Total War....Also, tried to start the game with FSAA turned completely off and the max resolution was still 1980x1200 as opposed to the full screen on my iMac...

Thanks again.

The Feral support is email based, we don't have forums right now. About your problem that sounds like a limit in the Mac version will have a look at why and see if it can be extended in the next patch. Usually if we block a resolution it is for good reason though.

Edwin

**Seoinin** · 09-13-2010, 17:35

Hey guys. Thanks for all your hard work getting this mod worked up for RTW Mac. Saves me a lot of trouble maintaining a windows partition and switching back and forth.

I have a question regarding sound in the game. I'm having a wide variety of issues with SFX and music. There are no voice responses from any of the units (i.e. they don't identify themselves when clicked on, don't sound off formation orders, and don't make any noise when charging). Additionally, there is a really, really annoying "white noise" sound present on the strategic map, especially near coasts. This same white noise seems to occur when zoomed in near marching units, as well. I've gone through and checked the sound files, and they all seem to work fine outside EB. There is also no problem when playing vanilla RTW.

Any help you can give me regarding these issues would be greatly appreciated. I've looked around a bit, but not seen this question answered anywhere.

**Edwin@Feral** · 09-13-2010, 17:41

Originally Posted by Seoinin

Hey guys. Thanks for all your hard work getting this mod worked up for RTW Mac. Saves me a lot of trouble maintaining a windows partition and switching back and forth.

I have a question regarding sound in the game. I'm having a wide variety of issues with SFX and music. There are no voice responses from any of the units (i.e. they don't identify themselves when clicked on, don't sound off formation orders, and don't make any noise when charging). Additionally, there is a really, really annoying "white noise" sound present on the strategic map, especially near coasts. This same white noise seems to occur when zoomed in near marching units, as well. I've gone through and checked the sound files, and they all seem to work fine outside EB. There is also no problem when playing vanilla RTW.

Any help you can give me regarding these issues would be greatly appreciated. I've looked around a bit, but not seen this question answered anywhere.

I need to investigate but I think this is down to supported audio formats in the sound library we used for Rome (Mac), this might improve in future patches as our sound library will get better and have wider support as it is used in more games.

Edwin

**Seoinin** · 09-14-2010, 03:38

Originally Posted by Edwin@Feral

I need to investigate but I think this is down to supported audio formats in the sound library we used for Rome (Mac), this might improve in future patches as our sound library will get better and have wider support as it is used in more games.

Edwin

would you be able to share what formats are currently supported? if it is in fact just a format issue, I could probably convert the sound files. looking at the vanilla sounds, it seems like they are in .dat. is this the only compatible format?

Thanks again, Edwin.

**vxvmosesvxv** · 09-16-2010, 22:31

Every time I run the RomeModSetup, it always takes me to this RomeModSetup.command. Can somebody help me out here?

**Edwin@Feral** · 09-17-2010, 09:08

Originally Posted by vxvmosesvxv

Every time I run the RomeModSetup, it always takes me to this RomeModSetup.command. Can somebody help me out here?

Watch the video that comes with the image and watch how to run the installer. The RomeModSetup.command is the installer script so it should open terminal and run. If you still need help tell me where your computer does not match the video guide.

Edwin

**Perdiccas** · 09-28-2010, 09:51

Hello,

Having problems loading EB

2 weeks ago I successfully downloaded EB for mac and played many hours.
last week, when I went through the normal steps to load EB, Vanilla RTW loaded instead.

even though EB files show up on my computer, I can't load anything but RTW.

I decided to put the EB download in the trash and start from scratch, downloading from the site all over again.
when i get to the point of clicking on Rome data script (from rome mod setup download). it asks me if i am administrator and if i have 20GB of space.... i say yes. but the script says error i am not an administrator.

this is my home computer and this was not an issue 2 weeks ago when i successfully downloaded and played EB .

any ideas?

thanks

**Edwin@Feral** · 09-29-2010, 11:30

Originally Posted by Perdiccas

any ideas?

thanks

Cut and paste the contents of the terminal script that has the error message it might have some clues.

Edwin

**b_tambaschi** · 10-10-2010, 13:43

Hi Everyone,

Enjoying this on 17-inch MacBook Pro OS X 10.6.4 2.66GHz Intel Core i7, but am having a couple issues and wonder if anyone can help...

Still experiencing CTD after some large battles.

During battles in which my defending armies are besieged and sally, the battle sometimes won't complete even if all enemies are killed/driven off. The battle screen remains empty, and no dialog window ever pops up to end the battle... only way out is to quit with a draw and losses, city remains besieged.

Regarding patches, are the EB 1.2 patches recommended for Mac version? And, is it necessary to have a patched version of RTW 1.5 before install, as it is with EB for PC? If so, can anyone recommend a reliable place to download?

Many thanks in advance,

BT

**Edwin@Feral** · 10-11-2010, 10:05

Originally Posted by b_tambaschi

Regarding patches, are the EB 1.2 patches recommended for Mac version? And, is it necessary to have a patched version of RTW 1.5 before install, as it is with EB for PC? If so, can anyone recommend a reliable place to download?

Many thanks in advance,

BT

The Mac version of EB is v1.2 with all patches already installed.

The Mac version of RTW is version 1.5/1.6 final patched versions of the PC game.

You should not need to upgrade either version. However make sure you have upgraded your game to the latest version currently 1.1.1.

Cheers,

Edwin

Feral Interactive

Edwin

**b_tambaschi** · 10-12-2010, 10:16

Thanks, Edwin! Thanks especially for creating the Mod... it's the only reason I even bought RTW again (formerly had it for PC).

I reloaded everything, and upgraded to 1.1.1, but am still having the same curious problem and wonder if you think it could be a bug...

During battles in which my defending armies are besieged (either in a city or fort) and sally, the battle sometimes won't complete even if all enemies are killed/driven off. The battle screen remains empty, and no dialog window ever pops up to "Continue" or "End" the battle... the only way out is to quit with a draw and troop losses, and the city/fort remains besieged.

Cheers,

Ben

**Ludens** · 10-12-2010, 14:28

Could it be that a single enemy soldier is stuck behind a tree, so he cannot leave the battlefield?

This is why I enable the timer, even though I find it unrealistic.

**leeburgh** · 10-25-2010, 18:11

Hi there, I bought rome:total war for mac and have installed the EB mod, however upon first playing rome: total war I set it as a default to not give me the start-up options menu. Therefore i tried opening it on Barbarian invasion but the campaign wont start, everytime i click on EB campaign it says 'please choose an item from the list'. I AM A NOOB PLEASE HELP ME!

James

**Edwin@Feral** · 10-25-2010, 18:23

Originally Posted by leeburgh

Hi there, I bought rome:total war for mac and have installed the EB mod, however upon first playing rome: total war I set it as a default to not give me the start-up options menu. Therefore i tried opening it on Barbarian invasion but the campaign wont start, everytime i click on EB campaign it says 'please choose an item from the list'. I AM A NOOB PLEASE HELP ME!

James

You have to use Rome (I don't know if BI works and if it does side effects are likely). You can hold down cmd when Rome is bouncing in the dock and it will force the panel to reappear. You can then use Rome as intended.

Edwin

**Efilzeo** · 11-10-2010, 13:15

Good day to everyone, I'm a new enter here and first of all I want to say you that I'm sorry for my bad English.

Probably what I'm going to ask you was already asked from someone else but I can't find it on the forums so I ask here.

I have Rome (I live in Rome yeah! :D ) Total War and I've also a mac, I downloaded European Barbarorum and follow the instructions taked from here: https://www.europabarbarorum.com/downloads_mod.html but unfortunately when I launch the script it shows me this error:

but the game is in the Application folder, as you can see:

What could be the problem according to you ?

Thanks for the attention
Have a good day

**Edwin@Feral** · 11-10-2010, 14:30

Originally Posted by Efilzeo

but the game is in the Application folder, as you can see:

What could be the problem according to you ?

Thanks for the attention
Have a good day

Your Rome game folder does not have any icons on it, if you bought the game using genuine DVD this folder will have a custom folder image. I think you might be using a pirated version of the game. As you also have SerialBox (a serial code piracy tool) installed I think we can safely say that your problem is because you don't own a genuine version of the game.

So the solution is to buy a copy from an Apple store or the Feral website.

Edwin

**whitejamest** · 01-10-2011, 17:58

Edwin, thanks for the beautiful work bringing EB to Mac, I'm really looking forward to getting back into it. I have one problem though. Although I am able to run the mod fine, in either Rome or Barbarian Invasion, I can't play the main campaign. When I click on it it just tells me to chose an item from the list (no list displayed). So I am limited to playing someone else's saved game that came with the install for some reason, a Sarmatian game I'm not really into. Also there are no historical battles to play, though that is less of an interest to me. Custom battles are OK I think.

Anyone have an idea about what I need to do to access that main campaign?

Thanks for the help!

James

**Edwin@Feral** · 01-10-2011, 18:28

Can you please email support with screenshots of the menu with no options, your pre game options panel set to the advanced tab and a support report generated in the support tab? You can take screenshots with Cmd + Shift + 3 or using Cmd + Shift + P when in game. Please mention to support the email is for me and I will have a quick look. We are massively busy working on downloadable versions of our games so I don't have to much free time.

However I should be able to work out what is going wrong.

Edwin

**jobbysucks** · 02-05-2011, 05:46

Originally Posted by whitejamest

Edwin, thanks for the beautiful work bringing EB to Mac, I'm really looking forward to getting back into it. I have one problem though. Although I am able to run the mod fine, in either Rome or Barbarian Invasion, I can't play the main campaign. When I click on it it just tells me to chose an item from the list (no list displayed). So I am limited to playing someone else's saved game that came with the install for some reason, a Sarmatian game I'm not really into. Also there are no historical battles to play, though that is less of an interest to me. Custom battles are OK I think.

Anyone have an idea about what I need to do to access that main campaign?

Thanks for the help!

James

James, I had exactly the same problem but I've found a workaround. The forum won't let me post a link until I've got at least one post though so read my next one.

**jobbysucks** · 02-05-2011, 05:51

I found a fix to a very similar problem here https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...=1#post1433613

I basically did what Oleo said:Made a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign and renamed it barbarian_invasion

Made a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt and renamed it barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names.txt

Deleted Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\base\map.rwm

Loaded the EB mod through Barbarian Invasion. The campaign seems to work fine but the historical battles screen is still empty.

I'm using a direct download version of RTW. Not the CD. Don't know if that's important. Many thanks to Edwin, Feral and all the moders!

**Blazing141** · 02-07-2011, 06:19

I got it working that way too, also managed to fix the Custom Battle issue by swapping the MP SP EDU's....but does using the BI executable give you night battles, shield wall, etc...?

**klausk** · 01-04-2012, 05:00

YES!! This worked for me. Thanks for posting. I had the "please select" error, campaign not working on Intel iMac

Seriously, tried all kinds of fixes on the Mac but this was the only one i could get to work.

I'm running RTW 1.2 (the Ferral direct download version with BI in the same app)
I have the app set to run RTW (not BI)
In the advanced tab of the app I have set
-mod:EB

Followed all your instructions and finally got a result. Nice one!

**chamill625** · 08-10-2012, 21:08

I basically did what Oleo said:Made a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign and renamed it barbarian_invasion

Made a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt and renamed it barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names.txt

Deleted Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\base\map.rwm

Loaded the EB mod through Barbarian Invasion. The campaign seems to work fine but the historical battles screen is still empty.

I'm using a direct download version of RTW. Not the CD. Don't know if that's important. Many thanks to Edwin, Feral and all the moders![/QUOTE]

Hey there,

I was getting the 'select from list' error, and I followed this through except deleting the map.rwm, and as a result was able to get into the faction chooser menu, however, when i clicked the continue arrow, the game crashed to desktop. I then deleted the map.rwm, and this solved my crashing problem, but now when I click 'continue' the game boots me back to the single player menu, which says 'main campaign', 'custom battle' etc.

Any thoughts on how to solve this issue?

Cheers

**blistered2** · 08-11-2012, 00:30

Hey guys, I installed the EB mod ok after dropping it into the RomeData file. However the campaign wasnt working, so i did as quoted here:

"

I basically did what Oleo said:Made a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign and renamed it barbarian_invasion

Made a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt and renamed it barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names.txt

Deleted Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\base\map.rwm

Loaded the EB mod through Barbarian Invasion. The campaign seems to work fine but the historical battles screen is still empty.

"

I get through to the selection of a faction, but when i click proceed to campaign it brings me back to the Single Player / New Game menu (with options "Start EB campaign, custom battle, historic battle" etc.

Has anybody else had this problem?

**VAE VICTUS** · 03-05-2011, 08:49

1. LOVE THIS! THANK YOU FERAL AND EDWIN!

2. Ive got a nice Baktria campaign going on in EB, but it now CTD on start up. It would do this before, but it would start back up with the next try, now title screen then crash. What to do?

**VAE VICTUS** · 03-05-2011, 08:52

here is the CTD report

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