EB for Macintosh - questions & support thread

[Edwin@Feral]

Hi, I used a App Store version. I might have done it in the same time Edwin updated the installer, so I would have either old issue or remaining ones.

Here is the issues and how I fixed them

- App Store installed files are owned by root. The installer script write error in the terminal in the beginning (and continue..)
so I'll have to stop it (spamming Ctrl-C in the terminal) and fix the permissions with

sudo chown $(id -u) /Applications/Rome\ Total\ War.app

(and typing my password)
Maybe a more elegant fix would do the job as well.

I was sure all the commands that needed sudo were already are covered in the script but I could have missed one. I have updated the script to request sudo as soon as it starts the Mac App Store conversion just in case so you no longer need to do this. For those interested I just embedded the above command into the script at the correct place.

- Then whatever I did, it crashed after the first red screen. I eventually figured it works only in English (my RTW is localised in French). I then switched the language from "Automatic" to "English". Maybe you can add something in the video about this.

There is now a warning in the script on launch for this as well.

- Lastly, It refused to start a new campaign. Reading the forum, I mounted the data image, then created links to allow it to run with BI, with this terminal commands:

  ln -s imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names.txt /Volumes/RomeData/EB/Data/text/barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names.txt
  ln -s imperial_campaign /Volumes/RomeData/EB/Data/world/maps/campaign/barbarian_invasion

Finally it's working. Thank you very much for the setup image; it was very helpful.

You don't need to do this, in fact it will likely cause side effects in your Rome games. You just need to go to the about panel and select "Barbarian Invasion" as the game before launching, this causes the mod to load in BI mode without needing to damage your data files.

I also added a warning about this in the install script.

The new version of the ModSetup dmg is uploading now (1.2.1) and will be available to download in the next few hours.

Thanks for the feedback.

Edwin

[chipirone]

I edwin, after infinite failures i downloaded your latest version of mode setup. i was very pleased because the installation was ok, all the messages was positive (EB succeffully installed and so on). then i followed your instructions, english, BI, -mod:EB and then... the same result i've experienced before!
no EB loading screen, no imperial campaign (message: select an item), imperial campaign starting with provincial campaign... nothing more than Vanilla.
i play with appstore version.
any suggestion?
Chip

[Random_Total_War_Player]

I followed all of jobbysucks's instructions, but when I try to access the campaign map it links it back to the Main page. What should I do?

[Edwin@Feral]

Hi All,

I have a new 1.2.2 beta of Rome in testing, would anyone like to help test it? I have also gotten the mod to work 100% reliably using this new beta thanks to some feedback from the users in this thread.

Interested people should email terry.ester@feralinteractive.com, bonus points if people get the joke.

Edwin

[emperorromanov]

Hi, am using your EB version for mac, I did everything, but when I double click the RomeData Script, the Terminal window opens and this text appears:

************************************************
** Checking Rome is installed in Applications **
************************************************

***********************************************
** Check if RomeData is already Read Write **
***********************************************
/dev/disk4 Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk4s1 Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk4s2 Apple_HFS /Volumes/RomeData 1
touch: readwritecheck: Read-only file system
logout

[Opération terminée]


What should I do? Thank you very much for your help!!

emp

[Edwin@Feral]

A few things changed with the OS so if you want an installer you wil have to wait for the new patch for the game (and the updated script). Else you can attempt a manual installation in the meantime.

We do have some spaces left on the Rome beta if you are interested.

Edwin

[Phaseshift]

I've been trying to install EB for the past day. I have RTW Gold Edition with just one game icon that has both RTW and BI and romedata.

Does anyone have a step by step guide for installing it? I tried using the script but when it gets to installing EB it says it can't copy the files do to the directory not being there.

[Blazing141]

Hi Edwin,
I've downloaded 1.3 and Managed to add EB to the bundle, but I can't successfully save a game...I've changed the bundle permissions to read/write....but I still can't save. It says "Save Failed - Can't Write Save File to Disk" -- Any ideas anyone? FYI, Vanilla saves fine, maybe it has to do with where EB saves files? Please help. thanks

[Edwin@Feral]

Hi Edwin,
I've downloaded 1.3 and Managed to add EB to the bundle, but I can't successfully save a game...I've changed the bundle permissions to read/write....but I still can't save. It says "Save Failed - Can't Write Save File to Disk" -- Any ideas anyone? FYI, Vanilla saves fine, maybe it has to do with where EB saves files? Please help. thanks

Don't use the Finder to alter permissions it will not alter the files inside the bundle which are the ones you need to modify.

1. Open Terminal (in Utilities)
2. Type the following (without quotes but with the extra space at the end).

"sudo chmod -R 777 "

3. Then drag the Rome application into the window and release. It should look something like this.

sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/Rome\ Total\ War.app

4. Press enter then enter your admin password, it will not appear when you type, once done press enter.

5. Once it completes try the game again.

[Blazing141]

Tried this. It has not worked.

[Phaseshift]

I figured it out and I can confirm that I am able to play EB through BI and can save the game etc. here is what I did:

Step 1:

- Mount RomeData found in your Rome Total War folder under Applications.

- Copy both folders(Data and BI) from the mounted RomeData on to your desktop(this step is just copying the contents of the mounted RomeData into the Desktop

-Unmount RomeData once the steps above are done.

Step 2

- Create a new IMG by going to disk utility and clicking the icon "new img", you should have a screen as follows:



-use the same settings as above but for "colume size" I used 10gb enough room for EB and RTRE. Make sure that the name of the new img and volume name are both RomeData.

-click create and wait for it to finish

-No take the new RomeData IMG that you just made and copy it into the Rome Total War applications folder. This should replace the old one.

- Mount the NEW RomeData IMG

- Copy both Data and BI from your desktop into RomeData

Step 3:

- Mount your EB dmg

- Copy EB folder into your New RomeData IMG(same place you just copied Data and BI folders)

After you do that follow these steps:

-Make a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign and renamed it barbarian_invasion

-Make a copy of Rome Data\EB\Data\text\imperial_campaign_regions_and_se ttlement_names.txt and renamed it barbarian_invasion_regions_and_settlement_names.tx t

-Delete Rome Data\EB\Data\world\maps\base\map.rwm

- Also go to RomeData/EB/Data/world/maps/campaign/barbarian_invasion/descr_strat.txt and open it with textedit

at the top it will say "Campaign Imperial_Campaign"

change "Imperial_Campaign" to "Barbarian_Invasion" without the quotes. Save it.

Step 4

- Launch the game; remember to go to the "advanced option tab" and put in -mod:EB

it takes a minute or two for the whole game to load (atleast it did for me) if you get the splash screen that says Europa Barbarorum just wait.

[Belisarios]

Thank you immensely, that procedure worked. The game still has a few issues, like the missing voices, but I hope the next patch will resolve that.