EB for Macintosh - questions & support thread

[njohns99]

From what I've seen on this thread, I haven't run across a solution to this issue:

Before R:TW was updated via the MAS in May, EB was working perfectly fine for me -- however, after the update, the game will not launch EB at all.

I've looked through the files and everything is still in the right place. Even with "-mod:EB" entered into the Advanced tab, it still launches straight to vanilla R:TW. Barbarian Invasion will not even launch when selected.

I've toyed around with it a bit but I'm hoping there may be some other solution out there before I have to wipe everything and reinstall it. Any ideas?

[Edwin@Feral]

From what I've seen on this thread, I haven't run across a solution to this issue:

Have you read the posts? :p The last 5 or 6 posts if not the last few pages are all related to instructions on how to play on the MAS version (1.3) with step by step instructions. I have linked you to the posts and instructions below to save your fingers from scrolling :)

Before R:TW was updated via the MAS in May, EB was working perfectly fine for me -- however, after the update, the game will not launch EB at all.

I've looked through the files and everything is still in the right place. Even with "-mod:EB" entered into the Advanced tab, it still launches straight to vanilla R:TW. Barbarian Invasion will not even launch when selected.

I've toyed around with it a bit but I'm hoping there may be some other solution out there before I have to wipe everything and reinstall it. Any ideas?

If you have been "toying with it" I recommend you delete and reinstall even a single file out of place can cause a crash so to avoid issues caused by incorrect data a reinstall is prudent. Before deleting Rome I would backup any EB saves you have inside the EB folder. Once you have backed up your EB saves and deleted both EB and Rome follow the steps below to install.

Install Rome.
Download the latest EB mod from the Rome modding area on the Feral website.
Follow the manual install instructions from this post just above this one.
Follow the MAS specific steps you need to take in this post further up the page

Edwin

[njohns99]

Alright -- thank you. Am I just copying "Rome Total War.app" to the Preferences folder after I've installed EB?

[Edwin@Feral]

Alright -- thank you. Am I just copying "Rome Total War.app" to the Preferences folder after I've installed EB?

Yep follow the instructions and you should be fine.

Edwin

[njohns99]

Success! I guess I didn't realize there was an updated version of the mod on Feral's website but not on the EB site.

Thank you so much for the help. Looking forward to Napoleon!

[Edwin@Feral]

Success! I guess I didn't realize there was an updated version of the mod on Feral's website but not on the EB site.

Thank you so much for the help. Looking forward to Napoleon!

I guess I need to remind them of the new location when I updated it for 1.3 :)

Enjoy!

Edwin

[colemadi]

Hi edwin,

First off thanks for all your great work on this. You really have helped (unknowingly) a computer fool like me to get the most out of the game. Just a could of queries.

Firstly for multiplayer. I have the cd version of the game but in games ranger I can participate in games but cannot host. The gamesranger for app doesn't work for me, is there something else I need to download?

Secondly viz. The fourth age mod. It immediately ctd after the load up screen when I run it. i have downloaded loads of other mods and many of them have done this and only a couple of them (e.g the greek wars) worked. Is there something specific I need to do? I just unpack them and slot them into the rtw data file at present and away it goes?

Thanks for your time.

Diarmuid (colemadi)