Any way to keep RTW1.2 when installing BI?

**Orda Khan** · 10-04-2005, 16:27

Renaming your copy of RTW and placing it somewhere completely different is a safety measure. BI has an auto installer and has been known to become 'confused' when two copies reside in the same place ( even if one is renamed ) I only had one install of RTW so no problems but the auto installer caused problems in one case that I am aware of. No idea why they chose this method, IMO manual intervention is far safer and more certain. Good luck

.....Orda

**Uriel** · 10-04-2005, 16:57

Anybody successfully got both 1.2 and 1.3/BI sucessfully installed and running on the same PC? If its a relatively easy option I might have to buy BI. I just don't want to kill my 1.2 campaign yet.

**Conqueror** · 10-04-2005, 21:44

I copied the entire RTW main folder, then I installed BI (upgrades the game to v1.3).

I renamed the 1.3 game folder as "Rome - Total War [BI]" and changed the 1.2 (the copy) folder back to "Rome - Total War". The game started up fine with the original Rome CD, and I was able to fight a quick battle. Didn't get around to testing if the campaign works but I think it should be fine.

Now switching between 1.2 and 1.3/BI should be just a matter of renaming the main folders - the folder named "Rome - Total War" being the one that's used by the game.

**Puzz3D** · 10-04-2005, 22:04

You don't have to rename anything to switch between RTW v1.2, RTW v1.3 and BI v1.4.

**Uriel** · 10-06-2005, 16:33

Originally Posted by Conqueror

I renamed the 1.3 game folder as "Rome - Total War [BI]" and changed the 1.2 (the copy) folder back to "Rome - Total War". The game started up fine with the original Rome CD, and I was able to fight a quick battle. Didn't get around to testing if the campaign works but I think it should be fine.

Cool. Can you try a 1.2 save game for us? If it works I'll be getting me a copy of BI pretty soon!

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 10-06-2005, 22:22

Yeah, I recently cleaned out some of my multiple copies of RTW. Here is what the folder looks like now:

Those are all copies of RTW actually.

All you have to do (like they said above) is make a copy of the entire folder, then just rename it to something else descriptive. No big deal.

**CountMRVHS** · 10-06-2005, 22:31

Not to be a no-good, dirty thread-hijacker, but....

I have RTW patched to 1.2. When BI came out, I bought it and installed it. I haven't gone back to RTW yet. My question is:

Is 1.3 now "installed" because I have BI? Say I want to go back and play a Julii campaign -- will I be playing 1.2 or 1.3? How would I *get* 1.3 if I don't "automatically" get it with BI? And what does 1.3 do, anyway?

Thanks for any answers!
a befuddled
CountMRVHS

**Doug-Thompson** · 10-06-2005, 23:03

Originally Posted by CountMRVHS

Not to be a no-good, dirty thread-hijacker, but....

I have RTW patched to 1.2. When BI came out, I bought it and installed it. I haven't gone back to RTW yet. My question is:

Is 1.3 now "installed" because I have BI? Say I want to go back and play a Julii campaign -- will I be playing 1.2 or 1.3? How would I *get* 1.3 if I don't "automatically" get it with BI? And what does 1.3 do, anyway?

Thanks for any answers!
a befuddled
CountMRVHS

Brace yourself for some very bad news.

You will not be allowed to reload your old R:TW campaign. At least that's what happened to me.

You might -- might -- be able to find the savegame file. I don't know. Haven't looked. If you do, you might be able to move it to another file, reload 1.2 somehow, then put it into that version's savegame file.

Sorry.