BUG-FIXER, an unofficial patch for Barbarian Invasion expansion pack

[Jambo]

Does the recent version of the bug fixer include the proposed siege tower fix created by seasoned alcoholic?

[player1]

I don't think that proposed fix works...

[Grendel]

Help (please) !
I can not get the bug fixer patches to make a difference !
Which directory am I ment to extract them into or run them in ?

[Phoenix]

Open the zip files and run the installers in them.

[Grendel]

Many thanks !

[Razor1952]

I recently installed bugfixer (thanks player1) and seige towers worked fine on epic walls.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I am thinking of putting together a vanilla essentials mod. Fixes and some gameplay enhancements that address the more serious issues in the game. I want to put it together in one neat little package if I can get your permission. Your readme will stay intact as part of the package.

Total contents
Bugfixer, Sinhuets formations, modified descr_strat, minor tweaks and of course mercenary mod.

[player1]

sure, no problem...

[Nebuchadnezzar]

That was quick! Thanks

[DukeofSerbia]

Great job. I just downloaded BI 1.6patch (I hope that I will have lucky this time) and Bug Fixer (both parts) + Romano-British provincial campaign. No to see does patch work...

[draqula]

Hello guys, I seem to have a slightly different problem.
Here's what happens:
I have installed RTW
- installed patch 1.3
- installed patch 1.5
- installed ALEXANDER
- installed BARBARIAN INVASION
- installed patch 1.6

The problem is that i can not start a campaign from the MAIN CAMPAIGN menu.
Does anyone know what needs to be done?

Thx...

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Wrong install. Try this instead.
Install RTW
Install BI
Install 1.6
Install Alex

[draqula]

do i have to install patches 1.3 and 1.5 before installing BI or only before installing patch 1.6?
To install Alexander I know I need patch 1.5 if BI is not installed, and patch 1.6 if BI is installed.
I was thinking there was a wrong install...so thanks!!

[draqula]

OK, so here's what i've tried:
Install RTW
Install patch 1.3
Install patch 1.5
Install BI
Install patch 1.6
Install Alexander

When I start RTW-BI, everything seems to work just fine.
If I select Singleplayer, then MAIN CAMPAIGN, I get an in-game message (not a Windows error message or anything...) saying "Please select an item from the list", and there's just an OK button, nothing else...
There is no list
Except for MAIN CAMPAIGN, it seems that CUSTOM BATTLE, QUICK BATTLE and HISTORICAL BATTLE work just fine...

[Barbarossa82]

This is the correct install order

Install RTW
Install BI (this automatically patches RTW to 1.3)
Install 1.6 (this automatically patches BI to 1.6 and RTW to 1.5)
Install Alexander.

So basically just don't install 1.5 before installing BI, or indeed at all.

[draqula]

Hi hi....
Don't tell anyone, but...
I was supposed to use tha crack fo' tha patched version, not for the un-patched version :D
Thanks anywayz...

[Barbarossa82]

byebye

[icek]

I recently installed your unoficial patch and I must ask you if you have this strange bug in your games. It appears when cpu give command of your army to special unit like carraige ballistae or elephants. when the battle starts in normal unit size you have for example 6 men in carriage ballistae but the game says in statistics that you have 7! thats is because game give you +1 for commander but actually commander replaces one soldier place in you unit. the problem starts after battle because cpu takes commander from your unit in statistics and in your unit leaving you with 5 men! the same is for elephants... do you have such problem also,... sorry for crappy english.

[Whacker]

I recently installed your unoficial patch and I must ask you if you have this strange bug in your games. It appears when cpu give command of your army to special unit like carraige ballistae or elephants. when the battle starts in normal unit size you have for example 6 men in carriage ballistae but the game says in statistics that you have 7! thats is because game give you +1 for commander but actually commander replaces one soldier place in you unit. the problem starts after battle because cpu takes commander from your unit in statistics and in your unit leaving you with 5 men! the same is for elephants... do you have such problem also,... sorry for crappy english.

If I understood your problem, yes I've experienced this as well. Elephant units sometimes exhibit this behavior as well. I think it's a function of the game code, and not something fixable by us.

On a side note, having finally signed up for the forums after all these years, I'd like to finally voice my complete, total, and utter gratitude to player1 and all you other outstanding folks who've contributed to this bug-fixer community effort. I've been using it ever since it was concocted back in the day for RTW, and it's been absolutely outstanding and made the gameplay experience that much better. It's only too bad CA didn't decide to officially co-opt this and include these fixes in their patches. Thanks again guys, hope to see something like this for M2TW as well!

Most sincerely,
Whacker

[ForVictory]

Ive installed both parts but im not sure if i did it right... Ive installed both parts into C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\
is this correct? Isnt there any way to check to see if the installation was succesfull?

[Squid]

In your C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\ directory you should see two new things a folder called original data and a file called BUG-FIXER readme.txt if those are there the files are in the correct places.

[ForVictory]

In your C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\ directory you should see two new things a folder called original data and a file called BUG-FIXER readme.txt if those are there the files are in the correct places.

yes i see both original data and BUG-FIXER readme.txt BUT there not in C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\ but in C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War

But im quessing Activision and The Creative Assembly is actually the same thing?

[Barbarossa82]

yes i see both original data and BUG-FIXER readme.txt BUT there not in C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\ but in C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War

But im quessing Activision and The Creative Assembly is actually the same thing?

That's right. If you have the Gold Edition, it installs to The Creative Assembly, not Activision.

An easy way to check if it worked would be to start a campaign, call up the building browser and see if the Academy line of buildings are giving a law bonus. If so, BugFixer was installed successfully (assuming you didn't have a previous mod that had this effect).

[ForVictory]

That's right. If you have the Gold Edition, it installs to The Creative Assembly, not Activision.

An easy way to check if it worked would be to start a campaign, call up the building browser and see if the Academy line of buildings are giving a law bonus. If so, BugFixer was installed successfully (assuming you didn't have a previous mod that had this effect).

Does that count for both the original and the expansion BI?

[Barbarossa82]

No, because in BI those buildings have that bonus anyway. But if it installed fine over RTW and you installed it in the same way over BI, it should be fine.

[ForVictory]

No, because in BI those buildings have that bonus anyway. But if it installed fine over RTW and you installed it in the same way over BI, it should be fine.

I installed the 2nd part (which is for BI) the same place as the 1st one naimly: C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War.
I guess i did that wrong? I should have installed 2nd part over C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\bi ?

[Barbarossa82]

No, I think the BugFixer install routine handles that for you. You just needed to point it to your "Rome - Total War" directory, which in your case just meant replacing "Activision" with "The Creative Assembly" in the installer's suggested path.

To check, start up BI and set up a custom battle with the Huns as one of the factions. When selecting the Hun army, take a look at the abilities for Hun Steppe Swordsmen and see if they have the Warcry special ability. This was added by BugFixer so if they have it, the installation worked.

[ForVictory]

Yes it worked, thx for you help.

[Third spearman from the left]

Has anyone installed this bug-fixer and then installed EB or RTR mods?

Also if I have games in progress will these still work, or will I have to start fresh campaigns?

thanks

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi,

Has anyone installed this bug-fixer and then installed EB or RTR mods?

Sorry, but this is virtually impossible. EB/RTR require a clean installation of 1.2/1.5 respectively. This patch is really a sort of unofficial 1.7 and, unfortunately, most major mods and a few minor mods will probably not work on it.

Also if I have games in progress will these still work, or will I have to start fresh campaigns?

Sorry, from what the description of this mini-mod says it is probably not save game compatible. I hope this helps, good luck and cheers!