Couldnt get further than the loading screen

[Tellos Athenaios]

Or, hit start, control panel, add/remove programs. And remove your RTW from there: this will erase all traces of RTW from your hard drive (well at least WINDOWS won't be able to see them anymore, so neither will the installer). It is something like: "If the uninstaller fails to do it's job, I still have the 'control panel' to sort it out." But it works... like a charm.

[blacksnail]

Roma, try following the instructions in this post and see if it works.

[Roma]

i have got a fair few responses to my query, so i have no choice but to try each solution in turn. This is just a progress report:

the first one ive recently tried is the one from Pode;

i installed BI; after that i did the 1.6 patch. I download EBv0.8 from one of the sites mentioned on the homepage. I try to play it, get as far as the loading screen and then it all goes back to the screensaver, which goes blue. Upon trying to restart the computer (i got annoyed with it as it takes ETERNITY, so i switched it off at the wall) it came up with a message saying it had to check the integrity of disk c. Im trying Blacksnails solution now.......

[Bonny]

it came up with a message saying it had to check the integrity of disk c. Im trying Blacksnails solution now.......

this sounds serious

[Roma]

I know Bonny, i know. For Blacksnail, a question:

When you mean save to a different directory, you mean the address in the computer i save it to, right? If this is the case and im just being stupid, would it be safe to save it to the Activision folder? Or would i have to create a new folder? If so, how? I'm not really up to date (so to speak) with all of this computer jiggery-wiggery......

I seriously dont mean to be patronising in any way whatsoever, and i know you gave me a straightforward guide, but could you make it simpler in anyway? Please?

[blacksnail]

Sure thing, Roma! I should be able to sit down later tonight and work up a basic walkthrough with some screenshots for you.

EDIT: My apologies, did not have as much time as I thought and it will have to wait for tomorrow - in the meantime, I should have said "create a new folder." For example, when RTW asks where I want to install it I typically type in:

C:\Games\RTW

Then say "yes" if the computer asks whether or not I want to create the folder. Then when I install EB I would tell it to go to C:\Games\RTW as well. Both the RTW folder and the EB folder need to match up during the install or the mod won't even load.

[Roma]

Cheers Blacksnail. I might not be able to do the download until the weekend though.....

[Tellos Athenaios]

this sounds serious

Sounds like WINDOWS to me... You know, that sort of language which is only used by your PC to nag you...each and every time you did something...

Now, seriously though: it's more of a standard message that appears when you've completely 'removed' any power supply (generally not that harmful), which was the case, or when you've mucked it up otherwise.

[Roma]

Blacksnail, are you going to do that guide? Otherwise, i have no idea what is going to happen!

[blacksnail]

My apologies. Real life took precedence over EB this past weekend. I will do what I can to get something up within the next few days.