No EB playing time

[Boyar Son]

I downloaded EB today and the icon that came up looked like a website window. When I click on it, it says I need to insert the correct cd rom and even if i do i still get vannila RTW. I read some of the thing you guys posted prior to installing but still nothing this is my third time and im tired of getting it wrong, error messages, bugs( one that prevented me from playing the first time), wierd twist of fate, or any other cr@p I get. im starting to think that its impossible to do this. I wouldnt have posted this if it was not important but this has been going on for months! if anybody helps it would be GREATLY appreciated. I know you guys are tired of help me questions but i cant get this thing to work. please! any help!

[Tellos Athenaios]

Probably annoying, but: could you be a little more specific?
Currently you leave me utterly .


Correct me if I'm wrong:
you got a clean RTW install, patched to 1.5, downloaded EB 0.8, installed EB 0.8 in your RTW directory, and it went more or less bonkers?

What download link did you use, btw?

[Boyar Son]

RTW directory? i did every thing but that, also i tried installing it before this time(current install) but i pressed cancel when (i think) the files were extracting and i was unable to uninstall that so maybe that was corrupted. anyways does that have to do with this? corrupted files from another install? and the icon has not changed to a EB icon and when i clicked on proporties for that EB file it said there is no short cut key thats the info i have right now, i used the down load link EB FTP. but installing it to the EB directory i dont think so, all i followed everything up to downloading EB on what you said. and THANK YOU not much people care about install issues

[MSB]

Hello and welcome to the Org K COSSACK

ALBM's big short simple guide on how to install EB with no problems.

1. Uninstall your current installation of R:TW.
2. Re-install R:TW.
3. (If you have Gold do not do this step, skip to step five) Download the 1.3 patch for R:TW from here and follow the instructions in the readme. If you have problems with this just ask.
4. (If you have Gold do not do this step, go to step five) Download the 1.5 patch for R:TW from here. Again follow the instruction in the readme and if you need any help ask here.
5. Download EB from here.
6. Install EB and follow the instructions until it askes you where you want to install EB.
7. (If you don't have Gold skip this step) If you have Gold change it to C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome: Total War
8. Let the installer do it's magic.
9. Play EB from the shortcut on the desktop. Whatever you do do not delete it. It is the only possible way of accessing EB.
10. Keep the EB installer somewhere safe on your hard drive. You will need it if you delete your shortcut.

ALBM's short simple guide on how to access EB if you have deleted the shortcut on your desktop.

1. Right click on your desktop, left click on new and then click on shortcut.
2. (If you have Gold skip to step four) When it says "type the location of the item" type in "C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -mod:eb -nm -show_err" (without the punctuation marks).
3. (If you do not have Gold got skip to step four) When it says "type the location of the item" type in "C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -mod:eb -nm -show_err" (without the punctuation marks).
4. Play EB using the shortcut on the desktop.

This does not work if you have pointed your R:TW to a different directory on installation.

Good luck playing EB,
Avlvs

[Tellos Athenaios]

Avlvs, your short simple shortcut guide doesn't work when one has not installed RTW in the C\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome: Total War folder...

[Boyar Son]

Thanks glad to be here and be a fellow EB member! some more info, I do not have gold, I have patch 1.3 and 1.5 but not 1.2, and... C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome: Total War.. I simply do not know how to do this, actually Ive never succesfully downloaded a mod in my life. Maybe I will have better luck this time.

Maybe you could tell me where the C:\program files\ is or what it is . I have only accessed RTW but not played it yet, and have the patches installed(1.3 and 1.5 but no 1.2 becuase I don't have it) but I will uninstall anyways and I guess i'll have to download EB AGAIN...