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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...

[Tellos Athenaios]

*Never mind the exact paths.*

As long as:
you have a clean (that is unmodded) version of RTW, patched to 1.5 somewhere on your harddrive;
and you can still find it;
and you have EB 0.8 downloaded;
and you have installed it properly (that is, following the installer instructions & don't cancel it... never).
You should then be able to play EB...

So if anything went wrong, check the list to see if you might have forgotten something. Also, if you get any weird/ unexpected errors, be sure to read the FAQ...

[Boyar Son]

alright I just hope I get it this time, also I still have the same vanilla RTW there and only accessed it once. I hope that doesnt affect the EB install. I havent even played it though I did click on the prologue and imperial campaign.

Though that C:\program files\ thing has me worried, I never used or did something like that before... Oh! I found out that my game points to \ACTIVISION\ instead of CREATIVE ASSEMBLY the rest is the same

[Kugutsu]

C:\program files\ is the directory where your OS normally puts everything. You /are/ running windows, arent you?

If you want to find it, simply double click on the 'my computer' icon on your desktop, in which you should find icons for your hard drives, cd drives, etc,etc. 'C' is usually the main hard drive. It is the one windows was installed onto. It usually has a name like Local Disc or something. The (C:) will be in brackets after the name.

'Program Files' should be a folder in there when you open it. Normally you have to click 'show files' to make them visible, as windows tries to prevent people who dont know what they are doing from tinkering...

C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome: Total War is like an address. If you follow the string along, you will find what you are looking for.

You might have 'Activision' instead of 'The Creative Assembly'. I do. I think it depends when you bought your Rome discs. So the shortcut may look like C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome: Total War

[Boyar Son]

.......I tried again... I even switched \activision\ to \creative assembly\(this time I got an EB icon but when I clicked on it it said missing shortcut). But still it seems someone really doesnt want me to play this game. you know maybe I should just give up(i am a quitter) and just stick around and watch screen shots of EB. I could still play as the julli in vanilla (for the 15 time) and I should just forget about ever trying again since i'll only get my hopes up and dashed. Everytime I do this I end up with dissapointment. So i'll just stick around the forums and read what everybody has to say knowing I cant give help because I have any EB experiance. so thank you
TELLOS ATHENAIOS,

AVLVS LIBVRNIVS BRITANICVS MAXIMVS,

KUGUTSU