A guide to install EB, screenshots provided

**Horst Nordfink** · 07-11-2007, 09:20

I'd just like to say congratulations and thanks to all involved in this post!

If it enabled me, someone is often heroically inept in computer matters, to succesfully install EB at the first time of asking it truly is an exceptionally helpful post.

Thanks!

**Jacob Debroedere** · 07-14-2007, 17:47

A few weeks ago I tried to download EB mod for my RTW gold edition. The downloading and installation proces went fine,but when I clicked the EB shortcut on my desktop it said it couldn't find the files.

After some searching(with that little flashlight icon) it found something and my game seemed to launch.I noticed it had the same loading screen as plain RTW, and I had the feeling that something was not right.

The EB link just brought me to normal RTW(but without my saved games,so I guess it was my backup version).Am I the only one facing this problem?How could I solve it?

I removed all EB downloads from my computer, and I made all factions playable(I changed the files myself,I didn't used one of those 'make all factions playable' mods.

Now I want to download EB again, but I need to know what I did wrong the first time so I don't make the same mistake. By the way,should I change the RTW faction files back to normal,or remove and reinstall RTW?

**Tellos Athenaios** · 07-14-2007, 17:54

First of all you could check the part about installing EB. Meticulously. Very.
It seems as if you installed EB not on top of your RTW build, but somewhere else, hence the shortcut points to a nonexistent executable.

IT IS PARAMOUNT to succesfully installing EB that you point the EB installer to the EXACT SAME LOCATION as THAT OF YOUR RTW.EXE

Hope this solves your issues,

**automatic4thepeople** · 07-26-2007, 04:17

Help! Okay, so i installed it, and everything, and it couldnt find the rometw.exe. So I searched for it, and found it was in the same file. I restarted my computer, and then it said it could not read EB081av2. It automatically opened it up with picture and fax! So I decided to open it up with Rome Total War, but it does nothing! Any suggestions?(I hope I can get this to run, this game looks AWESOME!)

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 07-26-2007, 09:23

Originally Posted by automatic4thepeople

Help! Okay, so i installed it, and everything, and it couldnt find the rometw.exe. So I searched for it, and found it was in the same file. I restarted my computer, and then it said it could not read EB081av2. It automatically opened it up with picture and fax! So I decided to open it up with Rome Total War, but it does nothing! Any suggestions?(I hope I can get this to run, this game looks AWESOME!)

You have installed EB to the incorrect directory. The default install path in the installer doesn't go to the right place for everyone. Note the file that vanilla RTW is in. Uninstall EB (this may seem to freeze, give it time), then reinstall EB. When it asks where to install it to, put in the location of RTW on your system. The most common paths are:

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\"
"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\" and
"C:\Program Files\SEGA\Rome - Total War\"

**Tellos Athenaios** · 07-26-2007, 10:43

Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus

When it asks where to install it to, put in the location of RTW on your system. The most common paths are:

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\"
"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\" and
"C:\Program Files\SEGA\Rome - Total War\"

Oh, and please note that "Most Common" is not equal to "Your path, guaranteed". First thing to do would be to check where you installed your copy of RTW to.

Quite a few people seem to mix that bit up, so I though better to remind in case you'd do the same... No?

**automatic4thepeople** · 07-26-2007, 18:20

First of all, I'm suprised at how fast i got an answer! I've uninstalled my game and I'm reinstalling it, but I'm not sure which file to put it in. You suggested Activision, The Creative Assemblies, and Sega. Sega only has a Medieval 2 folder so I don't think that would be it. However, Activision and the Creative Assemblies both have Rome Total War folders. I'm pretty sure it would be the Creative Assemblies folder, because that one has both the icons (Rome and Barbarian invasion) and Gamespy (and saves), and the Activision one has saves and preferences. I just need confirmation before I put my EB in Creative Assemblies, because I don't want to be wrong and have to uninstall it and reinstall it again!