EB v0.81a Hotfix released

[Krusader]

Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans.

Here's a hotfix that corrects some bugs & CTDs that were discovered after the release of 0.81. Unfortunately, it isn't savegame compatible so if you have a kick ass campaign, you should finish that one before installing. As said this is a hotfix and does not add anything new at all, just fixes some bugs that crept in. Below are links to the hotfix itself followed by a list of changes and below it are detailed installation instructions.


Here are the links for the v0.81a hotfix:

Dead Link: EB FTP Patch
EB FTP Full installer
Torrent Full installer

A new EDB fix for those who wish to test it!!


Note: The hotfix file ("EB FTP Patch") has been removed until such time as we can get it working properly (in many cases it seems to delete the entire EB file set instead of upgrading it). So as an interim step, here is the link to the zip file we used for the last internal build. It has all the same files (except the Readme), and it should work for anybody who hasn't already used the previous Hotfix installer. The zip file is designed to be installed into the RTW Root directory (i.e the one above "EB") and will automatically place all files in the correct folders.

WARNING - If you are a zip file noob and the above information is unclear and you need explicit handholding, don't even try this. Just get the EB v.81a Full Installer (@ 370MB) and install it on a clean RTW 1.5 build.


List of fixes included in the Release:

- Solved the Lusotannan "Can't Save" Bug
- Fix for the Rebelling City CTD
- Includes v.81a compatible map.rwm file
- Return of the EB Oasis
- Added 20 new UI Cards 
- "Hanging" Building Titles fix
- Fixed the unit size bug
- Eliminated the "all question mark" quotes
- New Baktrian Hydragogeio description 
- Revised Ba'al Temple Complex description
- Fixed Drapanai description
- Roman Walls and Ager Divisvs et Assignatvs descriptions fixed
- Menu background update (to v.81a)
- Load screen correction (one tga file)
- Eastern building fix for port upgrades
- EDU update (massive number of stat fixes) 
- New Greek Hoplite General
- Epilektoi Hoplitai are now recruitable by KH
- Recruitment zones for Pezhetairoi, Hypaspistai, and Pheraspidai are all adjusted
- Native names added for ten units
- Spartan Hoplite description corrected
- Recruitment for Akontistai and Hoplitai Haploi added to Korsim
- "Native Faction" for Kush changed from Saba to Ptolemaioi
- Recruitment for Kuarothoroi and Lavotuxri extended to Kappadokia Pontika 
- Sabean Farm and Trade Port fix
- Polybian Principes added to all Homeland provinces and Eastern Auxilia recruitment extended to Phoenicia and Paphlagonia
- Hundáskápiz (formerly "Ferulharjoz" in v.74) activated as a recruitable Sweboz unit (placeholder skin)
- Roman & Celtic Reform MIC Upgrade fix
- Faction Diplomacy Fix (changes to some attitudes and alliances)
- Turned off "perfect-spy" command
- Ptolemaioi starting government buildings fix (from Type 1 to Type 2)
- Removed Ethiopiai Agema from the Rebel Units pool (have the Goidil skin)
- Fixed a few Resource Icons (Nikaia silver mine and Epeirote copper mine)
- Typos fixed in various files (not comprehensive)

Past experience indicates that many of the reported problems with EB involve bad installations of either RTW or EB. If you have already installed EB v.81 and are not having any problems with it, then you can install the hotfix on top of your v.81 build. However, the hotfix is NOT COMPATIBLE with previous save games, and you WILL have problems if you try to use an old save game with this new build.

If you are having problems with your old v.81 campaign or this is your first taste of EB, then follow these instructions EXACTLY and you should not have a problem:

1. Install RTW 1.0
2. Update RTW with the v1.3 Patch
3. Update RTW with the v1.5 Patch
4. Load a game to make sure RTW is working (i.e. it should list the version number on one of the screens - see "Note" below for details), and after confirming the version number, shut it down
5. Copy this entire folder to a new directory and rename THE COPY (for example, instead of "Rome: Total War" it would be "Rome-EB")
6. Install EB v.81 into the new "Rome-EB" directory
7. Load a game to make sure EB v.81 is working (you MUST load the game using the desktop shortcut created during the installation process), and after confirming that it loads properly, shut it down
8. Install the EB v.81a Hotfix into the new "Rome-EB" directory
9. Load a game using the EBv81a desktop shortcut created during the installation process (The EB Menu screen will have "ver. 0.8.1a" imprinted on the bottom left)

Note: If you have a newer version of RTW, or just aren't sure what version it is, be sure to load it and check. Launch a game of "vanilla", and at the RTW Menu screen, select "Options". The version number will appear on the top right of the next screen.

[Gaias]

Well there goes my two days off... Thanks alot EB Team! It would seem my pushers of RTW goodness are unrelenting and my addiction is turning for the worse. There is no hope for me anymore as I have started to make mini modifications myself...

[Will_YouFight_ForME]

sigh :(

i got to 202bc and it kept and kept crashing
but it took me soo look to get to where i did
cos i in all my loserness did the punic wars(so far, historically correct)
damn what do i do hmmm

[MacLiam]

Great work guy's . This goes for all of you working on this fabulous mod.
I've only got one ( maybe dumb ) question.
How far is EB currently in development ? What I mean is for example are most units already in the game or just 20-50-80 % and /or are you planning a lot of other adjustments big or small ? I'm pretty new to the game joint last week. Please dont mind my english I'm from the Netherlands.
Please keep up the good work.

[Kull]

Great work guy's . This goes for all of you working on this fabulous mod.
I've only got one ( maybe dumb ) question.
How far is EB currently in development ? What I mean is for example are most units already in the game or just 20-50-80 % and /or are you planning a lot of other adjustments big or small ? I'm pretty new to the game joint last week. Please dont mind my english I'm from the Netherlands.
Please keep up the good work.

We're roughly at 350 units of a possible 500 (keep in mind that vanilla had something like 100). And there are also a lot of beautiful new Standard Bearers and Generals coming (both units and the individual leaders themselves). And we definitely have some major new features in the works. Quite a few, actually. So yes, there's a lot more to come, but in the meantime EB v.81a is what most mods and companies would call a "finished product". But not us!

[MiniMe]

So yes, there's a lot more to come, but in the meantime EB v.81a is what most mods and companies would call a "finished product". But not us!

Well, that's the reason EB_team earns the respect they get one thousand times more
Good job!
(again )

[Rilder]

Huzzah! and I was just getting angry with my romani and greco campaigns! Time to hire an "escort service" for the EB team.

- New Greek Hoplite General

YEA!!!! Who needs a dam horse anyways =)

[hoom]

No update for the custom battle/MP EDU or the backup EDU

[Thaatu]

I hate to do this, but the installer won't work for me. It works fine until I press 'install' and then it vanishes. Now when I start the game it says "Error loading mount database". I tried redownloading a few times and I tested installing it in an empty folder. It installed 227 files and 50.8 MB of stuff. I'll install the full thing from the scratch and I'll ask if there's more problems. Just to let you know there are people who can screw up even the most simplified patch installing.

[Germaan]

Like some others the patch does not work with me. During instalation the normal shortcut disapear and i get a faq shortcut. A lot off files missing in EB directory. With the full instalation the game works fine. Only i have 2 shortcut's now one normal and also the faq shortcut is present. But the game seems to work fine. Thanks for your effort to fix it.