Force Diplomacy Minimod

[ziegenpeter]

Dammit! Maybe because I'm using the ALX.exe? I forgot to make backups, of course...
I just dropped the EB folder of the download into my rome folder and clicked "yes to all". Then I start the game > Single Player > EB Main Campaign then there is a pop-up box ["Please select an item from the list" checkmark]
EDIT:
I know I don't deserve it, cause I'm an idiot, but could someone plz upload the backup files?

[Pezlu]

Dammit! Maybe because I'm using the ALX.exe? I forgot to make backups, of course...
I just dropped the EB folder of the download into my rome folder and clicked "yes to all". Then I start the game > Single Player > EB Main Campaign then there is a pop-up box ["Please select an item from the list" checkmark]
EDIT:
I know I don't deserve it, cause I'm an idiot, but could someone plz upload the backup files?

If you want to play with ALX.exe you must not use the trivial script, because it automatically links to RTW.exe. You should make a custom shortcut to ALX.exe... see the first post in the ALX thread for details

This also means: if you actually want to play with ALX.exe, just reinstall the minimod and use the custom shortcut. NEVER start the game with trivial script... I think it's still safe to use it to change preferences and such, but I'm not completely sure.

You only need the backup files if you want to revert to RTW.exe

[ziegenpeter]

Thanks but it worked perfectly with the trivialscript and ALX.exe before I installed FD... And since FD should work with the trivial script and with ALX.exe I don't see what causes this bug.

[Pezlu]

Thanks but it worked perfectly with the trivialscript and ALX.exe before I installed FD... And since FD should work with the trivial script and with ALX.exe I don't see what causes this bug.

When you're starting the game with trivial script, it automatically uses RTW.exe AND reverts some files back to the default ones.

I think the problem lies in the reverted map.rwm; go the your "C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\EB\Data\world\maps\base"
folder (as default) and delete (or rename) map.rwm; than make a custom shortcut following the instructions in the ALX thread, which I quote here:

Go to EB shortcut - left clck on the shortcut and chose properties - then - change the Target by copy-paste method (if your RTW is in default install folder)
"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander

or for 64-bit systems
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander

or for the ones that use different install folder - just edit the end of the target like this ...\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -noalexander

If you use the trivial script you will revert map.rwm again, so avoid using it.

[QuintusSertorius]

I tend to delete the ones in the sp/mp folders anyway, they're more trouble than they're worth, and it's not exactly hard to generate a new one.

[ziegenpeter]

Check out ebconfig.xml file in Rome folder.

Find
Code:

<Element> <ID>RtwStart</ID> <Type>String</Type> <Values> <Text>RomeTW.exe -mod:eb</Text> </Values> </Element>


Change RomeTW.exe to whatever you like.

That is ALX.exe

I did this and tried it out and it seemed to work. ?

[Pezlu]

I did this and tried it out and it seemed to work. ?

It should work, but the actual name of the exe is "rometw-alx.exe", not just "alx.exe"... at least, in my installation it's so

Also, you should add "-noalexander" there:

rometw-alx.exe -mod:eb -noalexander