Running tw in BI.exe

[TruePraetorian]

I followed all the directions in the scriptorium:

1.I copied BI for a backup file
2.I copied all files under rtw data into the BI
3.I changed the target line under the rtw icon to say "...-BI.exe" -mod"

I started up the game and it seemed to be going fine. I clicked on imperial campaign and it said "please select an item from the list". I remembered reading that you may have to go through the provincial campaign slot to reach it so i did, but got the same "please select an item from the list".

I even tried running just BI with nothing on the end of the target line but i still cannot start up a campaign...the only thing that worked was when i clicked on the prolouge. I thought that maybe i had to "beat the prolouge" as you do when you first play (i think) so i went on for about 15 min listening to victoria with no results...

EDIT:

Using show_err it says something along the lines of:
"...descr_strat..line 29 column 1....expected start date of campaign or battle"