Mr. Durian, I'm very sorry to hear that it still is not working. What you are describing sounds very much like a video card problem rather than an installation problem. If you have not done so already, I highly recommend updating the drivers for your video card, particularly as some GeForce cards with older drivers appear not to be interacting well with EB.

It would very much help us track down this problem if you could give us some step-by-step feedback as to what exactly is happening. I understand that you just want to get in and play, and I sympathize with the frustration of a game that just won't work for you. However, the more we know, the more likely we can figure out what's going on, get you up and running on EB, and ensure this doesn't happen for other folks just like yourself.

Please take a look at Bovi's thread and go down the checklist of things you have tried so that he can suggest what steps to take next.

Before you proceed any further, we really need to know what operating system you have. Windows XP? 2000? Vista?

We also need to know what base type of RTW you are trying to use. RTW? RTW: Barbarian Invasion? RTW Gold Edition? RTW Alexander?

I think this will work in all three of those, but - could you go to the directory where you have installed EB, right-click on the folder called EB, and select Properties? Once you have done so, wait for the properties menu to count the files and the file size. After that, write down the total number of files and the total file size. Please paste both numbers here so we can verify that EB installed correctly.

Have you tried bovi's Installation Validator mentioned in this thread? If not, please go try that now and let us know what the results are.

We can't help unless we get more info, so please do what you can to fill in the gaps for us.

Thanks!