Playable via Steam?

[BeeSting]

Hello All:

I live in United States and have been wanting to play EB via Alexander.exe. The only way for me to own the expansion was through steam so I forked out another 29 bucks to buy the gold addition.

Now, the questions is:

1. Where do I install EB mod in steam file?
2. And, for those that play EB on Alexander.exe, any suggestions or links on how I can play EB on Steam via Alexander.exe?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[johnhughthom]

Just install it in the RTW folder in steam, file path something like program files-steam-steamapps-common-rome total war gold. Then follow what mk56 says above. As for getting Alexander to work, I haven't tried it yet so I'm not too sure if it will work.

[BeeSting]

OK, I figured it out.

To play Alexander.exe via steam, type "-mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander" in the launch option.

Thank you all for your help.

[Riolyfa]

Hey guys, I’ve been a big fan of Rtw from the start but I’m a bit new to all this mod business. Now I’ve followed the advice of other posters and have got my Eb 1.2 working on steam…well sort of.
I go on rome total war 1.5 and yay the Eb menu comes up but then sadly it just freezes, aborting to good old contral-alt-delete!
Ps…I have Xp is that is any consolation
Any comments would be great!

[johnhughthom]

The first time you fire up EB takes a looong time, I have heard stories of 15 minutes or more. Start it up, go make a cup of tea or read for a while, then come back and hopefully you'll be set.

[A Very Super Market]

Yep. Unless it's gone for hours, it should just be loading.