Eb1.2

[Cyrus]

Hello
I've decided to try and install 1.2 again,i read the instructiones and remembered i have TWfanatic's phalanx mod installed. Idon't understand if i have to get rid of it and if i do how? I also read a post a few weeks ago when someone said if i have a folder called EB in my other EB folder i have to cancel it, is that right? that folder contains 2 folders wich contains 2 more folders: "Data" and "sp game edu backup" should i delete it?
Another thing i have my Eb folder in E:/RTW and when itried installing EB1.2 i got no new icon in the folder EB 1.2 What am i doing wrong?

[Mediolanicus]

i recently started a AS campaign. And I noticed something unusual. You can no longer recruit the thorikatai agema basilou. What happened to that unit?

Tied to the cataphract reforms IIRC.

To prevent the AI from spamming those tanks.

Hello
I've decided to try and install 1.2 again,i read the instructiones and remembered i have TWfanatic's phalanx mod installed. Idon't understand if i have to get rid of it and if i do how? I also read a post a few weeks ago when someone said if i have a folder called EB in my other EB folder i have to cancel it, is that right? that folder contains 2 folders wich contains 2 more folders: "Data" and "sp game edu backup" should i delete it?
Another thing i have my Eb folder in E:/RTW and when itried installing EB1.2 i got no new icon in the folder EB 1.2 What am i doing wrong?

First of all, you need a clean EB 1.1 install. You know how to do that.

Second, if you have an EB folder in your EB folder, you can delete that. This means you've installed EB 1.2 into E:\RTW\EB. You cannot install EB 1.2 in EB 1.1, you must install EB 1.2 on EB 1.1. This means you have to install EB 1.2 to the same place you installed EB 1.1. In your case this would be to E:\RTW.

[Cyrus]

Oh i forgot to say that. Yes i did tell it to put in E:/RTW but that folder might be an old one from one of my previous attempts, i deleted it. But could anyone give me a clean version of export_descr_unit since it's bee changed by the phalanx mod?
and thank you Mediolanicus

[Cyrus]

hello
please i really need an answer!

[Mediolanicus]

Just run your EB 1.2 installer. It changes the EDU IIRC.

[Cyrus]

Ok so i installed it and have no eb folder inside the other one. now how do i play? i mean where is the EB1.2 icon?
i looked on all programs and there are now two folders of Eb in the new one i get 3 files 1 says run eb and to activate it i have to locate a program, the second has run eb troubleshooting and the tird is validate install. what do i do?

[Cyrus]

Hello
I've decided to give an other go at eb 1.2, installed it but can't seem to find the icon to turn it on, i checked in the start menu and noticed i got a new eb folder in wich i have 3 icons, run eb, run eb troubleshooting and validate install. the first 2 i am unable to use since it can't locate the files.
Please help i'd really like to finally install this.

[bovi]

Frequent issues.

[Cyrus]

yes i've been there, but when you say " Use the Trivial Script to start EB instead of the start menu shortcut. You need to have installed this as part of EB 1.1". i have no idea what you mean,
And have no idea how to do this# Modify the shortcut target. Move the end quote from the end of the line to directly after RomeTW.exe and it should work (goes for both the new shortcuts in 1.2).

[Cyrus]

Oh i guess i forgot to mention that i'm using BI.exe, so when i installed the game i put Bi after that and loaded with that icon, but in the menu it sais still 1.1, any suggestions?

[bovi]

Okay, I added some detail to the entry. Right-click the shortcut and select Properties.

The other thing you're asking about is also in the frequent issues.

[darkangel87]

I have simply renamed my EB 1.1-shortcut on the desktop in EB 1.2... and it works :-)

Best regards
Marcel

[Cyrus]

I have simply renamed my EB 1.1-shortcut on the desktop in EB 1.2... and it works :-)

What? Are you shure in the main menu it sais eb 1.2?
Also Bovi i don't understand how to run the trivial script since after i install it it does't show me the folder in wich i installed it. Plus do i have to do both things listed in frequent issues to make it work?
And where does it talk about BI i read almost all the thing but can't find it.

[darkangel87]

Yes, I´m absolutely shure. As soon as I click the renamed shortcut on the desktop, the loading screen with "Version 1.2" appears :-)
Regards
Marcel

[bovi]

What? Are you shure in the main menu it sais eb 1.2?
Also Bovi i don't understand how to run the trivial script since after i install it it does't show me the folder in wich i installed it. Plus do i have to do both things listed in frequent issues to make it work?
And where does it talk about BI i read almost all the thing but can't find it.

Yes. Install 1.2 correctly and the 1.1 shortcut should be equivalent to the 1.2 one. Run a validation if that is not your case.
You don't need to run the trivial script.
You need to use one of the potential solutions. Either the trivial script or the shortcut correction. I have told you how to correct the shortcut.
BI stuff is in the unofficial submods forum.

[Cyrus]

Ooooooh
Thank you very much bovi, now i understand. I only have one more question. To load eb1.2 on bi do i use the same icon as before?

[Mediolanicus]

No, you must install the EB with BI submod.

[bovi]

i put E:\RTW\Eb1.2 and the eb 1.2 folder is outside of the normal eb .1 folder. is that ok?

No, that is not ok. Install in the same RTW folder where you installed 1.1.

[Cyrus]

@BoviMaybe i wasn't clear, i said i installed eb 1.2 on the same level ov eb1.1 so they are both in the same rtw folder and 1.2 is not inside 1.1.
@Mediolanicus, what i meant was do i use the same EB for BI icon as before?

[Mediolanicus]

No, you can't. You've isntalled EB 1.2 now, so your installation isn't suited for playing with BI.

You first have adapt your EB so it can play with BI, then you can use that same icon.

Simplest way to adapt EB for BI is to install the submod EB for BI.

[Cyrus]

All right i have 2 new problems, i've changed the target of the new eb shortcut to "E:\My games\D&D\RomeTW.exe" -mod:eb -show_err and the start in entry now says "E:\My games\D&D" but when i load this shortcut it gives me te eb1.1 multyplayer menu.
What the hell!
Problem number 2 when i try using my old shortcuts to the single and multiplayer menus of EB1.1 it gives me an EBTrivialScript message in wich it sais:
Usage:EBTrivialScript [/debug] [/version] [/s <str>]
/debug Shows more usefull Error Log window.
/version, --v Shows version of Program and Script Parser.
/s, --script=<str> Defines what script files to use.
Unknown option 'runeb'

And when i press ok it opens an EBTrivialScript information wich sais:
Row: 0 Description: Failed to open file

And it gives me 2 options: ok and detailes>>; the details read:
XMLScriptParser: Couldn't load file: ebconfig.xml 18:34:49
Error Parsing file: ebconfig.xml 18:34:49
Row: 0 Description: Failed to open file 18:34:49

What the hell is wrong with me\my computer why can things ever be simple?
I'm really sorry about the constant "whyning", but i lost many a save game with 1.1 and would like to start anew.
Thx for all previos and future help on the matter.

[bovi]

@BoviMaybe i wasn't clear, i said i installed eb 1.2 on the same level ov eb1.1 so they are both in the same rtw folder and 1.2 is not inside 1.1.

You were clear enough. It has to be in the exact same folder.

RTW installed in C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW? Then EB 1.1 must be installed to C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW and EB 1.2 must be installed to C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW.

RTW installed in C:\Some Odd Place\Rome - Total War? Then EB 1.1 must be installed to C:\Some Odd Place\Rome - Total War and EB 1.2 must be installed to C:\Some Odd Place\Rome - Total War.

[Cyrus]

Ok wait now i'm not understanding, i put 1.1 inside rtw and 1.2 is right next to 1.1.
Does 1.2 have to be inside 1.1 or not? I'm sorry but your last post seemed to say that they have to be inside rtw but not inside one another, wich is what i did.
And what about my previous post?

[bovi]

The. Same. Location.

I have no idea how you've got where you are now, but the easiest way to fix everything is to start over. Install EVERYTHING in the same spot.

[Cyrus]

Ok but just so i'm clear what is the same spot? You are being unclear, should it be E:\my games\rtw\eb1.1 and eb1.2 or E:\my games\rtw\eb\eb1.2 or not? Sorry but all these failed attempts have become frustrating. Oh and i forgot to say that rtw.exe is in the same location, on the same level as the eb icons.

[bovi]

RTW installed in C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW? Then EB 1.1 must be installed to C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW and EB 1.2 must be installed to C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW.

RTW installed in C:\Some Odd Place\Rome - Total War? Then EB 1.1 must be installed to C:\Some Odd Place\Rome - Total War and EB 1.2 must be installed to C:\Some Odd Place\Rome - Total War.

I can't be any more clear than this. If you cant understand that 1 = 1, and C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW = C:\Stuff\I\Like\Playing\RTW, I can't help you.

If your EB 1.1 is in E:\my games\rtw\eb1.1, your EB 1.2 should be installed in E:\my games\rtw\eb1.1. The. Same. Location.

[Cyrus]

Whoa, no need to get mad, man.
I'll reinstall the whole thing now, i finally understand. Thanks for your help and patience.

[Cyrus]

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't beleive it, i had to reinstall EB due to a virus in my computer(wich has been completely reformatted and the virus destroyed), i installed eb 1.1 and 1.2, wrote the change in the target for the shortcut aaaand............... it doesn't work. Fu$£!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sick of these problems, and before you ask, yes eb1.2 was not installed inside 1.1, it's right next to it in a EB1.2 folder. The shortcut target now sais: "E:\My games\D&D\RomeTW.exe" -mod:eb -show_err . Now mind you this is the shortcut to the eb1.2 folder in my All Programs, what is the problem? Oh and when i click the shortcut it loads eb1.1, it sais so in the main menu.
Thx in advance
Ps alternatively you could explain how to run the Eb trivialscript

[Raygereio]

I don't use the trivial script, so I can't say anything about that.
But if I read your post right; you have EB 1.1 installed in a folder called EB1.1 and EB 1.2 in a different folder called EB1.2? Did you read the previous posts? o_O

Now you have rome total war installed in the following directory: "E:\My games\D&D". Correct?
If so, uninstall EB from wherever you've got it now. And the next time you install it, point the EB 1.1 installer to this directory "E:\My games\D&D" (That is, if you have RTW installed there).

That will create a subfolder in your RTW directory called EB. Now when you run the EB1.2 installer, also point it towards "E:\My games\D&D". That will install EB 1.2 inside the same location, don't muck around with different folders!
If you did that; the shortcut target you posted should work.

[Cyrus]

Wow, wait a minute, i think we're both confused. The path to the eb1.1 is E:\My games\D&D\EB1.1
With rtw.exe installed in D&D, the path to eb1.2 is E:\my games\D&D\eb1.2 and think it's right 'cause the last time i installed'em i put 1.2 inside 1.1 and that was completely wrong. Plus read the first 2 posts in this thread.