Install Multiple Copies of RTW

[Nabukadnesar]

Hi agian

I know that after installation of RS is not possible to play classic RTW
But, can I install RTW in a new folder without any effect to RS?
And the same, can I upgrade this RTW "2" with other mod like idk RTR or Troy or whatever?

thx

[pacco]

You can have all RTW mods on your PC! I have one clean RTW (1.5, the vanilla one), on my PC and several mods...
Just copy your RTW (vanilla), folder,give the name (what ever you want) and install your new mod there...
New mods - same thing...

[Nabukadnesar]

You can have all RTW mods on your PC! I have one clean RTW (1.5, the vanilla one), on my PC and several mods...
Just copy your RTW (vanilla), folder,give the name (what ever you want) and install your new mod there...
New mods - same thing...

"copy" you mean ctrl + c or a new installation to a new folder?

[pacco]

I mean "ctrl + c", I think that you CAN´T install one game several times on your PC...

[Squid]

Moved to the Techinical Help forum, as this isn't a bug or a ctd.

[Brusilov]

You can only have a single installed version of RTW on your PC (due to the windows registry) but you can have multiple copies of the game.

As others have posted you can simply keep a clean copy (i.e. no other mods installed) of the RTW game and then copy that to a new folder and install the mod to that new folder. Make sure that clean version works OK first though. I also make some changes to the preferences.txt file that I want my mods to use.

I have taken copies of RTW patched to 1.2, RTW 1.5 and RTW BI 1.6 and also RTW Alexander 1.9 (?). The version in the official game folder is RTW Alexander.

[Martin N]

As i posted in another thread, you dont have to reinstall the game then copy the file to have 2 copies, Rename your original to the mod your using, Then go to Computer on vista, or my computer on XP then right click your Main D: drive or whichever your play disc is in, click Explore, Navigate To Setup.exe click it then when it comes up click repair, You will then have Your renamed folder with Roma Surrectum in and your new Vanilla Rome - Total War.