A long time gone seeking a little advice

**Panzer** · May 04, 2009, 03:14 AM

Wow. The last time I was here was in 2006 and I must say that you guys have done some amazing work adding to what was already outstanding. I've been playing off and on RTR Gold (6.0, I think) but haven't had the time to invest to follow further developments--but I can't hold off any longer. I have BI, but way back when I got it, it was for the eagerly anticipated RTR 7.0, as I recall, which had not arrived at the time of my departure from following developments, and after installing BI and taking a look at it, I set it aside until such time as I returned here to look for further developments. Anyway, I've been reading for a few hours now about some of the mods available, and must confess to being more than a little confused.

I have tried playing some of the other factions besides Rome but have always lost interest and gone back to Rome. I play on hard with huge formations but would like to move foward. Imperator II sounds really intriguing, but I can't quite determine whether it will work with RTW 1.2 and BI or does it require 1.5 (the existence of which I was unaware of until a couple of hours ago.) I'm sure that this has been asked and answered elsewhere, but I have yet to find it. So how about some advice for a returnee to the fold? Thanks a lot--and thank you for many, many hours of delight.

Michael

**stormer** · May 04, 2009, 05:09 AM

Firstly, welcome to the twcenter.
To play Imperator II, you need unmodded BI version 1.6 to play it.

**Panzer** · May 04, 2009, 08:14 AM

Thanks for the welcome and the reply. My understanding is that Imperator II needs RTRPE, so will that work with RTW 1.2 and BI?

**Minus_Subtractus** · May 04, 2009, 08:24 AM

RTRPE needs RTW 1.5 and BI 1.6. If you have RTR 6 you should reinstall and then update RTW to 1.5 and BI to 1.6.

**Panzer** · May 04, 2009, 08:30 AM

Roger. I'll start the uninstallation/reinstallation. Thanks for the info.

**stormer** · May 04, 2009, 01:23 PM

You don't need RTRPE to play Imperator, you can play them at the same time though, providing you have the RTRPE mod-switch version.

**Panzer** · May 04, 2009, 01:32 PM

Okay then. Let me see if I have it right. I've just uninstalled RTR Gold final version and BI. The process as I understand it would be thus:

Install RTW.
Install BI.
Install 1.6 patch
Install Imperator II v.1.9
Install Imperator II - Apocalypto (v2.1) patch

Question: where or when do I install RTRPE?

**stormer** · May 04, 2009, 02:35 PM

Imperator and RTRPE are seperate mods, so they have seperate folders, so once you install IMperator you can play it but if you want to play RTRPE you can install it of here
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=105336

**Panzer** · May 04, 2009, 03:23 PM

I tried the Imperator sequence and got an error message so I uninstalled everything and started over but installed RTRPE instead. It works fine; apparently I had buggered something or other. So can I install Imperator now or do I need to start from scratch?

Edit: I went ahead and installed Imperator II and received the same error message as I had before to the effect that Windows could not find Rome TW-BI. I'm not sure why that is, other than perhaps that my installation is on my D drive instead of C.

**stormer** · May 04, 2009, 03:40 PM

which RTRPE have you installed? is it the mod-foldered one? if the one in the link I gave you then try installing Imperator 1.8 then 2.1.
Also, check if your installing it to the right place, you might have installed one in Activision and the other in the Creative assembly.

PM if you still have problems.

**stormer** · May 04, 2009, 04:53 PM

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**Panzer** · May 05, 2009, 07:34 AM

This is what my installation looks like:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

The error message comes upon selecting either of the two campaigns in Imperator. I might add that in RTRPE is working fine.

Edit: I moved the campaign files and the Imp file into the Rome - Total War folder and it runs.

**AngryTitusPullo** · May 10, 2009, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Panzer

Thanks for the welcome and the reply. My understanding is that Imperator II needs RTRPE, so will that work with RTW 1.2 and BI?

The original Imperator was made actually for RTR 6 Gold which rund on RTW 1.2 thou8gh I'm not sure the link still exist (at filefront).

Don't even have it on my pc anymore though.