Trying to do a 2nd Installation of RTW

**Rick** · January 03, 2010, 09:16 AM

I installed RTW-BI and now I've discovered a mod I'd like to play which is only compatible with RTW 1.5. When I tried to do a 2nd installation it tries to uninstall my previous installation. Is it possible to work around this? I can't figure it out.

**irishron** · January 03, 2010, 10:01 AM

Copy the whole Rome Total War folder on to its parent folder.
Put your mod in the copy.

**Rick** · January 03, 2010, 10:54 AM

You mean, the RTW folder contained in the RTW-BI?

**irishron** · January 03, 2010, 11:14 AM

Where ever you installed RTW.

My old copy's default is C:\Program Files\ Activision.
The only thing I do is right-click the Rome Total War folder, click copy, right-click the Activision folder, click paste.
When it gets done, in my Actisivion, I have two folders, Rome Total War and copy of Rome total War. I put my mod in the copy of Rome Total War and rename it for the mod.
If I want a second mod, I just do the same thing again to my clean original copy.

**Rick** · January 03, 2010, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by irishron

Where ever you installed RTW.

My old copy's default is C:\Program Files\ Activision.
The only thing I do is right-click the Rome Total War folder, click copy, right-click the Activision folder, click paste.
When it gets done, in my Actisivion, I have two folders, Rome Total War and copy of Rome total War. I put my mod in the copy of Rome Total War and rename it for the mod.
If I want a second mod, I just do the same thing again to my clean original copy.

I know how to do that. But once I've copied the RTW folder (which contains the BI folder) is as simple as installing the mod into the RTW folder copy, eventhough it still contains the BI folder? I was affraid if I did that it would cause a problem.

**irishron** · January 03, 2010, 12:08 PM

It doesn't cause problems.

The game only uses the BI folder when the rome total war-bi.exe is uesd.

**Rick** · January 03, 2010, 12:10 PM

Thanks

**Satapatiš** · January 04, 2010, 05:30 AM

Or rename orginal installation folder, and uninstall game (and patches) from Windows control panel > add/remove programs. Then simply install 2nd game copy.

**Brusilov** · January 04, 2010, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Satapatiš

Or rename orginal installation folder, and uninstall game (and patches) from Windows control panel > add/remove programs. Then simply install 2nd game copy.

The only reason to do this is if for some reason the exe is not recognized as being the one that belongs to the DVD-ROM that you've used (it's happened to me a few times with official discs where the mod does not work but the originals do).

Rather than uninstall the game and all the copies I've uninstalled the game, reinstalled the various RTW components (RTW, RTW BI and RTW Alex) and then simply copied the exes from the new install to the various mods.

There is no need to take this approach for any other reason. It's far quicker to copy an install than the uninstall/reinsatall process.

**Rick** · January 04, 2010, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by Brusilov

The only reason to do this is if for some reason the exe is not recognized as being the one that belongs to the DVD-ROM that you've used (it's happened to me a few times with official discs where the mod does not work but the originals do).

Rather than uninstall the game and all the copies I've uninstalled the game, reinstalled the various RTW components (RTW, RTW BI and RTW Alex) and then simply copied the exes from the new install to the various mods.

There is no need to take this approach for any other reason. It's far quicker to copy an install than the uninstall/reinsatall process.

Thanks for the additional input. I'll certainly save this for future use.