Rome Total Realism Platinum Edition v2.0

**AngryTitusPullo** · August 29, 2012, 10:56 AM

Rome Total Realism Platinum Edition v2.0

Rome Total Realism Platinum Edition v2.0 requires Rome Total War Alexander to be installed.

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v2.0 - 31 August 2012

- 100% mod foldered.
- Updated to be playable with RomeTW-ALX.exe
- Revised cavalry/missile units requirement to prevent CTD when viewing units from building panel.
- Changed internal roman faction to prevent 66BC CTD (*) when playing as Rome Republic.
- Enabled original RTR 6 Gold Intro.
- Includes CTD Fix version2 (for RTR Platinum 1.9) by Salvor Hardin.
- Some bug fixes here and there.
- Make provinces with timber (and ports) only able to recruit naval units.
- Enable BI style Name Legion (refer Roman Legion Guide for reference).
* There are still some CTDs. Please ensure that you save a lot.

Additional mods included:
- Include Force Diplomacy Mod.
- Becksim's Gladius Loading Bar for RTR (optional option for RTR Platinum 1.9).
- Sinuhet's AI Battle Formations Mod (optional option for RTR Platinum 1.9).
- Includes RTR 6 Music (Marcus Camillus Remix).
- Includes Roman Leadership Mod for RTRPE 1.9 by Marcus Camillus (part of Marcus Camillus' 4 Turns-per-Year Mod for RTR Platinum).
- Added DAVIDE.COOL Servian & Greek Walls.

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Factions

Roman

There is only one Roman faction in the game. All four factions from RTW have been condensed into one.
The Republic of Rome starts out with control of Central Italy. The Romans have many Legionary infantry and supporting auxiliary troops but lack in quality cavalry. They are still the only faction allowed to construct amphitheatres and construct highways over paved roads, in keeping with Roman history.

Barbarian

Barbarian factions have both distinct advantages and disadvantages. Unlike civilized factions, they cannot build stone walls, nor roads better than basic ruts, which inhibits their strategic movement. More importantly, their technology is limited to only three city levels, as opposed to five for civilized factions. Thus they tend to research their most advanced units more quickly than other factions. Barbarian armies are undisciplined and rely on brute force and numerical superiority. Barbarian infantry have greater attack but lower defence in comparison to infantry of other factions.

The Gauls start out with a very large territory mainly in modern France and northern Italy. The Gauls have good swordsmen and archers, but little cavalry and even fewer special units, making the Gauls a rather basic barbarian faction.

The Illyrians are a Barbarian faction that starts out with control of modern day Croatia and Albania. It has many capable skirmishers and Greek-inspired Hoplites with some cavalry choice.

The Germans begin to the northeast of Gaul and the east of Britannia, in what today would be considered The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. German forces include superb but undisciplined infantry, few cavalry choices, and a few different units of axemen.

The Iberians are a semi-civilized Barbarian nation that begins on the Iberian peninsula, and controls all of modern Spain and Portugal except for the central and southern areas, which are controlled by Rebels and Carthage, respectively. They are a Carthago-Barbarian faction who combine elements of both cultures. Their units include solid fanatical infantry units with some cavalry choices. The Iberians, unlike other Barbarian factions, have the option to build stone walls in minor cities.

The Thracians rely mainly on heavy infantry, notably the falx-wielding troops available early on in the game. They are located in eastern Europe around modern Bulgaria.
The Sarmatians are overwhelmingly composed of horse archers. The Sarmatians control an extensive territory but few provinces in Eastern Europe, roughly corresponding to modern Ukraine and the surrounding area.

Greek

The Greek factions are located in or near the eastern Mediterranean Sea, mainly on the Balkan peninsula and around Anatolia and also in modern Turkey. Greek armies tend to focus on extremely strong infantry which utilize the superior phalanx formation at the expense of other forms of infantry, cavalry, and archers.

The Greek Cities surprisingly start out with very little control in Greece. They have a good selection of hoplite infantry, including Spartans (the best infantry in the game), but little cavalry.

The Kingdom of Macedon's main force focuses largely on the Phalanx pikemen and hoplites with a good selection of cavalry. Macedon begins with territories in the north and east coast of the Aegean Sea.

The Seleucid Empire's main force is similar to that of Macedon, containing the same powerful hoplites and shock cavalry. However, its armies can also contain Eastern Warriors, war elephants, and cataphracts, giving it the most diverse troop selection in the game. The Seleucid Empire encompasses a strip of territory running from the Aegean coast to India.

The Kingdom of Bactria is a Greco-Persian faction, with both Greek and Persian troops. They begin the game in modern Afghanistan and West China, and usually expand into India. Their units are made up of war elephants, Greek Phalanx, Eastern units and a wide selection of cavalry.

The Ptolemaic Empire has a mixed military; its units consist of Greek-influenced Phalanxes and African infantry. It starts out with control of today's Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, northern Libya, southern Turkey, eastern Crete, and Cyprus, as well as Rhodes.

African

African armies consist of fairly strong cavalry and, notably, elephants, but usually have weak infantry. This is a major disadvantage when facing the The Republic of Rome, as the Roman legions destroy most forms of infantry. Main elephant and cavalry support is required for Carthaginian success.

The Republic of Carthage has a variety of units which include a good mixture of infantry, high-quality cavalry and powerful elephants, but a poor selection of ranged troops, including a notable lack of archers. It is hurt by the fact that it cannot get infantry that is on par with the Roman legionaries until late in the game. It begins with territory in modern Tunisia and the surrounding area, along with colonies in southern Spain, Sicily, and Sardinia. Carthage is a very rich faction, and can often afford to employ units of mercenaries to bolster its ranks. However, under AI control, Carthage rarely gains much territory and is usually destroyed by the Romans and sometimes the Numidians.

The Kingdom of Numidia has fast mounted and dismounted skirmisher units, as well as some light spear-armed infantry. Many Numidian units receive advantages when fighting in deserts. The faction can train its own version of the Roman legionaries. Numidia begins the game holding the North African land not possessed by Egypt and Carthage.

Eastern

The Eastern factions represent the major states of the Middle East not ruled by the Diadochi (Alexander the Great's successors). Their armies tend to rely heavily on high-quality cavalry, and evidence of Greek influence is present due to Alexander the Great's recent conquest of the area just 50 years prior to the starting date of the game.

The Kingdom of Parthia's specialty is with mounted units, such as Persian cavalry and the horse archer. While its cavalry is extremely powerful, its infantry is weaker than those of other factions, which can make sieges difficult. The Parthians inhabit the land in central Asia east of the Caspian sea, and also have holdings to the north. In a typical game, their borders rarely expand and they are attacked constantly by Armenia, the Seleucid Empire, Bactria, and Pontus. Unlike the other factions, Parthia only receives access to one type of temple: The Temple of Zoroaster.

The Kingdom of Armenia, like Parthia, has armies which contain strong cavalry. Armenia is the only faction with cataphract archers and Eastern heavy infantry, the latter being comparable to the Macedonian phalanx. They also have their own version of Roman legionaries. The Armenian starting territory is located in the mountainous region of what is today Armenia, Georgia, and eastern Turkey.

The Kingdom of Pontus is a Greco-Eastern faction, with Greek names and Greek gods. Their troops include fast-moving, javelin-armed cavalry, as well as phalanx troops and chariots. In the game, Pontus starts in northeast Asia Minor, in historical Greek colonies.

Rebels

The Rebels are a unique faction. Rebels can be informally divided into three groups based on how they operate on the campaign map: Brigands and Pirates (who raid trade routes and attack fleets), Deserters and Freed Slaves (who attack armies of their former faction), or Independent Kingdoms and Rebel Cities (who generally isolate themselves unless they are attacked).

**AngryTitusPullo** · August 29, 2012, 10:58 AM

Installation Instructions:
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1. Retail Version without Barbarian Invasion
a. Install Rome - Total War
b. Install RTW v1.3 patch
c. Install RTW v1.5 patch
d. Install Alexander
e. Install RTRPE to default Rome - Total War installation
f. Create new shortcut of RomeTW-ALX to desktop
g. Right-click shortcut and on target line enter -mod:rtrpe -show_err -noalexander
example : "D:\Game Files (x86)\Activision\Rome Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:rtrpe -show_err -noalexander

2. Retail Version with Barbarian Invasion
a. Install Rome - Total War
b. Install Barbarian Invasion
c. Install RTW-BI Patch v1.6
d. Install Alexander
e. Install RTRPE to default Rome - Total War installation
f. Create new shortcut of RomeTW-ALX to desktop
g. Right-click shortcut and on target line enter -mod:rtrpe -show_err -noalexander
example : "D:\Game Files (x86)\Activision\Rome Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:rtrpe -show_err -noalexander

3. Steam Version, install RTRPE v2.0 to
a. 64bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Alexander
b. 32bit: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Alexander
To run with Steam right-click on Rome: Total War-Alexander in Steam Library
- select Properties
- select SET LAUNCH OPTIONS...
- enter -mod:rtrpe -show_err -noalexander
** Note - You can also create shortcut by clicking CREATE DESKTOP SHORTCUT

Enjoy !!!

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**AngryTitusPullo** · August 29, 2012, 10:59 AM

My intention is using the numbers to represent cohort number. Unlike BI which give numbers to first cohorts only I have enable both first cohorts and legionary cohorts to have numbers.
Only Roman Citizenship building will have the ability to recruit legions and not all regions have the ability.

The Aquila Legionary (first cohort) will be name Legio I (legion name) and follows by recruitment of 9 other legionary cohorts. Make sure to recruit Aquila Legionary first.
Please note that if you recuit more than 10 the numbers will continue so it will be strange to see a unit name Legio XII Augusta somewhere on the map.

- Region: The regions which the legions can be recuited. These regions enabled the building of Roman Citizenship building.
- Legion Name: Name of the legion recruited from this province.
- City: The name of the city. This guide is just for reference which city already have Legions recruited.

Please use the legion Tracker file to keep track of all legions recruited.

Castra Legionaria = City which the Legion is created. You can update the Legion Number and also the date created.

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**AngryTitusPullo** · August 29, 2012, 11:03 AM

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Marcus Camillus' 4 Turns-per-Year Mod for RTR Platinum v2.0
by LestaT

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Marcus Camillus' 4 Turns-per-Year Mod for RTR Platinum
by Marcus Camillus

v1.9.6 - 14 June 2007

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Installation Instructions:
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Prior to installing Marcus Camillus' 4 Turns-per-Year Mod for RTR Platinum v2.0, you will need a fresh install of RTR Platinum v2.0 release.

1. Run the install program "Marcus Camillus RTR Platinum v2.0 4tpy Mod.exe". Select the install directory to be the directory of your "Rome - Total War" where your RTR Platinum Edition v2.0 is installed. (Example: c:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War). The install program will then install this mod.

2. Run campaign_map_reset.bat or manually delete map.rwn inside your rtrpe/data/world folder (wherever you find them).

3. Start up RTR Platinum like normal. Start a new campaign. After the campaign finishes loading, the Victoria campaign advisor pop-up window will appear. The advisor pop-up window will be blinking. Click on the blinking Victoria portrait. This will open the advisor text window, letting you know that the 4 turns-per-year script is waiting for you to start it. Click on the "Show Me How" button. This will start the 4 turns-per-year script and close the Victoria campaign advisor pop-up window. The 4 turns-per-year mod has been started and you can start enjoying your campaign.

4. To reactivate the 4 turns-per-year script when you load a saved campaign, load the saved campaign like normal. Once your saved campaign has finished loading, either click on the faction button or select any of your cities, this will cause the Victoria advisor pop-up window to appear. The advisor pop-up window will be blinking. Click on the blinking Victoria portrait. This will open the advisor text window, letting you know that the 4 turns-per-year script is waiting for you to start it. Click on the "Show Me How" button. This will start the 4 turns-per-year script. If this is the first time you have loaded a saved campaign since starting this session of Rome Total Realism, the advisor pop-up window will automatically close. However, upon the second or more times of loading a saved campaign during this session of Rome Total Realism, you will have to close the advisor pop-up window yourself. This is normal behavior for this mod. I have not yet figured out why this occurs, but it will not affect your gameplay. If you forget to click on the faction button, or select any of your cities, and end your turn, you will have to reload your saved campaign again to insure proper start-up of the 4 turns-per-year script.

5. Enjoy your campaigns in RTR Platinum with 4 turns-per-year! Every time you start a new campaign, you will follow the procedure in step 4 above. Remember, you must complete step 5 above every time you load a saved campaign. At the beginning of each turn, as of v1.6 of this mod, you will now get a Victoria advisor pop-up window informing you of the current turn's season and year. This new feature will also take place during reloaded saved campaigns. Enjoy!

From Marcus Camillus original note:-
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Known limitations:
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I have come up with a system of automated messages at the start of each turn that notify the player of the current turn's season and year. The Season Icon on the Campaign UI will still indicate it is Summer during the Spring and Autumn turns of each year. RTW is hard-coded so that the Season Icon will display only Summer or Winter for the seasons. By "mousing over" the Season Icon, you will notice you get 3 Summer turns followed by 1 Winter turn. After the winter turn, the year will end and advance to the next year, starting with the year's first Summer turn (Spring). The next turn will be the second Summer turn (Summer), followed by the third Summer turn (Autumn), followed by the Winter turn. After the Winter turn is complete, the year will advance to the next year and the sequence of 3 Summer turns (Spring, Summer, and Autumn) and 1 Winter will repeat.

As a suggestion to help you remember which season a saved campaign was in, I would recommend the following format for the naming of saved campaigns...

"Season_Year" (Don't use the quotes in the saved campaign name. What you need to type is inside the quotes.)

Example 1: Saved campaign was during the Spring of 255BC.
Name the saved campaign "Spring_255BC".

Example 2: Saved Campaign was during the Autumn of 1AD.
Name the saved campaign "Autumn_1AD".

Your campaign will start in the Spring (first Summer turn) of 280BC. The campaign will end after the completion of the Winter of 1AD.

You will notice that there is no "year 0" (zero). The Gregorian calendar, in use today and what I use in the mod, has no "year 0". It advances from the Winter of 1BC straight to the Spring (first Summer turn) of 1AD. This is the way the Gregorian calendar system works. I know there are a few other calendar systems in use in today's world, but I used the Gregorian calendar system for my mod. The Gregorian calendar is just an "improved" version of the Julian calendar, so I thought it would be appropriate for RTW's period.

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**debux** · August 30, 2012, 10:56 PM

Great stuff! Can't wait to campaign as Carthage again in what was the first mod I ever tried

Many many thanks!

EDIT: I think you forgot to add that you also had changed the province growth rates.

**Drake123** · September 01, 2012, 07:52 AM

Can I play this mod without alexander?

**debux** · September 01, 2012, 11:37 AM

No... this version uses Alex.exe to be able to have numbered legions (it uses the extra DMB space, or whatever file that allows the usage of legions

can't remember the name). But you can buy it real cheap, it's an old game, sio prices have really gone down, it it's pretty worth it to have both expansions

**Pyres Δt Varanasi** · September 01, 2012, 12:26 PM

I have Alexander & Barbarian Invasion both with version 1.9 and 1.6 i need to installed it here: Local Disk(C: )>The Creative Assembly> Rome - Total War> alexander

**Baron von Manteuffel** · September 01, 2012, 05:15 PM

Will the 'White UK Version' work okay? If not, what version do you other gamers use? Thank you!

**LEGIO ROMANI** · September 01, 2012, 05:56 PM

Baron, if you have extra money, go to Amazon.com and order the Rome Total War Anthology. It has all three dics and it will play with all RTW mods.

**Baron von Manteuffel** · September 01, 2012, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by LEGIO ROMANI

Baron, if you have extra money, go to Amazon.com and order the Rome Total War Anthology. It has all three dics and it will play with all RTW mods.

LEGIO ROMANI, thanks for the information.

**mphet** · September 02, 2012, 03:30 AM

hey, people! Is there modification 4 turns per year for RTR 2.0?

**AngryTitusPullo** · September 02, 2012, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by Drake123

Can I play this mod without alexander?

If you only have RTW and BI you can still RTR Platinum 1.9

Originally Posted by mphet

hey, people! Is there modification 4 turns per year for RTR 2.0?

If there's enough request I can make one. I'm only using roman leadership mod but not 4tpy since I hate having marian reform in 250 bc

Originally Posted by LEGIO ROMANI

Baron, if you have extra money, go to Amazon.com and order the Rome Total War Anthology. It has all three dics and it will play with all RTW mods.

I still have Activision RTW + BI disk but can't legally purchase alex digitally from my country so I bought the whole set from Steam during sale. Just 5 dollars for all 3 games...

Originally Posted by Emperor Lor'themar the Great

I have Alexander & Barbarian Invasion both with version 1.9 and 1.6 i need to installed it here: Local Disk(C: )>The Creative Assembly> Rome - Total War> alexander

Originally Posted by debux

No... this version uses Alex.exe to be able to have numbered legions (it uses the extra DMB space, or whatever file that allows the usage of legions

can't remember the name). But you can buy it real cheap, it's an old game, sio prices have really gone down, it it's pretty worth it to have both expansions

Actually the name/number legion can be use with RTW and BI. RTW-ALX however have slightly better AI and suited to be used as further mods base since the hardcoded limit of model can be used is increased. I think one can add another 300 models to existing one.

If that's your default RTWALX installation then install it there.

**mphet** · September 02, 2012, 01:03 PM

LestaT

I'm only using roman leadership mod but not 4tpy since I hate having marian reform in 250 bc

I don't hate 4tpy, moreover i even can't play without this mod becasue generals can't live longer enough to become a great conqueror. I have checked all ways to make 4tpy for 2.0 but it didn't work as it works with Platinum 1.9 and other mods.
Can you make 4tpy for us? Or even say how to do it? really need, thx

**Bernardius** · September 02, 2012, 02:28 PM

great to hear about RTR again, will download soon and give a try! THANKS!!!

**AngryTitusPullo** · September 02, 2012, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by mphet

LestaT
I don't hate 4tpy, moreover i even can't play without this mod becasue generals can't live longer enough to become a great conqueror. I have checked all ways to make 4tpy for 2.0 but it didn't work as it works with Platinum 1.9 and other mods.
Can you make 4tpy for us? Or even say how to do it? really need, thx

See post #3.

**cristi77** · September 03, 2012, 12:14 AM

Hello everyone

I'm new on the forum, but a "veteran" of total war games. It's been quite a while since last time I played a mod of Rome or Medieval 2. RTRPE 2.0 looks like the perfect ocasion, but...
I've got a problem. I installed the mod as instructed, and it gives me an error: "failed to read censored word dictionary file: data//chat_filter.san". I never encounter this before. I read some thing on the forum. A solution was to copy that file from data mod folder or alexander folder to the main rome folder. But, in this case, it starts with rome main game, not RTRPE. Any solutions?

**AngryTitusPullo** · September 03, 2012, 01:37 AM

Do you have alex installed ? If it is what is your RTW-ALX version ? Steam or retail ?

**cristi77** · September 03, 2012, 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by LestaT

Do you have alex installed ? If it is what is your RTW-ALX version ? Steam or retail ?

Yes, I have alexander installed. It's a retail version. I installed the mod in rome total war/alexander folder

**AngryTitusPullo** · September 03, 2012, 03:23 AM

If you have installed correctly this is what it looks like inside your Rome/Alexander folder. RTRPE folder will be on the same level as alexander and data folder. Your's probably will have bi folder also.

If this correct then the next step is to create short cut of your RomeTW-ALX.exe to desktop and edit the end of the target line with -mod:rtrpe -show_err -noalexander.

If the error still happened then you might need to copy chat_filter.san from alexdander/data folder to rtrpe/data folder.

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