Making RTW or RTW:Gold work on Windows 10
THIS FIX IS FOR PLAYING ROME:TOTAL WAR AND ROME:TOTAL WAR - BARBARIAN INVASION on Windows 10
It seems like a lot of text, but it's just to cover every nimble-bimble-n00b-step along the way guys <3
1. Compatibility:
To make RTW work, go to your install-folder for RTW and locate the files:
"RomeTW.exe" and "RomeTW-BI.exe".
Right-click on those and go to "Properties".
Then go to the tab called "Compatibility" and look all the way down to "Change settings for all users".
Click that.
Then select the box called "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows 7" from the scroll-down menu.
Hit the "apply" button in the bottom-right.
Press OK on the previous "Properties" screen.
2. Preferences:
For the steam version of RTW (or RTW Gold) go to your steam folder, for example:
"C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold"
(On my system I did not have Steam install into the "program files"-folders, but I created a different "games" folder on my C drive.)
For the Disc-version of RTW, go to your install folder of RTW.
In that folder, go to the folder called "preferences", so that would be "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\preferences" (for steam users)
or: "C:\...\...\Rome Total War Gold\preferences\" (or whatever, for non-steam users)
In which you will see a .txt file called "preferences.txt"
In this file, you will need to adjust 2 values:
"STRATEGY_RESOLUTION: "
"BATTLE_RESOLUTION: "
These have numbers (your RTW in-game resolution)
Change these numbers to your DESKTOP resolution (in my files both values were set to "1024x768", so I changed them to my actual resolution "1440x900")
To know your actual resolution, press right-click on your desktop (wallpaper) and click on "Display Settings".
At the bottom of that pop-upped screen there's a link saying "Advanced Display Settings".
When you press on that, you will immediately see your desktop resolution displayed in a scroll-down menu. Do not change this, but remember these values (for example: 1440x900 on my system).
These are the values you need to insert in your preferences.txt in your RTW folder/preferences
So they will look like this (ON MY SYSTEM!! YOUR'S MAY BE DIFFERENT!!):
STRATEGY_RESOLUTION:1440x900
STRATEGY_MAX_RESOLUTION:2048x1536
STRATEGY_32_BIT:TRUE
BATTLE_RESOLUTION:1440x900
BATTLE_MAX_RESOLUTION:2048x1536
BATTLE_32_BIT:TRUE
The BOLD print is the only thing you should edit!!
YOU NEED TO DO THIS FOR BOTH RTW AND RTW:BI SEPARATELY!!
For your RTW:BI folder go to:
"C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\bi\" and look for the folder called "preferences"
In this folder there is also a .txt file called "preferences.txt" Make the same changes here as you did with your RTW's "preferences.txt" file before.
In both cases; save the file over the original file (make backups of the originals if you want to, they won't work on win10 anyways, so go ahead and make my day <3)
3. Steam Version of RTW:
In your Steam Library, right-click on Tome:Total War and go to "Properties". Then hit the "Launch options" button and simply write down: "-ne" (Without the "")
4. Disc Version of RTW (Non-Steam):
I do not play RTW:Alexander, because I don't like it. So this only works for RTW+RTW:BI (It should work for Alexander too though )
For Rome:Total War + BI:
Go to your install-folder of RTW, whatever this may be.. It should have a file called "RomeTW.exe" (about 15MB) and a file called "RomeTW-BI.exe" (also about 15MB, but slightly less than the RomeTW.exe).
Right-click both .exe files (one at a time) and click on "Create shortcut". Now move this shortcut to where ever you want to start your RTW from (probably your desktop).
Now right-click the shortcut and press "Properties".
In the bar called "Target" you will see something like: "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\RomeTW.exe" (for me it's in Steam, because I have the Steam-version of RTW)
But whatever the F!@#.. you will find your own RTW-installation folder there.
Now do exactly and precisely this:
1. "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\RomeTW.exe" --- DO NOT CHANGE THIS
2. Behind the link I just wrote down @ 1. write down: " -ne" (WITH the space, WITHOUT the "")
3. So it should now say @ Target: "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\RomeTW.exe" -ne
4. Click "OK" at the bottom left of the "Properties" screen.
5. Double-click the shortcut to PWN SOME ROMAN B*TT! (yes you should play as a barbarian faction, they are way more fun!)
This "guide" should be comprehensive enough for 53 bunnies with Aspergers syndrome.. Hope you all get your versions to work on Windows10!!
If not: Let me know in this topic!
Disclaimer: I will NEVER help you with getting a non-genuine version of the game to work!
It's only like 5euro's @ Steam and well worth it!
So buy it you lazy bums! >_<
Originally Posted by Theesir
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