game not working

**LoZz** · July 19, 2007, 02:40 PM

grrrrr

i just installed bi patched it too 1.6.

i installed the mod, patched it too 1.6 then to 1.9 (i installed it into the bi folder)

and it doesnt work, it says its been installed BUT it doesnt start up.

**Amroth** · July 19, 2007, 02:43 PM

What happens when you click on the shortcut?

**LoZz** · July 19, 2007, 02:47 PM

the little black box apears (cmd) for a split second, then it closes and nothing happens.

**Amroth** · July 19, 2007, 02:50 PM

Hmm, can you explain exactly how you went about installing the mod? For example, did the dos window remain open for approx. 12 minutes?

**MasterOfNone** · July 19, 2007, 03:01 PM

Judging by your comments it seems you did not follow the instructions. If that is so then - as we state - you may need to start over with a complete removal of rtw from your system and reinstall.

**LoZz** · July 19, 2007, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by -apocalypsis-

Hmm, can you explain exactly how you went about installing the mod? For example, did the dos window remain open for approx. 12 minutes?

yes it did

Originally Posted by MasterOfNone

Judging by your comments it seems you did not follow the instructions. If that is so then - as we state - you may need to start over with a complete removal of rtw from your system and reinstall.

i followed your instuctions to the letter, no need to be arrogant.

btw would installing it into the bi folder matter? i havent install it into the wrong place have i?

**Amroth** · July 19, 2007, 03:10 PM

btw would installing it into the bi folder matter? i havent install it into the wrong place have i?

That's most likely your problem. You should have installed into:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War

or (if you have Gold):

Code:

C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War

The above path may be a little different depending on your RTW install.

**MasterOfNone** · July 19, 2007, 05:44 PM

We can help you a lot more if you don't misrepresent what you did. To say you followed the instructions to the letter and then in the same breath say that you installed into the bi folder and used our 1.6 before 1.9 in a cumulative patch series (or installed it the 1.6 sega patch over the mod - if that is what you meant) shows that you did not follow the instructions.

**LoZz** · July 19, 2007, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by -apocalypsis-

That's most likely your problem. You should have installed into:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War

or (if you have Gold):

Code:

C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War

The above path may be a little different depending on your RTW install.

working now cheers

**Emerentius** · July 27, 2007, 06:09 AM

Hi, can not get my game started. Hope you can help me too.
After installing I get this message.

script error in bi\ci/data/settlement_plans/barbarian_large_city.txt, at line 6, column 14.
file data/settlement_plans/underlays/../../../bi/data/settlement_plans/underlays/barbarian_large_city_underlay CAS does not exist.

**MasterOfNone** · July 27, 2007, 06:40 AM

Please tell us what you did - it has obviously been installed incorrectly.

**Emerentius** · July 27, 2007, 06:56 AM

Hi MasterOfNone, I directed the 2.0 exe to my folder "Rome - Total War BI 1.6 TFA2.0" where I have a copy of an unmodded BI 1.6 version. It created a ci folder inside my bi folder. Then I did the same with the 2 patches. NOT directing them to the ci folder. The second patch didn't give a dosbox the first one did. I have found a tns_2_1_patch.bat

**MasterOfNone** · July 27, 2007, 07:21 AM

You have of course copied the whole of the RTW folder over to your new instance of the game and not just the bi part of it? In other words you copied the "Rome Total War" folder to another folder on the same level under "Activision" (or Creative Assemby if you have Gold)?

The file in question in your error is not a modded file. As you know, large and huge barbarian cities did not exist in RTW so this file exists in BI to reference the correct models.

The pathing works like this:

in RTW there is no pathing in the city files but it is set as default (invisible) to data/settlement_plans/underlay

To overcome this pathing the BI version for the larger cities for Barbarians repaths the new models (in the bi/data/settlement_plans/underlays/ folder) thus;

../../../bi/data/settlement_plans/underlays/barbarian_large_city_underlay.CAS

The first bit (../../../) takes the pathing up levels from the default; so it comes out of underlays, out of settlement plans and then out of data back to the RTW folder (with the BI and RTW exe in it)

Then the new path takes it down to the bi/data/settlement_plans/underlays/ folder.

The conclusion then is that either the text file (or modfolder) is in the wrong place or the model file does not exist in your BI folder. The latter is unlikely if it is unmodded.

EDIT: I've only ever seen your error with manual installations where the player has cut the files from the BI folder rather than copied them. I cannot see how this can happen when you have used the installer and batch file; try running the BI exe direct to see if the BI folder is working.

**Emerentius** · July 27, 2007, 11:56 AM

Hi MasterOfNone, thank you for your explication and time.
Made me look at the content of my folder with a fresh look and

I had copied the wrong folder with already a mod inside.

So everything works as it's supposed to work and it's looking really good.

**MasterOfNone** · July 27, 2007, 12:11 PM

Glad it is sorted, and thank you for not opening your query with "I followed the installation instructions to the letter"

Perhaps you could tell us if any confusion in the instructions led to your error so that we can avoid this in the future?

Enjoy the game.

**Edelward** · July 27, 2007, 03:27 PM

I have BI 1.6 on which I've played ci(Corsair Invasion) .
I removed both ci folder ,then made new copy of bi into new ci folder and run installation of New Shadow .Dos appears for 2-3 min .Then it is over ,but klicking on shortcuts fails to start the game .Black box appears for a second and then nothing .

**Emerentius** · July 27, 2007, 03:33 PM

Hi MasterOfNone,
No confusion in the instuctions for what I can tell. It was a mistake on my side.
I thought I used a clean copy of RTW BI with patch version 1.6 and in fact I didn't.

**Edelward** · July 27, 2007, 04:27 PM

I re-installed RTW BI 1.6 install New Shadow Dos was running longer almost 4 min .Still it won't start .I think Dos was promting me to type something at the end but I didn't

**MasterOfNone** · July 27, 2007, 04:38 PM

The dos should not prompt for any user action if installing to the correct path in a clean version of BI 1.6

Why did you make a new copy of the ci folder? This is not in the instructions. All you have to do is make sure there is no ci folder from any previous version.

That is certainly the reason why the dos is prompting you - your installation is not clean.

Please follow the instructions more carefully.

And please let me know if you feel the instructions unclear.