ALEXANDER EB

[maksimus]

Hi,

Read the first page pls

[vecordia]

well, just a few words from old rtw veteran ...

1. experience of units from the start - very improved battle reality, soldiers fight longer, and it's difficult to route them (especially when fighting ellite vs. ellite)
2. AI (composed with experience range) improved in battle and even little in campaign as I noticed
3. overall harder campaign, makes me think twice before go into bigger battles

so, I think EB on Alex is simply better then without it
Koinon Hellenon
VH/H above 20 years campaign

[Constantius]

Hi,

Read the first page pls

sorry but I READ FIRST page it escribes benefits of Alex exe , wot is the mod ?

[Constantius]

sorry but I READ FIRST page it escribes benefits of Alex exe , wot is the mod ?

Coulndnt wait for an answer so downloaded and installed it anyway EXELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! work ,maybe didnt have time to list eveything that was done ,but you'v sold yourself short .AGAIN NICE WORK

[maksimus]

ty

[clone]

what i need to do
what to download ,what to put and where

[maksimus]

(read the first post)

[clone]

i have read it


ou will need to install RTW that is 1.5 patched after which you either install Alexander add-on or use only its targeted *exe file
Install EB and fixes

In details:

1. Install Rome Total War + 1,3 and 1,5 patches.
2. Install Alexander expansion or extract the Alx.exe file only into your RTW folder.
3. Install EB 11 and EB 12.
4. EB fixes

a) To play EB with only improved engine you need use
5. ALX engine files.

b) If you want to play full modification you need to use
5. EAEM files.
5a. EAEM fixes.

6. Change the target line of EB.exe single player.
what i need to download .what i will put and whereplease

[vecordia]

...what i need to download .what i will put and whereplease

1. install rome
2. install 1.3 and 1.5 patch
3. install alexander into RTW folder
4. download and install EB 1.1 then 1.2 then EB fixes wich all links are posted in the first page of this thread
5. download and install EAEM and fixes into RTW folder
6. run game from shortcut related to Alex.exe ("your game's path\ RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander)

[maksimus]

oki new fixes

http://files.filefront.com/EAEM+fixe.../fileinfo.html

[Ebenezer Grymm]

Sorry to sound like a total noob on my 1st post ,but, do I have to do all this from the install guide if I want to play EAEB with all the fixes from 1.2 and the EA fixes? I just want to make sure I have it right.

STEP I:

Edit 3 files
a) Go - ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/export_descr_character_traits.txt''
Open the file and add the Immortal description at the end of trait section! That should look like this:


;------------------------------------------
;Trait: CeasesAmbassador
; o Ceases_Ambassador (1):

Trait CeasesAmbassador
Characters diplomat
AntiTraits Ambassador

Level Ceases_Ambassador
Description Ceases_Ambassador_desc
EffectsDescription Ceases_Ambassador_effects_desc
Threshold 1

;------------------------------------------
Trait Immortal
Characters family
Hidden

Level Immortal
Description Immortal_desc
EffectsDescription Immortal_effects_desc
Threshold 1

;------------------------------------------
;Mod: EBMod801 - 12/31/05 : trait to make diplomats better when stationed in a settlement for EB 0.7.2.1
;===============================================================
;Section: == TRIGGER DATA STARTS HERE ==
;===============================================================

Then save!

Then, In the same folder you should make night_battle trrigers back to use!
That should look like this!:

;------------------------------------------
;NIGHT FIGHTING SECTION
;------------------------------------------
Trigger diet_of_carrots_1
WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart

Condition Trait NightBattleCapable = 0
and IsGeneral
and Attribute Command >= 4

Affects NightBattleCapable 6 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger diet_of_carrots_2
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition IsGeneral
and Attribute Command >= 1
and IsNightBattle
and Trait NightBattleCapable = 0
and WonBattle

Affects NightBattleCapable 6 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_victory_attacker
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds < 2
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophilia 1 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_victory_defender
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition not WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds < 2
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophilia 1 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_loss_attacker
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and not WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds >= 0.5
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophobia 1 Chance 66

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_loss_defender
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition not WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and not WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds >= 0.5
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophobia 1 Chance 66
;------------------------------------------
; StrategicSkill shown by bringing bigger battalions
;------------------------------------------

b) Go - ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/export_descr_VnVs_enums.txt''
Open the file and add the specified enums at the far end of the txt file! That should look like this:

Immortal
Immortal_desc
Immortal_effects_desc
Night_Fighter
Night_Fighter_desc
Night_Fighter_effects_desc
Noctophiliac
Noctophiliac_desc
Noctophiliac_effects_desc

Then save !

c) Go - ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/text\export_VnVs.txt'' Add one trait and replace one trait ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/text\export_VnVs.txt'' folder!


REPLACE

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{Legendary_Hero} Legendary Hero

{Legendary_Hero_desc}
Like Horatius, this man's bravery knows no bounds. He is rightly famed among Romans as Aeneas reborn, or even a new Romulus!

{Legendary_Hero_effects_desc}
+4 Morale for all troops on the battlefield, +1 Influence

¬--------------------

WITH

¬--------------------

{Legendary_Hero} Legendary Hero

{Legendary_Hero_desc}
Like Horatius, this man's bravery knows no bounds. He is rightly famed among Romans as Aeneas reborn, or even a new Romulus!

{Legendary_Hero_effects_desc}
+4 Morale for all troops on the battlefield, +1 Influence

{Night_Fighter_effects_desc}
+1 Command when fighting at night

¬--------------------

AND ADD

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{Immortal} Immortal

{Immortal_desc}
Hidden immortal trait

{Immortal_effects_desc}
No Effects

¬--------------------

d) Now edit your ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_strat.txt'' folder by adding the line at the start of Campaign section (at the top of the file.). It should look like this:
; Helix 4 build
; Campaign file generated by the Trivium independant Map Editor (TiME) (c) MrHide - The Trivium Organisation
; Forums: http://www.thetrivium.org/php
; Contact: MrHide@thetrivium.org

campaign imperial_campaign
options +prebattle_night_battle_tickbox
playable
seleucid
pontus
scythia
parthia
numidia
romans_julii
egypt
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
carthage
romans_scipii
dacia
armenia
spain
thrace
romans_brutii
saba
slave
nd
unlockable
end
nonplayable

end


start_date -272 summer
end_date 14 summer

night_battles_enabled
brigand_spawn_value 50
pirate_spawn_value 95

e) Now - Copy chat_filter.san from your Alexander/data folder into your the EB\data folder!

These are the finall step's! You should add torches, lighting for night time, lighting to city buildings, and prebattle UI images (that is opional and not included in the download link)

1) To Add torches to the units:
Copy the following from your ’’bi \data\’’ folder to your ’’EB \data\folder’’
Like this:
’’bi\data\models_unit\attachments\’’ to ’’eb\data\ models_unit’’
’’bi\data\models_engine\’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\models_effects\’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_effects.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_effects_engine_torch.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_effects_torch_fire.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’

Note: You can also get these files from XGM or from Archer's SkyMod that are better looking .)

2) Add lighting for night time
The BI weather and lighting settings look better for night battles than the in vanilla RTW. Copy the following files from ’’bi\data’’ to ’’eb\data\’’.
Like this:
’’bi\data\descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_daytypes.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_skydome.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’

The weather and lighting settings from Archer's SkyMod look even better. So If you have that mod -Copy the following files from ’’SKYMOD_BI\data’’ for ’’ Bi ’’ only to ’’eb\data\’’
The models folder!
’’descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’descr_daytypes.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’descr_skydome.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’

3) Add prebattle UI images! (optional)

If you skip this step the engine will use a default image that looks as a day battle. All you need to do is put a suitable .TGA image called ’’ prebattle_night.tga’’ in every ’’data/UI/[culturetype]/eventpics/’’ folder.
A good image to use is bi/data/UI/roman/eventpics/prebattle_night.tga.

4) Add window lighting to city buildings!

Copy the folder ’’ bi\data\models_building\textures\glowing’’ to ’’eb\data\ models_building\textures’’

[maksimus]

Hi,

You only need File from the First post (download it) Eaem.exe and you need to change EB.exe target line (as mentioned in first post)

[Paktu]

Hey guys, the link to download EAEM http://files.filefront.com/EAEMexe/;.../fileinfo.html doesn't seem to work, it just redirects me to the Filefront main page. How can I download it?

[maksimus]

Seems that Filefront deleted it coz of the file size... so i need to upload again or find few more sources.. will take one day at least

[Ebenezer Grymm]

Sorry to ask again, but I want to play the Extended EB on Alexander and the install instructions are not exactly very clear.

I have RTW and Alexander patched up fully.

I installed EB 1.1 and 1.2. EB 1.1 and 1.2 I extracted into my main RTW folder in Program Files/Activision/Rome Total War. During the process they asked me to also extract EBTrivialScript and EBDocumentation. I put those in folders in Program Files.

I then extracted the 3 Permanent Fixes files for 1.2 that I could find.

When an actual download link is available for EAEM.exe, I will install that also in my program files/activision/rome total war folder, and then also install the EAEM fixes there.

Then, hidden under spoiler tags in your 1st post, you have

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

STEP I:

Edit 3 files
a) Go - ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/export_descr_character_traits.txt''
Open the file and add the Immortal description at the end of trait section! That should look like this:


;------------------------------------------
;Trait: CeasesAmbassador
; o Ceases_Ambassador (1):

Trait CeasesAmbassador
Characters diplomat
AntiTraits Ambassador

Level Ceases_Ambassador
Description Ceases_Ambassador_desc
EffectsDescription Ceases_Ambassador_effects_desc
Threshold 1

;------------------------------------------
Trait Immortal
Characters family
Hidden

Level Immortal
Description Immortal_desc
EffectsDescription Immortal_effects_desc
Threshold 1

;------------------------------------------
;Mod: EBMod801 - 12/31/05 : trait to make diplomats better when stationed in a settlement for EB 0.7.2.1
;===============================================================
;Section: == TRIGGER DATA STARTS HERE ==
;===============================================================

Then save!

Then, In the same folder you should make night_battle trrigers back to use!
That should look like this!:

;------------------------------------------
;NIGHT FIGHTING SECTION
;------------------------------------------
Trigger diet_of_carrots_1
WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart

Condition Trait NightBattleCapable = 0
and IsGeneral
and Attribute Command >= 4

Affects NightBattleCapable 6 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger diet_of_carrots_2
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition IsGeneral
and Attribute Command >= 1
and IsNightBattle
and Trait NightBattleCapable = 0
and WonBattle

Affects NightBattleCapable 6 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_victory_attacker
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds < 2
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophilia 1 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_victory_defender
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition not WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds < 2
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophilia 1 Chance 100

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_loss_attacker
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and not WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds >= 0.5
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophobia 1 Chance 66

;------------------------------------------
Trigger night_battle_crushing_loss_defender
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition not WasAttacker
and IsGeneral
and not WonBattle
and BattleSuccess >= clear
and BattleOdds >= 0.5
and IsNightBattle

Affects Noctophobia 1 Chance 66
;------------------------------------------
; StrategicSkill shown by bringing bigger battalions
;------------------------------------------

b) Go - ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/export_descr_VnVs_enums.txt''
Open the file and add the specified enums at the far end of the txt file! That should look like this:

Immortal
Immortal_desc
Immortal_effects_desc
Night_Fighter
Night_Fighter_desc
Night_Fighter_effects_desc
Noctophiliac
Noctophiliac_desc
Noctophiliac_effects_desc

Then save !

c) Go - ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/text\export_VnVs.txt'' Add one trait and replace one trait ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/text\export_VnVs.txt'' folder!


REPLACE

¬--------------------

{Legendary_Hero} Legendary Hero

{Legendary_Hero_desc}
Like Horatius, this man's bravery knows no bounds. He is rightly famed among Romans as Aeneas reborn, or even a new Romulus!

{Legendary_Hero_effects_desc}
+4 Morale for all troops on the battlefield, +1 Influence

¬--------------------

WITH

¬--------------------

{Legendary_Hero} Legendary Hero

{Legendary_Hero_desc}
Like Horatius, this man's bravery knows no bounds. He is rightly famed among Romans as Aeneas reborn, or even a new Romulus!

{Legendary_Hero_effects_desc}
+4 Morale for all troops on the battlefield, +1 Influence

{Night_Fighter_effects_desc}
+1 Command when fighting at night

¬--------------------

AND ADD

¬--------------------
{Immortal} Immortal

{Immortal_desc}
Hidden immortal trait

{Immortal_effects_desc}
No Effects

¬--------------------

d) Now edit your ''Rome - Total War folder/eb/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_strat.txt'' folder by adding the line at the start of Campaign section (at the top of the file.). It should look like this:
; Helix 4 build
; Campaign file generated by the Trivium independant Map Editor (TiME) (c) MrHide - The Trivium Organisation
; Forums: http://www.thetrivium.org/php
; Contact: MrHide@thetrivium.org

campaign imperial_campaign
options +prebattle_night_battle_tickbox
playable
seleucid
pontus
scythia
parthia
numidia
romans_julii
egypt
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
carthage
romans_scipii
dacia
armenia
spain
thrace
romans_brutii
saba
slave
nd
unlockable
end
nonplayable

end


start_date -272 summer
end_date 14 summer

night_battles_enabled
brigand_spawn_value 50
pirate_spawn_value 95

e) Now - Copy chat_filter.san from your Alexander/data folder into your the EB\data folder!

These are the finall step's! You should add torches, lighting for night time, lighting to city buildings, and prebattle UI images (that is opional and not included in the download link)

1) To Add torches to the units:
Copy the following from your ’’bi \data\’’ folder to your ’’EB \data\folder’’
Like this:
’’bi\data\models_unit\attachments\’’ to ’’eb\data\ models_unit’’
’’bi\data\models_engine\’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\models_effects\’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_effects.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_effects_engine_torch.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_effects_torch_fire.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’

Note: You can also get these files from XGM or from Archer's SkyMod that are better looking .)

2) Add lighting for night time
The BI weather and lighting settings look better for night battles than the in vanilla RTW. Copy the following files from ’’bi\data’’ to ’’eb\data\’’.
Like this:
’’bi\data\descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_daytypes.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’bi\data\descr_skydome.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’

The weather and lighting settings from Archer's SkyMod look even better. So If you have that mod -Copy the following files from ’’SKYMOD_BI\data’’ for ’’ Bi ’’ only to ’’eb\data\’’
The models folder!
’’descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’descr_daytypes.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’
’’descr_skydome.txt’’ to ’’eb\data\’’

3) Add prebattle UI images! (optional)

If you skip this step the engine will use a default image that looks as a day battle. All you need to do is put a suitable .TGA image called ’’ prebattle_night.tga’’ in every ’’data/UI/[culturetype]/eventpics/’’ folder.
A good image to use is bi/data/UI/roman/eventpics/prebattle_night.tga.

4) Add window lighting to city buildings!

Copy the folder ’’ bi\data\models_building\textures\glowing’’ to ’’eb\data\ models_building\textures’’

Now, it doesn't say anything in your 1st post about this stuff. Do I do that up there if I want to play EAEM? What is that?

Keep in mind I want to play EAEM not just regular EB on Alexander.

[maksimus]

the spoiler tags, are as it is writen, used only if you dont download any files - ignore them if you download files

[Paktu]

Ok, tried installing this once and was able to start the game, but then when I started a campaign it crashed. Here's what I did, tell me if I'm doing anything wrong.
1. Installed RTW
2. Installed 1.3 and 1.5 patches
3. Installed Alexander
4. Installed EB 1.1
5. Patched EB to 1.2
6. Extracted the edb, scriptfixes12_2, and sprites12 fixes for EB
7. Extracted the EB12_on_ALX files to the EB folder
8. Used your alxeb shortcut, pointed it at rometw-alx.exe

Why am I getting crashes?

[maksimus]

hi

yes its ok but set the last part of your shortcut like this

.\Rome - Total War\ RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander

[Paktu]

Should I install trivialscript? Does it matter?

[maksimus]

you dont need it for eaem