crash to desktop

[Hesus de bodemloze]

i installed a clean version of rtw and BI, i installed the 1.6 patch and afther this i installed the IB imperium julianorum version + patch. the problem starts when i wan' t to play a game all gos well untill i pick a faction that i whant to play. when i do this the game CTD' s on me. any tips ore help would be nice.

thx for your help

Hesus

[beatoangelico]

probably is the infamous quotes bug. Try to delete (or better, rename) these files:

descr_quotes_lookup.txt
descr_transition_screen.txt

located into ...\Rome - Total War\IJ\data folder, and

quotes.txt

located into ...\Rome - Total War\IJ\data\text folder

[Ihatemonday]

Yeah i think beatoangelico is right.

[julianus heraclius]

Yeah i think beatoangelico is right.

Oh Yeah. Damn those quotes

Thanks Guys

[Hesus de bodemloze]

oke thx guys i will reinstall the game later and try this. maybe in a next version you could eliminate them so this problem won' t happen again.

[beatoangelico]

oke thx guys i will reinstall the game later and try this. maybe in a next version you could eliminate them so this problem won' t happen again.

you could try to delete first the files and then if the CTD happens again reinstall, it can save you some time .

The problem itself is very odd since I don't know any mod other than IBFD that have this bug. I'm starting to think that is somewhat related to the structure of the modfoldered installation. Anyway, if the problem won't be solved in time for the next version my idea is to have the quotes as an optional install...better a stable game than the additional historical flavour that the quotes provide.

[julianus heraclius]

The problem itself is very odd since I don't know any mod other than IBFD that have this bug. I'm starting to think that is somewhat related to the structure of the modfoldered installation. Anyway, if the problem won't be solved in time for the next version my idea is to have the quotes as an optional install...better a stable game than the additional historical flavour that the quotes provide.

I think what also is different is that with RTW mods the quotes files that are altered are in the RTW data folder, whereas for the IB mods these files are contained within their own data folder. I think you may be right about the structure of the mod folders. One solution may be to copy and paste the revised quotes files into the RTW data folder then delete these files in the IB folder.

If somebaody can try this it would be interesting to see if this corrects the problem.

beatoangelico, perhaps you could try this with the new revised quotes that I provided you.

Cheers

[beatoangelico]

I think what also is different is that with RTW mods the quotes files that are altered are in the RTW data folder, whereas for the IB mods these files are contained within their own data folder. I think you may be right about the structure of the mod folders. One solution may be to copy and paste the revised quotes files into the RTW data folder then delete these files in the IB folder.

If somebaody can try this it would be interesting to see if this corrects the problem.

beatoangelico, perhaps you could try this with the new revised quotes that I provided you.

Cheers

yes it could indeed be the key...tomorrow I will try. I had the idea when I saw that Arthurian TW, BI-based but not modfoldered, places the quotes files precisely in data\text and not bi\data\text

[Hesus de bodemloze]

i play a lot of SPQR for rtw thy just turned off the quotes from the start maybe the modders can do this 2 in there next version.

edit : oke i renamed the 3 files and will test if it works. update lather

edit : the game seems to work fine now the only thing i had to do is put a new target in the start icon (its not shown ether)

[beatoangelico]

edit : the game seems to work fine now the only thing i had to do is put a new target in the start icon (its not shown ether)

the path of the icon is ...\Activision\Rome - Total War\IJ.ico

[Syagrius]

i play a lot of SPQR for rtw thy just turned off the quotes from the start maybe the modders can do this 2 in there next version.

edit : oke i renamed the 3 files and will test if it works. update lather

edit : the game seems to work fine now the only thing i had to do is put a new target in the start icon (its not shown ether)

Rename? How I can do that? Sorry I am not a computer wizz

Edit: Everything is fine now, it seems I didnt waited for the DOS to finish during installation, so I reinstalled and it works fine. Looks great!

[Ihatemonday]

Rename? How I can do that? Sorry I am not a computer wizz

Edit: Everything is fine now, it seems I didnt waited for the DOS to finish during installation, so I reinstalled and it works fine. Looks great!

Glad you enjoyed it.

[Hesus de bodemloze]

it s allways possible to leave the quotes a way. that solves the problem as well (i never read them and think people won' t minde)

[beatoangelico]

it s allways possible to leave the quotes a way. that solves the problem as well (i never read them and think people won' t minde)

right but if we can have the quotes without instability issues is better

[Hesus de bodemloze]

hmhm thats right

[Syagrius]

I have the same problem, when I choose a faction the game quit to desktop. I deleted the three files for the quotes, however it crash earlier.