RomeShell doesn't work on Alienware m15x

[Davidefoster]

Hello, I have Rome: Total War Gold Edition, which I have played on a previous Compaq computer, on which the RomeShell cheat box appeared, whenever I pressed the tilda key. Anyway, I have recently bought a brand new, Alienware m15x notebook, with a NVIDIA 8700 M GT graphics card. Everything works great and I can play the game on max settings with no lag, but whenever I try to open the RomeShell cheat box. The tilda key just doesn't work. I have tried typing in the tilda key in word documents and it works great, but the key just doesn't correspond to the RomeShell box in the game. I was wondering if anybody else has a similar problem and how to fix it. Thanks, David Foster.

[Selifator]

Is your tilde key the one above tab? Apparently, the cheat box requires the key above tab and with different keyboards this can be a different symbol. It is always the key above the tab key though.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Yes, you need the key above tab, not just the tilde key.

P.S. I don't know what the Romeshell cheat box has to do with Multiplayer though....

[Davidefoster]

Yes, the key above the tab key, is the tilda key, I've tried opening MedievalShell in Medieval II: Total War, and it works great, but in Rome: Total War nothing happens at all, very odd. I know that they're are no connection issues, but, I suppose that it might have something to do with hard drive, or some other feature that disables RomeShell. It works on my other COMPAQ computer, hmm, I can't think of anything at all that would really stop RomeShell from working, especially if it works in Medieval II: Total War. :hmmm:

[DemiGod]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alie...ing-games.html

I had the same problem, and this fixed it.

Solution
Go into Device Manager -> Keyboards.
Right-click "Microsoft eHome MCIR 109 Keyboard", choose "Update Driver Software".
Choose "Browse my computer for driver software",
Choose the option "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer“
Make sure "show compatible hardware" is checked, then select "HID-compliant device" and click next. Click any remaining "Closed" buttons after Windows has installed the driver.

Hope that helped

[The Gael]

You're a bit over three years too late there.