Rome: Total War won't start

[Vampire Penguin]

I don't know what is happening, but I've searched all of the Internets for the solution; nothing came up.

I just recently installed RTW on my computer (OS is 64 bit Vista), and attempted to finally play it. But, what good are computers without problems? I got an error about mss32.dll missing, so I downloaded it separately and put it in the Rome file. So far so good, the error is gone, the little splash screen comes up with the text "Rome: Total War" and the soldiers in a line. It looked as if that was the fix, but no. The screen dissapeared after a while, and nothing else happened, and the *Whirrr*ing sound from my disk drive stopped. No game appeared.

I don't know what is wrong. I tried running it in Compatabilty Mode, but same results. Tried re-installing it (twice), no cigar. I updated my drivers (card is Nvidia 8800 GTS), still nothing. I looked all over Google for an answer, but all threads seem to go cold after someone says "I did what you said, but it didn't work", so no answers there. I also searched these forums, but I mainly got threads about Obama.

Long story short: The game won't run after the small "loading" splash screen appears, and the computer provides new error. What is wrong?

[Brusilov]

Where did you get your RTW from?

What have you done with UAC on your Vista install? Have a read of this if you don't know what UAC is (first and last links in the first post in this thread): http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=167821

[Vampire Penguin]

Where did you get your RTW from?

What have you done with UAC on your Vista install? Have a read of this if you don't know what UAC is (first and last links in the first post in this thread): http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=167821

I turned UAC off, and I got both copies of RTW from a local Target some years ago (My brother bought one too for multiplayer).

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Well, I seemed to fix the problem. For future reference, I'll post what I did.

I downloaded the latest patch, got Miles Sound Tools and Winamp. I took the mss32.dll from Miles Sound Tools and placed it in both WINDOWS/System32, the Rome/Miles folder, and the Rome folder. I then completely uninstalled Rome (Not Repair!) and reinstalled it. After attempting to run it, I gave me a brief error about not having Directx 9. I ran a Dxdiag, found nothing wrong, and ran it again with success.

Thanks for you help!

[Brusilov]

Good to hear that you've resolved your problems. Enjoy the game.

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