Hi, and help please :)

[Hapgood]

Hi i'm the new guy, so I thought I'd drop a line
I've downloaded all the the beta and all the updates, and they're all in the RTW folder, but it's not loading, so help would be appreciated

As this is the first time I've beta tested anything, any tips and info would be great, and I'm not particularly fussed on what I test, but am particularly partial to Greeks, and Seleucid's in particular

[tone]

Sam,
You need to say what's not working and the error message you get - I wonder whether it's something to do with Vista adimistration rights?

[Hapgood]

soz hang on a mo

[Hapgood]

it's in the RTW folder, but it's still failing 2 load :s, when im trying 2 load regular RTW it also wont launch as it says " MSS32.DLL not found" or something along those lines, and tht reinstalling might solve it, id di tht, and got rid of all the roma surrectum stuff and it worked fine, then i downloaded all the roma surrectum stuff and neither will load.......
as i sed b4 plz help lol

[Hapgood]

I have administritive rights, but we have got parental controls, but again only on the internet

[tone]

DVK will be able to help, I'm sure.

[dvk901]

You probably didn't install it in the right folder, which breaks bot RTW and RS2. RS2 (all RS mods) must be installed into the same folder that 'romeTW.exe' is in. So find the exe, and install it there.

Also, make sure you have RTW version 1.5 or BI version 1.6. RS will not work if you don't.

The main installer and all of the patches, also, have to be installed as I said....in the same folder as 'RomeTW.exe' is in.

Oh, and welcome!

[Hapgood]

gr8 thnx, and glad 2 be hear

[tone]

use English please!

[Hapgood]

sorry: great, thanks, glad to be hear

[tone]

Thanks! Much better!
I suspect it might be the version of RTW you're using. Which one is it?

[Hapgood]

I've installed it on the original, but I've also got barbarian invasion installed ,which means I've got the updates and therefore a newer version. However I've just reinstalled everything, and it's back to telling me "script error in data/descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control_txt, at line 7, column 1.
expecting reading 'min_light_intensity'."

[tone]

I'm sure that error is familiar - what shortcut or .exe program are you trying to start it with?

[Hapgood]

umm.... the roma surrectum one on the desktop, i've also gone through the properties and made sure it's run as administrator also

[Hapgood]

would running it in compatability mode with xp help? just a thought

[tone]

Where exactly did you say that you pointed the installer to and all the subsequent updates?

[Hapgood]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Rome - Total War

[Hapgood]

although the revision 4 didn't give me a choice and down loaded into the "downloads" folder, however i cut and pasted it into the RTW folder and extracted the files there

[Arnspac]

Welcome Hapgood.

[tone]

If you use the search function on that error message, it always turns out that people have installed it wrongly,
e.g. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...14#post3722814

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...88#post2526788
Check particularly inside your /data folder to see whether there is another /data folder inside it. There shouldn't be.

Do you have an RS2 BI shortcut on your desktop as well? maybe try running with that instead? I always play RS using the BI.exe as you get better AI behaviour especially naval invasions and also get the advantage of things like shield wall and so on that are used by the some units.