RTR - Loved it... until...

**Cohort9003** · May 03, 2010, 05:42 AM

I loved RTR until I decided I wanted to play another mod, I tried to uninstall RTR, but couldnt. I uninstalled the game, tried to play. *Game crashes.

Now I cant play RTW anymore >_>

But it was a great mod though

**Pat89** · May 03, 2010, 07:00 AM

What version of the mod did you ahve installed?

If it was Gold or RTR Platinum: then you indeed have to reinstall RTW, because those mods overwrote many of your gamefiles.

If you were using RTR Platinum "-mod switch", RTR VII: FoE, RTR VII: TIC or ExRM, then all you had to do was to delete the "modfolder" inside your RTW folder and you're done. Or you can just leave it there if the other mod you want to play is installed inside a modfolder too...

**octaviuscaesar** · May 22, 2010, 11:27 AM

I downloaded RTW 6 Gold, and the download and installation went along fine. I started up the game, it played the intro video, and went to the main menu just fine. but when i click on Single Player, all the buttons are grayed out! wtf!

then i tried to uninstall it, so i deleted all traces of RTW off my computer, but when i try to reinstall RTW, it wont let me! whats going on????

**Finn** · May 22, 2010, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by octaviuscaesar

I downloaded RTW 6 Gold

You mean RTR Gold?

Originally Posted by octaviuscaesar

and the download and installation went along fine. I started up the game, it played the intro video, and went to the main menu just fine. but when i click on Single Player, all the buttons are grayed out! wtf!

What is your RTW patched to? RTR Gold is based on the RTW 1.2. and will not work with RTW 1.5.

Originally Posted by octaviuscaesar

then i tried to uninstall it, so i deleted all traces of RTW off my computer, but when i try to reinstall RTW, it wont let me! whats going on????

Why wont it let you? Please provide as many details as possible.

**Pat89** · May 22, 2010, 12:58 PM

You shouldn't have just deleted all files, but instead used the uninstal. Now there seem to be no traces or RTW anymore, but it likely still is in your registry, meaning that your computer thinks it's still installed. I'm not sure how to fix that though...

**octaviuscaesar** · May 24, 2010, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by PatricianS

You shouldn't have just deleted all files, but instead used the uninstal. Now there seem to be no traces or RTW anymore, but it likely still is in your registry, meaning that your computer thinks it's still installed. I'm not sure how to fix that though...

I uninstalled RTW the normal way, but there were still traces of RTR on my computer, so i deleted all those manually. Did I do something wrong? I just wanna be able to play my fave game again

**Brusilov** · June 05, 2010, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by octaviuscaesar

I uninstalled RTW the normal way, but there were still traces of RTR on my computer, so i deleted all those manually. Did I do something wrong? I just wanna be able to play my fave game again

It's possible that after an uninstall some traces of the game could be left on your hard drive. At that point it's sensible to delete the folders.

If you've got Windows Vista or 7 and have installed into the 'c:\program files (x86)' folder then any changes you make in-game (preferences.txt) and saves and replays will be in the 'virtual store' or 'appdata' folders. These should also be deleted if they were not done automatically by the uninstall process.

To find the start of the 'appdata' folders in Vista run %appdata% and with 7 search for %appdata% and then follow the path.

It will probably be 'c:\Users\"useraccount"\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War'.

**Arkaeyn** · May 22, 2010, 03:52 PM

A program called CCleaner includes a registry cleanup: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

**octaviuscaesar** · June 06, 2010, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by Arkaeyn

A program called CCleaner includes a registry cleanup: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

I used the CCleaner, and it worked!

If anyone else has this problem, just go to that link and download it. THANK YOU!!!

**0N3** · June 26, 2010, 12:21 AM

From now when you use a mod that isn't mod-foldered, copy your vanilla total war directory somewhere else in C: and install it there

**CornFedTexan** · May 23, 2010, 03:05 AM

The same thing happend to me when I reinstalled RTW. I deleted all of the files (on Vista) in the folder Program Files (x86)/The Creative Assembly/ Rome-Total War

After a search (Uninstall Rome- Total War) i found out that the uninstall folder is in a seperate folder in Start Up Menu/Programs/Total War/Rome Total War

If you removed all traces of Rome Total War than this might not help

**Grythius Avalorius** · May 23, 2010, 05:09 PM

The whole mod switch thing kinda confuses me, so this is what I do...

Clean copy of RTW, updated fully. Copy the entire RTW folder, and create a duplicate in another folder. That is my hard copy that never changes.

Now, whenever I see a mod that takes my fancy, I copy the vanilla folder, and paste it into a new folder (example, RTR, etc) then install the mod to my new RTR folder that contains the vanilla copy.

Ive used this system countless times, and I have about 15 copies of RTW each with a diff mod. This takes up a lot of space, but most people have a bazillion GB hard drives, so it doesnt really bother me.

I also use this system for all M2TW mods and BI mods. Hope that helps

**Clearchus of Sparta** · May 24, 2010, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by CornFedTexan

The same thing happend to me when I reinstalled RTW. I deleted all of the files (on Vista) in the folder Program Files (x86)/The Creative Assembly/ Rome-Total War

After a search (Uninstall Rome- Total War) i found out that the uninstall folder is in a seperate folder in Start Up Menu/Programs/Total War/Rome Total War

If you removed all traces of Rome Total War than this might not help

I found that installing RTW on Windows 7 is best acomplished when you direct the installer to the folder you want to install it to.

Letting the installer use the default settings seemed to cause all sorts of issues such as part of the game installing in one place and different parts installing elsewhere. Seemingly random though.

The installer seems to have dificulty telling Program Files from Program Files (x86)

**Kieser1914** · July 10, 2010, 05:23 PM

hi I have just downloaded the rtr gold and was trying to install it on steam i got as far as to install it but why i launched it it crashed on the first title screen then said Error:Filename doesn't exist:eOa
i read up on it on other post they said that its cause i have the 1.5 patch of Rtw then i downloaded the platinum version RtR Platinum Edition 1.9 when i tried to install it it said i did not have the correct version of rtw 1.5 installed so now im at a loss i checked my steam rtw and it said it was up to date i dont know if there's a way to patch rtw on steam or am i just using the wrong install im all so pretty new to using mods on this game so any help will me appreciated

**Quinn Inuit** · July 02, 2010, 08:45 AM

That's what I do. I have about 5 RTW folders now, with about a dozen mods installed.

**Clearchus of Sparta** · July 11, 2010, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by SoyNut

I do not know if this topic still applies, but I just bought the Steam Rome pack thing that includes all three games intending to try out RTRPE, and I got it to work. Step by step, all I did was:
1. Buy it
2. Download/install/fully update the gold version
3. Install RTRPE v1.9 mod switch version to my "\Steam\steamapps\common\rome total war gold" directory
4. Tested out desktop shortcuts, which failed for me
5. Went to "My Games"
6. Right-clicked on and went to "Properties" of "Rome: Total War - Gold Edition"
7. Went to "Set launch options..."
8. Typed in "-mod:RTRPE"
9. Opened "Rome: Total War - Gold Edition" (not Barbarian Invasion) and saw different backgrounds and quotes and whatnot, so I am just assuming everything is fine.

Hope this helps.