Problem with rtw

[chaser1989]

right ive installed rome total war original on my laptop running windows 7 and i then installed patches 1.3 nd then 1.5 how ever i click the shortcut for it and the exe within the folder rtw is in and it says missing m32dll which i then found again later within program files x86 but that hasnt been patched which was the original install ver 1.0 now i havent got a clue how to fix this or how to sort it out so it works atleast ?? if anyone knows what i mean and has a solution please help !! i have tryed simply copying and pasting the mss32.dll into the right folder but it fails to intialise 3d audio for some reason not sure why the game works fine with the first shortcut which goes to the Program file x86 rtw folder but yeah it is tricky and i havent found any help with google lol

[Brusilov]

Are you installing from an official RTW disc or something else?

What have you done with UAC?

Where did you install the game to?

It's best to install to a folder other than 'c:\program files (x86)' - try creating your own program files folder (put your initials in front of the name).

[chaser1989]

im installing from an original rtw 1.0 disc's nd ive only installed the game to where it auto installs which i thought would we where the patches would automatically install too. whats a UAC??

as far as i learned last night in order for it to patch the rtw properly i would of had to originally install it in the normal program files not the x86 bit so yeah i think i can fix this problem just by doing that but ill have to wait and see tonight

[MortenJessen]

Hi there.
It sounds like you have installed the game in one folder, and the patches in a nother folder. As Brusilov adviced, use a seperately named gamefolder. But call it Rome Total War instead, and have all game related files installed in there. After that, check trough the game shortcut, to see if the exe. relates to the right path.
Y.S.
M. Jessen