Installation issues (How to install on Steam, Mac, Windows 10)

[Shalak22]

Do you know where we go to download the game if we have steam? I cant make the game install properlay with the MODDB instructions. I think thats because I need to get RTW with Activision, but is there a site where I can download it if I got the game through Steam?

[goldfang]

is there a guide on how to install patch 2.08 on steam?

[richard123john]

the problem im having is that the historical battles there seems to be none at all and ive done what you said ive been playing the game and its awsome but i need your help on that topic

[Master of the Strategists]

Hello everyone. I just got a macbook pro recently and today I installed Rome Total War onto it through the app store. Apparently, Creative Assembly has allowed this company called Feral Interactive to port some Total War games, including Rome and Alexander, onto Mac OS. I don't have Alexander yet but I probably will in the late afternoon when I go to cash my paycheck from my job, then I will apply my budgeting method to it, then I will use as little as is needed to get myself an iTunes card so I can afford to get Alexander off of App Store. My question to you guys is: is this mod compatible with the Mac versions of the games that it is programmed for? If so, may I please have instructions on how to install it when I get the chance to install Alexander and this mod for it? Thank you.

[Master of the Strategists]

I had this mod on my macbook pro and it was running very well but then some accidental damage happened so I had to get it repaired. My macbook pro is back in operation and I reinstalled my Feral Interactive copy of Rome Total War and Alexander, but this time the mod simply will not install. As in I installed it but when I log into Alexander it just plays normal Alexander Total War instead of LOTR Total War. Someone please help me with this problem I am encountering. Thank you.

[Arillian]

I'm having some difficulty installing this mod on steam. I install the updates to C:/Program Files(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/rome total war alexander. I verified the integrity of game cache and did everything else the instructions said to. When I try to start the game it takes me to the red total war alexander screen that has all the copy right information on it. My computer makes the beep it normally does when an error occurs but the screen stays until I push a key, then it exits out of the application and there is no error window. I've tried reinstalling several times and running the installer as administrator. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit if that helps.

[Bardo]

I do not have steam, so I'm not sure I can help you.
The red screen you describe is the original from RTW, I guess it should not appear if you run lotrtw.

All I can say is: verify you installed the mod on the "rome total war alexander" folder, verify that you added "-mod:alexander/lotrtw" to your launch options, and wait to see if some steam user can help you better.

Another thing, verify that the folder where you installed the game (rome total war alexander) has read/write permission: right click -> properties -> security

[Arillian]

No luck. I had the permissions set to read/write. I can see all of the files in the "Rome Total War Alexander" folder and the launch option is correctly set. Thank you for the quick response though...I appreciate it.

Any steam users out there that can help me? Total War is my favorite game franchise and LOTR has been my favorite series since I was a little kid. I really wanna play this mod.

[Wulfburk]

well, you are sure you set the launch options to Alexander total war and not RTW at your Library in Steam? and you should install the mod at the alex tw folder and not the RTW folder in the Steam/steamApps/common

[Arillian]

Yes, the launch options are set to Alexander, not RTW. And the mod is installed in the alexander folder.

[Bardo]

Arillian, only think i can think of is to verify that you installed first the "Lotr-TW Open Beta 2.0 Installer", and then the "Patch 2.0 to 2.08c Installer".
It is a common error to install only the 2.08 patch.

[Arillian]

Alright, finally got it. Not sure what I was doing wrong but after uninstalling and reinstalling four times it seems to be working now. I love this mod. Thank you to the developers!

[fiklstein]

So i downloaded the mod and installed it on my mac but i cant get the 2.08 patch to work. Any help at all will be appreciated

[Bardo]

Several people is having problems with patch 2.08 under mac and I'm not sure about the solution.
Now we are testing the new version, it would be good to know how should we pack it so it works on mac without problems.
It would be useful if some mac user joins to the beta group (see betatesting topic)

[fiklstein]

Ok so i managed to install the patch but each time i start the game it quits. Any suggestions?

[Rhaenys Targaryen]

I have RTW Alex on Steam and it has all the things needed to install and run the mod normally, I followed the steps for the Steam installation and I'm sure that I did them right. But now when I run the mod I instantly get "Failed to find Steam."

[MacTotalWar]

Shisai I Installed it using crossover but I dont have a folder saying Alexander lotrtw
Please can u help

[Bardo]

Patch 2.08 was made using same installer than 2.0, I don't know why is causing problems over steam and mac.
We would need some people in the beta group with steam, with gold RTW version, and with mac, to be sure that next version will be compatible.

[Ambrosius Aurelianus]

I hope to try this mod soon, but wanted to see if I could get an answer to this first. I have RTW vanilla on CD (patched to 1.5, of course), no BI or Alexander. I was planning to buy Alexander through Steam (for convenience) and then download this mod. Will the mod work if my ALEX is on Steam but my vanilla RTW isn't? (Or for that matter, will ALEX itself work if vanilla RTW isn't in Steam?) Would I just follow the Steam install instructions here, or would I have to change something? Because if it won't work, then I won't bother to buy Alexander. But if it will...I'd love to play this mod!

[Förster44]

I hope to try this mod soon, but wanted to see if I could get an answer to this first. I have RTW vanilla on CD (patched to 1.5, of course), no BI or Alexander. I was planning to buy Alexander through Steam (for convenience) and then download this mod. Will the mod work if my ALEX is on Steam but my vanilla RTW isn't? (Or for that matter, will ALEX itself work if vanilla RTW isn't in Steam?) Would I just follow the Steam install instructions here, or would I have to change something? Because if it won't work, then I won't bother to buy Alexander. But if it will...I'd love to play this mod!

Afaik it's written on the steam alexander page "Requires the Steam version of Rome: Total War to work" or so. Unfortunately.