Hi Vlad, I downloaded the 2 files that you had posted in this thread Download links ?
First one was - Vlad Total War Roman expansion mod - for Rome 1.5 (new ver 1.0 !!!) 21 oktober 2009. From this site: http://depositfiles.com/files/j92j9iovi
The second was - Vlad Total War barbarian invasion.
From here: http://files.filefront.com/VLAD+MOD+BARBARIAN+INVASION7z/;13164013;/fileinfo.html
I'm not very experienced with installing Mods and have to admit that the fault is probably mine. The only other Mods that I've ever downloaded were the "BUG-FIXER" (v3.36) from player1 and IBFD (Invasio Barbarorum - (Rio's) Flagellvm Dei ; and I think both of them had auto installers.
I have RTW/BI (patched v1.6). My computer's a Dell Inspiron "1545" Laptop. Rating: 3.4 , Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU, T4400 @ 2.20 GHZ, RAMM: 3.00 GB, 64 -bit Operating System. Windows 7 (Home Premium edition).
After downloading the two files I extracted the Vlad Total War Roman expansion mod - for Rome 1.5 (new ver 1.0) straight into : C: / Program files (86X) / The Creative Assembly / Rome - Total War (The Main Game Directory).
Then I went and extracted the Vlad Total War barbarian invasion files straight into:
C: / Program files (86X) / The Creative Assembly / Rome - Total War/ bi
When it gave the prompt to write over (all) the files I clicked Yes! This is were I probably made the first mistake! Because afterwards I noticed that there was no Mod Folder for Vlad Total War? Also, I don't know anything about Mod switches, so I'm guessing perhaps that is another mistake?
So I start up RTW/BI from the default exe. (dsktp short-cut) and all that loaded was the splash screen - "Vlad Total War barb. invasion"... followed by : Generic Error: DATABASE_TABLE error found: error reading record from file data/descr_ship.txt.
I hope that you can help me with where I went wrong??? Because this Mod looks absolutely brilliant, first rate in everything that I've seen about it so far and I really would like to be able to play it soon!