Launcher With Steam Version?

[Lukianos]

Hey everyone,

Just a quick question regarding the installation via Steam. I have successfully gotten the game and mod to work after installing using the launch options in Steam. But I was wondering if anyone has gotten the RSII launcher to work with the Steam version, and if so, any advice?

I am guessing it is fairly trivial, as I suspect that the quality of gameplay/graphics is no different regarding the method used to launch the game.

Last n00b question - the Roman campaign begins in 536 AUC, right?

Thanks!

[Hellhound1]

It should work fine, it was built to accomidate steam users, and all the graphics options are changeable on the launcher.

and yes

[Lukianos]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I agree that it was obviously designed to work with Steam, as the launcher even mentions Steam. However, whenever I try to launch the game from here (with Steam: YES and my user account entered and all that jazz), the launcher just sits idle.

Any further tips?

[Hellhound1]

By idle, do you mean it doesnt close? or closes and nothing happens?

[Lukianos]

Nothing happens, period.

I know the music is supposed to crescendo and then the game launch, but neither of those occur.

[Hellhound1]

Are you running as administrator? And which Operating System do you use?
And what is the install path of RS2?

[Lukianos]

Yes I am running as administrator, on Windows 7.

My install path is E:\Steam\steamapps\common\rome total war gold

I copy/pasted/overridden the proper files in the RTWG folder. In addition, I made sure the desktop shortcut was pointing to the launcher in the above directory.

[Hellhound1]

Can you navigate to the launcher folder, open launcher .ini & copy the contents of the file here please?

[Lukianos]

Sure thing:

[Settings]
PreviousRevisionNumber=2019
LastUsedFaction=-mod:play_rome
LastUsedEngine=RomeTW-BI.exe
OtherModificationParameters=RTRPE
commandLineParameters=-show_err -nm -movie_cam
HighResDMB=Yes
SpecialBloom=None
UsePostMarianGeneral=No
Steam=No
SteamLaunch=Yes
Faction=Rome
Engine=RomeTW-BI.exe
HighVegetationRes=3
SteamUserID=lukasha_vladimir
No=1

[Hellhound1]

Save steamlaunch as yes, and try again

[Lukianos]

[Settings]
PreviousRevisionNumber=2019
LastUsedFaction=-mod:play_rome
LastUsedEngine=RomeTW-BI.exe
OtherModificationParameters=RTRPE
commandLineParameters=-show_err -nm -movie_cam
HighResDMB=Yes
SpecialBloom=None
UsePostMarianGeneral=No
Steam=Yes
SteamLaunch=Yes
Faction=Rome
Engine=RomeTW-BI.exe
HighVegetationRes=3
SteamUserID=lukasha_vladimir
No=1


Still no go

[Hellhound1]

Hmm ok.
Thats all i can think of im afraid. Hopefully somebody else who uses steam can come along and impart their knowledge, but im stumped

Ill keep looking though

##edit
the launcher should create a bat file somewhere that it uses, you need to make sure it creates the file.
"\SteamApps\common\rome total war gold" & "\LaunchSteamBI.bat"
if you can find that, run it, and see what happens!

[Lukianos]

Hmm... seems as though my launcher cannot find Steam.

When I open the .bat file, my error was "Application failed to find Steam."

Odd?

[Hellhound1]

Hmm.. The launcher works by opening up your registry and looking at the installation path. Is E:/steam where you installed it? Or did you copy it over?

[Lukianos]

E:/Steam is where RTWG is installed, but following the installation instructions I installed RSII to a separate folder, and copied the contents over.

[Hellhound1]

Ok, can you right click on the bat file, then click edit (or open in notepad, either way) then paste the contents into here?

[Lukianos]

Hey Hellhound, sorry for the delayed response, I had to go to work!

So anyways, I gave a clean install a new try, and I didn't apply the 2.1a patch, and the launcher works fine. So I am guessing I must have installed the patch incorrectly somehow. I'll have to give it another try later on, but thanks for all your help regardless!

[weber1997]

yo quick question when you install a mod and it asks for a location to install the mod in should i put it in what iys says : C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War or should i put it in the steam folder : C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\medieval ii total war

-- double posts merged (Brusilov) - please use the EDIT button

Please respond!

oooo and sorry im using steam if u diddnt kno which u probably did!

[Hellhound1]

@Lukianos: Good luck, i hope its fixed!

@weber1997: This is Rome Total War, not Medieval..

[weber1997]

oooooo well do u kno anything about medieval 2 lol?