RSII With Steam

**Lukianos** · March 16, 2011, 01:01 PM

Okay, first let me say the mods can close any other topic in which I have been posting, I'll summarize my issues here and hopefully it will be easier to solve my issues.

Setup
Rome:TW Gold from Steam
Windows 7
Installed RSII in a new folder, then copy and pasted the contents over to the RTWG folder within Steam.

Issue
I thought I had two issues, but now I believe them to be interrelated. At first I was unable to even launch the game from the launcher, reinstalling RTW and RSII (without the 2.1a patch) allows me to boot the game using the launcher.

Despite what mod I select (play as Rome, Carthage, etc.) it seems the launcher always loads "play_battles" because my only options in SP is Historical and Custom Battles. I can load neither the historical battles or custom battles from this manner, however. In custom battles, trying to load the battle map returns me to the faction select screen.

I am, however, able to launch play_rome using the "set launch options" technique via Steam directly, and the Campaign loads up fine.

Should I just launch from Steam, and forget about the handiness of the launcher? It's no big issue, I just want to ensure I get the full RSII experience, in particular that high res models option you can tick from the launcher!

Thanks for the help in advance. Much appreciated!

**Hellhound1** · March 16, 2011, 02:38 PM

Try launching from bat files, see what happens.

**Hunt0021** · March 16, 2011, 06:27 PM

I have tried and failed to successfully install and play RSII with STEAM twice now. I am somewhat new to modding (the only mod I've successfully installed and played is Third Age: Total War for Medieval II: Total War), so could someone post CLEAR and SIMPLE instructions to successfully install and run RSII with STEAM please? Or perhaps email them to me? Because I seem to get lost in the multiple instructions posted by the RSII team. I would deeply appreciate any help that anyone could provide.

**Lukianos** · March 17, 2011, 12:34 AM

Okay, here is the result of launching from the .bat files, with Steam opened and logged in:

RS2_RTW = Application Error - Failed to find Steam.
RS2_BI = Application Error - Failed to find Steam.
LaunchSteamBI = Loads the same thing as the launcher (says -mod: play_rome but it's the battles but I can't load any of them).

@Hunt0021 - The RSII team has pretty straightforward instructions, but follow what I mentioned in my first post:
1) Download RSII. Have RTW installed through Steam. You may wish to make a backup of the game files, I did not as RTW takes like 25 minutes to download and I don't mind just doing that.
2) With all the components of the RSII installer in the same directory, install to a new, generic folder. I named mine RSII, in the same directory as my install .exe (D:/Storage/Downloads/RSII).
3) With the installer completed, open the new folder (RSII) copy, and paste the entire contents into the "rome total war gold" folder under ///Steam/steamapps/common/rome total war gold (where /// is whatever directory you have Steam installed to). If asked to overwrite, select yes to all.
4) Install completed! That is the stage I am at now. The shortcut on the desktop will not work as is, so just delete it. To run the game via Steam, right click on the game in your library, select properties > set launch options and enter
" -mod: Play_Rome -nm -show_err" (don't forget the first space before -mod). Substitute Rome for whatever faction you want to play as, check the post in the original RSII Team thread.

**Hunt0021** · March 17, 2011, 06:57 PM

Thank you very much Lukianos! I'm sorry for the hassle, but you have done me a huge favor. Thanks

**Hellhound1** · March 18, 2011, 03:32 PM

@Lukianos, would you be ok to use a modified launcher that'll show errors when something happens? (I'll code it myself)
This way i can track where your launcher stops working.

Also, is that the default install path for steam, AND also the location RTW was installed to?

**Lukianos** · March 18, 2011, 10:29 PM

Well, the default Steam path would be more akin to C:\ or whatever, I just changed the drive as I have a separate hard drive for installed programs (to avoid any issues with my Windows install drive). But mine would be:

D:/Programs and Games/Steam/steamapps/common/rome total war gold

And sure thing about the launcher. If I can help out other people who may have Steam installed similarly, I'd love to do what I can to try and discover the issue, and also where the issue may be with why the patch 2.1a won't allow the game to run at all.

**Hellhound1** · March 19, 2011, 03:51 PM

Ok, im 99% sure i know whats wrong.
Have you had any problems with using steam/loading mods?

Ive uploaded a launcher that will only work with you

If this doesnt work (i cant test it) ill keep editing it if i think i can fix it.

Hellhound1

**Lukianos** · March 19, 2011, 11:17 PM

Hellhound,

I tried the launcher, no avail. I got a similar result as when I tried the standard launcher after patching to 2.1a. So let me just clear a few things up before we proceed further:

Is the launcher you created for RS 2.0, or for 2.1a?

In case the path I gave for the install was of importance, I wasn't 100% accurate with the pathway, so here it is as well:

E:\Steam\steamapps\common\rome total war gold