Little Question

**Philippe12** · April 18, 2011, 01:54 PM

Hi.I have a little question.I have AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor , 2.8 GHz , 3.2 GB Ram ,Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition ,ATI High Definition Audio Device and HD ATI Radeon HD 6850 Balck Edition.But RTW is still lagging! NTW or ETW is not lagging but RTW is lagging.How? I don't want it! How can I change it?

**Omnipotent-Q** · April 18, 2011, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Philippe12

Hi.I have a little question.I have AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor , 2.8 GHz , 3.2 GB Ram ,Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition ,ATI High Definition Audio Device and HD ATI Radeon HD 6850 Balck Edition.But RTW is still lagging! NTW or ETW is not lagging but RTW is lagging.How? I don't want it! How can I change it?

The problem here is bound to be because you're trying to run Rome Total War in Windows 7 with a 64bit processor. Try changing your shortcut to Rome Total War on the desktop to run in Windows XP compatibility mode - right click it Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP. There's a number of issues why it wouldn't work smoothly/crash/lag in 64bit Windows 7, but it's a fix that work for most having issues in that context.

**Philippe12** · April 18, 2011, 02:31 PM

Ahh there is no title named Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP.I bought RTW Complete Pack from steam.

**Omnipotent-Q** · April 18, 2011, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Philippe12

Ahh there is no title named Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP.I bought RTW Complete Pack from steam.

Right click Rome Total War under your games list in Steam, click "Create Desktop Shortcut." - then right click the shortcut on the desktop that's been created and change compatibility to Windows XP. Run the game through the shortcut - see if it helps!

**Philippe12** · April 18, 2011, 02:47 PM

Still I can't find it.There's only General-Web Files-Security-Details-Previous Versions .I clicked all but I can't find it

**Philippe12** · April 18, 2011, 03:03 PM

Help me please!

**Omnipotent-Q** · April 18, 2011, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Philippe12

Help me please!

Sorry for slow response! Workies waits for no one!

Yeah I foolishly forgot that you're running Windows 7 - if you find the Rome Total War .exe file in your steamapps folder (Wherever you installed Steam) you can use that to create a shortcut using the add shortcut wizard in Windows 7 of which will allow you to change the compatibility mode to Windows XP. Honestly I'm no expert when it comes to Windows 7 being a giant fan of Linux, but I know there's been problems running Rome Total War with a 64bit processing system in Windows 7, so running it in compatibility mode for XP should by the logic of everything I've read work.

**Philippe12** · April 19, 2011, 08:36 AM

Ok Thank you very much! It's very hard to find people like you.

**Omnipotent-Q** · April 20, 2011, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by Philippe12

Ok Thank you very much! It's very hard to find people like you.

You're welcome. If it doesn't solve the lag issues let us know sir!

**Sherloc** · August 20, 2013, 12:59 PM

Hey, I'm a little late to this thread but I've tried using compatibility mode and I just get the message "Failed to find steam" when I try to run the game. Any ideas as to why?

**MrStuington** · February 23, 2014, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Sherloc

Hey, I'm a little late to this thread but I've tried using compatibility mode and I just get the message "Failed to find steam" when I try to run the game. Any ideas as to why?

Yeah the same thing happens to me. I have no idea what to do.

**MrStuington** · February 26, 2014, 04:49 AM

I just ran Steam as Administrator and i have been playing RTW for a while now. Everything seems to work fine if I do that. No problems, no crashes. Maybe that will fix some problems if you haven't tried that yet.