Problem starting a campaign

**Streen15** · May 28, 2011, 10:47 AM

Steam Version.

It's either not clearly explained or I simply cannot figure it out - I followed all the instructions and managed to get to the main menu of the game with Roma Surrectum - Play, Options, etc, in the game after you launch from the launcher.

Problem is, I click play and I am only confronted with two options. Custom battles or historical battles. No campaign. Where do I launch the campaign from the menu? Before anyone asks yes, I made sure to choose "Rome" before clicking launch on the launcher.

Also, quick question, but will it cause any problems if I activate the script multiple times in the campaign? If I want to just MAKE SURE it works if I didnt see the denarius go up by one.

Thanks in advance, looking forward to actually playing the game.

**Paedric** · May 28, 2011, 10:51 AM

You can only activate the script once, so don't worry about activating it too much.

Do you have Steam installed in your program files?

**Streen15** · May 28, 2011, 11:11 AM

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\rome total war gold

**Paedric** · May 28, 2011, 11:16 AM

Nice, Then I'll be able to experiment a bit.

Could you please try this launcher? (Just unzip it in your launcher folder)

**Streen15** · May 28, 2011, 11:22 AM

Works!!! Thanks! What did this do?

**Paedric** · May 28, 2011, 11:29 AM

You had a windows asking you for permission?
Before, the launcher did not have the permission to modify things in the program files, hence it could only launch the main mod.

That's good to know, thanks a lot for testing it.

**Streen15** · May 28, 2011, 11:47 AM

Ohhh I get it. I honestly cannot remember if windows asked me or not, but that still makes sense though. The fact that it works now anyways almost surely indicates its a problem with permission then if thats all you changed. Thanks again for helping - was no problem helping

**Streen15** · May 28, 2011, 12:43 PM

Another question, I heard a rumor that if you are running anything other than a single processor, you should always minimize to the desktop and manually switch it so its only using a single core. Is this still the case for RTW?

Reason why I ask is some choppy gameplay. I already set the vegetation levels via the launcher to LOW, the grass distance to only 25, but I am trying to play on Ultra unit settings. Perhaps i should draw back on the units since that seems to be whats choppy for me. Do glints make that big of a difference? I'll play with normal unit size settings and see what happens I guess.

I am away right now and currently running on a laptop (hate laptops ...). This is it -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115987

You'd think with such an old game that I should be able to handle Ultra unit sizes, but then again like the description of the mod says, with such an old game as RTW, most of my hardware isnt even being utilized.

::EDIT:: And to clarify, I am playing the RTW campaign and I only tested with the initial ambush battle with Hannibal. Its a huge battle so I thought it would be worth testing.

And one more thing, is my audio correct - i heard no defeat music after hannibal completely obliterated me. I also am not hearing any special rally horns. I remember playing this mod about a year ago and I thought the HORNS when you click rally on the general were an awesome addition. I was playing as the German tribes at the time though, so maybe rome doesnt have any special one?

Sorry for all the questions, I have little time to test at the moment/play, but i'm capable of posting my millions of questions (which probably can be answered if i play) as i work.

Please use the edit button instead of double posting. Paedric

**Paedric** · May 28, 2011, 03:53 PM

Another question, I heard a rumor that if you are running anything other than a single processor, you should always minimize to the desktop and manually switch it so its only using a single core. Is this still the case for RTW?

I don't know, I've never heard of it. But it's interesting, could you explain a bit further, or give a link please?

Reason why I ask is some choppy gameplay. I already set the vegetation levels via the launcher to LOW, the grass distance to only 25, but I am trying to play on Ultra unit settings. Perhaps i should draw back on the units since that seems to be whats choppy for me. Do glints make that big of a difference? I'll play with normal unit size settings and see what happens I guess.

Just stick to high, otherwise you aren't using sprites for far away units, which is really killing the computer.

And one more thing, is my audio correct - i heard no defeat music after hannibal completely obliterated me. I also am not hearing any special rally horns. I remember playing this mod about a year ago and I thought the HORNS when you click rally on the general were an awesome addition. I was playing as the German tribes at the time though, so maybe rome doesnt have any special one?

Sorry for all the questions, I have little time to test at the moment/play, but i'm capable of posting my millions of questions (which probably can be answered if i play) as i work.

I don't know about the music, that's apple stuff, I hope he will read this and give you some answers.
As for questions, don't worry, just ask them.