Launch Error(s)...

[J0D]

Hello there;

So I've downloaded RS2 and installed it onto a clean copy of RTW patched to 1.5 (located elsewhere, as Program files (x86) you advised against).

Everytime I start up the launcher, it states "If you get this error, then you've probably done something wrong.. etc" followed by 3 error messages:
1. "You don't have Roma Surrectum 2 installed in the correct folder. (C:\Users\Public\Games\RTW)" - (I definately HAVE installed RS2 into the folder specified);
2. "Engine:RomeTW-BI.exe, Faction campaign: -mod:play_rome" - (???);
3. "In total: 'RomeTW-BI.exe - mod:play_rome -show_err -nm -moview_cam'" - (???)

When I select the RomeTW.exe engine to run (as opposed to the RomeTW-BI.exe which it chooses for you), no error messages come up, and it simply closes down.

I've read up on a few threads about the same thing, but none of them really came to a conclusion. I've redownloaded RS2 multiple times to make sure it's not a corrupt download I've been trying to get working.

Any help is appreciated

[Paedric]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

This kind of issue usually comes from a bad install.
Are you sure RSII is installed over the RTW folder, and not in it? (ie does your folder looks like this one?)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[J0D]

It looks almost identical apart from a few things:

In your picture, it has 'RomeTW.exe', whereas in mine it's simply 'RomeTW', or have I completely missed the point in that the install you linked is incorrect?

Also, whereas you have 'RSII_MP.bat' and 'RS2_RTW.bat' etc, I simply have 'RSII_MP' and 'RS2_RTW' etc..

[Brusilov]

It looks almost identical apart from a few things:

In your picture, it has 'RomeTW.exe', whereas in mine it's simply 'RomeTW', or have I completely missed the point in that the install you linked is incorrect?

Also, whereas you have 'RSII_MP.bat' and 'RS2_RTW.bat' etc, I simply have 'RSII_MP' and 'RS2_RTW' etc..

As Paedric has stated this is caused by the folder options (hide extensions of known file types). As shown on this (Windows 7) window (second bottom option):

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I prefer to always show the extensions as sometimes files really don't have extentions and then don't operate how you expect them to. It can also lead to people adding a second extension to the file by renaming it and then again it can lead to some problems.

[Paedric]

Ok, so the problem does not come from that. You are simply not seeing the files extensions (.exe and .bat in this case), but that's just a windows option.

Could you try to use one of those bat files? The RS2_RTW.bat (or RS2_RTW if you don't see the extension).
It should open a black window, simply type 2 for instance, then enter.

Does it work or not?