Installation error, help?

[hulinoitsija]

Hello!

Your mod looks awesome, only I have some trouble installing it.

Getting the following error reports from the launcher:

1. You don't have RS2 installed in the correct folder. (C:\Program Files (x86)\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War)

2. Engine: RomeTW-ALX.ece, Faction campaign; -mod:play_rome_one_turn

3. In total: 'RomeTW-ALX.ece -mod:play_rome_one_turn-show_err -nm -movie_cam


I did a clean install of R:TW, patched it up, then installed BI and Alexander. Didn't patch Alexander.

I downloaded the torrent of RS2, installed it with the setup.exe and then applied the 2.1 patch by just copying it over to The Creative Assembly\Rome-Total War folder.

How do I go about fixing this?

Specs:

[Paedric]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Could you please post a screenshot of the folder where you installed RS please?

[hulinoitsija]

[hulinoitsija]

Redoing the installation completely at the moment. Uninstalled everything and cleaned the registry.

I think where I went wrong was the application of the 2.1 patch, I'll see how it goes this time around.

EDIT: Also not installing into Program Files this time, as was recommended.


EDIT 2: Got the installation to work by following these simple instructions I found in another thread at the technical help forum.

To fix this problem, do the following:

1. You need a clean and patched up version of RTW.
2. Download all the RS2 files, as shown in the release thread.

3. Now, install the RS2 mod to a new folder, created on the desktop. Mine is named Roma Surrectum 2.
4. When the mod has been completly installed, copy and paste the entire contents of the Roma Surrectum 2 folder, located on your desktop, to your freshly installed RTW game. folder.

5. The new launcher that has been created on the desktop doesn't work. This is because it is a shortcut that the installer has directed towards the Roma Surrectum 2 folder located on your desktop, which isn't a game folder. To fix this, right-click the shortcut and change the Target and Start In lines so that both point to your correct RTW folder.

So in my case, "C:\Users\Al Simmons\Desktop\Roma Surrectum 2\Roma Surrectum II.exe"

becomes "D:\Activision\Rome - Total War\launcher\Roma Surrectum II.exe"

etc.

6. If you did everything correct, the launcher on the desktop works. If it doesn't delete it and create a new shortcut from the "Roma Surrectum II.exe" file located in Activision\Rome - Total War\launcher.

Please make these instructions easier to find for others like me.

[Ybbon]

Redoing the installation completely at the moment. Uninstalled everything and cleaned the registry.

I think where I went wrong was the application of the 2.1 patch, I'll see how it goes this time around.

EDIT: Also not installing into Program Files this time, as was recommended.


EDIT 2: Got the installation to work by following these simple instructions I found in another thread at the technical help forum.




Please make these instructions easier to find for others like me.

It's the second entry on the first stickied thread in the Technical Help - the known issues threads. I'm not sure you can give it much more prominence

[Paedric]

I'll put a link to the known issue thread in the download thread; it can't harm.