Invasio Babarorum Flagellum Dei Version 7.03 will not work

[Slydessertfox]

So I have installed Invasio Barbarorum 7.0, and Invasio Barbarorum 7.03, about 50 times in the last half hour, each and every time, it leaves me with the same error, "can not find unit celtic slingers" or something like that. I have downloaded it a few different times, thinking it was a corrupted download, but have had no luck. Can anybody tell me what the problem is, and how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

[Joar]

Sorry for the late reply.

Some players might have problems due to the UAC. Where have you installed IBFD?

[Slydessertfox]

In my Rome Total War folder which is in my Creative Assembly folder which is in the program files. Could it be the program files that is causing the problem.

[mesor]

When you installed it after you finished the main file di you let the black screen that comes up do its thing?

You have to leave it to run all the way through its list before you close it down i had the same issue but it wouldnt find heavy spearmen until on the 4th time i left it to run through and now its working fine.

[Slydessertfox]

I did that every time. I let it run all the way through. I have installed it before, and it worked perfectly before.

[Joar]

What you can try, if you deem it worthwhile, is to install it outside the program files.

[Slydessertfox]

Yeah, I was thinking that. I will try that.

[Slydessertfox]

Still got the same error.

[Joar]

Sorry to hear that. Could you tell me exactly what the error message says?

[Slydessertfox]

script error in ibfd/data/descr_rebel_factions.txt, at line 7, column 21. Rebel unit type 'celtic slingers' not found in unit_db.

[Gäiten]

script error in ibfd/data/descr_rebel_factions.txt, at line 7, column 21. Rebel unit type 'celtic slingers' not found in unit_db.

Open that text file, delete that complete line (and any other line where celtic slingers are in).

[wulfgar610]

script error in ibfd/data/descr_rebel_factions.txt, at line 7, column 21. Rebel unit type 'celtic slingers' not found in unit_db.

The problem appears to be that your ibfd mod still has the BI vanilla "descr_rebel_factions.txt" rather than the ibfd version.

The vanilla text still has slingers.

rebel_type Britons //Empire_West
category peasant_revolt
chance 0
description Britons
unit western peasant celt
unit western peasant celt
unit celtic slingers
unit celtic slingers
unit celtic spearman
unit merc veteranii
unit coastal levies
unit celtic warlord

Where as the first paragraph in the ibfd text looks like so.

rebel_type Britons //Empire_West
category peasant_revolt
chance 0
description Britons
unit western peasant
unit western peasant
unit coastal levies
unit coastal levies
unit romano-british sailors
unit romano-british sailors
unit roman infantry
unit roman infantry
unit merc graal knights

This could be a bit of a problem because there could be other vanilla text that needs to be overwritten.



The best bet is just go through loading process again. The IBFD7.exe makes a temporary copy of the BI folder and then overwrites it with the ibfd material. There appears to have been a hiccup and the particular BI text hasn't been overwritten.

[Slydessertfox]

Ok, I will try that and get back to you guys.

[Slydessertfox]

Well I tried that, and upon royally screwing up, I decided it would be best to just reinstall Rome Total War and BI and start from scratch. Now I have encountered an entirely new problem. I realized that my BI is only patched to 1.4 and RTW to 1.3. I tried patching them, but an error always comes up saying Rome TOtal War Gold Edition is already installed on this computer, the patch is not compatible. Now I know RTW Gold Edition is supposed to be patched to 1.5 and 1.6 respectively, but for some reason, mine is not. I can provide screenshots is you need them.

[wulfgar610]

The problem seems to be how it loads ibfd, unless there is something wrong with BI then it shouldn't make any difference.

If I'm guessing right the gold ed loads a "the creative assembly folder" to contain your RTW rather than the earlier "activison". But I assume you'd would have re-pointed it to the correct pathway.

The trick now is to download the ibfd files by themselves.

Take your Rome - Total War folder out of the pathway by renaming it Rome - Total War - a.

Now make a new dummy folder and name it Rome - Total War

go back to loading ibfd 7.03 once again and all ibfd files that differ from BI will be placed in the empty folder. You'll have a folder called ibfd. Right click and then right click on 'copy'.

Now paste that inside your Rome - Total War - a over a blank spot (don't drop it over another folder or it will end up inside the other folder).

You'll get the dialogue asking for 'yes to all'....do this.

Now rename your dummy Rome - Total War to Rome - Total War - b to remove it from the pathway.

Now move your formal folder back into the pathway by removing the - a so it goes back to............... Rome - Total War

Hopefully it will now work without a hitch!

[Slydessertfox]

That sounds like it'll work. But I need BI 1.6 to play this mod correct? And after I reinstalled, I was unable to repatch it to 1.6.

[wulfgar610]

That sounds like it'll work. But I need BI 1.6 to play this mod correct? And after I reinstalled, I was unable to repatch it to 1.6.

I haven't explored the issue, but my guess is the conventional patches are intended for the original release rather than gold. The story goes that gold is already at the 1.5 for RTW and the 1.6 for BI.

As for your previous problem with the celtic slingers, that will be gone in a second. All you have to do is right click and copy with the mouse descr_rebel_factions.txt from the dummy download, then go to the data folder of your original ibfd folder and paste. You'll get a dialogue asking if you which to replace the file, do so. After that if you load the game up there no way you'll get the

script error in ibfd/data/descr_rebel_factions.txt, at line 7, column 21. Rebel unit type 'celtic slingers' not found in unit_db.

This is case where vanilla RDF text is in conflict with the ibfd EDU.

However there might other vanilla files that the original overwrite failed on.

The conventional way of upgrading to mod would be making a copy of your BI folder in another place, renaming it ibfd and then pasting the ibfd folder from the dummy download with it. All the vanilla files than need to be should be overwritten and the result moved back to your Rome - Total War folder.

You won't need to do this, but rather simply complete the overwrite of your original ibfd folder.

However the ibfd download uses a more sophisticated approached that occasionally has some problems. A warning here when you see the CMD box working away, give it plenty of time or you might cut it out before its finished process.

Don't think it's too daunting, RTW is brain-dead simple compared to later stuff like ETW and beyond. There's about 11 or 12 MB of hard code in your exe file. All your other files which is a majority of the code is stuff you can manipulate.

[Slydessertfox]

I just got it to work, thanks for the help. I figured out the patch issue was because I have the steam version as well.

[Joar]

Glad to hear it!

[Slydessertfox]

Thanks for the help btw, I really appreciated it.