is it for barbarian invasion

**Theotian** · May 23, 2012, 07:48 AM

whenever i start the launcher it asks witch engine to use the rome total war or barbarian invasion when i click barbarian invasion it doesn't change factions is there a download for barbarian invasion or is it just there cause it is a engine it detected i the folder.

**mishkin** · May 23, 2012, 07:53 AM

Do you have the barbarian invasion cd in the computer? There is no need of aditional downloads to play with BI exe or Alex exe.

**Theotian** · May 23, 2012, 07:56 AM

i put in barbarian invasion cd select the barbarian invasion in launcher and the factions are still the same in launcher shouldn't they swap out or something?

**mishkin** · May 23, 2012, 08:04 AM

sorry, my english is very bad, but where that faction appears, you should be able to open the list of faction (a little arrow in the right of the faction that appears, the same as to select barbarian invasion exe.). Patience, someone with a better english will explain it better.

**Theotian** · May 23, 2012, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by mishkin

sorry, my english is very bad, but where that faction appears, you should be able to open the list of faction (a little arrow in the right of the faction that appears, the same as to select barbarian invasion exe.). Patience, someone with a better english will explain it better.

lol i have a ton of patience i have been staring at this page and refreshing until someone posted

P.S. your english is very good

**kanzy** · May 23, 2012, 08:01 AM

Rome Surrectum II mod is for RTW but it can use Barbarian Invasion Engine if you want stuff like Shield wall or unit swimming.
The mod isn't for a Barbarian invasion campaign.

**LoGaL** · May 23, 2012, 08:46 AM

anyways changing the exe does not change the period and/or the factions
It's just that the expansions have an overall better engine with different features
BI AI often uses naval invasions and the engine allows you to use shieldwall on some units like the triari and to make units swim
You also get night battles
Alex exe features the best ai of rtw games ( still sucking but...) The ai is supposed to retrain his units and the phalanx ai is way better ( in BI and RTW exes the phalangithai loose formation immediately and drop their sarissa for the sword)
The AI in alex exe uses naval invasions too and you are allowed to perform night battles

**Theotian** · May 23, 2012, 09:05 AM

when i run the other engines it says error should i copy paste the exe in the barbarian invasion folder into the regular rome total war folder? or do i need to put roma surrectum in there 2?

**mishkin** · May 23, 2012, 09:15 AM

I suggest you to erase your actual instalation, reinstal the vanilla game with BI, download again the mod (may be corrupted or something like that), and instal it again rgarding the instructions carefully. It´s hard, but i´m almost sure your problem will disappear.

**Theotian** · May 23, 2012, 11:12 AM

lol i would if BI had a campaign but from what i am getting it doesn't last time i installed it i have no idea how i got it to work (tried for 2 years without success) so i wont mess with it unless its something epic like a campaign.

thanks for your help guys

**kanzy** · May 24, 2012, 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by Theotian

lol i would if BI had a campaign but from what i am getting it doesn't last time i installed it i have no idea how i got it to work (tried for 2 years without success) so i wont mess with it unless its something epic like a campaign.

thanks for your help guys

You mean the actualy Barbarian Invasion expansion never worked for you? you never played BI before?