Trouble running on Steam - please help

[Bwisher]

Greetings, I downloaded and installed this mod. I selected the "\bi" folder to install - I hope this is correct, no instructions to say otherwise.

But when I go to run it through Steam, all it does is go to a credits.text file - not start the executable.

I went into my steam account and setup the command line as follows;

TARGET: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\bi\hcs\data\credits.txt" "C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:bi/hcs -show_err -nm

START IN: Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\"

But it will only send me to the above mentioned credits txt file.

Please show me the error of my ways

Thank you

[Bwisher]

Looking at the above path (first time I could see it in its entirety) it looks wrong.
So I changed it to this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:bi/hcs -show_err -n

but still no luck

[Bwisher]

Ok, so after looking at paths, I changed as follows:
Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:bi/hcs -show_err -n
Start In: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\"

Steam now shows the Icon for RomeBI, and does not show the credits.txt file... but still won't start - there must be something wrong in the path?

[hellcatfighter]

I have the same problem, no luck.

[Wypher]

Hello, this should work :

Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\RomeTW-BI.exe" -mod:bi/hcs -show_err -nm
Start In: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold"

[Lin Huichi]

hmm none of this worked for me, but after much trial and error I succeeded

1) Install Hegemonia to the bi folder. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold\bi
2) Right click rome total war in steam.
3) Go to properties and then set launch options
4) Leaving a space, type, -mod:bi/hcs -show_err -nm
5) Launch barbarian invasion

[b0Gia de Bodemloze]

All you have to do is a shortcut of barbarian invasion and add -mod:bi/hcs -show_err -nm

[Slaytaninc]

Yeah, there's another step. descr_strategy_lighting.txt cannot be read.

Clearly it's a missing file or just as likely is a bad reference and the game is unable to match it up.

EDIT: Yeah, I copied it over from another mod and I still couldn't get this to work. I think the file on moddb is broken.

[Aexodus]

I downloaded hcs from moddb works fine for me