Help with some basics on RTW/BI and Steam and mods

[chrisb]

After a few years' break I would like to play RTW/BI and especially some mods again. But the problems with Win 10 freak me out... I have the Gold disk version and I used to play without major problems with a Win 7 computer using two bats that started and stopped the secdrv.sys before and after playing. As far as I understand, that method doesn't work any more with Win 10.

I'm now between trying to get the disk version to work or to (possibly ???) save some trouble and going for a Steam version, although I don't particularly like that idea either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Earlier I used mostly mods that did not have any special installation/setup programs. Instead, I had a "clean" copy of rtw/bi of which I made a new clean copy to be used with each mod. It required some disk space but worked fine. How does this all work with Steam? Can I similarly use several copies of the program or does it work somehow differently? Will Steam somehow register the mods I'm using? If I run Steam on another computer, will the mods be available there?

And does it make any difference if I buy a new version from Steam or try to register my license code from the disk version with Steam?

And finally, is there a good tutorial on these things somewhere? I tried to find one, but no luck.

[Saul Tyre]

After a few years' break I would like to play RTW/BI and especially some mods again.....

I've sent you a pm with some help

[chrisb]

Ok, I'll revise to a more explicit question: is it really so that awhen using the Steam version, all mod folders are put under the same game installation and I have to modify the start icon properties every time I want to play a different mod?

[Leonardo]

Ok, I'll revise to a more explicit question: is it really so that awhen using the Steam version, all mod folders are put under the same game installation and I have to modify the start icon properties every time I want to play a different mod?

https://www.twcenter.net/forums/show...mods-via-Steam

[chrisb]

https://www.twcenter.net/forums/show...mods-via-Steam

I was away for some time, so saw this only now. Thanks. Is there really no way of making separate start commands for different mods?

[Leonardo]

I was away for some time, so saw this only now. Thanks. Is there really no way of making separate start commands for different mods?

You're welcome.

Just read the sticky I linked to and you need to do exactly the same thing for each mod (only mod foldered).

[Gigantus]

Haven't checked your link Leo - so I am just putting my link (starting RTW mods the batch way) here, too.

[chrisb]

Leonardo and Gigantus, thank you very much, very helpful!

[Gigantus]

One is glad to be of service

[Leonardo]

Haven't checked your link Leo - so I am just putting my link (starting RTW mods the batch way) here, too.

My link is the sticky there you posted a correct wiki link.


@chrisb: Happy to help.