SPQR help guide

[saienga]

Not feeling friendly today, Cze?

People are going to keep asking the same questions...we should be happy, it means they're finding this brilliant thing for the first time.

Must be all the typing from posting in every thread on the front page.

[czePowerslave]

Im always supa friendly! But you know, poiting on a search this forum or FAQ threads is taking all my strength

[Bob Doad]

mui gracias! oh and does the icon for rtw on the desktop change ?

[Bob Doad]

i AM NOT LAZY! i HAVE ALREADY TRIED THAT LINK AND IT DIDN'T WORK!

[Raglan]

right click on the desktop icon and choose preferences, then broose change icon and have a look in the total war folder - inside SPQR readme you'll find the new icon there

[Bob Doad]

you are supposed to download the readme too? or does it come with the download

[Bob Doad]

can you just give me step by step instructions to download everything including patch v1.2-1.5 and links to where i can download for free cause I just can't figure it out

[Raglan]

for step by step instructions read this post in order to install https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=4288788

the SPQR readme folder is included in the download, so if the installation has been done correctly you should find it, it will look something like this C:\"your instalation"\SPQR_Readme\

concerning the patch first thing you need to do is open your disk version of the game (vanilla)
and then click on options from the start menu
now look at the top right corner and you'll see a number, if it says v1.5 then you don't need to do anything (this is likely if you have a newish version of the game) if it says v1.3 or lower then you need to download the patch from http://www.totalwar.com/index.html?p...l&nav=/us/7/3/

once the game is patched to v1.5 then follow the instalation instructions in the first link i gave you and once finished just follow your original icon on the desktop to the game (it overrights the vannila game)

[Bob Doad]

dude your a genius.thx but... you said disk so do you mean to say i have to have a rtw disk in to download and if so then which one?oh and i have vista and barbarian ivasion installed are those problems?I also have the 3 disk edition that includes barbarian invasion.

[Raglan]

barbarian invasion might be a problem but i'll have to check and get back to you,

the disk you need is the one you'd use to play Rome total war (you don't need it for installing but you will need it for playing the game)

with vista it's generally better to install somewhere outside of "programme files" but it's not a huge problem if not

[Ejergard]

I'm using the Barbarian invasion install... Nice thing with that is that it is already v1.5, so you dont need to bother with any updates. Works like a charm for me!

[Raglan]

well bob doad it could be worth a try, however it might not work as the readme states

10. THIS MOD IS FOR RTW Patch 1.5! IT WILL NOT WORK ON RTW WITH PATCH 1.2, 1.3 OR BARBARIAN INVASION.

in other words i'm not to sure

[Bob Doad]

so what do you suggest i do uninstall barbarian invasion and what are program files? and another thin gevery time i download it it takes moespace up without working.

[czePowerslave]

Install what you have, important is to have RTW on 1.5 version. The mod ignores pretty much the rest, IE barb. invasion or alexander like in my case. Then download the mod and install it to the RTW folder. Again, there is entire page of instructions. Check my signature.

[Hesus de bodemloze]

slave your using the wrong link dude. You should change it to the new thread.

[Bob Doad]

Earlier in the thread someone said having barbarian invasion automatically gives you patch v1.5 is that true?

[Raglan]

more or less - if you have a pack with BI and RTW together then it should be - it's easy enought to check though (see my instructions near the top of the thread - they work for both BI and RTW)

[Bob Doad]

thank you for all of your help i finally downloaded it.

[Bob Doad]

Ok so i saved the whole readme into a document folder and it has the new icon and everything but I can't seem to find where the game was moded cause i can't find the actual icon to press to get to the mod. It has the basic formations, Battle tips, How to acivate script on readme, legion compositions, Spqr kill sheet, spqr readme, spqrv7 icon, talley sheet. It also came with a dat and prefrences folder. Where do i activatethe mod?

[Raglan]

did you save the extractor, if so lets start again

first of all select the extractor and run the permissions event that might come up, now select the install path, mine is as you can see, D:\vanilla1-copy\

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now wait while it completes the instalation

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and eventually you'll see this screen

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just select yes because it will have installed correctly

your now ready to play the game

go to the same place you installed the game to (black circle)

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and right click on RomeTW.exe (number 1) now choose send to desktop (create shortcut)

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this will create a new desktop shortcut

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now just double click on the icon and away you go

this bit is optional but if you want the SPQR desktop icon carry on

first go to desktop and right click the icon you just made and click on properties

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now click on change icon

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and now click on browse, keep looking until you find number 2 from an above picture (SPQR Readme)

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select the only file inside and you now have the SPQR icon

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just remember to select apply, and play the game as i said before