Installation
1. IMPORTANT TIPS
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Mod requires RTW-Alexander file RTW-ALX.exe to run!
Download it from
here and put to RTW folderBefore you proceed with the installation, make sure you have RTW-ALX.exe in your core Rome: Total War folder, otherwise the mod will not workYou don't need full Rome - Total War: Alexander installed, just the .exe file. I'm sorry that I couldn't provide this file along with the mod files, because it's violating the rules of Twcenter.net
- There are two separate mods here: original
Lanjane's Barbarian Empires full mod and standalone expansion
Barbarian Empires: Hellenistic Legacy. They are using separate modfolders and won't conflict each other. Also they have a full russian translation included in the file
Barbarian Empires Localisations
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Rome - Total Music is strongly recommended!
It was originally designed as a supplement for this mod, but released as a separate universal mod
2. INSTALLATION OF LANJANE'S BARBARIAN EMPIRES
2.1. Download
Lanjane's Barbarian Empires full mod
2.2. Unpack the archive, copy folder
NL to your core Rome: Total War folder
2.3. If you are not going to install
Rome: Total Music then delete
NL/Data/descr_sounds_music.txt
2.4. Start the mod using
NL/Start Barbarian Empires.bat
OR
Make a shortcut for
RomeTW-ALX.exe on your desktop, right click for Properties and add the following to the end of the "Object" field, don't forget the space " " to separate these from the text already present in the field:
-nm -ne -show_err -noalexander -mod:NL
OR
if you are using Steam:
Right click Rome - Total War: Alexander in your library, Properties->Set launch options and add the same.
3. INSTALLATION OF BARBARIAN EMPIRES: HELLENISTIC LEGACY
3.1. Download
Barbarian Empires: Hellenistic Legacy
3.2. Unpack the archive and copy NL_2 to your core Rome: Total War folder
3.3. If you are not going to install
Rome: Total Music, delete
NL_2/Data/descr_sounds_music.txt
3.4. Make a shortcut for
RomeTW-ALX.exe on your desktop, right click for Properties and add the following to the end of the "Object" field, don't forget the space " " to separate these from the text already present in the field:
-nm -ne -show_err -noalexander -mod:NL_2
OR
if you are using Steam:
Right click Rome - Total War: Alexander in your library, Properties->Set launch options and add the same.
4. INSTALLATION OF ROME: TOTAL MUSIC ADDON
4.1. Download
Rome: Total Music
4.2. Unpack the archive to your Rome: Total War folder (so data over your original data. Don't worry, it won't break your vanilla game, see more info on Rome Total Music page!)
4.3. Each time you want to play the game as another culture, select culture music by running
set_music.bat
5. OTHER TIPS
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Most important!!! To avoid engine bug which is known as occupy/enslave/exterminate CTD, use the following trick: always play with "Follow AI movements" ON in the game menu, and when you just won a big battle which should result in conquering a settlement, quickly press Esc just after post-battle loading screen when you return to the campaign map and save the game before occupy/enslave window appears. Usually this trick will prevent the CTD in 99% cases.
- Try playing with NTCore's 4Gb patcher (LAA enable for RTW-ALX.exe), as it is reported to help with big mods though it may not be required.
- Initial building costs and construction times are high, but they can be progressively decreased by building trader buildings first. Use it as an advantage! Also use generals with recruitment cost discount traits as governors because unit recruitment costs are high too (not upkeep costs though).
- There's a game engine bug that will show unit info pictures white if there's more than 40 units available for recruitment in the settlement in campaign. This bug is pure cosmetic but annoying yet you still can view unit info pictures correctly in building tree browser tab, when you click latest stable/barracks/missile building in a tree and then right mouse click on the first unit string in the unit recruitment list.
- ne option from the shortcut is about Borderless window mode. If you don't like it, or your video card/monitor doesn't support that mode or it looks weird for you, remove -ne from the shortcut properties. Example:
"C:\Games\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:NL -nm -show_err -noalexander. The game will run fullscreen and will rescale to fit your screen correctly.
- If you are using multiple Rome - Total War mods, you can add them all to Steam with different launch options. Just use button "Add a game" at the bottom of your game list, then "Add a non-Steam game", then found in the list and select Rome-Total War Alexander .EXE file from Steam version. This will allow you to launch the same Steam EXE with different mods, having full benefits of Steam overlay, game time count and screenshots.