Rome: Total War

Rome: Total War

Developers   The Creative Assembly

Publishers   Activision

Release dates Windows September 22, 2004 OS X March 26, 2009

Total War

Shogun: Total War	2000
Medieval: Total War	2002
Rome: Total War	2004
Barbarian Invasion
Rome: Total War: Alexander
Medieval II: Total War	2006
Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
Empire: Total War	2009
Empire: Total War: Warpath
Napoleon: Total War	2010
Total War: Shogun 2	2011
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai	2012
Total War: Rome II	2013
Total War: Attila	2015
Total War: Arena	TBA

Key points

GameSpy multiplayer replaced with Steamworks; all product keys activate on Steam.

General information

Official series site

Official Forums

Total War Wiki - A wiki for the series

Total War Center Unofficial Discussion and Modding community

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums - for Rome: Total War series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Amazon.com		Physical copy with select International shipping
GamersGate		DRM: SecuROM.
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Retail		DRM: SafeDisc disc check.

All product keys activate on Steam.

Essential improvements

Patches

• Every patch can be found here.

The Gold Edition is already patched to the latest version.

Modifications

Europa Barbarorum:

Europa Barbarorum is a total conversion modification. The modification affects all areas of RTW; all vanilla units have been removed, all new models and textures, a new economic system, new traits system, new scripts, and in general new gameplay. No area of RTW is left untouched.

Roma Surrectum:

Roma Surrectum 2 is a full conversion mod to Rome Total war 1.5 and the predecessor to the original Roma Surrectum mod featuring unique Roman legions, new factions, units and a stunning high detailed map. Roma Surrectum 2 is developed for Rome Total war, but it will also run on both of its expansions, Barbarian invasion and Alexander.

Skip intro videos

Skip Intro Go to <path-to-game>\Rome Total War Gold\data\fmv. Find and delete, move or rename to something else these files. ATVI_Spinning_Logo_640x480.wmv rome_title.wmv

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\preferences\preferences.txt
OS X

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves
OS X

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See below. Stretched UI.
Multi-monitor			Stretched
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Launch the game with -ne, -w or -window arguments
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Just launch the game in windowed mode
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in preferences.txt Open preferences.txt Edit all values named ***_RESOLUTION and ***_MAX_RESOLUTION to your desired resolution Make sure USE_WIDESCREEN:TRUE Save changes

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game camera settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Main, SFX, Music, Speech
Surround sound		Up to 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3 (via Miles Sound System)

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy is offline; activate key on Steam to use new servers.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	3783, 6500, 6667, 28900, 29900-29901
UDP (outbound)	6515, 13139, 27750, 27900

Issues fixed

mss32.dll was not found

You have installed Rome Total War on a 64-bit system, but there is a bug in the installer which installs the game files in the wrong location by default. The incorrect default location is C:\Program Files; the correct location to install these files is C:\Program Files (x86). To fix this uninstall Rome Total War and all it's expansions and patches, then freshly install the game again, making sure to installer selects "C:\Program Files (x86)" to install the game to. Warning: uninstalling the game and its expansions and patches will delete any saved games, the save game data folders should be copied to another destination and replaced after the fresh install.

Failed to find Steam

Failed to find Steam A fix is to copy the steam.dll file from the main Steam folder into the Rome installation folder. This is a fix that most likely will fix your problem. This issue is common with the Steam version of the game, with the error window appearing when attempting to launch either Rome: Total War or the expansion Barbarian Invasion. First Method: To fix this, exit Steam and navigate to ...\Program Files (x86)\Steam\ Locate the file ClientRegistry.blob and delete it, before relaunching Steam. Steam will then update before launching and the game should run. Note however this is not a permanent fix, and you may need to do this every time you load up the game. This also deletes your application-specific settings so try out the other fix first. Second Method: A less problematic fix that works for some people is disabling the steam community for this game. To do this, go to your games library, right-click 'Rome: Total War Gold Edition', Select 'Properties' and uncheck 'Enable Steam Community In-Game'. This fix is less problematic since your settings are in the ClientRegistry.blob file, and deleting it will result in those settings being lost. If neither of these methods work or if you are getting a "Steam failed to start" message, close Steam completely as well as any background .dlls, then make a shortcut to Steam in a folder that is accessable to all users like "public documents", and run that shortcut as an administrator.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.9 GB	3.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible Shader model 1.0 support	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5	10.8.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1.4 GHz	Intel 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM	256 MB of VRAM