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Revision as of 08:31, 14 October 2021
Developers | |
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Creative Assembly | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Expansions and digital | Sega |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 22, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | February 5, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 92 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Strategy |
Themes | Classical |
Series | Total War |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Shogun: Total War | 2000 |
Medieval: Total War | 2002 |
Rome: Total War | 2004 |
Medieval II: Total War | 2006 |
Empire: Total War | 2009 |
Napoleon: Total War | 2010 |
Total War: Shogun 2 | 2011 |
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai | 2012 |
Total War Battles: Shogun | 2012 |
Total War: Rome II | 2013 |
Total War: Attila | 2015 |
Total War Battles: Kingdom | 2015 |
Total War: Warhammer (series) | |
Total War: Arena | Cancelled |
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia | 2018 |
Total War: Three Kingdoms | 2019 |
A Total War Saga: Troy | 2020 |
Total War: Rome Remastered | 2021 |
Total War: Pharaoh | 2023 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
General information
- Official site for the series
- Official forum
- Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Retail | ||||
Developer website (unavailable) | Gold Edition. Five machines limit. | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | Gold Edition. | |||
Steam (unavailable) | The Complete Collection. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- All product keys activate on Steam.[1]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Barbarian Invasion | Comes bundled with the Rome: Total War - Gold Edition and Rome: Total War - Anthology compilations. | |
Alexander | Standalone; comes bundled with the Rome: Total War - Anthology compilation. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Every patch can be found here.
- The Gold Edition is already patched to the latest version.
Modifications
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 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 (method #1)
Skip Intro[citation needed] |
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ATVI_Spinning_Logo_640x480.wmv rome_title.wmv |
Command-line improvements (no movies incl intro, ALT-TAB support)
- This "skip intro" improvement also makes the game skip new game intro videos and game menu ambient videos. The strategy mode videos are played
Command-line improvements (no movies incl intro, ALT-TAB support)[citation needed] |
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-ne - Borderless mode - the game becomes more friendly to ALT-TAB functionality -nm - "No movies" - skip intro, "new game" intro videos and game menu ambient videos -show_err - Shows detailed error upon crash For example, "RomeTW.exe" -ne -nm -show_err |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\preferences\preferences.txt[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4760/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\saves[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4760/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See below. Stretched UI. | ||
Multi-monitor | Stretched | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Launch the game with -ne , -w or -window arguments |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Just launch the game in windowed mode | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Set resolution in preferences.txt[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Main, SFX, Music, Speech | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1[4] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3 via Creative Alchemy |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Japanese release only. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Hot seat Use Play By Email Multiplayer/Hot Seat Campaign. |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | GameSpy is offline; activate key on Steam to use new servers.[1] | ||
Asynchronous multiplayer | Use Play By Email Multiplayer/Hot Seat Campaign. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 3783, 6500, 6667, 28900, 29900-29901 |
UDP | 6515, 13139, 27750, 27900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
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 its 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
- 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.
Copy Steam.dll[citation needed] |
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Copy |
disable Steam Community In-Game[citation needed] |
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Delete ClientRegistry.blob[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Run as administrator[citation needed] |
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If neither of these methods work or if you are getting a "Steam failed to start" message, exit Steam then right-click the Steam shortcut and choose Run as administrator.[citation needed] |
Low FPS
- Note that these fixes have been reported to work for some but not others.
Disable fullscreen optimizations |
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Apply the Disable fullscreen optimizations compatibility setting to the game's EXEs. |
Run in compatibility mode |
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Run the game in compatibility mode targeting Windows XP or Vista. |
Limit game to 1 or 2 CPU cores |
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Use one of the methods listed here to limit the game to run on 1 or 2 CPU cores. |
Use a DirectX wrapper |
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There is a list of wrappers you can try here. |
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | PowerPC processors were briefly supported in patch 1.1 of the OS X release (including all retail releases), but was removed again in later digital releases. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy, Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 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 |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.11.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.4 GHz | Intel 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM |
- Support for PowerPC processors was briefly added in a patch before being removed later.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (4760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ROME: Total War multiplayer now available on Steam!
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Rome: Total War - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)