This page is for the original game. For the 2021 remaster, see Total War: Rome Remastered.
Rome: Total War
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Creative Assembly |
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Creative Assembly International |
macOS (OS X) |
Feral Interactive |
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Activision |
Expansions and digital |
Sega |
OS X |
Feral Interactive |
Windows |
September 22, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) |
February 5, 2010 |
Metacritic |
92 |
Monetization |
One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing |
Real-time, Turn-based |
Perspectives |
Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
Controls |
Menu-based, Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres |
RTS, TBS |
Themes |
Classical, Historical |
Series |
Total War |
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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- Official forums
- Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- All retail serial keys activate on Steam.[4]
- Included with every purchase of Total War: Rome Remastered.
- Free demo versions are available from GameFront: base game, Barbarian Invasion.
Monetization
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. |
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Alexander |
Standalone; comes bundled with the Rome: Total War - Anthology compilation. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is version 1.5 (requires 1.3). Both are available from Patches-Scrolls and GameFront.
- The latest official patch for Barbarian Invasion is 1.6, available from Patches-Scrolls and GameFront.
- The Alexander expansion never received official patches.
- The Gold Edition is already patched to the latest version.
Skip intro videos
Method 1: Run the game with the -nm command line argument.[citation needed]
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Note
- Disables the background video in the main menu, but strategy mode videos are still enabled.
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Method 2: Move, delete or rename[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\data\fmv .
- Move, delete or rename
ATVI_Spinning_Logo_640x480.wmv , rome_title.wmv .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Set resolution in preferences.txt[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
preferences.txt .
- Edit all values named
***_RESOLUTION and ***_MAX_RESOLUTION to the desired resolution
- Make sure the following value is set:
USE_WIDESCREEN:TRUE .
- Save changes.
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Input
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Main, SFX, Music, Speech |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.1[5] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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EAX 3 via Creative Alchemy |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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
- On 64-bit systems, the installer can erroneously set the default directory to
C:\Program Files
instead of C:\Program Files (x86)
.[citation needed]
Manually set the appropriate install directory, preferrably a custom one
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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.
Disable Steam Community In-Game[citation needed]
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- Go to the games library, right-click 'Rome: Total War Gold Edition'.
- Select 'Properties' and uncheck 'Enable Steam Community In-Game'.
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Delete ClientRegistry.blob [citation needed]
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- Exit Steam and go to
<Steam-folder> .
- Locate the file
ClientRegistry.blob and delete it.
- Relaunch Steam and allow it to update.
Notes
- Deleting
ClientRegistry.blob results in those settings being lost and this is not a permanent fix.
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Run the game and Steam as administrator[citation needed]
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Low FPS
Limit the game's CPU affinity to 1 or 2 CPU cores
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- It's possible for this fix to reduce FPS further.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0b |
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Shader Model support |
1.0 |
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Executable | PPC |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | |
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macOS (OS X) | | |
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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
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.
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 AMD Athlon 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 |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9.0c 16-bit compatible | |
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[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ 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:
References