Hello, and thank you in advance for the help!
I have been browsing the internet for far too long trying to find a solution to my particular problem, and so far one has not appeared to me. If nothing turns up (which I highly doubt) I'll fall back on pre-ordering Rome II: Total War :P I will describe how the issue began.
I installed the SPQR 8.0 mod, but not realising it was not made for total noobs, I was utterly defeated with the first battle with Hannibal. I lack confidence anyway, so I promptly decided the mod was not for me. I therefore decided to completely reinstall Rome: Total War to remove this mod. After a cursory glance around the Rome: Total War folder in Program Files(x86) and the menu that opens up when the CD is inserted, I found no uninstall option. Therefore, I proceeded to delete the Rome: Total War folder. This is where the issues began. I put my CD back in and tried to install it again. However, only the "Play Rome: Total War" and "Play Barbarian Invasion" buttons were highlighted, not the install button. I tried the manual uninstall option (Deleting the registry files) following the advice of some forum posters. I noticed loads of the files were already gone, and this did not solve my problem once I had completed it. I looked around the web, found no answers, and decided to system restore back to two days ago. I did this successfully, and went to run Barbarian Invasion, however the "3D sound not initialised" error came up. I tried it again, then tried vanilla Rome: Total War. The same thing happened. Once again I searched through hundreds of forum posts and not a single one fixed my problem.
My 'miles' folder is missing from my Program Files(x86)/The Creative Assembly/Rome: Total War folder. The mss32.dll file is there. There is no Rome Total War.ini file. I am using Rome: Total War Gold Edition (RTW Vanilla and Barbarian Invasion) I use the CD version, not the Steam version.
All of my sound drivers are fully updated (according to Windows.)
I am running a Windows 7 64-bit Acer Aspire Laptop. This is read off of the sticker by my numpad:
- AMD Dual-Core Processor A4-3305M
with Turbo CORE Technology up to 2.50 GHz
- AMD Radeon HD 6480G with 512 MB Graphics System Memory
- 15.6" HD LED LCD
- DVD-Super Multi DL Drive
- 4 GB DDR3 Memory Installed
- Ace Nplify802 11b/g/n
- 750 GB HDD
- 6 cell Li-ion battery
Most of this means nothing to me, and I am a complete noob when it comes to technology. Please, if your solution involves going into Control Panel's Hardware and Sound folder, say "Go to Start => Control Panel =>Hardware and Sound." While I obviously know where that is, I do not know a lot of what most people consider basic knowledge. Please leave a full pathway to finding things if possible.
This is as much as I can think of right now that could be useful. If you need any more information (like my dxdiag) tell me and I'll try my best to get it to you ASAP Once again, thank you in advance.
I have been browsing the internet for far too long trying to find a solution to my particular problem, and so far one has not appeared to me. If nothing turns up (which I highly doubt) I'll fall back on pre-ordering Rome II: Total War :P I will describe how the issue began.
I installed the SPQR 8.0 mod, but not realising it was not made for total noobs, I was utterly defeated with the first battle with Hannibal. I lack confidence anyway, so I promptly decided the mod was not for me. I therefore decided to completely reinstall Rome: Total War to remove this mod. After a cursory glance around the Rome: Total War folder in Program Files(x86) and the menu that opens up when the CD is inserted, I found no uninstall option. Therefore, I proceeded to delete the Rome: Total War folder. This is where the issues began. I put my CD back in and tried to install it again. However, only the "Play Rome: Total War" and "Play Barbarian Invasion" buttons were highlighted, not the install button. I tried the manual uninstall option (Deleting the registry files) following the advice of some forum posters. I noticed loads of the files were already gone, and this did not solve my problem once I had completed it. I looked around the web, found no answers, and decided to system restore back to two days ago. I did this successfully, and went to run Barbarian Invasion, however the "3D sound not initialised" error came up. I tried it again, then tried vanilla Rome: Total War. The same thing happened. Once again I searched through hundreds of forum posts and not a single one fixed my problem.
My 'miles' folder is missing from my Program Files(x86)/The Creative Assembly/Rome: Total War folder. The mss32.dll file is there. There is no Rome Total War.ini file. I am using Rome: Total War Gold Edition (RTW Vanilla and Barbarian Invasion) I use the CD version, not the Steam version.
All of my sound drivers are fully updated (according to Windows.)
I am running a Windows 7 64-bit Acer Aspire Laptop. This is read off of the sticker by my numpad:
- AMD Dual-Core Processor A4-3305M
with Turbo CORE Technology up to 2.50 GHz
- AMD Radeon HD 6480G with 512 MB Graphics System Memory
- 15.6" HD LED LCD
- DVD-Super Multi DL Drive
- 4 GB DDR3 Memory Installed
- Ace Nplify802 11b/g/n
- 750 GB HDD
- 6 cell Li-ion battery
Most of this means nothing to me, and I am a complete noob when it comes to technology. Please, if your solution involves going into Control Panel's Hardware and Sound folder, say "Go to Start =>
This is as much as I can think of right now that could be useful. If you need any more information (like my dxdiag) tell me and I'll try my best to get it to you ASAP