Extended Realism v4 Beta 6

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Sorry for the sparse instructions for this download.  It's not in an installer; it's just in its modfolder:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oomrmeziit20rge/ExRM-Beta6.7z

This time, I'm trying something new:  a Bittorrent file.  Let's see if it works.
Torrent file available here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00772379100181997404 


Download it, put it in your fully patched RTW+BI directory, create a shortcut, and you're good to go. Don't overwrite the old ExRM—just delete it and use this folder instead.  Please feel free to post any questions you have to the forum.  I recommend playing it on Hard Campaign and Medium Battle difficulty.

One important caveat:

After trying to install the latest ExRM, I kept getting crashes on as the game engine could not locate the models and gave address errors. I worked out that I needed to rename the folder from ExRM_v4-beta_3 to ExRM as the pathing was looking for ExRM\data\etc.

Current hotfix: No


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Here's the old version of this post.  It's not so much wrong as out of date.  I'm leaving it up in case someone wants 3.5 for some reason, but you don't need it to play 4.0.

(You do _not_ need to install RTRPE prior to installing this.  RTR-PE v1.9 is included in the full installer below.  You do need to install v3.2 if you haven't already.)


Download links (may change)

Full mod:
I recommend using BladeRunner900's no-nonsense installer to install the full version.

However, if you'd rather have the older version and just patch over that one, here you go:

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3.2 version—http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UOTQ5ETA
3.2 version mirror—http://www.sendspace.com/file/h8bipo
3.2 version mirror—http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/65619/extended-realism-mod-v3-2

Patches, for those who want to do it by hand:

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Patch to v.3.5.3 (released 13 Dec. 2009):
(This is the full v3.x upgrade patch.  It is not save-game compatible. I categorically recommend installing it over earlier versions.)
3.5.3 patch (rar) —
3.5.3 patch (zip) — http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/93902/extended-realism-mod-v3-5-3-patch
3.5.3 patch (zip) — http://rapidshare.com/files/320390235/3.5.3_patch.zip
3.5 eyepatch (yarr!) — http://youtube.com/watch?v=8G_L9tXEwmc


Instructions:
0a) Make sure your BI is patched to 1.6.  It may come like that out of the box, or you may need to install the patch manually.
0b) If you have a two-disk RTW+BI edition, read this.  Your installation may have actually downgraded itself.
0c) Make sure you _haven't_ installed any non-mod switch mods to this installation.  That includes the non-mod switch version of RTR-PE.
0d)  If you're using BladeRunner's installer, follow the instructions in that thread and then come back here when you're done.  You can ignore the next few steps. 
1)  Extract the ExRM folder
2)  Copy it into the main directory of your RTW:BI 1.6 installation (right next to the Data folder)
3)  Double click on the ExRM folder
4)  Right-click on the RomeTW-BI shortcut and select "Properties"
5)  Change the folder shown in "Start In" to your main RTW:BI folder (e.g., mine is "C:\program files\games\activision\RTRPE 1.9 + ExRM 3.3")
6)  Run the campaign_map_reset.bat file in the ExRM subfolder (if necessary)
7)  Double-click the shortcut to run the game

Patch instructions:
1)  Download patch at the site listed above
2)  drag all the files and folders inside into your ExRM folder, overwriting where prompted

Instructions written by other people, if mine don't work/aren't clear for you:
Tony83's advice
HouseofHam's advice

Vista, Steam, and Windows 7 instructions

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Arnold Legion's Vista installation instructions
Arcadia & Finn work out installation via Steam
St. Naffatun's Steam Installation Guide
Simple Steam installation guide
Windows 7 suggestion:

Any games you intend to mod shouldn't be placed in Program Files, since Windows 7 does some protection & virtualisation stuff in there, making the games sometimes unable to pick up the mod. Personally I place all my games in C:\Games, this solves all the problems

Hotfixes (We're an incorrigible bunch of tweakers.  The hotfix is where you'll find our latest minor edits to the game.  These are savegame compatible.):
3.5.3c hotfix (for version 3.5.3 only):  https://www.mediafire.com/?7f7v61b1rbqef4k


If there are any problems, please don't hesitate to post them.  I'd like to make sure this works well.

Add-ons:
Here are add-ons for the ExRM.  These are _not_ official products of the ExRM team, so we can't warrant them or even test them all.  We do hope you enjoy them, though.
Caldarium's Culture Shock add-on:  http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=183523
RTR Music Add-on instructions:  http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=4524954#post4524954
CC's Expansion Mod:  http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=277029

Original first post can be found here:  http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2491643&postcount=319

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In case you're a more visual person and want help with the installation, here's what my current RTW-BI directory looks like:

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