Comments - LanPirot

You have many alternative ways to download needed file. Just expand the description.

1) Install "Bronze Age"
2) Extract patch (instructions inside archive)
3) Extract english fix (instructions inside archive)
4) Go in Rome Total War directory.
5) Find folder called "bronze"
6) Copy "bronze" folder to Rome Total War/Barbarian Invasion directory (called "bi"). Or if mod installed into "bi" folder, copy "bronze" to main Rome Total War directory.
7) Open Steam, select and right-click Rome: Total War Gold, go to Properties. Under the General tab, click on Set launch options, and copy-paste this text into the field: -nm -show_err -mod:bi\bronze
Now whenever you launch Barbarian Invasion, you should get to play this mod.

1) Install "Bronze Age"
2) Extract patch (instructions inside archive)
3) Extract english fix (instructions inside archive)
4) Go in Rome Total War directory.
5) Find folder called "bronze"
6) Copy "bronze" folder to Rome Total War/Barbarian Invasion directory (called "bi"). Or if mod installed into "bi" folder, copy "bronze" to main Rome Total War directory.
7) Open Steam, select and right-click Rome: Total War Gold, go to Properties. Under the General tab, click on Set launch options, and copy-paste this text into the field: -nm -show_err -mod:bi\bronze
Now whenever you launch Barbarian Invasion, you should get to play this mod.

Some unit model files contains links to doesn't exists russian-named textures, i'm fixed this thing, perhaps it may be help with some errors when battle starts.

Copy bronze folder to BI sub-folder. YES! You must have two copies of this mod in different folders. Looks like that:
C:/.../Rome Total War/bronze
C:/.../Rome Total War/bi/bronze

Open Steam, select and right-click Rome: Total War Gold, go to Properties. Under the General tab, click on Set launch options, and copy-paste this text into the field: -nm -show_err -mod:bi\bronze

Now whenever you launch Barbarian Invasion, you should get to play this mod.

try this!

Description contain link to archived version of this mod. (for extracting use file archivers like 7-Zip or WinRAR or something else)

I'm packed archives with using 7-Zip.
I don't know, try redownload from another source (moddb, google drive, yandex disk in your taste).

Random crashes is normal in this mod, because development has abandoned in most interesting moment. Mod released in a hurry with a lot of bugs and not completed things.

This mod fully in hands of community, you may solve this problem and release 1.6.1 Steam-friendly patch.
I'm not a modder or active player, and just haven't any skills for doing that.

Use foreign file archivers for extracting.

Mod released (in a hurry, with a lot of bugs and not completed things) and never be finalized by original developers because their team are broke up.

Instructions written from words of other players and might be not correct. I don't have 'Steam' and I can't check or correct this.

Mod installed correctly?
Path to mod-folder must be looks like that: [C:\Program Files\Rome - Total War\Bronze\...]

any error messages from the game? patch and fix installed?
i'm tested all factions in quick battles and didn't get any crashes

well.. you may download this mod in archive and manually unpack him into your Rome - Total War folder: Goo.gl (patch and fix included)
after unpacking make a copy of your Barbarian Invasion shortcut, then go to shrtcut properties and write in the target field this (without quotes): " -mod:bronze -nm -show_err", accept and play.

Run Installer, choose English language => click "OK" => Read License Agreement, then click on the checkbox "I accept the agreement" => Click "Next" button => choose path to "rome total war" folder by clicking "Browse" button (don't forget to manually delete the duplicate "Rome - Total War" in pathfield after choosing) => Click "Next" button => again => again => Click on the checkbox "Create a desktop shortcut" and go "Next" => Click "Install"..

it mights work!
i'm completely forgot about prefix "bi" in command line, in common non-Steam game this pref. not needed because shortcut contains path to BI executable file..
thank you

This mod doesn't work correctly with Steam-version of the game..
In your case, Steam tries to launch Bronze Age with using Classic Rome executable file and some things like hordes or nomad cultures doesn't support by classic engine and game goes to crash..
For correct work needs forcing Steam to launch mod with Barbarian Invasion executable file.
I don't have Steam and I don't know how make this.

This patch installed?
Moddb.com

Hello.
I don't know, working on a playlist was done by developer of 1.6 patch - stadnichenko, he didn't provide a list with used song's names..

horde without cities can be defeated completely

Yes, it's a horde faction, like a Huns in Barbarian Invasion.

mod have critical issue (i don't know how fix it), when one of the cities on map moves from one country to another, in result of rebelling, sometimes game crashes.
try save game before this issue happening and load after every crash, I did it to skip this crash point and continuing playing (it can take a long time), but i don't guarantee fine result

Use 7-Zip or WinRAR or something else (exclude Windows services) for extracting.

Rome TW has restrictions on the number of factions, and perhaps authors decided that there are already enough factions in this region

maybe vessels of that period couldn't go to the open sea or their crew don't have skills to guide ship without seeing the coasts

no, i'm not a creator, i just worked on sending this mod to the world (previously it was only available in russian) and made some critical fixes.

read my message carefully, it contains a link to the map who explains my words about violet areas.

Media.moddb.com
violet areas closed for sailing
and i don't know why.. apparently, authors have been some reasons for doing that

Struma don't reachable, move to the south to Troy, Hittite lands