Installation Guide 6.1 Thread - The Great War mod for Napoleon: Total War

If updating from 6.0 make sure to delete all mod files before installing 6.1 as the new beta completely replaces the 6.0 files.

Step 0) Install Napoleon Total War on the C drive of your computer. (If you want to install it on a different drive you will need to use the Napoleon Mod Manager to launch the mod)

Step 1) Download The Great War Mod 6.1 Beta HERE

Step 2) Open the zip file and drag and drop it on the desktop.

Step 3) Open the 6.1 folder on the desktop and drag and drop the data folder into the NTW directory so it overwrites the existing data folder.

Step 4) Verify that all the folders are in the right place.
The full path should look like this;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Napoleon Total War\data\The Great War
If done correctly the files in the data folder will look like this;

The files inside the campaigns folder should look like this;

The files inside the ww1_main folder should look like this;

The files inside The Great War directory should look like this;

The files inside Files directory should look like this;

Step 6) Run the launcher to play the mod.

The launcher has been updated to show the correct version of the mod now.

Also all of the options are now implemented so you can chose any of these options without causing any issues.

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**RECOMMENDED SETTINGS**

- Unit Size - Ultra

(make sure to set this in the game settings not in the launcher)

- Campaign Difficulty - Very Hard

(the difficulty options have been changed to normal, hard, very hard and ironman. The campaign is balanced for very hard. Ironman gives the AI extreme income and other bonuses while also reducing income and increasing unrest for the player so be prepared)

- Battle Difficulty - Ironman

(the new difficulty changes only apply to the campaign so setting battles to ironman is the same difficulty as very hard was previously)

**Recommended In Game Settings**

Can you add some steps for installation on mac if possible please

I tried and when I launched the mod it crashed and said "Total war napoleon stopped working"

Can you also have NTW3 installed at the same time, or do you have to remove it from the ntw folder?

Colonel_FIERCE wrote:

Can you also have NTW3 installed at the same time, or do you have to remove it from the ntw folder?

It's possible but not recommend because NTW 3 appears to overwrite some vanilla files that TGW uses so we can't guarantee it won't cause more crashing.

When I try to launch the mod I get a " The mod could not launch successfully!" "Error: No packs in mod folder! (The launcher could not find the files it needs to install and launch the mod)". Not sure what that means, As I have no other mods installed and have followed instructions lol.

• Ridboii wrote:

  When I try to launch the mod I get a " The mod could not launch successfully!" "Error: No packs in mod folder! (The launcher could not find the files it needs to install and launch the mod)". Not sure what that means, As I have no other mods installed and have followed instructions lol.

  What drive did you install NTW on?

NTW is installed on my native C: drive.

i already follow everything you said. but it keeps failing when i try to play from the launcher

I'm getting crashes during a battle as final reinforcements of enemy come in. Also, white and sometimes blue spots on screen. Wondering if there is missing textures? Maybe problem with unit reinforcing is causing crash?

I have a question, why does Napoleon Total War need to be on the C: Drive in order for the mod to work? Just curious.

Because the launcher uses a file path to the mod files being on the C drive. If you use the mod manager then you can install it on any drive.

The problem I have is whenever I launch the mod, this message comes up,

"You are missing the following required Vanilla files:
battleterrain.pack
building.pack
building.pack
data.pack
media.pack
patch.pack
patch_media.pack
patch_media2.pack
patch2.pack
patch3.pack
patch4.pack
patch5.pack
patch.6pack
patch7.pack
ridgid models.pack
sound.pack
varientmodels.pack
varientmodels2.pack

The mod will not work without them!"

P.S How do i handle the trauble?

I have the Definitive Edition and I played the mod for several weeks (even today i was playing without problems). But now, a message
appears in the launcher as if the game is pirated saying vanilla packfiles are missing. What could be the problem?

I installing and uninstalling both the game and the mod and I checked the files (in Steam) and it didn't detect any errors. But the packfiles
(patch2.pack, patch3.pack, etc.) are not in the game folder after installing the game.

Thanks.

Edited by: Koba17

This appears to be caused by the new update CA just released for NTW. We are looking into a solution but for now you can launch the mod using the mod manager instead of the launcher.

just buy the game to play this mod.. i redonwloaded yesterday play some hours then update... they kinda made me a bad day.. i try everything. Is good to see a Mod Dev know the situation i hope it gets fix soon.. anyway i try launching the game from the mod manager, but an eternal credit start screen is what i get.. everything is on his site in my folders

jafran Happened to me exactly the same. I finally bought the game just a month ago. And BDIZZLE356 thanks for this extraordinary work.

PD: In my case, starting with the Mod Manager doesn't work either.

Edited by: Koba17