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How To Install Empire Total War Without Steam Download?

• This is a fix for everyone having trouble installing Empire Total War, and people that are having to download monster dowloads off Steam that take well over 24hrs: I recently bought the long awaited installment to the Total War Series - Empire Total War. And I like most other fellow gamers had a problem actually installing the game from the game DVD’s. The instruction manual indicates an internet connection was needed for activation and all i need to do to install was to insert DVD 1 and run autorun and the game would install. Well as we now all know the normal installation procedure we normally get from installing games is no longer present when trying to install this game on to our systems. After 1 hour of scouring the internet for a solution and a 25 minute wait for the two game DVD’s to install, i have finally manage to get the game to run not only in online multi-player mode, but also the offline single player mode. Here is the procedure i followed which i hope will serve as a sort of tutorial of how to over come the problems when installing the game. 1. First of all make sure you are connected to the internet. 2. Insert DVD 1 into your drive, it will either automatically run the DVD or you will have to do it manually dependant on what your system setup is. 3. The first program to install itself on your system will be the much needed STEAM which allows you to get important game updates and access the multiplayer functions (but also is the major problem when trying to install the game from the DVD’s) and is needed to run the game in offline mode as well. 4. Once this has installed, choose a username and password and enter your email address, once this process is done you should be able to access the STEAM control panel. Left click Game on the title menu at the top, left click Activate a product on steam, now enter the code which is on the back of the game manual this will activate the game, for people who have special forces codes do not enter that code here. 5. Now the Empire: Total War game will appear under the My Games tab, it may or may not of started to download the game off the Steam server, if it is downloading click the stop download then close the STEAM program completely (Left click File then Exit) 6. Now create a shortcut on your desktop by right mouse click>>>new>>>shortcut, now a box will appear for you to enter some text. 7. Copy and paste the following into the box: "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -install e: press next, name the shortcut press ok. (please note the e: should be the drive letter of where your installation dvd is inserted, this is dependant on how your system is set up) For example if your DVD drive is d, then the only amendment to the above code would be: "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -install d: Edit: People were having problems with the copy and paste of “C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe” -install e: getting file not found errors when trying to create the shortcut, it was how the text on this page was formatted which was affecting the copy and paste, i have corrected it now sorry about that. 8. Double Click the shortcut you just created and the STEAM program will appear and indicate that the game is being installed from DVD 1, after everything is installed from DVD 1 you will be asked to insert DVD 2, do this then press ok to continue the install. The installation process should take between 40 minutes and 60 minutes dependant on your system speed. Edit: Reports say for some people the install can take over 2 hours, 15 gigabytes is a massive amount of data to install!!! 9. Once installation has completed steam will download a small patch for the game and will have a tick box to run the game, do this to make sure everything is installed ok and running. 10. Exit the game and run the STEAM program again, once the STEAM control panel appears click the My games tab, you should now see the Empire: Total War with the 100%-Ready next to it. 11. Now right mouse click on Empire: Total War a submenu will appear left click on Create desktop shortcut, this will create a nice little shortcut for the game on your desktop. 12. The next step is for people who wish to play the single player game without being connected to the internet, for online multi-player just double-click the Empire:Total War shortcut you just created. 13. Make sure you are not connected to the internet, double-click the Empire: Total War shortcut you just created a Connection Error box will appear from the STEAM program, you will see a choice box ‘Start in Offline Mode’ click this and now the game will start without you having to be connected to the internet, so you can enjoy the single player mode. Final Word: This is the exact process i had to go through to install the game (what a major pain in the ***) and hopefully this method with a few tweaks will work for you.

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  Thanks tons... I've never seen a game before that required a 3rd party installer. I guess its to get rid of piracy. Well after much frustration you post finally got it done. Thanks